Mecca bingo is a really large bingo hall in Grays. When I first went to go to bingo I thought I…read morewould be the youngest person there. But in fact there is a wide range of ages. I even dragged my husband there a few times! They have a small cafe area where they do hot food, and the food is not bad. They also have a bar area. You have to be signed in by a member or be a member yourself to enter the building. There are lots of cash machines there as well if you dont want to join in the bingo. Certain nights they have special discounts which they send you in the post. There is a small car park situated behind the bingo hall, or there is street parking in the road which is free after 6.30pm.

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Another bingo trip with my one and only bingo loving friend. That's alie really, she doesn;t love…read morebingo but does get soe ironic kind of kick out of joining in a game from time to time. Mecca, gala, it doesn;t really matter which you use, they're all the same.

Granada Cinema/Gala Bingo Hall 50 Mitcham Road, Tooting,…read moreSW17; 020 8672 5717 Open Mon - Sat 10:30am -11pm; Sun noon -11pm. Admission Members only; membership is free to anyone over 18. Transport Tooting Broadway tube. Chartres Cathedral meets Liberace Now, alas, a bingo hall, this was the first cinema in the UK to be listed as Grade I - the most rigorous preservation order a building can get. From the outside, the tall, square building doesn't look all that special, give or take a few columns; on the inside, it looks like Chartres Cathedral if it had been designed by Liberace. Opened in 1931, this palace to entertainment was commissioned by Sidney Bernstein, an exiled white Russian who later founded Granada TV, and designed by Fyodor Fyodorovich Kommisarzhevsky, a Russian director and set designer briefly married to actress Peggy Ashcroft. The heavily gilded foyer is lined with Gothic mirrors and fake leaded windows, punctuated by a pair of sweeping marble staircases. But all this is relatively restrained: the auditorium inspired by its namesake, the Alhambra Palace in Granada - is where Kommisarzhevsky went bananas. Under a coffered ceiling are cathedral porches, heraldic symbols, and glass chandeliers, now partly obscured by the bingo lighting and screens. The decoration intensifies as you approach the stage. All around the auditorium are arches filled with murals of troubadours and wimpled damsels - but underneath all this medieval madness, the bingo fans play on, eyes fixed on the cards. The combination feels like a weird incarnation of a themed Vegas casino deep in South London. In its day, the Granada was the only suburban cinema in London to have its own 20-piece orchestra. The glamorous usherettes wore gold silk blouses with blue slacks, pill box hats, blue cloaks over one shoulder, and white gloves, while the doormen wore a blue uniform with brass buttons, peaked caps, and gold epaulets. On its anniversary, the cinema would serve every customer a slice of cake wheeled in from the baker next door, it weighed over a ton. Over 2,000 people were turned away on opening night, and over three million viewers came to the pictures here every year. However, the arrival of the television sent audience numbers into a tailspin, and the cinema closed in 1973. It was revived as a bingo hall in 1991. You need to be a member to visit, though membership is free. Call the Granada for details. more details in 'Secret London an unusual guide' oublished by http://www.jonglezpublishing.com

A good fun night out you can play good old fashioned paper bingo or you can do it electronically…read morewith a touch pad . You can also have a meal the food is quite good and tasty good for groups . There's also a full bar too overall a good night out nice staff too

I was a bingo virgin until last weekend, when my friend decided that it would be a brilliant idea…read moreto head down to Gala for her 24th birthday outing. A slightly unconventional choice, yes, but it was SO much fun. True, the flowing gin and white wine helped significantly to make it a fabulous day, but if you've never played bingo on this scale before, then you have got give it a go. It may have been because we were feeling particularly giggly and excitable when we got there, but the staff on the front desk didn't really seem that helpful and we had to get a third person to explain the rules to us when we got into the main hall. Eventually though, we got the rules straight and the bingo began. I swear, my heart was beating so hard with all the excitement (they go so fast!) that I was quite exhausted at the end of each round. We laughed the whole way through, but I feel I must warn you that some people take it frighteningly seriously. We even witnessed an out-and-out Jeremy Kyle-style fight between the bingo caller and a woman who apparently didn't shout loud enough to stop the game. Rule No. 1 - SCREAM if you win. Drink and food prices are immensely cheap at £2.70 for a 187ml bottle of wine (Blossom Hill signature white, oh yes) and £2.75 for sausage and chips. You can't go wrong really. Unless you hate greasy, canteen-style food of no discernible nutritional value. In that case, I'd bring a packed lunch. At £9 for five afternoon games, it's pretty good value for such a laugh as we had. We're already planning our next outing. We might even win something next time.

A good night out here they do do quite a few special nigths and some time they do a stamp card…read morepromotion You so many times get your card stamped then when you have enough stamps they give you a gift, there is a bar and a cafe ,also they do have there own car park which is staffed most of the time

great place to go for a night out with the girls or on your own. atmosphere is relaxed. the staff…read moreare friendly. theres a cafe which serves hot food, tea and coffee etc. the food of which is lovely and quite cheap too. there is also a bar for your alcoholic beverages. plus u could win some money, whats not to love lol

Oh come on, gang, only one review for the Mecca Bingo in Camden?! I know I'm not the only one who…read morehas walked past this place, seen the crowd smoking outside, and thought "I want to go in there someday, either to gamble or to die." My office used to be located right nearby and after months of badgering co-workers, we got a group together to go. We first had tequila shots at a nearby pub. For luck and for confidence. I'm not going to lie, it is bright in there and there are some depressing characters at times. But everyone is friendly as long as you are quiet during the games themselves. The biggest secret about the bingo hall? CHEAP BEER. Seriously £3 pints or under. Cheap drinks all around. CHEAP BEER IN CAMDEN TOWN. This is not a thing that typically happens. I have so much fun playing bingo with my friends that we've since gone back, and I am definitely going to arrange another outing. Both times we've visited, it cost about £7/person to play games for 2+ hours. Absolutely love it. Take a chance. Do it. It's so fun.

I wouldn't exactly say that going to bingo is among my favourite things to do but if someone else…read moresuggests something then I'm not one to turn it down. Went here once standard bingo hall crack really and I didn't win anything.

Great place for the ladies to go men can go to and if you do win the prize money is fair they have…read morea bar and a cafe area although the food is rather limited most of the staff are friendly and they do have quite a few slot machines but you do have to be a member

I thought a night of bingo would be a fun thing to do with some friends on a Tuesday night but how…read morewrong could I have been. After rounding up a possie of four gals we headed down to the bingo hall in Hackney Road to get our tickets, which were around £10, pretty pricey if you ask me. we found ourselves a little table and some markers and the bingo man started calling out numbers at a pace that took us a while to get used to. On the break we got talking to a lady who told us she had been coming to bingo ever since she was 17 and once won £5,000 which was pretty impressive. But for us this was not a fun experience as it made us all so competitive and left us feeling a little deflated when we won nothing. The people here seemed a little jaded as well so perhaps not the most uplifting of places in the world to spend your free time.

Mecca-lecca high mecca-hiney-ho! 2, two on its own, stars...maybe 2.3 if that was a bingo number…read more.. Mecca bingo RULES if you are a slightly bitter local retiree who is in it to win it with a booklet of bingo games and a hot highlighter pen. Go national! For first timers wanted to play a little bingo, have a few drinks, check out the 'living retro' scene, it's not exactly what you'd expect. Pretty much a retirement home meets Denny's meets a shady gambling arena with the brightest fluorescent lights possible. Worth going once maybe, just for the late-night game (which is only 3 pounds instead of 10). Cheers for the cheap beers - 2 pounds...and if you're looking for hangover food before 10pm everything on the menu is less than 4 quid. Expect similar to less quality. But everything fried tastes better in a mecca bingo hall! And please, don't expect to win. And if you do, expect to face hostile grannies ready to pounce on your next inkling of a 'full house.'