Nextep Casino food service

The El Cortez has gambling gourmet in case you don't want to leave your machine. They bring your food on a tray. I understand that Nextep (screen shown) is trying to introduce kiosks where you can use your credit card, choose a food item, and it will remember your favorites.

Could we be at the point where coffee shops, buffets, and steakhouses are unnecessary for some casinos? Since you have a screen in front of you, just order your food and someone will deliver.

Quote: pacomartin

The El Cortez has gambling gourmet in case you don't want to leave your machine. They bring your food on a tray. I understand that Nextep (screen shown) is trying to introduce kiosks where you can use your credit card, choose a food item, and it will remember your favorites.

Could we be at the point where coffee shops, buffets, and steakhouses are unnecessary for some casinos? Since you have a screen in front of you, just order your food and someone will deliver.

Theoretically maybe, but I think mosts people actually want to take a break from play to eat. I know I would, though I am more a table-game player. And btw, I do not even like eating in the poker room.

Quote: AZDuffman

And btw, I do not even like eating in the poker room.

From the context, I get the feeling you are saying you do not like to see anybody eating while playing poker.

So you'd actually prefer to have empty seats at your poker table?

Quote: DJTeddyBear

From the context, I get the feeling you are saying you do not like to see anybody eating while playing poker.

So you'd actually prefer to have empty seats at your poker table?

Not how I meant it, but I do not care for eating at the poker table now that you mention it. Yes, I'd rather people take a 30-60 minute break and eat. Empty seats will get filled.

For that matter, I really don't care for mixing meals with most activities, such as having lunch at one's desk. I just hate the smells and all the noise of eating, unless I am actually at a table and also eating.

Snacks at a home-game would be a different matter.

Quote: AZDuffman

... Empty seats will get filled.

Bad wording on my part.

I meant absent players, not empty seats.

Quote: DJTeddyBear

Bad wording on my part.

I meant absent players, not empty seats.

Oh, OK. No harm done. Absent players are a hassle in cash games, but in tourneys they can leave and eat all they want so long as their blinds get posted.

You can order drinks from slot machines... the casino gains by waitresses making only Drink Delivery trips rather than also Order Taking Trips. Why not order a food tray as well.

Downside: Limited selections: Only standard cocktails and only standard food trays.

Remember that movie where someone stopped at a convenience store to get "some food and drink' ... and then there was a quick cut to a freezer filled with cans labeled "Food" and "Drink". If we go to only things you can order on your iphone then that is what we will have and that is all we will have.

Quote: FleaStiff

You can order drinks from slot machines... the casino gains by waitresses making only Drink Delivery trips rather than also Order Taking Trips. Why not order a food tray as well.

Downside: Limited selections: Only standard cocktails and only standard food trays.

Remember that movie where someone stopped at a convenience store to get "some food and drink' ... and then there was a quick cut to a freezer filled with cans labeled "Food" and "Drink". If we go to only things you can order on your iphone then that is what we will have and that is all we will have.

As another poster suggested, I wouldn't want to eat food after playing a slot machine without washing my hands first. Holding a drink in a glass is one thing, but grabbing a burger or fries directly is entirely another. If you haven't seen pictures of how dirty slot players' hands can be, let me refresh your memory:

(from a Las Vegas Sun story run last year)

.....

I didn't say it was a good trend, just that this company was pushing it. The alternative is to put your order in before you go to the coffee shop.