32 Best Stops Between Dallas and Branson (2024)

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Me and my friend went with the kids and loved it. We can't wait to go back and stay in a hotel room. We signed up for the players club and got a free stay. They have a family area called the district and it has a movie theater, bowling, game area and kid friendly eats. Free soft drinks on the casino floor and it's spacious not crowded. Very clean and nice staff. Great parking. Can't wait to go again.

Had a good time. Hadn't been here since I was 10-11 y/o. Brought back childhood memories.I wish they had the smoking area closed off from the non-smoking area. I had on a mask, but I could still smell the smoke. 😷😖I recall that when I visited as a child, the non-smoking area was in a glass enclosure. That was awesome!Please consider implementing a non-smoking enclosure (or something similar) again.

I absolutely loved my 2 night stay here for my birthday! I had been going elsewhere in another city by exit 1, for many years. (If u know, you know) I got tired of said place and wanted to try Choctaw out.Wow, it's amazing here! The rooms are beautiful in the new Sky Tower. I was able to upgrade my room to get a balcony and wow! the view was awesome. Rooms are spacious and clean. Room service was good and delivered quickly. Pool was relaxing and beautiful. The staff for the hotel were all friendly and helpful! Valet parking is free for hotel guests, which is a very nice touch.As for the gambling area, it's spread out and and spacious. All areas are nice with lots of selections of slots and table games. The only non smoking area is in the new Sky Casino area. Which is a huge area. There is smoking in 2 of the sections here. This whole casino is pretty well kept as far as cleanliness. I constantly have seen staff in bathrooms, cleaning up the slot areas and drink areas. And the drink stations stay open, filled up and you can let the staff know when it needs extra cleaning too.Kids can have fun too. There is an area in the casino called, The District. They have many arcade games, fun bowling area, movie theatre and they do Birthday party rentals. Pretty cool.This has quickly turned into my new favorite place to frequent when i want to go to the casino. I just absolutely love it so much better. Definitely go to experience this place !

The casino is decorated for Christmas. It is beautiful. I played $22.00 in free play. I hit a little and was able to play for a while. We had lots of fun. Oh they have new games. It is like a different casino. Everyone was friendly and pleasant, restrooms were clean.

Fun atmosphere. Great place for the family in the warmer days. the outdoor pool area is perfect and they have an area for all ages. Casino is CLEAN. Non-smoking feels like you walked into another building. Night and day from smoking.

A word of advice don't work here. Playing and enjoying yourself may be fun but if anyone is looking for employment this is not the place to go. If your a hard worker they believe in running a person to death in the cleaning department till people get taken off to the ER. One employee had kidney failure and they still pointed him even though he had to be taken from there to the ER. This isn't right. They allow sick employees to clean and wait on customers but yet keep sanitizing wipes in the floor...funny huh. Blue and black shirts ( the supervisors and managers) are not fit for their positions.

It is really a beautiful facility. Spacious, clean friendly service and superlative staff. If you have mobility issues highly recommend you bring your scooter, wheelchair or whatever else you need. They do rent motorized scooters. The place is massive. The background music especially in the eating facilities is very very loud. You cannot hear when they announce your food if you're at the food court and you cannot carry on a conversation in a normal voice. The food is very good but overpriced. It's like eating at the airport. If you like Vietnamese, the Bamboo Asian restaurant has excellent Pho. Now for gambling:A plethora of video machines. A bit stingy on payouts. The poker room is adequate however rules are not enforced. Cell phones on the tables, non playing guests hovering and conversing loudly with players. Frankly, it is annoying and it impedes and detracts from the game. The dealers are good and engaging but need to enforce rules and etiquette, especially with the regulars. Idle chitchat is fine and a necessary part of the game for enjoyment, but when it becomes loud and overbearing it needs to be curtailed. When players become drunk and the aggressiveness spills out into the room and interrupts play at all the tables they should be asked to leave.Accommodations:Austere but nicely done. The beds and pillows were exquisite. Very quiet and easy to rest. I stayed in Spa Tower. Older part of the resort but very comfortable.I will return.

Had a great experience with a recent stay. Nice room in the Sky Tower. Casino host was great help in getting some comps. Dining at the 1832 Steakhouse was very relaxing with good service and food prepared to our wishes. Played blackjack and won, but still do not like the "ante". Good variety of slots - and did not experience much difficulty with card readers for once - but one machine did eat my players card. Still get lost in the machines in the Sky Tower. Overall satisfying experience.

We love going there to gamble. We live within an hour drive, so I don't know anything about the hotel. The casino is kept clean. I love the new addition, and the smoke free section!!!! The dealers are friendly. I mostly play tables. Drink services is oddly slow. Maybe that's designed to keep you at a table longer (waiting on your drink). Restaurants are all good there.

Great place to stay, great place to gamble, and plenty of amenities.One complaint, we had 3 adults and they would only give us 2 keys for the room. Said they were low on keys, but seems like that type of high-end operation should have that sorted out.Super friendly staff, and super personable dealers.5 stars next time if Concierge has simple things like room keys sorted.

One of my favorite Native American casinos I've ever been to. Always clean the staff is always friendly and it's very close to Dallas. We have gone several times just for a few hours to play a few games and eat dinner. This casino also has a lot of great concerts. For being in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma they sure do get some pretty incredible Talent

Would give them 5 stars but their prices to play certain table games have increased in the past few years. For example 3-card poker used to start at $5 per spot and now it's $10, which means that one game will now cost you $30.50 minimum if you played all spots except the progressive spot. Playing the progressive, at minimum, would cost you an additional .50 cents more per hand. A few years ago, to play all spots would cost you $15 (progressive not included).

Great location with amenities, cant wait for all the new pools to be finished! I can sit here and look at this digital arch all day, so cool! Get a players card they are great at giving comps and im not a big time gambler but they just gave me a free room for the weekend, 2 concert tickets and comped our meals!

We attended a concert in the Grand Theater. Really liked this venue. Ample staff who were extremely friendly and helpful. While not spacious, the seating gives you more room than many other venues these days - where your knees touch the back of the chair in front of you. The theater is nicely laid out. We had good seats but I can't imagine any seat in the venue is a bad one.

This resort and casino is a very nice place. Although there are other casinos that my wife and I frequent that have no smoking this one wasn't that bad. We came here a couple other times before the remodel and it has come a long way from what it was. I like that the kids can be with us, and the arcade and bowling is a great idea. The movies theater was a great touch!! Dinner and movie in one place! And the room is right upstairs. The service here is great too. The staff will great you with a smile and see to your needs. I will say the restrooms could have used a little TLC, the whole experience was great, thanks again!!

I was seriously impressed with this place. There is something to do for every age. I attended a conference, and the food was good, employees friendly, and the place is huge. The rooms in Spa tower are very nice. I appreciated having a small hallway, off of the main floor hallway, lead to each hotel room. This made the rooms very quiet. The casino was very smoky, but the hallways and rooms smelled fresh. I will definitely return.

First time here and I was amazed. Not what I was expecting at all. Lots of places to eat and the bars are top notch. Super clean just about everywhere inside. I didn't stay at the hotel so I can't speak for that, but if it's anything like the casino, then I'm sure the rooms are nice as well. Anyhow I'll definitely be back and stay for at least a day. Movie theater, bowling alley, arcades, not sure if there was anything else for kids but it's pretty awesome.

This is a really really excellent Casino and Hotel! This place is absolutely awesome, they have everything from movie theater to numerous restaurants, a bowling alley and an arcade room. They also have a very clean modern non smoking casino area that is really large, as well as a large smoking casino area. You can easily spend 4-5 hours in this place if not more. They sky tower hotel rooms are worth the money. My wife and I travel an hour and a half at least 5-6 times a year, definitely worth the drive and highly recommend this place for MUST visit!

Always always a great time and great experience here. Staff are very nice at the Players Club, food is always good if we eat and have never had any issues with anyone here. Pools and rooms are very nice as well, just wish we could use our free hotel nights on the weekends, but it's only Sun-Thur sadly. Love the free gifts, no complaints here!

I love going here not only to gamble and entertainment. I can go to a concert, see a movie, go bowling, or just sit and relax. We can also bring our daughter and have just as much fun as a family! The people are always kind, informative, and helpful! We celebrate our anniversary here every year for this very reason and they never disappoint! Thanks for helping us celebrate and make memories! 😊

Was not really impressed. Enjoyed the casino and actually made a little money. Was not impressed with customer care. Valet is disorganized. The shower is wimpy. Went down to the pool with the wristband they require you to wear and room key. They told me I needed either license or Rewards card. Walked all the way back to the room and got Rewards card. They accepted it at the swim up bar, then refused to accept it for anything else and told me they had to have a license. Complained to a supervisor who basically told me that it would be stupid to take anything other than a license. Told him the issue was that I was following their direction and that it was making their customer run around due to their inaccurate information and a poor process that was completely in their control. The supervisor could have cared less and did nothing to try to quickly recover from a poor customer care interaction. Bottom line....I can find places to stay with nice pools with a swim up bar where they truly care about their customer and have an excellent process that is focused on customer satisfaction....why would I return to a place that is not?

First time traveling by on the highway as it was beautifully lit up at night; it intrigued us and we decided to have a go at it. Calling the info number only led to a weird conversation with a girl who was kinda confusing we thought we show up and check it out ourselves. It was very nice and looked top-tier. We approached the front desk and we encountered Maribel who was very warm and knowledgeable. She quickly made us feel welcome and navigated in clearing up the messy reservation from the phone call giving us a room right near the gaming area and made sure we got valet parking for the next cold morning. Worth every penny for the fun night and gaming experience there! Huge resort with much to see and do there. We highly recommend this beautiful resort in Durant Oklahoma! We plan on coming back with our colleagues later this year!

We love coming to this casino, it's hard to like other casinos now that we have been here. My husband and I have been coming to this casino for years and they have added so much over the years! New hotel towers, new amenities. It's gotten a lot more kid friendly, family friendly. We love the security of the facilities. We also love all the restaurants in the hotel, some reasonable prices and some high end places. They have a great theater where they host great concerts with some big celebrity singers. They have a theater, arcade and bowling alley to enjoy with the family! And of course like 3 floors of slots, tables and other gambling options. We love that one floor is totally smoke free along with one tower of hotel, which makes it so nice for the family.

This is the worst experience I’ve ever had at a hotel, we book a king. They said they have us a double queen but no problem we can get you a king. We walk in the room it’s another double queen. We go back down stairs and say well let’s try the 3rd room for them to say sorry to upgrade to a king is another $149 a night! None of that was said the first time. I feel like that’s regular rate. Motel 6 does a better good of customer service at least they leave the light on for you. Will tell everyone I know please do not stay here to save them such disappointments one after another.

"I recently had the pleasure of staying at the Choctaw Casino and resort and I must say it was an exceptional experience from start to finish! The room was luxurious and spotlessly clean, with a comfortable bed and pillows that made sleeping in a dream. The staff were friendly and accommodating, going above and beyond to ensure my stay was enjoyable. The amenities were top-notch, with a fantastic pool and fitness center. And, of course, the casino itself was a thrill a minute! The games were varied and exciting, and the atmosphere was lively and fun. I also appreciated the convenience of having a variety of dining options right on site. Overall, I would highly recommend the Choctaw Casino and resort to anyone looking for a luxurious and memorable stay. I can't wait to come back!"

Amazing resort/casino on land. I've visited a few and this would be the most luxurious. Many things to at the resort itself didn't see many attractions outside of the casino, which is probably the whole point😉 over all nice place. The food court is real simple depending on which tower your staying in could be a lil walk, but lots to see In between. Beverages stations are all throughout the center so it wouldn't be any need to purchase drinks with meals unless 🤷‍♀️I mean you just want to. So if your looking for a nice get away try it out.

This was a great experience for my family and I. We enjoyed our stay. The rooms were extremely nice and very clean. Our bell hop, James, was the sweetest person and he went above and beyond to help us. They have so many different restaurants and things to do for kids. A lot of the arcade games were out of service, which was a bummer. They do have bowling and a movie theatre also. We tried the buffet and it was ehh. We did not like it much but the smash burger was so delicious. We will definitely be back.

First time here. We are closer to Winstar. Choctaw casino did not disappoint at all. There is so much to do and see at the casino. They have a bowling alley, a movie theater, arcade for kids, a food court, restaurants, various slots, and tables. Every single employee I saw was just so friendly. They never acted like we were a bother. I LOVE that they have sanitizer wipes all over the casino by the slot machines. Unfortunately, we could not get a room there (they were sold out), but we had a great experience.

This casino was lots of fun. It offers thousands of games. Even a smoke free gaming area. Parking wasn't an issue since they have huge parking garages. Didn't have a bad meal the entire 3 days there. Highly recommend this place for a weekend getaway.

Nice casino, it's huge ! Plenty of table games, blackjack, roulette, bacarat, & craps. Free soda machines and coffee throughout the place. There are plenty of food options. Buffet, pizza, Asian food. It's easy to lose track of time and have too much fun. If you're in the area, be sure to check this casino out totally worth the drive.

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4216 US-69, Durant, OK 74701, USA