Geek Retreat Glasgow

Best way of holding doors ever! :D

With tons of free to play board games in store we can't think of a better way to spend a few hours this weekend, and we'll bet you Obama's Llama you can't either. ޟ˜Š

To lie or not to lie: that is the question!

Family Board Games - This Weekend! FREE Saturday - 10am - 7pm Sunday - 12pm - 7pm
... Are you looking to do something fun with the whole family or just entertain the kids this weekend? Look no further!
Pop in at any time on Saturday or Sunday for Family Board Games! Play classics such as Monopoly, Risk or Jenga. Or learn something new and obscure like Obama Llama or Exploding Kittens.
Free hot drink refills for parents!
FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY!
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Time to go back to school Thor! :D

Are you ready to duel?
Today between 2pm - 5pm we have FREE Learn-to-Play Yu-Gi-Oh!
Once you've learned how to become a top Duelist, you can join in the fun at our Yu-Gi-Oh! Advanced Format Tournament which kicks off at 6pm.
... Entry is ôÈ6 per player which includes a participation booster pack with extra packs for the top players! https://www.facebook.com/events/242611809 783539/?event_time_id=242611863116867
Let's rev it up!!
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Uuummh... Anger issue you have!

Tomorrow, we have our Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament.
Entry is ôÈ6 per player which includes a participation booster pack with extra packs for the top players!
Registration closes at 5.30pm, so make sure you avoid missing out!
... Alternatively, if you're new or would just like to learn the ropes, we have Learn-To-Play from 2pm-4pm which is completely FREE!
You're always welcome to just pop in for some banter.
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I feel so much better now :)

Magic The Gathering Standard Showdown kicks off at 6pm tonight. Grab yourself a booster and a drink for ôÈ5!
Bring your best Standard deck along today and take on the competition for your shot at glory and sweet Showdown pack prizes!
... https://bit.ly/2TZk0DJ
The King of Magic, Judge Ryan will also be at The Retreat at 2pm to teach the Learn to Play sessions. He'll be sure to teach you all the skills necessary to become the ultimate Planeswalker!
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Standard Players, Wednesday is upon us once more, which means it's time for another Showdown!
We still have 2 more weeks of Standard Showdown to go, so why not pop down at 6pm and buy yourself a booster and a drink for ôÈ5, before taking on fellow competitors for the chance to win some awesome Showdown packs: https://www.facebook.com/events/279885196 031959/
... We will as always have our resident Magic judge in at 2pm to teach our Learn to Play sessions, and set you on the path to being a top grade Planeswalker: https://www.facebook.com/events/105830731 4328652/
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Best Potatoes shop in the world!

Heading down to The Retreat today?
It's Tabletop Tuesday! We have Learn to Play Force of Will from 2pm - 5pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/237920590 2154754/
... Then from 6pm, you can learn to play either Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder, and take a quest with some fellow elves, dwarves and halflings! https://www.facebook.com/events/123127231 3718014/
Choose your path.
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Pretty accurate... :D

GET READY TO ROLL FOR INITIATIVE!
Our weekly Tabletop Tuesday is back again. From 6pm, you can learn to play either Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder, and take a quest with some fellow elves, dwarves and halflings!
Don't forget, these sessions are also absolutely free to attend. How can you say no?!... https://www.facebook.com/events/123127231 3718014/
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Well that is all kinds of freaky ޟ˜˜

Here at Geek Retreat we believe that not all hero's wear capes.
Terry Crews is a walking legend and we love him for it ޟ˜

Where did the weekend go? Looking for something to take away the Monday blues?
We're feeling Magic today! From 2pm we've got Learn to Play Magic The Gathering where Ryan will be in The Retreat showing you how it's done.... Pop down for a wee coffee or tasty milkshake. We'll teach you everything you need to know and also sort you out with a free deck to take home with you. https://www.facebook.com/events/105830731 4328652/
Magic not your thing? We've also got Learn to Play Final Fantasy kicking off at 2pm. Learn how to play the game, find out about events that you can participate in and even get a 10% discount if you purchase after being taught! https://www.facebook.com/events/232910571 0497373/
Stick around until 6pm when we kick off Final Fantasy TCG Constructed Tournament. https://www.facebook.com/events/228121255 2157506/
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MAGIC PLAYERS! COME DRAFT WITH US!
As Monday rolls around, so does our weekly draft! 6pm registration for a 6:30 start. ôÈ12 entry: https://www.facebook.com/events/262112447 960643/
... At 2pm we will have Ryan in teaching you the mechanics of being a Planeswalker and exploring the different worlds of Magic with our free Learn to Play session: https://www.facebook.com/events/105830731 4328652/
And for your Final Fantasy players out there, the casual tournament will be running from 6pm also: https://www.facebook.com/events/257193471 617797/
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awesome staff, relaxed atmosphere and fun game nights. if i was allowed to just live here, i probably would!

Staff staff are autism friendly and their milkshakes are super awesome the banana milkshakes are super awesome always different come back to do social workers someone in the volunteers. ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢ §ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ xxxxxxxxx

Only just found the place and I think I can easily say it's one of the best friends in my life. I'm already sinking every ounce of my time and money. But it's totally worth it the staff are friendly and the people who go are brilliant always happy to help out and everyone can be them self. A good place for all to get a wee bite to eat have a chat play a few games or just to chill.

Met with the Owner Susan who invited me around and it was amazing the environment was warm and friendly as were the staff planning a mid-week break on Glasgow so I defiantly plan to visit and play some more when I am over again.

I visited a few months ago when in Glasgow, lovely little place very welcoming staff. They weren't put off by the fact I only had a few drinks which for a cafe were reasonably priced. Very varied crowds so there's a little something for everyone! Wouldn't be afraid to go along if I was alone and looking for a game of my trading card game of choice.

Great shop, good atmosphere, been coming here for years and still enjoy it :)

Great little place. Try the London Fog. Staff are friendly.

Great friendly customer services. I was in Glasgow for the day. Thought I would pop in and see what all the magic is about. The atmosphere was great. I bought a soft drink and My favorite M&Ms Pretzel. As a fellow comic book nerd I felt at home . I would love to open up one down south. Hint Hint London or Brigton. I love coffee and comics would love to be part of GR magic. Loving the Podcast as well.

Keep up the great work.



Jake Clements

Great coffee and the staff had endless patience with my young sons who were over excited about all the great things they could do.

Geek Retreat is a pretty great wee gaming cafe that you can easily spend a full day in :) .

The staff are always pleasant, prices are reasonable and I can't complain about the food lol.



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I do think GR could definitely benefit from increasing its range of dry goods. There looks to be a bit of space that could be put to better use.



Will add to this later when I get a bit more time.

Fantastic little place. Great prices and has all the stock I was looking for. Staff are amazing and very helpful people. Made my morning a blast!!

My first time visit today and I was amazed the customer service was really good I felt really welcome when I came into the store as I am not from Glasgow I was only passing through. The Staff offered to introduce me to different groups within the caffe which was also very kind of them.



The one thing I was sad about is that I couldn't eat my food within the area. But I did ask if they had any food with my dietary needs but they didn't but they did double check for me as well.



So 4 stars well done!

Gr8 staff very helpful & welcoming. Very knowledgeable about what they do & what events & games that they play in store. I hope to be back & play a few games with others that play magic

Been going down here since I moved to Glasgow, I love the atmosphere but really, it's more than 90% players of Magic: The Gathering and honestly there's barely any Yu-Gi-Oh! Players in the place unless there's a tournament on. The food, while microwaved, tastes nice, (which let's be honest, is the important part.) I will however make the comment that the pricing of the food is bordering on extortionate, especially for cans of soft drinks, most cafûˋs are cheaper than in here. Great selection of consoles from old to new, staff are friendly. On busy days I will mention that service can be VERY slow, and the place feels understaffed at the weekends because of the slow service. I tend to visit more through the week where it's less crowded though.



I will say that there needs to be more themed days, and less of a focus on Magic: The Gathering, because seriously it might as well just be called 'Magic Retreat'. You have the consoles to have gaming themed days, not to mention there's other card games. And actually, why not every so often have days geared towards players of Pen and Paper RPGs, D&D, Warhammer... that sort of stuff because really it's daily MTG tournaments and it REALLY puts me off. Make an effort to attract in more than 1 area of the geek community, you're one of 2 places in the city centre that caters to the geek community of Glasgow. Act like it.



Yes, I changed my review... mostly because I have noticed more things since I started frequenting your cafe.

Walked in today and was looking at the dice, board games and cardboard boxes Was interested in the boxes and dice for warhammer accessories so that I'd have diffrent boxes and dice from.the other people I play. No one came to talk or nothing I had never played any of the games or knew anything about them. I did see their are set days for diffrent games but this does not help if you don't know who to talk to or approach when you walk I to a place or even be approached by a member of staff and that you cant get near the till for the players that were standing around the place. And no prices or what you need to have for playing a game Over all impression it was not the place for me.

Zero light, rubbish food, filled with literal basement dwellers and run by someone who thinks it's their own private kingdom.

Used to be a great place to hang out with your mates and talk comics and play games with the daily themes like mlp day and mtg nights but ow it's packed everyday with mtg players all day and spread out in a way that there are sometimes enough seats to sit but not together. The door downstairs is closed even on days when it's warm which leads customers to believe it is closed. The menu may have been updated but the hot dogs and burgers are microwaved and overpriced for that fact.

The only experience I have ever had of this place is when I walked in with my friends and I was looking at a comic (to potentially buy) and the guy that works there, took it out my hands, put it back on the shelf and said: 〜have you guys been here before? Let me show you around〝



First and last time I was in that place!!〙

The management was just flat out dreadful, I've only been down there about three times, and I've dealt with a lot of nonsense from some of the customers, they looked at me in a disgusted way and thought I was 'abnormal'. The service from the staff were lacking professionalism and the state of the cafûˋ was rather unclean.. And despite how crowded and small the management was, I'm not happy with it. I had to get fresh air to breathe.. I'd rather go to Megabytes cafûˋ, there's more space, the staff are absolutely friendly and you get the best service and delicious food and drinks, also a wide of video game consoles, televisions and arcade machines. If I were in your shoes right now, go to Megabytes.

awesome staff, relaxed atmosphere and fun game nights. if i was allowed to just live here, i probably would!

Staff staff are autism friendly and their milkshakes are super awesome the banana milkshakes are super awesome always different come back to do social workers someone in the volunteers. ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ÿ¢ §ÿ¢§ÿ¢§ xxxxxxxxx

Only just found the place and I think I can easily say it's one of the best friends in my life. I'm already sinking every ounce of my time and money. But it's totally worth it the staff are friendly and the people who go are brilliant always happy to help out and everyone can be them self. A good place for all to get a wee bite to eat have a chat play a few games or just to chill.

Met with the Owner Susan who invited me around and it was amazing the environment was warm and friendly as were the staff planning a mid-week break on Glasgow so I defiantly plan to visit and play some more when I am over again.

I visited a few months ago when in Glasgow, lovely little place very welcoming staff. They weren't put off by the fact I only had a few drinks which for a cafe were reasonably priced. Very varied crowds so there's a little something for everyone! Wouldn't be afraid to go along if I was alone and looking for a game of my trading card game of choice.

Great shop, good atmosphere, been coming here for years and still enjoy it :)

Great little place. Try the London Fog. Staff are friendly.

Great friendly customer services. I was in Glasgow for the day. Thought I would pop in and see what all the magic is about. The atmosphere was great. I bought a soft drink and My favorite M&Ms Pretzel. As a fellow comic book nerd I felt at home . I would love to open up one down south. Hint Hint London or Brigton. I love coffee and comics would love to be part of GR magic. Loving the Podcast as well.

Keep up the great work.



Jake Clements

Great coffee and the staff had endless patience with my young sons who were over excited about all the great things they could do.

Geek Retreat is a pretty great wee gaming cafe that you can easily spend a full day in :) .

The staff are always pleasant, prices are reasonable and I can't complain about the food lol.



...................................... ...

I do think GR could definitely benefit from increasing its range of dry goods. There looks to be a bit of space that could be put to better use.



Will add to this later when I get a bit more time.

Fantastic little place. Great prices and has all the stock I was looking for. Staff are amazing and very helpful people. Made my morning a blast!!

My first time visit today and I was amazed the customer service was really good I felt really welcome when I came into the store as I am not from Glasgow I was only passing through. The Staff offered to introduce me to different groups within the caffe which was also very kind of them.



The one thing I was sad about is that I couldn't eat my food within the area. But I did ask if they had any food with my dietary needs but they didn't but they did double check for me as well.



So 4 stars well done!

Gr8 staff very helpful & welcoming. Very knowledgeable about what they do & what events & games that they play in store. I hope to be back & play a few games with others that play magic

Been going down here since I moved to Glasgow, I love the atmosphere but really, it's more than 90% players of Magic: The Gathering and honestly there's barely any Yu-Gi-Oh! Players in the place unless there's a tournament on. The food, while microwaved, tastes nice, (which let's be honest, is the important part.) I will however make the comment that the pricing of the food is bordering on extortionate, especially for cans of soft drinks, most cafûˋs are cheaper than in here. Great selection of consoles from old to new, staff are friendly. On busy days I will mention that service can be VERY slow, and the place feels understaffed at the weekends because of the slow service. I tend to visit more through the week where it's less crowded though.



I will say that there needs to be more themed days, and less of a focus on Magic: The Gathering, because seriously it might as well just be called 'Magic Retreat'. You have the consoles to have gaming themed days, not to mention there's other card games. And actually, why not every so often have days geared towards players of Pen and Paper RPGs, D&D, Warhammer... that sort of stuff because really it's daily MTG tournaments and it REALLY puts me off. Make an effort to attract in more than 1 area of the geek community, you're one of 2 places in the city centre that caters to the geek community of Glasgow. Act like it.



Yes, I changed my review... mostly because I have noticed more things since I started frequenting your cafe.

Walked in today and was looking at the dice, board games and cardboard boxes Was interested in the boxes and dice for warhammer accessories so that I'd have diffrent boxes and dice from.the other people I play. No one came to talk or nothing I had never played any of the games or knew anything about them. I did see their are set days for diffrent games but this does not help if you don't know who to talk to or approach when you walk I to a place or even be approached by a member of staff and that you cant get near the till for the players that were standing around the place. And no prices or what you need to have for playing a game Over all impression it was not the place for me.

Zero light, rubbish food, filled with literal basement dwellers and run by someone who thinks it's their own private kingdom.

Used to be a great place to hang out with your mates and talk comics and play games with the daily themes like mlp day and mtg nights but ow it's packed everyday with mtg players all day and spread out in a way that there are sometimes enough seats to sit but not together. The door downstairs is closed even on days when it's warm which leads customers to believe it is closed. The menu may have been updated but the hot dogs and burgers are microwaved and overpriced for that fact.

The only experience I have ever had of this place is when I walked in with my friends and I was looking at a comic (to potentially buy) and the guy that works there, took it out my hands, put it back on the shelf and said: 〜have you guys been here before? Let me show you around〝



First and last time I was in that place!!〙

The management was just flat out dreadful, I've only been down there about three times, and I've dealt with a lot of nonsense from some of the customers, they looked at me in a disgusted way and thought I was 'abnormal'. The service from the staff were lacking professionalism and the state of the cafûˋ was rather unclean.. And despite how crowded and small the management was, I'm not happy with it. I had to get fresh air to breathe.. I'd rather go to Megabytes cafûˋ, there's more space, the staff are absolutely friendly and you get the best service and delicious food and drinks, also a wide of video game consoles, televisions and arcade machines. If I were in your shoes right now, go to Megabytes.