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The Borgata
The Borgata is Atlantic City's newest resort and casino. It just opened on July 3, 2003 and is the first new casino to open in Atlantic City in over 10 years. The Borgata luxury hotel is a joint venture between Boyd Gaming Corporation and MGM Mirage. It was built at the cost of $1 billion, and is now the largest hotel in Atlantic City.

The Borgata has a 135,000 square foot casino, 2,010 luxurious rooms, 11 restaurants, a 50,000 square foot spa, 70,000 square feet of event space, and a 1,000 seat theater.

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Would you visit this hotel again?
yes 92%  8% no

Is this hotel family friendly?
yes 65%  35% no
Based on 102 total ratings.

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5stars  more wheel of fortune slots
love the borgata but you guys need more wheel of fortune slots and take out some of those dumb slots you don't even understand what to do!!!!!!!
faith <faithbw123@yahoo.com>
Pennsauken, NJ, USA - Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 10:06:05 (CDT)
5stars  more wheel of fortune slots
love the borgata but you guys need more wheel of fortune slots and take out some of those dumb slots you don't even understand what to do!!!!!!!
faith <faithbw123@yahoo.com>
Pennsauken, NJ, USA - Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 10:06:00 (CDT)
5stars  more wheel of fortune slots
love the borgata but you guys need more wheel of fortune slots and take out some of those dumb slots you don't even understand what to do!!!!!!!
faith <faithbw123@yahoo.com>
Pennsauken, NJ, USA - Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 10:05:53 (CDT)
3stars  Tightest slot machines are at the Borgata.
RUN!!! don't walk away from the slot machines at the Borgata. The hotel and restaurants are GREAT for drinking, partying and relaxing.
Nothing more to add about the Hotel. The name means "little village" in Italian.
The Borgata opened in 2003 as the first new hotel property in 13 years, Borgata – a joint venture between Boyd Gaming and MGM MIRAGE – it has experienced nothing but overwhelming popularity and near-capacity occupancy since its debut.
Sala Miralto, the premium slot salon at the Borgata, is now a virtual ghost town.
WARNING!!! never have their slots been so tight as these past 2 years and getting worse. This casino cannot afford to payout frequent jackpots as it once had. The overhead cost of running a Vegas style casino in NJ is testing its metal. Borgata responds with penny pitching machines and no slot winnings. Rake it in and keep the place afloat while the bad economy batters its golden armor plate is the new philosophy of the Borgata marketing management.
Remember when Borgata was the new kid on the block and soon after run by Larry Mullin, the president of Borgata,who resigned to become the chief executive of the casino division of Tabcorp Holdings, an Australian gambling company just as the economy started to tank?
The pre-economic downturn was the time when everything was happening at the Borgata, drinks were flowing, service was great and the slots had jackpots,BIG winnings, were talking 20,000-200,000 and more almost every week.
The place was mad, hopping and jumping with players every night.
Now 2009, all you can hear is the loud dance club music blaring out over lack luster deafening silence of the slot machines.Young kids puking their drinks on the casino floor and hustlers being escorted out by security.
I got an Idea want to throw your money away? Run it through the slots at the Borgata .
NYCroller <oneblessed7@aol.com>
NYC, NY, USA - Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 00:15:06 (CDT)
5stars  Great Father's Day Getaway

The Borgata was a special gift for Dad this Father's Day. Our entire family children and adults decide to bring their Dad and of course my special husband to the Borgata for fathers' day. We had a great time the pool and spa were the best. We ate at the Metropolitian as well as the Buffet for breakfast the food is great any where you go at the Borgata! The staff is very professional as well as caring making you feel welcome. Our rooms are of the best quality and service again was superior. My husband and I especially love Playing the Wheel of Fortune Special Edition the only problem with that game is there should be another one in the Casino people really love playing that game and I saw alot of dissapointed faces when there was no place for them to play. The game is great give us another one or two somewhere else in the Borgata. We love to sit and play this game together. Well don't wait till fathers day to the Borgata go today it is a great getaway for the family. It is a safe fun family place I will be back many times. Maybe I will go today. Hope to see yo there.

Sincerely,

Katherine Calderon

katherine calderon <calderonkatherine69@yahoo.com>
atlantic city, n.j., USA - Monday, June 22, 2009 at 15:11:29 (CDT)
1star  Spa Toccare is not all that it's cracked up to be!
I recently booked an appointment for a swedish massage at Spa Toccare and I have to say I was not impressed! This is supposed to be the best spa in Atlantic City? All I wanted to do was relax and have my aches and pains melt away, but instead all the massage therapist did was keep talking to me about different products and lotions so she could get her commision. By the time the massage was over, I felt overwhelmed instead of relaxed, and just wanted to get out. The massage itself really was not that good. I had massages from machines that were better. I was recently told that some of the massage therapist from there have just graduated school with no experience in any spa setting. They select "certain" people to work there" and are really not concerned with "customer service etiquette". (As well as Immersion). This is what I paid almost $100.00 for? Maybe that's why the massages aren't that good. I've known some
Massage Therapists who have had years of experience and have tried to get hired there but didn't. The next time I want a proffesional massage, I'll make sure I won't go to the Borgata and get someone who is more experienced.
darean williams <doriyhl@msn.com>
margate, nj, USA - Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 00:40:06 (CDT)
  If you stay in Atlantic City, stay here
This is just a fabulous hotel. You'll really like the serice, the amenities, and the food. Tell them Sameer sent you!
Sameer T
New York, NY, USA - Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 01:11:00 (CST)
  
In August of 2005 I first visited Borgata quite accidentally, I had a wonderful experience so much so that in September I brought my husband back for a stay. OUr intital reaction was that we love to stay there, that we do not even need to leave the hotel if we do not want to. We loved the dining options, we loved the rooms, there were no flaws. This last visit did not go well. The expansion seems to have taken so much of management's attention that other prorities are being neglected. The rooms are looking shabby with burn holes in sofas and shabbiness showing in some of the bedroom chairs. But the beds are heavenly. The staff seems to have too much to do, and as a patron I feel that they cannot give me the time I need when I have an issue. We tried Bobby Flay's new restaurant. The concept and the menu is quite good, but unfortuneatly he needs to be there. The staff does not really understand his food. For instance, I had the lobster and avocado salad. While you can get it ready long before service the actual assembly should take place last minute, so as not to compromise the integrity of any item. This item was clearly pre-plated and put in the fridge long before service began. It had no flavor, because it was too cold and too old. The avocado was black and very cold, I do not want to eat cold avocado, the onion was cut in circles which deteriorated while wating to be eaten. The lobster used in this dish was claw and knukle all of it having lots of pieces of shell in it that could have broken by teeth. The whole thing was served in a glass and was imposssible to eat without splilling. It could have been a knock-out dish, but Mr. Flay needs a trainer in there to give this staff some info about how to properly put a dish together, and when to do it. The cut of my pork was extraordinary, a true genius of a buy. The sauce was inspired, the apples cooked to perfection, and then... the person who cooked it, did his level best to cancel anything that is good and exceptional about this piece of meat. The bread was super. As a restaurant owner myself with a Zagat rating and a NYT "very good"
I sensed that the kitchen is just putting the food out, not making food for diners. I also sensed from the quality of the ingredients tht Mr. Flay wants something more and may not even know that there is trouble in the AC store. It seems they lack discipine. My husband's hash browns should never have come to the table. The cook had to see it, the runner had to see it, the expediter had to approve it and the waiter may or may not have seen it. My 17 year old bussers would have brought it back to the kitchen. It was like eating sawdust, and you could see it when it was laid on the table. A petrified mess of hash browns with all of the moisure removed from it, and the potates covered in sawdust. NO hint of onions, butter, cream, anything, just sawdust. Bobby honey, just I think I can take a vacation, and you think they can do it without you, they can't . Fix it please so I can go to AC and have some of your wonderful food.
elizabeht butler <lizcancook@aol.com>
madison, ct, USA - Monday, November 13, 2006 at 00:49:41 (CST)
  
In August of 2005 I first visited Borgata quite accidentally, I had a wonderful experience so much so that in September I brought my husband back for a stay. OUr intital reaction was that we love to stay there, that we do not even need to leave the hotel if we do not want to. We loved the dining options, we loved the rooms, there were no flaws. This last visit did not go well. The expansion seems to have taken so much of management's attention that other prorities are being neglected. The rooms are looking shabby with burn holes in sofas and shabbiness showing in some of the bedroom chairs. But the beds are heavenly. The staff seems to have too much to do, and as a patron I feel that they cannot give me the time I need when I have an issue. We tried Bobby Flay's new restaurant. The concept and the menu is quite good, but unfortuneatly he needs to be there. The staff does not really understand his food. For instance, I had the lobster and avocado salad. While you can get it ready long before service the actual assembly should take place last minute, so as not to compromise the integrity of any item. This item was clearly pre-plated and put in the fridge long before service began. It had no flavor, because it was too cold and too old. The avocado was black and very cold, I do not want to eat cold avocado, the onion was cut in circles which deteriorated while wating to be eaten. The lobster used in this dish was claw and knukle all of it having lots of pieces of shell in it that could have broken by teeth. The whole thing was served in a glass and was imposssible to eat without splilling. It could have been a knock-out dish, but Mr. Flay needs a trainer in there to give this staff some info about how to properly put a dish together, and when to do it. The cut of my pork was extraordinary, a true genius of a buy. The sauce was inspired, the apples cooked to perfection, and then... the person who cooked it, did his level best to cancel anything that is good and exceptional about this piece of meat. The bread was super. As a restaurant owner myself with a Zagat rating and a NYT "very good"
I sensed that the kitchen is just putting the food out, not making food for diners. I also sensed from the quality of the ingredients tht Mr. Flay wants something more and may not even know that there is trouble in the AC store. It seems they lack discipine. My husband's hash browns should never have come to the table. The cook had to see it, the runner had to see it, the expediter had to approve it and the waiter may or may not have seen it. My 17 year old bussers would have brought it back to the kitchen. It was like eating sawdust, and you could see it when it was laid on the table. A petrified mess of hash browns with all of the moisure removed from it, and the potates covered in sawdust. NO hint of onions, butter, cream, anything, just sawdust. Bobby honey, just I think I can take a vacation, and you think they can do it without you, they can't . Fix it please so I can go to AC and have some of your wonderful food.
elizabeht butler <lizcancook@aol.com>
madison, ct, USA - Monday, November 13, 2006 at 00:49:32 (CST)
  Excellent
Excellent Casino & Hotel... the best in AC!!!
Peter Jones <sonj37@yahoo.com>
AC, NJ, USA - Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 14:27:16 (CST)
  BINGO Party
On May 15th, My mom Jane and Sweety Pie went to The Borgata and play 7:00PM to 8:00PM 1-hour BINGO
Robert Sweety Pie Henderson <roberthenderson610@yahoo.com>
Philadelphia, PA, USA - Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at 19:11:34 (PDT)
  BINGO Party
On May 15th, My mom Jane and Sweety Pie went to The Borgata and play 7:00PM to 8:00PM 1-hour BINGO
Robert Sweety Pie Henderson <roberthenderson610@yahoo.com>
Philadelphia, PA, USA - Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at 19:10:11 (PDT)
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