Maintaining Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a difficult task that provides advantages and disadvantages. This research aims to determine how satisfied EFL students with their VLE experience and what difficulties they encountered. The research method used in this research was the survey method. To achieve the goal of this study, the researcher used a quantitative design, and the research data were collected using questionnaires. The participants were 100 students from the Department of English Language Education of Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry batch 2018 and 2019 who were chosen randomly and were exposed to the VLE platform; in this case, Google Classroom. The data were analyzed by SPSS version 29. The research found that each student had a different level of satisfaction and faced different challenges. The satisfaction score was 63.675%, indicating that student satisfaction in using the VLE was classified as satisfied. The findings also showed that the challenges of learning with VLE included: disruptions from home and the surrounding environment, conflicting schedules, a lack of opportunity to interact with lecturers, uncleared instruction, the need for additional time to finish assignments and exams, and a lack of training about VLE provided by the institution.