Do you rate the casino on your winnings or experience hahaha Typical casino. Not bad size. Tons of free parking. Drinks are not free, unless a high roller, also drink service, you can get ONE drink every 30 minutes. Is a smoking casino up front, and non smoking in the back. It wasn't bad as a normal small space smoking casino, BUT my clothes did smell like it when got home. Took us several hours to lose all our money, so guess that was a good time The one bar up front had maritni specials, and was able to try a toasted s'mores martini which was super tasty! Bathrooms were expectational clean! Didn't eat there, but heard they have a good burger spot inside! read more

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Bad service and horrible service from employees slot machines are rigged took $2.000 and not 1 win smh

Very Smokey. Even nonsmoking area is permeated with the smoke. Unfortunately as an asthmatic, it's very lung irritating. I go to many Casinos and this is never an issue. Food is limited. We came at dinner time and the upstairs bar directed us to the food stand downstairs. There was only one young guy working the entire area. Cooking and taking order. We ordered chili since it was ready. The people working the doors aren't knowledgeable about pick up area for rideshare. I could go on and on . Gaming was ok. We killed some time .... read more

Easy-peazy !!! We parked with our 43 ft Class A Coach. Plenty of turn around space & quite level. We stayed two nights, felt quite safe with security driving around on a regular basis. There is also a camera on the light above our Coach. We took time to tour around Erie and hit some local Breweries. Back at the Casino, we went upstairs to Churchill's Bourbon & Brew. Nicely decorated and what a great, friendly staff, they made us feel welcomed. Dan was our Bartender.... very friendly, and took time to talk AND handle the busy bar top. Very attentive. We did not eat this time but will tomorrow. We had some fun on the slots, lost a little bit of money but expected that. ‍. We had fun. Highly recommended!!!! read more

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bad payouts. upstairs bar closed on one end DURING A CONCERT and downstairs seating closed off. 3 hour wait for food. ridiculous. can i leave negative stars??! read more

Presque Isle Downs & Casino - Closes seating - Casinos Near Me - Erie, Pennsylvania

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The Bar service. I stood at the one side of the bar for 20 mins. The manager assured me I'd be taken care of shortly. That was 10 minutes prior, to me waiting 10 mins before they even acknowledged me. The bartender then told me we are serving the one side of the bar. Which when I arrived they were taking care of both sides. read more

The size of the casino is decent and there are a significant amount of slot machines. Unfortunately it feels very dated, dark and unclean. ( probably because it is a smoking casino). not sure how one open space can be considered smoking and nonsmoking , but that's the structure. I would estimate the 70% of the games are "old school". Getting a beverage is a challenge and the food selection is very limited. I've never walked out of there a significant winner, but it's gambling. Not a fun or pleasant experience unfortunately read more

This is a smoking casino. When we first walked in the strong smell of cigarettes hits you in the face. In the non smoking area the games are old probably from the 80's. The ones we played didn't have sound & most of the buttons don't work. In the smoking area there full ashtrays everywhere. This is surprising since the majority of people over 18 don't smoke!! The bathrooms are clean. Oh! They also give you free play for your losses . That's different from other casinos. Good luck!! read more

Nice mix of new and old slot machines. Reasonably priced food options. We had a good time and will be back.

Went for "old time's sake", as a friend and I used to go to Erie now and then, in the past 10 years. All new! Seemed inviting, until I quickly lost what I came with. Have been to a few casinos in the past couple months...not one took my money so quickly as the NEW PRESQUE ISLE. No more visits there! Not even for old time's sake! read more

...stop here on occasion when passing through for work as the bar upstairs is outstanding. Worked my way through the crowd and took the escalator upstairs only to be confronted by a sign stating the bar wasn't open until 3:00. What the fuck? It's a casino! I'm sorry you have such little concern for your clientele. Dejected I went to some crappy food stand only to be confronted with an $8 cheeseburger with no lettuce and no tomato. Sad... read more

Whole casino was smoking and had areas marked off as non-smoking. As a smoker that was nice as we're usually in an enclosed room. Thoroughbred racing was so fun to watch. My only complaint is that several of the handicap bathroom stalls were not big enough for me to get in them, very frustrating. read more

Visited this casino on a Saturday. Arrived a little later, 10pm. Every restaurant was closed. There was not a single food option in the whole place. Very surprised there was really no crowd. No live music. Bartender was friendly but service was slow despite the bar only have about 3 other customers every time we approached. One drink per person was a hassle if I tried to get my wife and I drinks while she played slots. Most disappointing was you could not bet horse racing and watch on tV from tracks around the country. Sportsbbook has a decent set up with great TVs. Overall place was clean. Great variety of slots. Enjoyed the stadium seating blackjack and roulette area. Not sure we would visit again. Disappointed overall. read more

It's sad what has happened to this casino in the last 5 years. No valet parking, nor even a coat check. No buffet or shuttle busses. If it's raining, just get wet. No more free soda and coffee machines. Snack bar with 5 dollar slices of pizza and 4 dollar fountain drinks. Brew Pub food like Cracker Barrel at three times the price. Permanent removal of poker room. 15 dollar minimum on all table games at all times, even craps. Remember Don Meredith on Monday Night Football? Turn off the lights, the party's................ read more

I have visited this place occasionally for over 10 years. It has gone downhill in the extreme. While not Vegas, it used to be decent for a local casino. I would win sometimes on the slots and they had a great buffet with actual prime rib for under $20. I was there 2 nights ago on a Thursday and it was so empty it was a ghost town. I primarily play video poker and like to play the bar top machines. I ordered a Goose Island IPA in a bottle. This is a mass produced cheap IPA. I was stunned when I was charged $8.75 for it! It's not just expensive, but at that price it is almost robbery. In Vegas they comp drinks for people who are actively playing. Now I don't expect comped drinks here, but there is no rule against them being cheap. Should be cheaper than what one would pay at a regular bar somewhere. So, $8.75 is just wrong. I later got a draft Coors Light draft and I think it was $6.75. Rip Off. Now, onto the games. Those who play video poker know to look at the pay tables to see what the likely payout is. On the bar top machines, the Jacks or Better was set at 7/5! This is absolutely the worst payout I have ever seen at a casino anywhere. It's insulting and a pure ripoff. So, basically they expect some chump who is not only willing to plug money into a tight machine, but also someone who likes getting way overcharged for their drinks. The buffet is gone. They used to have a station where you could serve yourself to free soda drinks. It's gone. I won't be going back. I wouldn't be surprised if this place shuts down eventually. It seems that is the trajectory it is on. read more

I'm lost so many of my hard in pennies in this place. I keep putting my shiny coins in to the big ol things because I love to pull the level and see the lights! I WANT TO WIN TICKETS LIKE CHUCKY CHEESE BUT IT DONT HAPPEN. I WANT TO WIN AN INFLATABLE GUITAR AND EAT RAT PIZZA it smells like 3 toilets and all the vending machine candy taste like pavement. read more

Presque Isle Downs & Casino - Casinos Near Me - Erie, Pennsylvania

You have zero chance of winning at this place. I have lost 10 out of the last 10 visits.. Last night I got a double bonus on a machine I was on after 100 spins and thought maybe I had something. It paid 94 cents. Im done with you PID. There isnt a machine in there that you have any chance to win. Ive never seen machines so bad. I wont be back. read more

A casino, we all know how much I love casinos. So then why did I venture here? It was raining, close to the hotel, and nothing else to do. If I am being honest, it is also a good waste of time. I will reiterate why I don't like casinos. They are nothing but an arcade where you don't come out with prizes, unless you are extremely lucky. I knew we were going to be here for a minute and didn't want to be just sitting around. I looked for the nearest ATM to withdraw some money. Friends, do yourself a favor, stop before coming here to hit up an ATM. The surcharge you get for using it is way out of hand. We walked around a bit and looked at all there was to offer and of course my cheap self landed on a penny slot. If I'm wasting $20 it's going to be on something that will possibly take some time to lose it all. I sat down, but my money in and started pushing buttons. I pulled the lever a few times and felt like that was over dramatic and just continued with the buttons. Faster, almost a more efficient way to lose my money. I played for a bit and made some small wins but really didn't care. When my total kept getting lower I just wanted it to be over and kept hitting max bet in hopes that I would be out of "credits" soon. And what do you know happens, I win, enough for me to break even for both the $20 and surcharge at the ATM. I took this as a sign to put the brakes on and cash out. Cashing out is fairly simple when you are able to do so quickly. But getting stuck behind someone that can't operate the machine that is both an ATM and cash out machine takes a bit longer. I ended up walking about the casino in search of another one to do this process. There is a smoking section in here and you will be able to tell that when you are walking in. You literally walk into this area upon entry. A few places to get drinks inside. Table games. Track for the horse races. But once I was done, I was done. I have met my casino quota for the year. read more

I've never actually gambled before coming here. I have been to Vegas multiple times but I was working and was really focused on sleep and food and other experiences. Casinos aren't my thing and maybe this just wasn't the best one to start with but I'll say this... The workers were super nice. I really hated the smoking it pretty much ruined the whole experience. I won multiple games which was cool. We were visiting the Erie area so possibly for those who live there and haven't been to others this is like amazing. We both just left like, "Yeah nice people but we are so not coming here again". I give 3 stars because it's a mix of not my style but seems like nice service all around. read more

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What Casino runs off truck drivers ? They have a massive parking lot away from everyone and won't let us park here, instead they would rather put tired truckers back on the road. Hell I was even going to spend money there, but nope stopped Me at the door and told me to leave. If you go to this clown show make sure you let em know that you appreciate how they treat truckers read more

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I have been coming here since the place opened. It has gone down hill a lot. The machines have become horribly tight, employees (not all) are rude and the machines are filthy. Cigarette ashes everywhere. The food is also not very good. It's too bad because it used to be a fun place. I'm buying a boat this year and taking up fishing as a new hobby. read more

The smoke in this casino is awful. Why don't they make a designated smoking area that is enclosed with the proper air handlers. A non smoker should not have to walk thru a smoking area to get to the small non smoking room that only has the outdated original slot machines that were on the floor when they opened their doors. There are no options for decent machines for non smokers unless you want to sit in the main room with the smoker right next to you. I visited last Friday and I literally came home and took off everything I had on and immediately put in the wash. All clothing including jacket and my purse had to be washed. The smell permeated everything so much so that I had to shower immediately. Totally disgusting. Come on PID do better for your non smoking customers and employees. If smokers want to poison themselves with their toxic cigarettes let them do so in a completely enclosed area and let the rest of us breathe. read more

Worst casino in the country to play slots at!!!! We played probably 10 machines, dragon link, lightning link and a few others. We bet no less than $.05 denomination, got 3 or 4 bonuses, none of which paid out more than $75!!! We won exactly ZERO free games!!! I'm assuming the rtp is set to around the MINIMUM allowed by law. We have gambled all across the country, we're full time rv people and this is what we do, casino hop of an evening after work. DO NOT PLAY SLOT MACHINES AT THIS CASINO!!!! read more

Trash, trash trash. We haven't gone in a while but we always had so much fun coming here and occasionally we would win. So my husband and I went out for a date night, when we came in the security was absolutely super nice! That was the only part of the night that went well. We went in and since we had twenties we had gotten from the atm we went to the cage to get some 100s so we weren't carrying so much bulk. We get to the cage and after the woman helping us waited forever for her manager he told her that she could only give us 500$ in large bills. We had almost 2000$. So that was pretty annoying. I'm sure they have plenty, but fine maybe it's a fraud prevention of some sorts (even though they check it through multiple outlets) we understood and took what we could and went to play. We mainly came for blackjack. So we started at the bar. We both ordered blue moon and the very stressed bartender ignored us for a good 10 minutes. She kept looking at us but said nothing. When some other people came up beside us she finally said I will be right with you. (Not sure why they got normal treatment and we did not). But whatever. We finally get to order, and she goes to get our beers from draft. There is a pitcher underneath with beer already in it, I have no clue how long it's been sitting. I am very annoyed to find that she just adds some more and pours it into two glasses. We go to drink them and my beer was bud light mixed with blue moon, and my husband got topped off with some more blue moon so his was the most of what we ordered. What a disgusting habit for a bartender. Don't bother trying to get a manager to alert about the issue he will not call you back. I left a message and called numerous times. So they literally do not care at all that she doesn't care about her job. We would have ordered more if she hadn't been like that, but they lost out. Not to mention after that crap beer we aren't allowed to be served for a whole twenty minutes which I find hilarious. Isn't the whole point of a casino to get drunk while playing so you loose all your money? The last straw was when finally finding blackjack we play a huge hand, I believe it was 500 all together, the dealer dealt me out of the next hand without asking if we wanted to turn in more money to keep playing. Even though I had the most money on the table so we also left the tables after that, considering they seem to not want to make more money just steal what you have first then they don't care. Well won't be back literally ever and I'll share on their Facebook as well to warn people. GO A COUPLE HOURS TO BATAVIA DOWNS OR FINGERLAKES, you'll be glad you did and don't give this sorry excuse for a "casino" your money. It's trash just like the rest of Erie. read more

Been visiting and playing since 2007, this casino has really deteriorated. Payouts are keyed low, total scam! Stay away, machines that used to pay are shut down! I used to have a chance at winning. It's so bad I'm discontinuing my gambling, try to find other entertainment, believe me I'm a seasoned gambler, so take my advice and stay away! read more

Cheap payouts. A 10 free spin using the highest bet consistently paid less than $4. I've been to casinos all over the country and found that the ones too cheap to provide free drinks also had tight slot machines that paid little. This place is no exception. I didn't hear anyone whooping it up so I don't think I'm the only one not winning. read more

This place is a total rip-off. No one wins anything there anymore. The place is smokey everywhere. You pay for drinks. The vibe there is totally off. It's flat, no excitement, no good music playing. Just a place to lose your hard earned money. Will never go there again. read more

A smaller casino had a nice mix of older and newer slots. Came out a little ahead, so I guess I could not complain about the machines being 'tight'. Did not visit the poker/blackjack tables so could not give an opinion on them. I would also like to check out the horse racing next visit. Looks like it would be a fun time. Had a chance to eat at their buffet on Saturday night (Italian Night) and the food was decent. Everything I ate was prepared well and tasted very good. You can't beat the price of $9.99. You'd pay double the price at Salamanca's Seneca Allegany Casino with is 70 miles down the highway. read more

I have been to some crap casinos in my day, but this is the worst EVER. Many machines do not work, the way you get a customer card is not the way the instructions say you do. The staff have no idea what is going on TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. I was warned and I should have listened. read more

Renee Earley was a great person to speak with at casino. Very friendly. Easy to talk to ! The casino smelled so good like autumn . Very happy with my visit today read more

Very rundown boring didn't win a penny quit gambling after 30 minutes and sat at the bar and did paperwork for my job while waiting till friends finished up. None of us won anything. 1/2 the machines were shut down because they were doing some thing with the carpet. Total waste of my time. read more

Nothing terrible... Nothing special. Lot of smaller city casinos look similar. Very distracted bar staff. read more

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I have been to the casino pre-covid andpost- covid. I never win much money, if any(not the reason to go). But, I DO expect good,friendly customer service. Very few employees there have a friendly disposition. I get it. Not really. There is one bartender in the center bar that is the ultimate WORST! I went to the casino 4 days in a row, so I know I just didn't catch him on a bad day. He is late 40's, early 50s silver hair, small in stature. There are two bartenders with that description, the nasty one does NOT wear glasses. ( The nice one does) The mean bartender snaps at the waitresses and make disgusting snide comments to them..mutters how much he hates his job under his breath. EVERYTHING is BS, according to him. And then..to top the morning off..he coughs his head off and didn't cover his mouth. Just nasty. My sister and I moved to the other side of the bar where the friendly bartender was..we gave him a nice tip..when mean dude saw that, we were enemy #1. LOL.. He wasn't the only snippy employee. We had a machine stop working, so I put the service light on. We had been sitting there for a while when an employee walked by. My sister asked her if could call some one for us..she looked at the machine, shrugged and said, "your light is on" and kept it moving. By this point it got to be rather hilarious just how rude this casino is. Hey Presque Isle Casino..how about putting the service back into Customer Service. read more

It's okay you just can't play like before now they just take your money ! Wish it was like before you could go all day have fun . It'

We went despite the negative reviews. The casino was clean and everyone greeted you. They had $5 table games that is ideal and nice for the "low" rollers. We had one dealer that was very nice. The other was also nice but not over friendly. He did a good job and paid me my money. Played a little video poker at bar and that bartender was awesome. It was Monday and they had a promotion where they were giving away free play and money for a few hours. We will return! read more

Stay away! Stay far far away. I would be this casino falls on zero oversight. Have been coming here almost monthly since they opened their door. Payouts have diminished, promos are trash and drinks are light poured. Machines are be far the tighest in the tri state area. Outrageous profit margins to the corporation. Do yourself a favor and drive the extra time to one of Senecas casinos for better payouts, complimentary drinks, far superior promos and much better food. read more

Save your money. Tightest slots ever. Nobody wins. EVER. They have sports betting, which is good, but the slots are terrible. Mostly penny slots and even they don't pay. If you're looking for somewhere fun to go, this place is not it. It's depressing. Everyone is sad. Nobody wins. read more

Good place to play if you enjoy losing money over and over! Next to impossible to win anything, most machines are always broke down, buttons don't work atms don't work half the time, staff is scarce so if you hit a service button, be prepared for a long wait, cleaners vacuum right at your feet, don't say excuse me and don't mind annoying you with the loud vacuuming while you're playing. The place smells like rotten feet. Never played so much and left with no wins consecutively like this. Update: They sent me a generous offer of $7 free play. Yes Presque Isle, $7 is definitely worth the 40 minute drive, the definite loss of more even money to your ripoff machines, and the smell of ripe feet! (NOT) Stop sending me your junk mail. You'll NEVER get another dollar from me. read more

We used to love going to the races, but now that they are only Mon-Wed we never go. Quite possibly the dumbest management decision ever. No racing on weekends?? And not to mention post time is 3PM!!! On weekdays! Doesn't anyone work?? Ridiculous. Place has been managed terribly for years. Such a shame because we're local and have enjoyed having racing nearby. Don't bother going inside either. It reeks of smoke and security are tyrants. Restaurant is okay. Food is average. Good happy hour but only once a week and conveniently not on race days. Overall it's gone downhill and it's rather sad to see. read more

If you go don't forget your I.D .even if your 50.They will hold at the door make you feel like a criminal call the men in the little black sports coats that are trying to look intimidating. Been there a few times never ever asked for I.D forget get it the one time and when you inquire what changed in policy and being completely civil and respectful your asked to move to the foyer area like your a criminal or diseased with Corona, completely embarrassing and over the top by the casino . read more