Glasgow casinos

Glasgow’s very well served for casino, and has 7 licences in 5 buildings.

If it’s a big shiny all singing all dancing affair you’re after, you’ve got a couple of choices. The Alea, south of the Clyde, and the Grosvenor Merchant City are both on a huge scale (by UK standards) and have all the mod cons.  The Alea edges it in terms of restaurant offer, but the Grosvenor is a lot busier, although you’ll need ID for the Grosvenor site, in the middle of a large leisure development. This latter site also has 40 slots instead of the usual 20, courtesy of an extra licence within the same building.

For more serious gamers, there are two sites more or less next door to each other in the north west of the city centre, on Sauchiehall Street. Grosvenor Princes sits a hundred yards or so from the city’s sole Genting site. The Grosvenor is pretty small and nicely turned out, while the Genting site is much bigger and squarely aimed at the Chinese market it would appear, although it’s got all the new kit you could hope for and is actually very pleasant.

Rounding out the Glasgow offer we have the Grosvenor Riverboat. It’s quite a grand name for what is essentially a box next to the river, but it has plenty of charm and character and another lovely view over the river from the dining area.

There’s one more site to mention, which is the Corinthian Club. At time of writing it is about to close down, which is a shame because it really did have a lot of character, being based in the Corinthian building with about 10 differently themed bars. The big question is will it ever reopen?  That’s up there with all the historical posers, like “who shot JFK”, “how much deeper would the sea be if sponges didn’t live there” and “if you only had one bullet, would it be Piers Morgan or Noel Edmonds, or could you line them up just right and take them both out perfectly” ?

Alea Casino Glasgow

Springfield Quay,
Paisley Road,
Glasgow G5 8NP
Tel: 44 141555 6100

Genting Casino Glasgow

506/516 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow G2 3LW
Tel: 44 1413320992

Grosvenor Casino Glasgow Merchant City

16-18 Glassford Street,
Glasgow G1 1UL
Tel: 44 8456046464

Grosvenor Casino Glasgow Princes

528 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow G2 3LW
Tel: 44 1413328171

Grosvenor Casino Glasgow Riverboat

61 Broomielaw City Centre,
Glasgow G1 4RJ
Tel: 44 1412266000