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Board Game & Play Cafés in Glasgow
Glasgow's board game and play café scene is really just a few streets apart. The Merchants' Guild, close to the centre, lets you grab a free game from the library or pay for one of the bigger box games, with weekly gaming nights on top. Snaffle Bit has a pool table, pub quiz and bingo alongside its pizza, and Meow Cat Cafe offers a quiet hour with rescue cats for kids five and up, from £7.99. For younger children, the cat café's age rule and the Merchants' Guild's free library games are the easiest places to start. If you fancy a proper pub feel, Old Schoolhouse has outdoor play space and a Monday quiz, while Flight Club Glasgow is worth knowing about for later: it's a bar, and from 5pm it's over-18s only, so plan family visits earlier in the day. The Good Coffee Cartel is handy for a coffee and cake before or after, and it's dog-friendly too.
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Places for board game & play cafés
from £10Flight Club Glasgow
Glasgow
Social darts with food and drinks brought straight to your oche, but it's a bar, and after 5pm it's over-18s only.
Allergy awareBirthday partiesGroup bookingsFood on site+1 more
Jenny Burn
Glasgow
A pub-style bar and restaurant with pizza, steaks and a kids menu, open late most nights.
Dog friendlyKids menuRestaurant
from £7.99Meow Cat Cafe
Glasgow · ages 5+
An hour with rescue cats to stroke and sit quietly with, for kids five and up who can behave gently around animals.
Food on site
Old Schoolhouse Glasgow
Glasgow
A pub with proper food, a Monday pub quiz and sport on the telly, open midday to midnight every day.
Allergy awareOutdoor playParkingRestaurant+3 more
Snaffle Bit
Glasgow
A pool table, pub quiz nights and bingo, plus pizza, in a board game and play café that runs late.
The Good Coffee Cartel
Glasgow
A dog-friendly coffee shop with cakes and artisanal sodas, useful for a sit-down before or after whatever else is on the cards.
CaféDog friendlyIndoor seating
The Merchants' Guild
Glasgow
A tabletop café where you can grab a free game from the library or pay to try the bigger box games, with weekly gaming nights too.
Group bookingsIndoor playFood on site
from £15The Raven
Glasgow
Electric darts, big screens for the match and a quiz night, with a restaurant serving craft beer and cocktails alongside.
Group bookingsParty roomsRestaurant
Good to know: board game & play cafés in Glasgow
What does a paid visit cost?
Paid entry starts from £7.99 at Meow Cat Cafe. Prices, ages and facilities are listed on every place page, taken from each venue's own published price list.
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