S.E.S. Portuguese Hall of San Diego — Attraction in San Diego

BINGO REVIEW I wanted to leave a review to let people know what to expect because my friends and I attended for the first time — there is no signage or instructions, and the volunteers/attendees were not helpful or kind.

Come early to find parking and a seat. These people are cut throat - I got cut off in the parking lot, and in the huge hall people gave us so much side eye when looking for seats! Everyone had their stuff spread out across extra chairs so it was hard to find a group of seats.

Buy in is CASH ONLY. You can buy the games you want to play or $25 for all the main games, and a $3 dabber pen. There are also extra add on games you can buy that seem to increase your chances and prize money.

They have a bar that takes cash or card with affordable drinks, you can go up to purchase or wait until someone comes around the bingo hall to take orders throughout the game. it seems you can also bring your own snacks and non alcoholic drinks too.

I think there were 8 main games and we were there from 630-930pm with a break at 745-8. They have screens that show the current game and the numbers called, which was helpful because the vibe is chaotic (microphone hard to hear over everyone talking, they don’t really explain the rules just expect you to know, plus they are also announcing numbers for the add on games at the same time as the main game). We tried asking around for help but people take this game SERIOUSLY so didn’t want to be bothered, and the volunteers were not very knowledgeable — Honestly you get the hang of it after a while but just expect to be confused.

TLDR; expect chaos, affordable drinks, grouchy people, but fun bingo and...

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