The Eatery - Charles Town

This is a little pricey! Glorified mall food court. You are captive and don't have many other cost effective choices. It is what it is!

This place is located right at the heart of Hollywood Casino at Charlestown Races. We haven't been here since COVID-19 and we weren't sure which places were open for dining. The Eatery is much like the food hall/food blocks that have been popping up everywhere. There are a few options to choose from- Zen which offers Asian cuisine and noodle bowls, Starbucks, Mexican and another I can't remember, but the Italian place is closed and there's a bar right in the middle which offers draft beers and mixed drinks if you don't want to wait for the server to come around. We chose to eat at Zen. We had the chicken satay, Kung Pao chicken, General Tso, chicken lo mein, shrimp fried rice and some drinks- total came to about $75 bucks. Not bad since it fed six adults. The favorite was the chicken lo mein and the Kung Pao chicken. The stay was pretty tasty but the chicken was a bit dry- same with the General Tso. The main entree's came with white rice which was a good filler. We also checked out the Starbucks and ordered some lattes and coffee while the other half opted to try out the alcoholic menus and ordered some of their Lagunitas on draft and another Ipa I can't recall. They were both pretty tasty. The prices were also pretty reasonable considering it's a Casino. All in all, we were pretty full and satisfied. We might try out the Mexican menu next time since the line looked very long, it might be worth the wait!

The buffet was an extreme disappointment. It was a total rip-off. Ant fast food joint would have been much better. They shouldn't expect return customers considering the low quality of food at the buffet. I know I'll never return. One star is actually more than this place deserves for its food.

One star is being nice. Have been here 5-6 times. Service slow. Food cold. Not sure if they don't have enough help or what but someone needs to get it together. Plus it's a casino. You would think they would want to get you back on the floor and gambling! A plus-Waitresses are all nice.

It is sad to post this review. The last two times I have been to the Skybox the wait for the food has been horrible. It took 1:15 to get our appetizers (12 wings) not rocket science. I don't know who to blame. The service or the cook staff. Once we got our food it was pretty good. But after years of going we will not be back.