Spielbank Lindau

The casino

Spielbank Lindau opened on 22 April 1950 and is the oldest casino in Bavaria. The state celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2025.

Since 2000 it has occupied a four-storey round building by the Viennese architect Hans Lechner, shaped like a gaming chip and glazed towards the lake, on the island directly behind the lake bridge.

Four American roulette tables and two blackjack tables play upstairs from 4 p.m., poker is played at weekends, and roughly 120 slot machines open at noon. Entry is free, the playing age is 21 and the dress code is smart casual. A cabaret stage in the foyer hosts monthly shows, and the casino drew around 65,000 visitors in 2024.

The hotel

The Hotel Bayerischer Hof has stood on the harbour promenade since 1854. It is a five-star house of about a hundred rooms, with the lake and the Alps in front of it and the railway station 50 metres behind it.

It has a heated indoor pool, a summer outdoor pool of more than 100 square metres and a spa with Finnish sauna, steam bath and sanarium. The casino is a few minutes’ walk along the promenade.

Lindau’s other grand hotel, the Jugendstil Bad Schachen on the mainland shore, closed on 5 October 2026 for a renovation expected to last until 2028 or 2029.

Eating and drinking

The hotel keeps an à-la-carte restaurant and a café-bar with a terrace on the harbour, and guests can also dine at the connected Hotel Reutemann-Seegarten next door.

The casino has an Italian restaurant with a view over the lake, and two bars.

The setting

Lindau’s island old town is one of the prettiest on Lake Constance. The harbour entrance, with its Bavarian Lion and lighthouse, faces Bregenz and the Austrian and Swiss mountains, and it is the view from both the hotel and the casino.

The mood is holiday-like and unhurried. Steamers leave from the quay, and the casino’s round glass building is as much a place for dinner with a view as for an evening in the gaming rooms. From Munich it is two hours by car or train.