As I read through the other reviews for the Valley Forge Casino Resort I started to feel like a plagiarist! Everything written previously matches my experience. My husband and I stayed one night last week for a mini celebration get-away (we only live 15 miles away).

The casino is small, but very nice; beautiful bar area with generous pours; friendly and plentiful attendants. The slots were new and different with great graphics (Puppy Stampede, anyone?). We had a good dinner at the Valley Tavern. The server (Midge) was attentive and accommodating.

The hotel was a different story. It claims to be remodeled, but it didn't have that new hotel sparkle. It maybe was more "touched up". Some of the hallways were filled with junk and peeling wallpaper and the AC's in the rooms were the under the window units you see in motels. They didn't work well and were noisy. We also had problems with the smoke detectors going off while showering.

Finally, the hotel staff also seemed young and inexperienced. For example, we had been watching the baseball game during dinner and wanted to continue watching it in our room. I dialed both the front desk and guest services for help using the numbers posted on the phone in our room. I received a message "your call can't be completed as dialed". Then I dialed "0" and after almost 10 rings got an answer. I asked the woman who answered if she could direct me to the station the ball game was on (Philadelphia is a HUGE sports town, right?). She said she guessed I'd just have to flip through the channels till I found it! I then asked to be transferred to the Valley Tavern to ask them what channel they were showing the game on and they told me that the hotel didn't get the channel that almost all of the Phillies games are shown on.

We will definitely visit the casino and restaurants again, but will think twice about staying in or recommending the hotel.

If you are a Borgata black label and are thinking of trying this place out, you should read this review first. I am well travelled and have gambled extensively in AC, Vegas, CA, AZ, Canada, Monte Carlo, Caribbean, on cruises, etc., so I honestly do know what I am talking about. I went there knowing the casino was small, charged admission, has no adjacent competition, etc., because I read the other review here and was going with my eyes opened......I was still amazed at the extremely poor service in the hotel and almost nil payouts out the casino. I booked online, bought a membership, made dinner reservation, etc. First of all, upon arriving in the parking lot there was no signage to direct you to proper entrance....like Borgata/Water Club, there are two hotels separated by the casino..the Radison and the Casino Tower. We went in the wrong one and ended up walking with luggage to the other side. Because the casino charges admission, you cannot walk directly through the casino floor to the other hotel. Instead, you walk through a maze of hotel meeting rooms and old hallways. When we got to the other side, the registration clerk asked me if I used the free valet service....now why couldn't the other clerk tell me that so we could have driven over!? We get our room keys and head up only to find out they had issued us keys to a room which had not yet been cleaned...the room looked more like a crime scene than a dirty hotel room...besides normal party room mess, there was a razor laying on the floor and fresh blood stains on the rug. I took pictures, which I will post if hotel management does not respond to my complaints. Now, the room itself would have been nice....it's was spacious, two queen beds, computer/work type desk, and a small "living" area with comfy chair and couch. Because of full booking, my choices were wait for the mini suite to be cleaned or move to a standard room back on the Radisson side. Obviously the room needed more cleaning than a simple bed up and vacuum, so we opted to go to the other side. For this "inconvenience" I was offered a free breakfast coupon.....I am not making this up....the new room was drastically smaller, no living area, Holiday Inn type shower curtain around the half uncaulked bathtub, one of the phones didn't work and two light bulbs were out.....this is NOT a renovated hotel....this is an ancient Radisson with new comforters on the bed! Now down to the casino, which I must say is nicely done for its size and the staff is great, bartenders,dealers, casino workers, security, and maintenance staff were all great, which is why this review has two stars and not zero. It is small, but there's a nice variety of table games and video slots, and the minimums are reasonable, ranging 15 to 25 dollars. I didn't have any problems getting a black jack seat or onto a craps table, but I noticed three card poker and roulette were very crowded and there was only one or two Let it Ride, yet there was a slew of empty pai gow and baccharat tables. There is no Money Wheel, poker room, or Spanish 21. My problem with the casino was the TERRIBLE, almost non-existent payouts on the slots....I only saw one person receiving a hand pay in the two days we were there and I myself won nothing. Like I said, I am a seasoned gambler and I get that it IS gambling, but trust me, this is not sour grapes......very few bonus games, bonus games often paid little or nothing, and there were times I did 10 to 15 spins with not even winning my bet back. C'mon on! At least let us have fun losing the money! I had a discussion about this with a casino worker who said they aren't allowed to discuss payouts other than it is all within the gaming law parameters, but she did say I wasn't the only person she had heard this from others and "we can't all be wrong.". If you are a big slot player, be prepared....after gambling several hours we went to dinner at Prime for our 8pm reservation. I checked in at 7:55. The hostess seemed overwhelmed with walk-ins and asked us to wait a few minutes...so we went to the understaffed bar, waited to order, and we're told by the bartender we had to order from a cocktail waitress if we weren't seated at the bar. Again, I get this...they need to make money too, but tens minutes later we still didn't see one! Finally she came over, took our order, which by the way was nothing fancy (2 Miller Lites and a diet coke!) and again we waited....it was 825 when the hostess came over and said our table was ready. I tole her we didn't get our drinks and that she would send them over to our table. Another 10 - 15 mins went by....no menu, no drinks....I flagged down a waiter and asked him, waited another 10 minutes and finally at 8:45 when the people next to us started going out to casino for drinks, I went back to the hostess desk to complain....she was sweet, but clearly overwhelmed and wanted me to wait and I was getting a little testy at that point, so the manager came over. We finally received some service and the waiter tried to be friendly and attentive, but they are simply too understaffed to try to be an upscale steakhouse. Part of the price in my book is the service and atmosphere, and they just don't have it. I have to be fair and say that the food, when it finally came, was very good, but the complete experience of fine dining just wasn't there. We weren't out of the restaurant until nearly 10:30. Went down to gamble some more....same story...staff great, but no winnings.....the comped breakfast buffet was about the size of a pool table....there were three or four aged pieces of French toast and two blitzes left in the tureen and no one seemed to be trying to fill them....the omelet girl was nice, but she could only make them when she didn't have an order for waffles since the waffle maker was somewhere "in the back".....c'mon! You can't have TWO people working the made to order station....ridiculous...again, it's like a Holiday Inn, not a resort casino's buffets the likes of Borgata at all......if you go, be prepared.....

I was excited to stay until I got into my room. The rooms were never remodeled! My jacuzzi didn't work and the smoke detector would go off if I left my bathroom door open after showering. I hope next time I can stay at the radisson.

Casio is the only thing nice!

Lets begin with the rooms. Huge yes. But not remodelled since the brady Bunch stayed there. I would recommend the Hotel just comp a room if you spend 200 in the casino.
The bed was comfortable, shower didnt work well, phone missing its cord. I give the room a 1 to 1.5 rating
Now the casino, a solid 9, freshly renovated, done well. Not Vegas like, but pretty cool and fitting being next to Valley Forge. Great Bar area, the folks working there couldn't be nicer. Again, this isnt Vegas, the dealers move a bit slower, need a bit more time to count. Seems to get smokey on the outlaying edges, new slots, I think around 220 or something.It was a Monday nite. A see of business men in khaki pants and suits, 10 men to 1 woman. This doesnt include the ladies that dropped by around 11 in 5 inch heels. It reminded my of a bar Desparate Housewives may have hit on a business trip. Good fun though.
There are a few resturants and a buffet style setting with 3 resturants. Great food really, for the price. Go for a night, have fun, drink too much and stumble back to your retro room. Get the breakfast pizza when you stumble down