Who cannot love a good old seaside amusement hall. I love these places, and this one is great, it…read morehas everything you would expect it to have. There's the dance machines, the motorbike arcade games, the slot machines, the frustrating 1p and 2p machine where the coins some how defy gravity and never fall off, air hockey machines and loads of other little games that keeps you entertained for hours, let alone any kids! The amusement hall is on the beach front and when it's warm an ice cream van parks up by it, offering lots of tempting treats. If you want to go for the full on traditional seaside experience, then about 5 minutes along the promenade, there's a whole series of fish and chips shops.

This is the last beach front arcade in Portabello and it is great. Such a throwback to being a kid…read moreand playing the penny falls machine and your hands being so grubby afterwards after handling all the coins! For me this is a fun, wet weather wee day out with my husband for a laugh. Yes the carpets are a little worn around the edges and yes it is a bit old fashioned, but plenty fun and you can get an ice cream too. Many of the machines give tickets rather than monetary prises and you then swap the tickets at their shop. Everything from toys to sweets.

Shocking is the best wau to describe this place, especially if you have a party. It is so…read moredisorganised, there was no one to tell you where to go or what to do, we had to wait at least 30-45 mins to go into the party room because they hadnt set up yet and there were no special features for the birthday girl like a special seat or a character that comes to sing happy birthday. Party game was musical statues but had to be abandoned because the CD player kept jumping. The party food was simply greasy pizza that hadnt been cut up, chips and crisps. It was so disorganised, unprofessional and utterly shambolic. Avoid, avoid, avoid.

So big! Too big! My eldest is 3 and there is no way on earth you could keep an eye on them from a…read moretable down below. Impossible. Especially if you like to give them some sense of independence. We moved to a smaller area that was considered more contained...somehow two of the kids managed to slip past us! It's a great place to go if your kids are older than 5 I would say...they have no real system for monitoring who is coming and going with kids which to me is a big scary deal. Anyone could leave with a child. There appears to be no policy to ensure that that child is meant to be with the person they are leaving with. Given that my son managed to give us the slip makes the thought of what could happen here not worth bearing. The food is average. And it is kept to a moderate standard of cleanliness. I don't think I'll be going back until the kids are older.

This is a pretty obscure place, but I'm still a fan. In the first semester of my second year my…read morefriend got completely wasted at the student Union, Potterow, and met some girl who, for whatever reason, took him to Slot Casino. Here she payed £6 for his entry, won £8 in a slot machine and, strangely, just gave them to him! He spontaneously rocked up at the bar an hour later, still off his head, and bought us all a round of drinks (hence why I'm a fan of Slot Casino). We went back there briefly for our other friend's birthday and it was pretty good fun, but if you're not careful you could lose a lot of money fairly quickly. It's pretty clean and the staff are all friendly, making Slot Casino a great place to go for an interesting evening.

Smaller than the other amusement on the Portobello Promenade. This one foscing more on the gambling…read morebut has some games as well. It has a few 2p machines and 10p ones to and has a 18+ area for more full one gambling machines. It has a small bingo hall as well as a WIMPY (could it be one of the only one left ????) It is a fun place to be and can easily waste £2 in 2ps here. It would do with a update, But then again I have never seen a Modern amusement park.