The Meadows At Prairie Meadows

I stayed at the Prairie Meadows hotel this week for a conference. I was impressed with how friendly the staff was and how clean the amenities were.
While waiting for my über driver to pick me up and take me to the airport, the bell attendant asked if he could help me and offered me a complementary ride in the shuttle. When we arrived at the airport I accidentally left my phone in the shuttle and didn’t realize until I was at the ticket counter. I frantically called the hotel and asked if they could contact the driver and have him look for my phone and bring it back to me. While I was waiting for the hotel front desk to call me back, in walks the bell attendant! I was extremely impressed and so thankful for him bringing my phone back!
Thank you to the front desk and bell attendant for being so prompt and responsive! Much appreciated!

I have had casino buffets all over the country, this was definitely the worst. Food was old and very little selection. The employees stood behind our table talking to the next table, I guess to be other employees. Never come here again.

Nice place to stay but the race track is DEAD.
No announcing, no bells, music or hype of any kind.
No signal given when the horses leave the gate or introduction as to the jockeys or the animals

Had to travel for business. Was fortunate enough to be booked here. The facilities are very nicely maintained. The staff is highly professional and very accommodating. One of the rock stars that stands out is Samantha at the front desk of the hotel. Extremely friendly and professional. Went out of her way to ensure that my accommodations were exactly as I liked. She went above and beyond to wow me. I will stay here from now on.

Nice facility and staff for events. Very flexible and professional from my initial tour of the location. Clean, modern, and welcoming. A/​V system for main ballroom was nice, as was the full production stage. Away from Casino so as not to confuse the event site with the gaming site. Very nice!

Stayed here with very young kids. Room was very nice. Stayed above lobby in 2^nd floor and never dealt with casino.
Towels are nice. Room was spacious and had everything you could ask for including Keurig with four coffee pods. TV was easy to navigate. Liked the extra desk you could pull out.
Will stay here again of we get a chance.
Parking was great too.

I do like the video roulette board here, it’s not video roulette just a video betting system. Really speeds things up vs a chip table. You know how crazy tables get with ppl covering the whole table. Very nice to have space and play without others getting in the way. This alone gets a star.

I would’ve loved to have given them 5 stars but didn’t due to various aspects that may have had to do with our event planner for our function or PMs event planner. We were recently there for an event with a cash bar… The lines to receive a drink were outrageous. The venue was nice and the food was good. However it was odd we had three different potato choices.

I really enjoyed our stay here. Hotel room was clean, looked just like the pictures on line prortray. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The casino is something fun to do without even leaving the hotel. We originally booked a different hotel for our stay, the Valley West Inn in Des Moines. DO NOT STAY THERE. So I needed a hotel last minute. I booked with Hotel Tonight app and it was great. I got a great price and the hotel was perfect for what we wanted. I will stay here again next time I am in Iowa.

The clubhouse buffet is by far the worst buffet I have eaten at. For $ 16 it has a horrible selection and the quality of the food is low. Try somewhere else in the casino.

I’m a fan. I like to win, too. :)

WOW… This hotel really exceeded our expectations!
High styled, beautifully decorated… All the latest in hotel design!
Upon checking in (Nov 2012) we could tell we were in for a treat. We stayed in a King Suite that was like a little apartment. It had a large king bed bedroom and master bath featuring luxury bath products… There was also a guest bathroom. A large living are with sectional sleeper sofa. 2 large plasma tv’s, a kitchenette with refrig, gourmet coffee service and microwave. The room also featured ironing board, safe, extra blankets, blow dryer etc…
The maid service was excellent as was the front desk.
The entire hotel facility was immaculate… Absolutely lovely.
The new casino portion of the hotel is equally beautiful., it transitions into the older casino which is fun and exciting. The older casino will remodel to match the newer over the next 2 years…
We travel to casino hotels frequently and all I can say is WOW… This was one of the nicest! Thank you Prairie Meadows we had a great stay! Richard Hornaday

I was here for a conference this past weekend and the facilities were all very well maintained and full stocked throughout the weekend.
The building itself was very new and beautifully decorated.
I didn’t get a chance to explore the rest of the building/​casino/​racetrack but I will definitely be back soon for pleasure and not business!

First visit to Prairie Meadows last night for Tony Bennett. This place is very nice and very clean. Only complaint is that concerts should not be in a flat room with no risers. I was in row 2 but i’m sure others further back had a difficult time seeing for over 100.00 per ticket.

Had the Buffet, the wed. prime rib buffet. the quality of food, compared to the price was very good. I think next time we wil just go and have the lunch buffet. great desserts, excellent salad bars, and the food was fresh. if you haven’t been there, the buffet is at the front entrance, so you don’t have to wander around aimlessly looking for the buffet.

We decided to visit this horse track during our family trip to Des Moines. It was great to walk outside and see the horses, the jockey’s and watch the races. We watched a couple races from outside then moved into the club house (4^th floor) where we got a table right at the window level.
We ate their clubhouse buffet for dinner. It was resonably priced and the food was good. A good choice for our family of 4 with a couple of picky eaters. The service was good at our table too.
We have 2 kids (age 9 and 7). They really liked the experience and the club allowed them into the club house area.

Great as far as casinos go. Love to watch/​bet on the horses although I don’t really know how to … and there doesn’t seem to be away to find out for the newbies. Most of the staff is friendly. Parking seems to be kind of a pain in the tush however.

Nice place to spend an afternoon gambling on the horses and serving up a beatdown at the BlackJack tables