Casino de Santa Cruz

PkPL

Google

Jan 14, 2026

A bit old-fashioned and the cup is very expensive 🫰🏻 If you're spending money on gambling, then the rest should be cheap. €11.50 for a combo

David Utro

Google

Jan 7, 2026

Here you go poker-lovers, a more recent update to confirm how things work here. There is only 1 table, it’s a 10-handed €2/€4 cash game with no cap. It’s organized in a weird hybrid tournament style thing where you buyin for €100 + €20(for the time rake). They give you tournament chips so €100 = 1000 in chips. You can add on as much as you want after. The game runs from 8pm to 2am via three 2hr sessions per night. Each session after your first one is an additional €10 in time rake, which I found to be very reasonable. You can play all three if you are lucky enough to score a seat at 8pm. To score a seat you must be physically present at some point between 10pm and 2am the night prior to request a seat for tomorrow’s game—no you cannot call to be placed on the list. You also cannot be placed on this list if you show up on the same day as the game, the people who sign up the night before have priority and they do a “random draw” for the 10 8pm seats. I am here in the first couple of weeks in January 2026, so far coming on the first Thursday, Friday, and Sunday of the year. Thursday I came around 950pm, no open seats and 6 people on the list. When a seat opens they perform a random draw, so it is not first come first serve (played all over the world, this is the only casino i’ve ever seen that does this. I think they do it because there’s only one table and lots of local regulars who sign up daily, so to avoid a rush to sign up they just do random draws.) I signed up for the Friday game along with 17!!! people. Friday I drive 30 mins to maybe get a seat for this game lol. Screw me, I love poker, so what can I do. I get lucky and score a seat. Half the table is playing under 30bb—not ideal. As the night progresses the stacks get deeper with the most money on the table in the last 45 mins of play. I had a good time. Saturday had stuff to do so I couldn’t invest an hour of driving to maybe get a seat in Sunday’s game. It’s Sunday now, I arrived at 745pm to maybe try and see if there might be an open seat…no, 16 players are on the list from last night. So here I am sitting in one of their very comfortable lounge chairs writing this review while I kill 2hrs to sign up for tomorrow’s game that I will not have a guaranteed seat in. Playing live poker in Tenerife isn’t easy. I am from the US so I am privileged with online waitlists, pokerrooms with many tables running, etc.. so this was a relatively terrible experience. Other stuff: Thanks to google translate and the staff knowing a little basic English I was able to ask questions and figure things out. The staff here are helpful and generally nice. The place itself is quite beautiful. The bar service is good. There’s a restaurant within. There’s plenty of comfortable chairs to wait around in. There is no smoking inside. I am giving a 4/5 because of the staff hospitality and the quality of the casino. It’s nice, quiet, and an enjoyable place to be. Though my rating from the perspective of a tourist who wants to play poker would be a 2/5. My recommendations: - Add a second table, maybe even temporarily for the busier season. - Let people call in to add their names to the list. It sucks to have to drive an hour to maybe get a seat. If they let people call in I predict they would get a lot more sign ups. In fact doing so might actually result in double or triple their nightly revenue from poker. I imagine many people avoid signing up because of the limited seats, random draw, and requirement to physically be there on site to signup + seat draw next day. If you don’t live within a 10 minute commute of this place it’s brutal to play here. - Do the draw at the end of the night for tomorrow’s game and notify the winners. Do an additional draw for the two backup winners in case the winners don’t show. Just my thoughts, I hope this place grows to offer more tables. Poker is an excellent game and there seems to be more demand than the local casinos can facilitate (could be wrong)

Giulia Rustichini

Google

Feb 3, 2025

So basically if you are not English, the dealers at the roulette will talk to you and telling you every round that you are betting wrong or that you should do this and that. Which is fine for some, but If you are also a young woman, learning the game, they don’t treat you equally like a young man learning the game. They giggle and take pity on you. They judge you and stare at you. It is a shame, because we are not anymore in the Middle Ages. Let me lose or win my money in peace, and act professionally. This is a 5 stars hotel, not a shabby old pub. Shame on you. I’ll never go back, and tell my friends not to!

David Jones

Google

Jul 24, 2024

Wasnt for us we couldnt spesk any spanish and mo one in the casino could speak any English ! Very disappointed!

sovo sovo

Google

May 23, 2024

Nice small and cosy casino, if you are looking for a poker game come and play, it's a 2/4 cash game. One table only with 3 games timed rake, minimum buy in 100e+15e commission for 2 hours of play, every next game 10e commission if you want to play another 2 hours. Games are running every day from 8pm onwards. You can reserve seat at the table every day at midnight, to make sure you get a sit at the table next day, otherwise you might have to participate in a draw. 10players max. A lot of laughter at the table, very friendly people. Good luck!

Marija Tomic

Google

Jun 11, 2023

Very small casino, weird vibe. Ordered drink on blackjack table and I was brought the bill after I finished with playing which is very uncommon practice. Drinks for players shall be free. If they are not free, you shall bring the bill with the drink and not wait for someone to stand up to bring the bill. Communication on the table is mostly on spanish which is not turistic friendly environment. Quiet, Not fun