Orlando Young

Review of Barona Resort & Casino

Recently I went to Barona Casino. To say the least...

Recently I went to Barona Casino. To say the least I was extremely impressed.
The food at Sage restaurant has always been good with the staff being courteous and attentive. The casino took to heart the safety of their guests at the restaurant. We observed typical table clearing and added effort to clean the floor, seats, and table. The food has always been hot, now there is the added precaution of covering the food with saran wrap.
About the casino. Again the management has gone the extra mile. We observed constant cleaning of surfaces touched by guests. Within minutes of a guest leaving a machine, an employee was cleaning the surfaces.
These things made my trip more enjoyable because my safety was taken into consideration.
Sycuan casino has done some of the things mentioned above but not to the extent of Barona.
I have to say the casino I am the least impressed with is Valley View. I ate there and the food was not cooked fully and was not flavorful. As for the casino, I was appalled. As for social distancing, there are some machines turned off but there are still many machines operating next to each other with no barrier. Social distancing is a after thought that received a little bit of attention. It appeared the Covid-19 rules were all but ignored.
I sat at one machine for 3 hours to watch the cleaning crews. In my little area nobody cleaned the the row of machines. This not to say there was not staff doing cleaning, there just was not very many employees doing it.
Overall, for food, courtesy of the staff, safety of the guests Barona has my appreciation. I will go back to Barona