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Grand Bear Resort at Starved Rock

3.0 star property
Family-friendly 3-star hotel near Starved Rock State Park

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Front of property
Indoor pool, open 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, lifeguards on site
Luxury Cabin, 3 Bedrooms
Luxury Cabin, 3 Bedrooms | Living area
Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews

7.4 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Gym
  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Hot tub
  • Pool

Explore the area

Map
2643 IL-178, Utica, IL, 61373
  • Grand Bear Falls Indoor Water Park
    1 min walk
  • Starved Rock State Park
    4 min walk
  • Matthiessen State Park
    12 min walk
  • Peru, IL (VYS-Illinois Valley Regional)
    17 min drive

Room options

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Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Hot Tub

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Hot Tub

  • 37 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Suite with Balcony, 2 Queen Beds with Sofa Bed

  • 37 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Suite with Balcony, 2 Queen Beds with Sofa Bed

  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Villa, 2 Bedrooms

  • 167 sq m
  • Sleeps 9
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Twin Sofa Bed, 2 Queen Beds and 1 Queen Sofa Bed

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Luxury Cabin, 3 Bedrooms

Luxury Cabin, 3 Bedrooms

  • 260 sq m
  • Sleeps 18
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Large Twin Sofa Bed, 2 Queen Beds, 2 Queen Bunk Beds, 2 Twin Bunk Beds and 1 Queen Sofa Bed

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About the area

Utica

In state park.You'll find Starved Rock State Park and Matthiessen State Park within a 15-minute walk of this Utica hotel. Illinois River Winery and Deer Park Country Club are also within 2 miles (3 km).

What's nearby

  • Grand Bear Falls Indoor Water Park - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Starved Rock State Park - 4 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Matthiessen State Park - 12 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Illinois River Winery - 3 min drive - 2.4 km
  • LaSalle County Historical Society & Museum - 3 min drive - 3.0 km

Getting around

  • Mendota Station - 27 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Casey's General Store - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Casey's General Store - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪The Rootbeer Stand - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Back Door Lounge - ‬6 min drive

About this property

Grand Bear Resort at Starved Rock

Family-friendly 3-star hotel near Starved Rock State Park
Grand Bear Resort at Starved Rock offers its guests a complimentary water park, a lazy river, and a waterslide. There's a restaurant on site, as well as a coffee shop/cafe. You can unwind with a drink at one of the 2 bars/lounges. WiFi is free in public spaces.

An indoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are also featured at the family-friendly Grand Bear Resort at Starved Rock. Self parking is free.

This 3-star Utica hotel is smoke free.

  • 92 guestrooms or units
  • 2 bars or lounges
  • Meeting rooms
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Game room or arcade
  • Outdoor picnic space
  • Gift shop
  • Newspapers in lobby (free)
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • ATM
  • Elevator
  • No smoking on site
  • Coffee shop
  • Dining venue
Grand Bear Resort at Starved Rock offers 92 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room
  • Children's games
  • Children's pool
  • Free water park access
  • Indoor pool
  • Lazy river
  • Mini golf
  • Playground
  • Waterslide

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee weekends 8:00 AM–11:00 AM: USD 14 for adults and USD 9.50 for children
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 2 bars/lounges

Things to do

  • 24-hour fitness center
  • Arcade/game room
  • Children's pool
  • Concerts/live shows
  • Free water park access
  • Indoor pool
  • Lifeguards on site
  • Mini golf
  • Playground
  • Public winery tours
  • Spa tub
  • Volleyball
  • Wine tasting room

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 42-inch TV
  • Cable channels

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Shower/tub combination
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Ice maker

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 25

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Renovations and closures

The following facilities are closed on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday:
  • Bar/lounge
  • Dining venue(s)
  • Indoor pool
  • Spa tub

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Deposit: USD 500 per accommodation, per stay
  • Service fee: 3 percent

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately USD 14 for adults and USD 9.50 for children
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A credit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. Cash is not accepted. 

We should mention

  • Pool access available from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
  • Connecting/adjoining rooms are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property at the number on your booking confirmation.
  • Certain facilities might have restricted access. For details, you can contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation.

Property is also known as

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Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Oglesby
Grizzly Jack's Bear Oglesby
Bear At Starved Rock Utica
Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort
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Grand Bear Resort at Starved Rock Utica
Grand Bear Resort at Starved Rock Hotel Utica

Grand Bear Resort at Starved Rock Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 218 out of 680 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 206 out of 680 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 123 out of 680 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 68 out of 680 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 65 out of 680 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Kathleen, Shorewood

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lied about pool hours
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brooke

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice room and a great stay for 1 night while we explored Starved Rock. Super close drive to the trails! The jacuzzi in room was amazing. The water park is definitely for kids, and the wave pool wasnt operating and neither were the slides. But the lazy river and hot tub were nice! We had a lot of fun in the arcade too.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rachael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Enrique

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Decent, quiet and clean family resort.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Sarah

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
STAFF WAS KIND! KIDS HAD FUN
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Save your money go somewhere else
The room felt dirty. The table in the room was falling apart. There was an awful smell in the room as well. It was like they just didn’t care. Everything except the bar closed at 9p. No room service.I’m still waiting for me refund because we opted not to stay the whole weekend because I just didn’t feel like it was worth the money we spent.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Pui Ying

Travelled with family
the water park wasn't big already, yet they didn't open the wave and bucket, younger kids can spend 2-3 hours is enough
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Kristen

Travelled with family
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rhandie

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice quick get away
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Lindsey

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The kids had a great time at the facility and loved the waterpark. The facility itself didn’t strike me as particularly clean. Our room had to be vacuumed when we arrived as a rice crispy from the previous guest had been left behind. The customer service was pretty poor. We found the front desk staff as well as the lifeguards to be very rude. On the morning of checkout house keeping was pounding at our door at 8am waking our sleeping kids. When I called the front desk she was very rude and stated they needed to see what rooms they could clean as they have a job to do.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Shawn

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Rooms were dirty, stains on bed and around bed frame. Day after i left i had 2 red itchy rashes on my forearm. Was told by housekeeping that we could not get fresh towels and had to used the only towels that came in the room the day we checked in. Outdated/dirty couch in room. Was not worth the price
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Food and live music could be better more diversity would go alone way
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Bob

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was run down - needs updated.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Lisa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Melissa

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We had no washer, faucet in the kitchen was kinda broke. Railing was lose on the deck. And upstairs was super hot. We had no phone to call about the pull out bed which broke. Staff was amazing when we had to talk to them.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Jose

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It was nice. But the hours are strange for amenities. During week not many things open. Have to go on weekend.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Williams

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
m
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Ti

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jaime, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Checking in was easy and the hotel is conveniently located by the State Park. I was surprised with the limited hours of the restaurant: kitchen closes at 7.45pm. I ended up having to drive out for dinner.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kayleigh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Hotel is really nice/ cute. Staff were friendly and helpful. Rooms very clean. Lots of good food. Water park was great.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jessika

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was very peaceful
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Peter

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

said

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024