Casino Player Magazine Awards Turning Stone the 2025 Best Overall Dining in New York State

Posted on May 15, 2025

Casino Player Magazine Awards Turning Stone the 2025 Best Overall Dining in New York State

In addition to top honors for overall dining, the leading casino hospitality authority also awarded Turning Stone 12 additional awards for the best variety of restaurants, best overall entertainment and more. These awards recognize Turning Stone’s exceptional guest service and unparalleled culinary and nightlife offerings and are presented based on feedback from casino guests and the magazine’s editorial staff.

Oneida Indian Nation Homelands (May 15, 2025) – Turning Stone Resort Casino has again been awarded Best Overall Dining in New York state in Casino Player Magazine’s annual Best of Dining & Nightlife Awards. This coveted prize is among the casino and hospitality authority’s highest accolades, recognizing exceptional dining experiences, best-in-class guest service and unrivaled amenities across the resort.

In addition to the Best Overall Dining Award, Turning Stone also earned 12 additional honors for 2025. These first-place awards include:

  • Best Overall Dining
  • Best Variety of Restaurants
  • Best Steakhouse (TS Steakhouse)
  • Best Food Hall (The Food Hall)
  • Best Sushi (Sushi Sushi)
  • Best Breakfast (Emerald Restaurant)
  • Best Coffee Shop (Opals)
  • Best Desserts (Opals)
  • Best View (TS Steakhouse)
  • Best Romantic Restaurant (TS Steakhouse)
  • Best Outdoor Dining (Wildflowers)
  • Best Happy Hour (Upstate Tavern)
  • Best Overall Entertainment

These awards continue to expand Turning Stone’s reputation as Upstate New York’s most award-winning dining, entertainment and nightlife destination. Home to more than 20 dining venues, Turning Stone offers a diverse range of culinary choices that spans timeless fine dining, classic steakhouse offerings, elevated pub fare, a market-style buffet, authentic BBQ, sushi, Northern Italian, Chinese and Thai cuisine and fast-casual options. These venues have been consistently recognized by some of the top authorities in dining with awards that include the Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Award, AAA Four Diamond Award, Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, OpenTable’s Diners’ Choice Award, TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award and more.

The resort is also the region’s top destination for entertainment and nightlife, with a 5,000-seat arena, an intimate concert venue and Exit 33, a nightlife complex that includes NY Rec & Social Club, home of the TS Sports sports book, Tin Rooster Honky Tonk, The Gig, Turquoise Tiger and Alchemist Bar. Together, these venues welcome major sporting events, top stars in music and comedy and emerging artists from across the country.

For more about the 2025 Casino Player Magazine Best of Dining & Nightlife Awards, please visit https://www.casinocenter.com/bodn-2025-dining-out/   

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About Turning Stone Resort Casino

A renowned, award-winning destination resort in Upstate New York, the Oneida Indian Nation’s Turning Stone Resort Casino features world-class amenities including five hotels, two luxurious spas, five golf courses, more than 20 dining options, a 125,000 square foot Las Vegas-style gaming floor, TS Sports, a state-of-the-art sports betting lounge, The Showroom, an intimate concert venue, a 5,000 seat arena, and several nightlife venues. Conveniently located 30 miles east of Syracuse at NYS Thruway exit 33, Turning Stone was named the #1 Best Gaming Resort in New York by Casino Player Magazine and the #1 Best Overall Dining in 2023. Turning Stone has also earned the prestigious Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Award for The Lodge, Wildflowers restaurant, TS Steakhouse, and Skʌ:nʌ́: Spa, and, for more than a decade, the AAA Four Diamond Award for The Lodge, The Tower Hotel, and Wildflowers restaurant.

For more information and reservations, call (315) 361-7711 or (800) 771-7711.

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