River Rock Casino Resort

Inside River Rock Casino Resort

History

River Rock opened on 25 June 2004.³

Size of the floor

The sale announcement lists over 1,200 slots and electronic table games, more than 80 live table games, nearly 400 hotel rooms, a 1,000-person theatre, a marina and 10 food and beverage venues.³ The casino floor holds more than 1,100 slot machines.⁴ River Rock has 108 electronic table game terminals in a Stadium Gaming area.⁴

What you can play

Live tables include Roulette, Blackjack, Freebet Blackjack, Ultimate Texas Hold'em and Fortune Pai Gow, and the resort says it has the most Baccarat tables in North America.⁴ High-limit Baccarat and Blackjack are played in the Maple Leaf and Dogwood rooms, with private rooms bookable on request.⁴ Privé Slots is a members' room that focuses on $1 machines.⁴ The Jade Room is a separate slot room with machines in several denominations.⁴ The poker room has 10 tables and spreads No Limit Texas Hold'em and Omaha.⁵ The resort has a racebook where guests can bet on horse races and order food at their seat.⁴

Food and drink

Gordon Ramsay Steak at River Rock is described as the first Canadian fine dining restaurant from chef Gordon Ramsay.³ Gordon Ramsay Steak serves dry-aged steaks, including Japanese Wagyu, Striploin, Tomahawk and Porterhouse.⁶ KOI is a Japanese restaurant with sushi and other Japanese dishes.⁴ Chopsticks Noodle House serves soup, rice and noodle dishes.⁴ The Chairman's Room runs a lounge and a buffet, the buffet on weekends.⁴ The resort has a casual outlet called Rock House Burger & Fries, serving breakfast, burgers and onion rings.⁴

Hotel

Hotel Tower rooms connect to the Casino Tower by a sky bridge.⁷ Standard hotel rooms are 325 square feet.⁷ The pool has a water slide, and there is a fitness centre.⁷ Absolute Spa on site has six private treatment rooms.⁷

Shows and events

The Show Theatre can be set up as a 965-seat auditorium.⁸

Getting there

Hotel guests get complimentary parking in the West Parking Lot as part of the resort fee.⁷ The resort sits on the banks of the Fraser River, a few Canada Line stops from major Richmond shopping centres.⁷

At the door

Hotel check-in requires guests to be 19 or older.⁷ The property is on non-reserve land, so First Nations tax exemptions do not apply.⁴

Rewards programme

The loyalty programme is Encore Rewards.⁴

Worth knowing

Great Canadian sold River Rock in June 2026 to a partnership of Petroglyph Development Group (Snuneymuxw First Nation) and Musqueam Capital Corp (Musqueam Indian Band); the resort is on Musqueam lands.³ The casino is run as a services provider for BCLC, the British Columbia Lottery Corporation.⁹