My husband and I stayed at The Pequot at Foxwoods for a weekend getaway. We aren't smokers and we aren't gamblers but we still thought that the Resort may have had more to offer. We stayed on the the 21st Floor. The room was very nice, very clean and we had a lot of space. Everything with the room was great, our problem was the rest of the resort. There were no areas designated only for smoking, people basically lit up anywhere. We've stayed in Vegas before where smoking is also allowed in the hotels, but this was different. Their ventilation system must have either been broken or just very weak. The smell of cigarettes was horribly overpowering. I'm talking about just walking through the halls, not even the casino-at least you don't have to walk through the casino if you don't want to. They had a few different restaurants to chose from, we ate at the Hard Rock Cafe Friday night after we checked in. The food was not very good, my husbands dish was cold. The staff was very nice and gave us our drink for free to kind of make up for it. We ordered room service for breakfast the next day, the staff was friendly and we didn't wait very long, that was a plus. For dinner Saturday night, we ate at the Golden Dragon, the food was good and the staff was friendly and very quick. We decided to have dessert somewhere else though. We made our way through the smoke filled hallway and stopped at the California Pizza Kitchen. It was a breathe of fresh air. It was a smoke-free restaurant and dessert was delicious, I had the brownie with Haagan-Daaz ice cream and my husband had the red velvet cake-the best part of our trip. Just another thought, this is so not a family resort. I saw many families and wondered why parent's would bring there children here. The only thing there for kids was basically the Game room. It was like an arcade where you use tokens to play games and get tickets; another smoke-free environment. All in all, I wouldn't say that it was a horrible weekend but we won't be visiting again any time soon. If you can't stand an overwhelming stench of cigarette smoke then this place isn't for you.

While the Grand Pequiot Tower is a luxurious hotel, it is unaffordable in our eyes. We could take a cruise for just a little more money. It is not worth the money. There are places nearby that offer limo service and are affordable. It is too bad they get your gambling and food money then way overcharge you on a room. You'd think they could drop the prices. For the amount of time you stay in the room, it is foolish. Will only stay when my mom gets weekday specials through AARP or other discount. Then it is only like 90.00 a night (sun-thurs).

just stayed a night at the great cedar hotel at foxwoods with my wife and two kids during super bowl weekend. foxwoods is now comprised of three hotels, soon to be four with the addition of mgm in the summer. the grand pequot and great cedar are on property, while two trees is not. i booked the great cedar on expedia, which came out to $400 after taxes, as the foxwoods site didn't have any space left at the on-property hotels.

the room itself was pleasant. they have a turquoise color scheme to them which doesn't really look native american indian, but pleasant enough. the beds and pillows were very comfortable. we originally checked in around 1pm and they had a room at the end. when the lady said it was a far walk down the hall, she wasn't kidding. after we came back from lunch, there was a party going on in the room next to us. we hung around the room to refresh and when we went out to dinner, the party was still going on and i saw a young lady carrying an armful of beers from her room across the hall to the room next to us. that's when i decided to change rooms and the front desk accomodated us very nicely. i have no problems with parties, but i had a feeling that would have gone on all night.

we decided to go swimming with the kids and checked out both the pools (both small) in our hotel and the grand pequot. the grand pequot pool was just a little bigger, more crowded, and had the spa right next door. the great cedar pool was empty, clean, and had sauna/steam/locker rooms, which i preferred. everything was nice except for the fact that they kept opening a back door, which let all the cold air in. if you were in the pool, it really made it chillier and uncomfortable. so we asked the girl to close the door and she happily did. however, another attendant came in and opened the door again. he gave us major attitude when we asked him to close the door. he said they had to "air out the chlorine" but then we had to argue with him that the kids would get sick and it was downright unpleasant.

fuddrucker's for lunch was good, except that it took us 30 minutes for us to order and get seated. we ate at panera's for dinner and when i placed my order, they ran out of a lot of stuff. it was pretty inexcusable to run out of bread at a bread specialty restaurant. next, we took the kids to the ben & jerry's. the line was a little long, but nothing terrible. they had two guys working and it took 45 minutes to get our ice cream. it just left me shaking my head. i actually enjoyed the buffet, which i ate at during my previous gambling trips to foxwoods.

the casino was very crowded and the casino under the great cedar hotel was all slots. the only table games were at grand pequot and the rainmaker casino. basically, foxwoods is a smoking casino. all the main lobby areas are smoking sections, but the smoke gets everywhere. in the end, i felt that foxwoods makes so much money on the casino, they forget a lot of the little details. i know that it was the weekend, and superbowl weekend at that, but they obviously know that it will get crowded and should have stepped up a little more. i enjoy travelling with my kids, and i enjoy gambling, but foxwoods is definitely geared more for adults. they did have a kids arcade which kept the kids busy for a little while. mohegan sun is definitely a little kid friendlier.

My Fiance and I stayed at Foxwoods for one night in early January 2008. From the minute we pulled up we were greated by very friendly staff members at the valet.
We were able to check in promptly (again with very friendly people).
The room was beautiful. We stayed in the Pequot Tower. We had a king room. I loved that the lights when on automatically when you enter the room if you want. The room was very clean and well appointed. Along with the ample space for our clothes, we also had a mini fridge.
We had a huge tub and the water pressure in the shower was great. (It was also very very hot). The bellhop brought our luggage to our room and then rattled off a list of extra items he could provide if we needed. We did take him up on the extra down pillows. I should have gotten the extra soap, it smelled great.
We had dinner in the sports bar and breakfast at the buffet at the Riverside Cafe. Both meals were delicious and reasonably priced.
The only complaint I had is that 1am after gambling when we were looking to go and have a drink somewhere, nothing was open. That could be because it was a Thursday night, I'm not sure. Other than that it was a great stay and I can't wait to go back.