Aranyaprathet/Poipet Area

[crudy21]

Just looking for some suggestions where to spend a night in this area, woulld you cross into Cambodia or stay on the Thai side for the night?

I know there are a few casinos in Poipet and as a regular visitor to Las Vegas this is rather appealing, having said that i realise these gaffs aren't run as Vegas ones unde Nevada state law. Im guessing they could be pretty corrupt???

We are heading to Siem Reap for a few days and taking the lunchtime train from Bangkok and arrive in the area around 5.30 or something if this as any bearing on the situation.

Thanks for any insight.

[craigt3365]

I'm from Vegas. The casinos there really suck. Use to do the border runs from Bangkok and we would have lunch there before heading back.

A few years ago we stayed in a really nice hotel in Aranya Prathet. Can't remember the name, but it's the only 3-4 star hotel there. Nice rooms, nice places to eat nearby. Heading over the border, IMHO, quality drops pretty drastically. But we had a car then, so it was easier to get around. I can do some more research on this if you are interested. Wifey's uncle is a border patrol guy there.

[crudy21]

Well i wasn't expecting Wynn or Bellagio standards but having said that my 2 favoirite joints in Vegas were The Sahara and The Western. Both now sadly closed!

What do you mean they suck? I read food and drink are free when you are gambling, can't be that bad? I can imaging the BJ rules being crappy 6/5 or even evens.

[SkyRunner09]

BJ? No way. Ton's of games I didn't understand (I am a regular Vegas visitor myself). And if you think it doesn't get any lower than the Western (makes me sad to hear its closed) at least the Casino I had a "visa run food coupon" for will make you think again.

Basically it looks like a school cantine with some gambling tables on the sides. No decoration, no rules in English and so on - I was more than happy that I only had like 20 minutes there. Take the flight to Macau if you're interested in Vegas style casinos.

[craigt3365]

BJ? No way. Ton's of games I didn't understand (I am a regular Vegas visitor myself). And if you think it doesn't get any lower than the Western (makes me sad to hear its closed) at least the Casino I had a "visa run food coupon" for will make you think again.

Basically it looks like a school cantine with some gambling tables on the sides. No decoration, no rules in English and so on - I was more than happy that I only had like 20 minutes there. Take the flight to Macau if you're interested in Vegas style casinos.

Well put! Being from Vegas, I didn't even find Macau that interesting. My Vegas favorites? I love the mermaids at The Silverton. Red Rocks is pretty neat, as is South Point, Green Valley Ranch and of course the Four Queens. I can't even remember all the low dogger places my father and I use to hang out at doing 10 cent roulette! Those places are long gone.

Like you said, they play different games here.

[crudy21]

BJ? No way. Ton's of games I didn't understand (I am a regular Vegas visitor myself). And if you think it doesn't get any lower than the Western (makes me sad to hear its closed) at least the Casino I had a "visa run food coupon" for will make you think again.

Basically it looks like a school cantine with some gambling tables on the sides. No decoration, no rules in English and so on - I was more than happy that I only had like 20 minutes there. Take the flight to Macau if you're interested in Vegas style casinos.

You must have been staying in a different hotel to the ones i have been looking at, some of them actually look half decent and do indeed offer Black Jack.