Location	875 Beach Blvd. Biloxi, MS 39530
RV Status	Maybe OK to park -- see report
Phone	228-386-7111
Web	www.beaurivage.com
Video Poker	Fair to Poor   vpFree
Misc. Info	US 90 bridge closed Biloxi / Ocean Springs
Reports and photos	See below -- Send an updated report

Casino Camper Review, November 2006   Updated April 2007

RV Parking  Second update for April 2007, I talked with a security guard and we've found an OK place to park here. 

Option 1:  The best place is a paved parking lot with a sign that says "Oversized Vehicles".  It's located at the North end of the employee parking lot on the North side of US-90 from the casino.  Access is from Howard Ave. via Couevas St.  You can see this lot very well by clicking the Satellite option on the Google map.  Not a lot of room for turning a big rig, so large 5th wheels and long motorhomes with toads may want to pass.  See photo below.  

Option 2:  There's a dirt parking lot a couple of blocks away.  We visited it, corner of Caillavet St. and Howard AV. There were five tour busses, one bobtail semi truck and one RV.  It was raining and the lot was muddy.  I recommend NOT parking there.  It's too far from the casino and too dirty. 

Overall  The Beau Rivage is a really beautiful place;  I call it the "Bellagio of the Gulf Coast", although not quite as spectacular it was built by Steve Wynn with many style and architectural elements taken from Bellagio.  The restaurants are great. 

Comps  Beau Rivage seems to be comping pretty good now to get former players to return.  They sent us $200 in free play, so we'll see what they send us next.  (Update, Jan and Feb mailings included $400 free play, split between first and second half of the month.  Our play at the Beau was about 60% quarters and 40% half's and dollars.  The free gifts are nice.  We got bath robes for October, and logo jackets for November.

Food  We ate at the Memphis Q, the Terrace Cafe, and the Buffet.  All are very good.  Memphis Q has excellent BBQ ribs, steaks, and prime rib.  Terrace Cafe is your typical good casino coffee shop, open 24/7/365.  The Buffet has a large selection of seafood along with Asian, American, pasta, some Cajun and French.  Wine is complementary and has been upgraded from last year to Woodbridge from whatever they had in the fall.   

Wine  I like their selection of comped wines on the casino floor. They have a Pinot Noir that's really very good. Kings Estate, Lorane Valley from Oregon (4/2007 update, a Mondovi and a Blackstone Pinot replaces the KE, they're just fair). Their Shiraz is good, it's Pikes, Clare Valley, and they also routinely comp three Manzanita Canyon wines; Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Chardonnay. I sampled them all, and they're all OK. I'd give the Pinot a higher grade then the others, and the Shiraz a close second.  (4/2007 update, some wines are only available at the bar, or table games, others limited at machines.  They had been very consistent about wines, brands, etc. last fall but now it seems they are changing things around.  Last fall they had a small wine menu at the bar that was accurate.  Now these are gone.  Wines are still better than 90% of casinos.

Video Poker  We try to never play a machine that's under 99%, but we do make exceptions at a couple of places we really like. The Beau Rivage is one of them. They have 7/5 BP (98%) and 8/5 JOB (97.3%).  They also have these in progressives, and when the jackpot is over 7000 coins you're playing a 100% machine!  4/2007 update, we also found 8/6 JOB and 10/6/40 DDB.  10/6/40 DDB is the best in the house, but the variance will kill you.

Other Games  The only other game I played was craps.  Surprisingly they had some $5 tables open most of the time, weekends most become $10 and even $25 minimum.  Very knowledgeable, fast, friendly dealers.  No pressure on dice setters if you hit the wall.  A fun place to play one of my favorite games.   They have lots of blackjack and all the other popular table games.   Hard to find a $5 table at night or on the weekend.