The hotel
A stone Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh's New Town, with Edinburgh Castle visible from the upper-floor windows on a clear evening. Interiors keep the period detail — high ceilings, sash windows — rather than stripping it out.
The gaming floor
A small members' room rather than a big gaming floor — a few card tables and a genuinely quiet atmosphere, keeping noticeably more civilised hours than the equivalent rooms in London or Manchester.
Getting there by train
Edinburgh Waverley is about a 12-minute walk through the New Town; direct trains from London take around 4 hours 8 minutes, and Glasgow is roughly 50 minutes away.
Good to know
Smart dress is expected in the gaming room, and some evenings require signing up for membership in advance rather than just turning up with ID — worth checking before you travel.