It seems like Grand Victoria is on a path to improving the overall experience in gambling. They have added a bunch more slot machines when you initially walk in, something that was once dead space and felt like you were walking into the abyss of losing money. It now feels brighter and a little more lively. They've also moved the customer service desk and it's no longer hidden by slot machines, but it is weirdly placed behind the elevator. I don't think there was anything in this space previously. I wish there were better food options here - the fast casual option is just ok.. I honestly would not pay to eat here again, the prices do not justify, especially after gambling for a few hours. The slots have drastically improved in the last few months, way more of the new machines instead of those poor slots that were on their last leg. There are the occasional machines that have a sticky button or a chair that has seen better days, but overall, I think this place is on an upwards swing. read more

Totally negative review. Can't trust Grand Victoria Casino. Was taken advantage of by dealer at ultimate Texas Holden table. Dealer put 4 threes on the table and told me that I could not use them because they belonged to the house and there was no way that I could win so I should fold my hand so I did just to find out later that I could use the 4 threes and would have won the hand. Contacted the casino and was told that they were not going to do anything about that. Needless to say they have lost a customer for life because I can not frequent an establish that I can not trust read more

Aweful. Tight machines. Hard to bonus. Get a bonus... get $2.67!! Save your money! Don't go here!!!

Whet can I say a big waste of time . Came in and didn't win at all. I spend a very good amount too. Didn't see any big wins and everyone was complaining. Don't waste your time. It's old and stinky inside too. All that money they make they should use it to redo it and make it more entertaining., Go to Hard Rock , read more

I'll start by saying what casino expectations are in my mind. Expect to lose. Expect to have fun losing if the atmosphere is right, especially at a craps table. I've played craps at many casinos. Dealers are ALWAYS the best part (besides a hot roller). I am happy to throw some dealer bets down when the dice are rolling good as a way to say thanks! Now, if I'm down say $900-$1000, I'm in selfish mode and just trying to get back to even. Sorry dealers, you'll have to wait. All that to say...Stacy, the craps dealer, no fun, all business. Rules about where to put chips. Tossing chips at dealers is half the fun and they enjoy it! As I cash out after losing most of my buy in, she mutters loud enough for me to hear "thanks for all the dealer bets". Dealers like her should not be handling a social game like craps. I usually enjoy my time anywhere I go. If I go back to GVC and she's dealing at the craps table, I'll leave and go somewhere else. Very disappointing. read more

Lost 600$ for technical problem. No possibility to see surveillance cameras. No protected like client. read more

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No customer service to speak with. Website and Toll free number is a joke. Not enough restaurant (only 1) to choose from, and No hotel. Why would I even bother checking out this secluded place located in the middle of nowhere. read more

Nice atmosphere and they have good pizza and I love the sports book but I can never win there but it's fun to go get away

Love this boat casino option and the opportunity to be able to walk outside on deck. Nice space overall. Don't think I'll get rich here but was pleasant enough to want to return some time. Worth checking out! read more

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Seems like it would have been a cool place but now is just pretty run down. Plenty of parking which is convenient. They have mainly slots and a few tables but no electronic craps or anything like that. I will not be back. The staff and security were nice though! read more

This Casino has gone so far down hill since it open back in the day, I refuse to step foot in it anymore. If you want to throw all your money away visit this place. Also, you can get a real good dose of attitude to go with it. Rivers Casino put the nail in the coffin on this place. The only good thing is they now have a sportsbook which isn't much to speak of, along with some sports betting kiosks if you would rather not speak to the rude actors behind the desk. Slots are the absolute worst, even if you ever are lucky enough to get a bonus, the payout is going to be nill. I really used to like come here, but I refuse to waste my money anymore. I will drive much further to Rivers Casino and enjoy a place where you can actually win money. Dont waste your time at Grand Victoria. Caesars killed this place. read more

This used to be a decent place, but time was not good to the old barge. The buffet is long gone and never coming back. Its too bad, because it was an excellent buffet (for a casino). The slot payouts are terrible. The vast majority of machines are the ones that only pay back something during the 'free games' or 'bonus round.' If you want to step outside for a breath of fresh air, there are several exits allowing you to check out the river. Look past the decking and the railings, though. They are bombarded with pigeon poo. It's disgusting. The ladies working the rewards desk and in the lounge are absolute sweethearts. The female bartenders are nice, but the guys need a little polishing. The employees working at the pizza place need a serious attitude adjustment- all of them! From the cashier to the cook. There is an infectious toxicity behind the counter and every one of them feels as if they are doing you a favor by taking your money and providing you with a mediocre product. Don't ask for nor expect too much. They all seem miserable. Go find a new job and be happy. read more

Don't waste your time...or money. Blew through $500 in two hours and nothing to show for it. Garbage.

Close to my house but prefer michigan casino 4 winds. Didn't go here for two weeks and the tiny free play they give for being a diamond plus was cut in half. No incentive to go here, 4 winds give me $160 a week to play and free suites to stay and comps for dinner. Here they give me $30 now down to $15. Really what is the point. Every casino raises me for free play if I don't go o get me to go and Elgin lowers you. Really bad since ceasers took over. Very cheap. They lost people to Riversnand now that Rockford is open they will loose more. No reason to go No incentive to get your business.​ read more

Nice place to chill and hit a Lick! LOL, fast friendly people and they have Craps!!! Nice!

This place used to be great. Went there last night, on a Wednesday evening. Waited over an hour to get on the craps table. The first manager Tod (yes, with one 'd') was great and extremely nice. Finally got me a spot. Then once I got there I had a friend next to me and they told me I couldn't be on the table with him standing next to me. The manager Jason was so rude. Get your shit together guys and put a system in place that works. Don't make people wait an hour to get on a table and instead of calling their names out like Marco Polo when their turn is ready, use a texting system or something to let players know their spot is ready. Also my friend got yelled at a few times for not having his mask on his nose, yet they were not sanitizing ANY machines in the place. I was on one slot for about a half hour and the spot next to me had about 3 people use it without it getting sanitized at all in between. In conclusion: 1. Fire the manager Jason 2. Hire more staff for more tables so u don't have to wait so long 3. Start a texting thing to let people know when their spot is ready 4. Sanitize the machines if the staff is going to constantly worry about your masks read more

It is not about winning or losing. It is gambling and you take a chance. What I do not like is how close all of the machines are with the chairs. You cannot walk through an aisle without pumping into chairs or people. Even if no one is sitting in a row of machines! Too claustrophobic for me. Also, no one asked if we wanted anything to drink. And I could not find a soda machine or spot to get some water. My players card never registered. Every time I put the card in the machine, registered red, not green. Again and again I would have to try. So frustrating, what's the point of a players card?! A plus is that the valet is always quick. read more

My wife and I come here often and enjoy the perks of being Sterling members. We get comped meals often, and the free gifts and cash play are nice. I've read reviews stating that it smells bad and the carpet is dirty. I disagree. The casino is clean and does not smell. Most of the staff is very friendly. The bartenders are great! While Rivers does have a nicer buffet and better free cash play, it is too crowded, and the staff is not nearly as friendly. read more

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As a loyal customer, it's frustrating to me that you call yourselves a 24/7 casino yet 3 am rolls around and the boss closes down the only active craps table with multiple players still giving you their action. I also noticed that the 3 card poker table and the Ultimate Texas Holdem tables closed down around this time also. Your available food options at this point are also severely lacking. At this point it might be worth taking a few more trips down to Rivers Casino where they at least have some decent food and keep the games going all night long. read more

You could wait forever for service if you need help at a machine. No service at all, very disappointing.

My family and I were going into the casino and the manager or entrance manager was very rude to us . As if even our presence to enter the establishment was an irritation to him. The staff here treat the clients like garbage. When I advised him of his rudeness and told him we were going to rivers casino instead , he scoffed " Good . " Don't go here , the employees are just awful to the customers. read more

Love this casino. The staff is so nice and friendly. It is clean and pretty. At night it looks even more gorgeous. I miss how it used to move back and forth on the river. But hey we can't have everything. So much parking. I like how you can walk above the street if you parked on the other end. read more

Came here for a wedding. Ceremony was in an odd location, outside along a narrow strip on the 2nd floor alongside the Fox River....which was actually pretty neat in a way. We didn't gamble just did the reception in the room next to the ceremony. Pretty textbook wedding reception and food was plentiful and just fine. Service was efficient and the place was clean and seemingly well organized. read more

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Bring the buffet back....what's a casino without a buffet? We had the best buffet in the state. Bring back more promotions, drawings to win cash play, birthday slot tournament....Make this place FUN again. It was the best casino in the state before COVID. Stop adding slot machines that require at least a minimum of 75 cents or greater. Let's see more "hand pays"....don't see that many anymore. That eating area when you come down the escalators doesn't look impressive. Why did you change the beautiful bar and make it a pizza restaurant? Change is good - but I liked the casino the way it was!! read more

Some of the public need to remember to keep their hands of someone; especially when you don't know the person! Especially now in the pandemic period we are in. Had an incident with some here and at other Casinos. Usually it's some black dude thinking he can invade my personal space. And had a Filipina crunch her knuckles and gave me a stare like I was playing at the wrong table. In both cases the security and dealer did nothing. Also, had the experience of a white security guy talk to me in a vulgar manner with surrounding staff around. If I did any of this to someone surely I would be put in my place! But it's contradictory here so, yeah. read more

The most rude and meanest dealers I have ever witnessed in my life. The dealers talked to EVERYONE like they were scum no matter the amount of money you were playing with it was disgusting . Not one dealer gave a smile the whole night I was there. It felt like a prison yard. The dealer told me " I dont know why you sit down your going to lose"... another dealer asked me " if I was leaving" when I asked him to change $100 into $5 coins. Also the food is terrible . The bistro is absolutely horrid. Service was terrible I sat there for 15 minutes before my order was taken and the food was NASTY!!! Avoid this place at all cost please listen !! read more

Very tight slots. Just like Rivers. Lost $500 in 30 minutes. Deli's staff need customer services training badly. read more

Have been to Casino many times and found it fun. Past weekend had a weird experience. I only play slots and while walking around spotted a large denomination chip laying on the floor. Looked around for any security and not seeing anybody went to a blackjack table where dealer had no players. I told her there was a large denomination chip on the floor and pointed in its direction. She looked at me and said I should just go pick it up. As I turned, she yelled the name of a player at table near the chip and told him to grab it. I was so surprised by her actions I did not know what to say. No it was not my money and I felt that chip was casino property and I should point it out to an employee. Was really surprised by her actions. While it is the actions of only one employee, it will be in memory for awhile and keep me away. read more

Stopped in to play some roulette. Didn't plan on staying long as I had a doctors appt . Got to the table,stood at the end as it was full, began to bet, placed some chips in front of the dealer and said" double zero please", continued to bet. He spun the ball without placing my chips on 00 and I said double zero pLease" thinking maybe he didn't hear me. He pointed and said it's right there, and hesitated, then placed the chips. Next spin same thing, my point here is that the lazy mother fucker, didn't want to simply place my chips as requested. So upon the few times I did hit my number, there was no tip to the dealer. As expected I got a shitty look from him. As I walked away, I noticed he was talkIng to the other dealer, and motioned to the spot I was standing, with some arm jesters . As I was driving away, I thought , I should have made a complaint about his behavior. So once I waa home I did call and spoke to some dip shit, but gave them my player info, and time frame so they know exactly who this asshole is !!! None of this would have be been an issue, except that recently I had some surgery done on my knee, and can't bend/twist it certain ways . He should have known something was up, it was very visible I was wearing a brace and as I had adjusted the brace while basically standing next to him. Just another example of some loser, not wanting to do there job , and expecting a tip !!! read more

My Lady was talking about this casino to me and how big it is from the outside, but we both never have been there before. despite seeing the low star rating, I was still for going and seeing how it was. So we made it a date night, my Lady took me out to dinner at the Indulge for there Maine Event Lobster Feast. And then I treated her to different games of slots that night for fun. So starting my review for Indulge Buffet: The staff at the Indulge in my opinion way better than other places I have been too. From seating us, to clearing our table, to explaining different dishes to us if we had a question. I have to say the staff in my book was awesome. The food on the other hand, was a hit or miss I think. The Lobster tails were great, it has been a long time since I had seafood, and I have to say they were great. My Lady and I started off with salad, then worked on tasting little here and there and that is where the hit or miss hit. So the sushi, I am unsure if the buffet has there own sushi chef or not, but the sushi was ok for buffet sushi, presentation was there, just some either fell apart easy(was not rolled tight enough), or one piece may have tasted ok the other was not. So it may depend how long they sit out on the tray before a person takes one or two to eat. The crab cakes were too salty, and had a fishy taste to them, so depending on if they are stored(frozen) or if gotten fresh, the ingredients need to be check to make sure they are actually fresh and then someone may need to lay off on the salt a bit. I tried the tortellini and she tried a ravioli, we honestly did not care for it, because for starters it would been better warm than cold, as both ours were cold, and her ravioli was hard to cut, I have never seen pasta like that before. But the flavor was more bland with the tortellini, and as we were going by one the staff members, unsure if chefs was loading most the pasta dishes with a lot of cheese. Now I did happen to see they had a station at the buffet if you wanted a certain type of Asian dish, the chef would stir fry it r make it for you, we did not try that, but it looks interesting. We did happen to both try the soup, she had a clam chowder and I had seafood style soup, both were excellent to us, we tried a little of another's and liked it. We both grabbed what we thought was garlic bread by the rolls, but seriously was not and did not taste well either. The tempura seafood I will say had some flavor, not bad, but bit spicy, as the chili flakes do not always show. The calamari was awesome as well. We as well both had a slice of the beef the staff member cut for us and they were nice cuts of beef and tasted great as well. Afterwards, we had dessert, she had a cup of mocha espresso and I french vanilla and I got to say I loved the espresso. We loved most of the selections of desserts they had, but sadly because of a treenut allergy there were some I could not try like the cinnamon roll with walnuts, I wish they had some desserts with both options of no nuts and nuts, for those who can and cannot. But other than that we were happy, as there will always be a hit of miss at the buffet. Afterwards we went to sign up for a membership and play few games of slots, we both won something, but used it to play other games as yesterday was more of a play for fun day for us, see if we could win big, if not oh well, can always come back another time and try a luck again. So over all we loved visiting the Grand Victoria Casino and the Indulge. read more

We fully go to the casino expecting to lose and if we happen to win that would be a pleasant surprise. This has been our third visit to GV in the last year and a half or so and each time we have gotten no play whatsoever for our money. Please let your guests have a little fun before you take all their money. We will not be returning. read more

If you are selective and know how to play games you have a better chance to win at instead of table games and slots, play at GVC ELGIN, IL in the poker rooms! You have to travel downstairs to get there. I highly enjoy winning there and I believe that the chances to win are greater in poker rooms then upstairs. If you know how to skillfully play cash game pokers, give it a shot. Play there and do your best to win! There is a BAD BEAT JACKPOT that is over $400,000USDS. You, I, and rest of the table must beat ACES FULL OF KINGS. If it happens, great!! We all found the magical pot of poker golds at end of the rainbow. But I must tell you all, pokers is a game of chances, skills, and lucks. Everyone loses and wins... but don't give up. Just play your best to win or lose and have a great time!!! No poker tourneys though, and no high hand payouts either. They should also offer poker promotions like Hollywood Casino and when Harrahs Joliet IL had a poker room, they offered in house promotions. 4 out of 5 stars for GVC!!!! read more

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I do not understand most of these negative reviews. This is a nice casino. I think people are just mad they didn't win. I lost $300 but I had fun. You can't get mad at how close the seats are for the slots. There are plenty of slots that are out in the open. The carpet didn't look old. Everything looked modern. The bathrooms were clean and there is a huge bathroom when you walk in. The table limits during the morning were only $5 for 3 Card and roulette. When the 3 card poker table filled up they didn't raise the limit which was nice. I hate the smell of smoke and it did not smell like smoke. Not sure where that comment came from. It's the best Vegas fix in northern Illinois. read more

Went for my birthday, turns out you can't be disabled and come here! Kicked my father and I out because we were too "drunk" my father is paralyzed and doesn't even drink this casino discriminates against handicapped people just because my fathers hands don't work like the rest of ours and fumbled his chips. Never coming here again waste your money somewhere else they dont care! ADA will be hearing about this one. read more

Worst place to go if you're handicapped they offer no assistance and no valet parking also they tighten up the machines so good luck winning. Will never go there ago!!! Worst place ever!!! read more

Now that the new owners have taken over this is what has changed for me...I used to get a birthday bonus offer..Gone. I had a Casino host...Gone. Used to get an Anniversary gift voucher toward food..Gone Free food offers each month..Gone Not to mention the closure of the Buffet and the great burger restaurant that was there. Some of my friends say they also don't go here anymore. The only good thing is that I save more money now. Sorry to say all this but this was not a good change for me. Rivers is proving to be a better choice for me now and it never was before. The machines at GV are stingy at best which leaves a bad feeling that you are being taken for a ride. read more

GVC used to be a great place to spend the day, Not anymore. Buffet, gone., deli, gone., the restaurant to have a great lunch gone and replaced by Pizza (Yuk). Now it's no more than a big area with lots of slots. The casino used to be a place to meet friends and family and gamble. The new owners apparently have forgotten who their cliental are which are mostly local people. The whole atmosphere is totally different. Very sad considering the boat and location had so much going for it. I've been going there for years and am really disappointed st what it's become. Looking forward to Hard Rock opening in Rockford, hopefully it will have more class than the "new" GVC. read more

Virtually no kickbacks when playing slots, leads to losing money quickly. Recent increase of atm fee to $10, makes obtaining more cash, more expensive. Sad, discouraged people everywhere. Few and low hand pays recently, between 1200-1400, even for higher bets. Quick tip: if you win a hand pay, do NOT attend the jackpot frenzy. It is basically a blood bath, for you to lose your winnings. I can't even imagine what the return to player is. Points earned are minuscule, after playing and losing LOTS of money. Overall a cut throat experience. Whoever is now managing this Caesar location has created a lose-lose situation for the customer, which will ultimately create a lose-lose business scenario. Things at the grand are not-so-grand anymore and have changed for the negative several times over the past several years. Looks bleak. For a small casino with no hotel/spa and sub-par food choices, I will choose to gamble elsewhere. read more

BUCKINGHAM RESTAURANT I'm not sure how many people know this, but there's a nice steak restaurant inside Grand Victoria. I only eat here because my friend uses her casino points. I probably wouldn't pay to eat here, as good as their food is, since I could find a nice steak place closer to me. The atmosphere is nice, very elegantly decorated. The wait staff is nice and attentive. The steak and seafood are good and I would definitely recommend using your points here if you ever get tired of the buffet next door. read more

Went on a Saturday night. It was really packed. Played a few hands of blackjack at five dollars a round. Everyone seemed friendly, but it was too packed so I left. read more

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