Summit & Suite is an independent guide to Scottish casinos and the best hotels beside them. Here is exactly how we choose the hotels and score them.
Every hotel in this guide has a real, licensed casino on the property — that is the entry ticket. From there, we stay where we can, walk every gaming floor, eat in the restaurants and judge each hotel against the same four measures, so the scores mean the same thing across the region.
Our ratings are an editorial opinion, not an average of user reviews, and we take no payment for a place in the ranking or a higher score. Room counts, casino sizes and other figures are approximate and change often — always confirm the current details with the hotel before you travel.
How good the gaming is — the range of table games, the poker and electronic gaming, the private and high-limit rooms — and how the room feels once you are inside.
The best hotel on the doorstep, chosen from what sits within a short walk, and how easy the trip from the tables back to a good night's sleep really is.
The restaurants, bars, live sport and shows and other reasons to make a night of it, both inside the venue and in the streets around it.
Where it sits in the city, how easy it is to reach, what else is nearby, and whether the whole evening is worth the money.
Scores are out of ten, to one decimal. A hotel scoring above nine is, in our view, a genuine destination worth planning a trip around; the low eights are still strong stays where the casino is one good reason among several. We re-score as hotels renovate, expand or change hands.