Classy and fun place! Casino, concert venue and restaurant right at the beautiful beach!…read more The Kursaal Casino is on the beach in the fun city of Ostend/Oostende in Belgium. Right in the center of the city, the entrance is at the gateway to restaurants, clubs and bars. The boardwalk wraps around the the building and there is usually an outdoor cafe on the beach in summer. The casino has a good selection of machines and table games. You don't need to dress up but you can if you want that James Bond, European casino feeling. Marvin Gaye performed two concerts in the venue in July, 1981 and he later recorded the amazing Sexual Healing music video in the concert hall as well. The casino has roulette, blackjack and lots of other tables and the people playing and the staff are always nice and will help you out if you only speak English. Everyone is laid back and just looking to have fun at the beach. Good luck!

From the owner: 3 restaurants, 4 bars, un casino, un hôtel 5 étoiles et un théâtre de 1200 places. Et tout ça, au…read morecoeur de Lille !

From the owner: Au coeur des Dunes de Flandre A moins de 30 minutes de la Belgique, de Calais et de Saint-Omer et à…read moremoins d'une heure de Lille, le Casino de Dunkerque vous invite à découvrir tous les jours ses espaces jeux, restauration, détente, loisirs et spectacles. Dans un décor style Art Déco et Tropical, ce casino du groupe Tranchant vous propose tout au long de l'année de nombreuses animations musicales, dîners spectacles et week-ends festifs.

You have to pay a fee to get in and there are no ATMs, so you need to use your credit card to get…read morecash from the cashier. I only played poker and it was a relatively small quiet room, but it was fine.

As far as casinos go, this place is pretty tiny. You have to buy a membership in order to go in,…read morebut the membership fee (20 euros I think?) gets you 1 free cocktail + 10 euros to gamble. There's lots of older slot machines that were very sparingly used the evening I went (midweek). However, as I'm not a slot player, I immediately went to the tables. I found the blackjack table and set to work. One nuance of the game (not sure if it's all over Europe or just at this casino). Is that they don't burn the cards after each game. Instead they reshuffle them back into the automatic card shuffler - in effect, each new hand is a brand new deck. I was pretty breakeven for a good 20-30 mins, until I finally hit a few good hands and won 100 Euros. That was enough for me - I enjoyed my free cocktail and cashed out with enough to buy a few overpriced souvenirs in the plaza outside. Stop by if you are curious or you really have the urge o gamble, but if you can't go, don't worry - you haven't missed all that much.