Golden Acorn Casino

Minus 5 stars and then some, this is for that food court thing that they have outside the golden grill, very bad service and u can tell that they have no food service experience if I were the chef there I would b embarrassed, I believe in giving chances to a place but this one takes the cake, to put this harshly I would rather pay for an ass hole out of a dead donkey that has been sitting in the hot desert sun for three days with anal leakage!!! now that’s 5 star compared to the shit they serve, it’s overcooked or undercooked, save yer money and buy a candy bar to make it to yer next stop pls.
Sorry bald chef…

Everyplace you go here has a smoky stink. My colleagues thought that their prime rib was good but my Philli Cheese steak was mediocre at best. There was no cheese sauce and only a bit of cheese. This is a typical casino. Avoid them at best.

Save your money. Food sucks! I got soupy fettuccine Alfredo and hard as a rock/​very dry prime rib. Will never eat there again.

It has been awhile since I last stopped in here and it has not changed to much. The one thing I noticed compared to other stops was the smoke. I did not remember this place smelling like an ashtray. It is a decent place to past an hour or two when travelling though the area for a food break or try your luck. It is easy to access from the highway and includes a café and gas station. When the place opened, one of my coworker’s mentioned how she enjoyed the availability of gas station, café, and quick shop for supplies when she went out to her property in the area. The games are your standard casino games concentrating mostly on slots and some table games. They do have the electronic roulette which I like to play. Overall, it does not compare to other casinos closer to San Diego proper but does offer an alternative to driving to San Diego if you live out in East County or West Imperial County.

This review is only for the gas station. I went to fill up my RV with diesel on ²⁄₁₂ and half the pumps were out of service. I waited for the last diesel pump and while I inserted my credit card to pay, I looked down and was walking on fuel that was all over the ground from a previous customer. The nozzle leaked as well and then the display froze on the pump and would not dispense fuel. I walked in the store and gave cashier my credit card and said she had to insert the the card from inside the store. Well, that did not work and after 20 minutes of issues, I left with no fuel and put a yellow cone in front of pump so no one else try’s to use it. This place needs help and more employees to handle the flow of customers, and to make sure the drive up is clean and safe to dispense fuel.

Stopped in for the 7.77 prime rib! The woman that seated me didn’t say hi only thing she said as I followed her to a table was (they will be with you shortly. It took 10 minuets for anyone to approach and take my order! The grill was not crowded 10 tables occupied. I think they know they are the lowest rated casino in San Diego ca and are not. The prim rib is what you would expect for 7 $. Save your money and stop at one of the other 2 casinos off interstate 8

We think this place is great ! Close to home & we have been coming here for several years to celebrate our anniversary. We will be there in a couple of days to celebrate our 58^th anniversary.

Gross. So smoky you can’t breathe!!! It seriously ruins the entire experinece. At least open a door or something.

Surprisingly the 777 prime rib is good. Cheap and good what is there nothing to like. This is the only stop on your way to go to Arizona or el centro. You mostly stop for a bathroom break but the food is good here especially if you are hungry and want something to eat.
The dealers here are pretty mellow and they don’t hassle you like Vegas, they want you to stay longer at he casino. There is a decent manhunt of people here and it’s not sketchy where you have to worry for your life.
Just get the 777, you will not be disappointed

If you are trying to make a quick stop do not stop here. This place is a black hole. The gas pumps are full of incompetent people to match the people that work here. The gas pumps do not except credit cards at some and it forces you to go inside. The people at the pumps act like this is a new concept and have no common decency to move their cars when they are done filling up they wait for the people that go inside and wait for the slow service in there and then they leave the gas pump. This place is ridiculous and must be avoided at all cost. If you can make it to El Centro do so because you want to avoid this place at all cost.

Food was good service good. They allowed a customer to bring in their pug and it SAT in a chair at the table. They also fed the dog with their own forks lost my appetite half way through my meal. All manager did was asked them to put animal on floor. Manager pointed me out. So unprofessional. Made me disgusted

Wife and I rode the motorcycle up there yesterday and had dinner. She had the steak and lobster and I had the 14 oz NY steak. Good food with good service, nothing too fancy but I’m not a fancy guy so it was perfect for me. We joined the players club thing and gave us 10 bucks each to start. I won 80 dollars and quit. The wife played some more but we ended up walking out with more than we walked in with and paid for the meal. Cant get any better than that. The only draw back it is in BFE.

worst casino in southern california. if you want to breathe and not instantly become asthmatic-don’t go here. the air quality is horrific the second you set foot in the door.
we went in for five minutes and quickly went out. we did not spend one dollar here because we could not breathe.
i feel horrible for the employees at this place. there are definetly going to have lung issues in the near future.

My favorite place to stop between AZ and CA, and a great destination in and of itself. The blackjack tables are clean, the travel center has everything I need, and the food at the Golden Grill is legit delicious. Most importantly, though, is that the people are friendly… and the slots are loose!

Cute travel center and gas station. They have all the convenience store type sundries you’d expect from a ⁷⁄₁₁ though the Slurpee machine was not working, my son noted. Kids notice important details like that.
The other part of the mart has t shirts, hats, coffee cups, stuffed animals, cards, car chargers and other things to gander at while your spouse is putting a few coins in the slots just beyond the mart.
I like that in the bathroom there are sharps containers for type 1 diabetics (or drug users… who knows). I’m a type 1 and find that service very handy. Bathrooms were very clean.
Good place to stop on a trip to Arizona or desert.

30 minutes for pizza only to get it all the way home and find it was still raw. Being raw was no problem, we understand mistakes happen, but then having to wait another 30 minutes just to explain the pizza wasn’t cooked is ridiculous.
Understaffed and inconsiderate

Stopped in specifically for the $ 7.77 prime rib special. I was pleasantly surprised. Now this was not the most tender piece of prime rib I’ve ever eaten but it was tasty and filling. It came with a backed potato with plenty of butter, sour cream and chives along with steamed carrots and green beans. I ordered the dinner salad ala carte which was $ 2.00 extra. The wait staff was friendly and attentive. Considering combo meals at most fast food places are close to $ 10 this was a treat and a bargain. I will definitely be back when I travel through again.

The only reason that this casino warrants three stars is because it has a convenience store and gas station attached, with good prices, and it’s a convenient place to rendezvous with people. The wait staff is attentive and they usually deserve a big tip. I tend to leave them big tips, because this place is otherwise so dreadful.
The Golden Acorn has declared bankruptcy, although it is still operating through the reorganization process. They recently installed a massive wind turbine directly behind the building. This is ugly and beautiful at the same time. I wonder how many birds it kills each year.
I’ve dined here many times. The restaurant has good prices and the food is good for a casino. Nothing gourmet, but good solid food.
People still come here to gamble. I never did quite get that, but maybe it’s the pleasant bus ride from the more urban areas to this remote locale.

They did it! They finally did it! Someone made a truck stop /​gas station /​casino! Woohoo!
That alone warrants 2 stars!
But that’s where the fun stops. This petro-​sino has some serious flaws. Among them:
–Dirty restrooms
–Pricey gas
–Old slot machines advertised as «hot new games»
–Free beverage fountain with an empty ice machine
The restroom piece, in particular, is not excusable for a casino of any type. This is where people go to wash the filth from their hands after they touched everyone else’s germs on the machines. Casino restrooms MUST be clean. For this, Golden Acorn (which I call «Golden A-​Hole») lays the golden egg.

Two stars just for the fuel station. The café inside the casino gets no stars at all.
This place doesn’t seem like somebody in my age group of late twenty something’s/ early thirties would regular– a lot of patrons seem to at least be 50+.
I’m still sitting here trying to snack in a fruit bowl that was $ 8 and eating ice… No fork for the fruit or refills since the waiter hasn’t came by at all.
I’ll skip ever playing or attempting to eat here again on the way to Arizona.
Tip to fellow Unilocalers, just grab food at the gas station, I’ve been waiting for a check for 15 minutes trying to get the hell on out of here.