Tough to argue with a spot that sells Haagen Dazs ice cream too, and I was also randomly taken by the male staff’s belts, which bear the Genting logo. There are some nice touches, not least a PA system playing excellent music on the day, and a nice touch in the way they showed the roulette results in the downstairs electronic area on dedicated screens. Maybe while they were meeting they could have talked about the entrance to the staff area, just off the gaming floor, which seemed to be an open doorway into an area that had, to say the least, not been taken care of in the same way as the public areas. When I visited there were what looked like about 5 management in the restaurant, working very hard while managing to disguise the hard work by drinking cups of tea and holding conversations about football. The back side has some electronic roulette, which is run in eerie silence, and eventually becomes the restaurant. The tables are strung out along what initially looks like a long thin design, until you get to the end and find the whole thing wraps around into another gaming area. Oddly enough the carpet looks pretty new, with a pattern that randomly reminded me of Fisherman’s Friends (the insanely hot sweet things) while the ceiling is an ages old lattice type design. Heading downstairs onto the main floor, it’s very much a mix of styles. One imagines at some point during their 24 hour opening cycle it gets busy, otherwise they’d no doubt change it all up. There are also the saddest looking chairs and a token table in the middle of the room. Presumably it’s a bit of an experiment, as is the room as whole – it certainly didn’t seem very busy when I visited. This is also the only site I’ve ever seen in the UK with no IGT machines at all – they have 8 bookie style FOBT machines and the rest are Gaminators, quite an unusual mix. It’s full of electronic gaming options, with roulette machines and slots, and has a peculiarly cold atmosphere. On the right, however, is the Silver Room, and what an odd place it is. On your left is the poker room, which extends a bit further than you see at first, and straight ahead are the stairs down to the gaming floor, more of which later. Once you’re through the reception area, there are three options. It’s nice enough inside, although getting in reminds me a bit of a hall of mirrors, I managed to negotiate it without faceplanting any of the glass panels however.

Genting, the owners of the site, haven’t really tried to keep it up to date in terms of décor. The Cromwell mint is located literally opposite the Natural History Museum, and to be honest elements of it probably belong there.

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