Oxford Downs, Orlando

Highlights: Tiki bar, snack food, poker, and more

A poker palace, Oxford Downs nevertheless manages to incorporate many of the things common to casinos near Orlando Florida, namely, sports streaming and food and drink. Unfortunately, there’s no on-site racing or simulcasting. To paraphrase the Oxford Downs’ website itself, this is very much a card room for poker players. Play 7 card stud, Omaha hi-lo, Texas hold ’em, pineapple hold ’em, and the rather more eclectic crazy pineapple hold ’em.

Oxford Downs is a great place to visit when driving through Central Florida. Best known for its poker options, the site has 24 poker tables. 17 of which are traditional poker tables, while the others are for poker table games. The minimum to play is $5. Oxford Downs offers promotions every Friday and Saturday, which they title the Weekend High Hand! The site also has a Tiki Bar, which unlike the poker room, has a closing time. If you come during winter months the bar may be shut down, but when open, you can order food directly to your poker table if you’d like.

Perhaps the most unique aspect of Oxford Downs is its tiki bar, though, an open-air venue that serves as both a source of regular entertainment and a bar/eatery. Online Casino Florida discovered that food can be served just about anywhere in Oxford Downs and usually takes the form of light meals like soups and salad, wings, pizza, pasta, and potato skins. Oxford Downs is especially popular with the over-55s due to its proximity to The Villages retirement community. You can stop by Oxford Downs if you’re looking for a couple-hour break from a long drive. It’s about an hour from each Orlando and Gainesville. The town it’s located in is called Summerfield, Florida, which is home to 27,000+ people.