Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago

I had my first visit to this casino with my daughter yesterday and I must say I was impressed! The layout of the gaming floor itself is a little bit wonky, even compared to casino standards, but it was still nice and clean. It was a bit smokey but that's part of the deal you make when you go into a casino. A couple things really stood out about this place that made me think it is the best casino in the Chicago area overall. First off the staff, from the people helping me get my new players club cards, to the dealers, the pit bosses, the bartenders and the custodial staff were incredibly friendly. I had to keep checking to make sure I wasn't at Disneyland. Second, I was impressed with the perks I got for being a new Players Club member. There was some nice comps for either gaming or food and beverage and other fun things to do to earn some fun prizes. The trip over from the city is not terrible especially on a Saturday morning. You're going to hit tolls- that just comes with the territory. But overall I had a very positive experience at this casino and other than the smokiness, I had no complaints at all. I will be back.

Nice casino i go there only twice year now ..in 2019 I won$ 4758.00 on.60cent bet on cash cave game slot... I wish they still had ..lot s desk ladies still know me ...but there food comps have changed making hard u get free food comp unless u spend lots money winning and losing ...waitress are friendly but they need wear skirts pantyhose I think .too much smoking 🚭🚬 inside boat though .but hope they .make better for nonsmoker s..other was it's good casino ..nice restaurant...I kiss the buffet.....hotel is older needs remodeling ...but it's nice ..I hope they bring back cash cave

The rooms was very nice, spacious, and clean! ( king room ). Loved the fishing spots all around the hotel. Checking in was easy, asked for a rolling cart to load our car and the bus staff brought one out to the car and wouldn’t leave it so feeling awkward being watched unloading your car, my husband told the bus boy we would just carry it to our room. They push your stuff all the way to your room, wait for you to unload the cart and they take the cart back. I understand the idea of it but not all people wants someone staring at them with their stuff for 30 minutes. Went later to buy a pop when checking out and lady acted bothered to help me and didn’t talk. I asked if everything was complete and she said yes. Location is very easy to get around, besides getting lost wondering around between the parking garage and hotel. ( inside the buildings ). The beach next door was very dirty with trash on the beach. We just walked the beach at night so maybe they didn’t have time to clean it, but it was a lot of trash on beach. First time traveling to Indiana and I did not realize that every direction you look are steel mills with huge pollution stacks. I told my husband I’m surprised if people that are local don’t have respiratory problems. Little concerning just because they are literally everywhere…. Casino was very scattered around and not as big as I had thought. It’s a nice casino for locals or an extra touch to the casino but I would not travel far to go to the casino alone. Two nights we ate at the espn bet and was not thrilled about the food. Very out priced for quality and quantity. Pictures show my $8 cup of chicken for my salad, and my $8 potato soup made with Alfredo sauce 2nd night we went to Hard Rock casino down the road and spent hours down there playing. The overall experience I would give 8/10. Room 10/10. ESPN restaurants 6/10. Casino 7/10 Parking 10/10 Fishing 10/10 Beach 7/10 Price 8/10 ( hotel , not food lol)