What's on the floor

Four rooms under two arches. Walk in, take a cup of coins from the bar and play anything that's lit.

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  1. A row of upright arcade cabinets glowing red and blue in a dark room

    Thirty uprights from 1979 to 1999: shooters, racers, fighters and one stubborn maze.

    The uprights
  2. Close-up of a lit pinball playfield with bumpers and ramps

    Twelve tables on the pinball row, levelled every Monday, rubbers changed every month.

    Pinball row
  3. A bar counter lit from below, shelves of bottles glowing behind it

    Fourteen metres of bar with a ledge for your drink beside every machine.

    The long bar
  4. Players side by side at racing cabinets in a dim neon arcade

    Thursdays from eight: five machines, three tries each and a board that remembers.

    League nights

This week under the arches

Book for a night
A woman smiling down at the glowing screen of an arcade cabinet

High-score league, round three Five machines, three tries, one board. Walk-ins sign up at the bar until 7.45.
A bartender grinning as he stirs a drink at a red-walled bar
Behind the bar

We're Ailsa and Dev. We fixed our first cabinet on a kitchen table in Partick.

Quarter Moon opened in 2019 under two railway arches with eleven machines bought from a seaside arcade that was closing for good.

Now the floor holds forty-two, the long bar pours till two and the back room rebuilds whatever the league breaks. Same rule as night one: if it's lit, it plays.

Our house rule Hire the arches
Dev shaking a cocktail behind the bar
A regular in sunglasses and a scarf
A regular on the phone at the end of the bar

Your initials on the board by Sunday

Every Thursday from eight: five machines, three tries each, one board. The top six stay up until somebody beats them, and the season's champion drinks free for a month.

Join on Thursday
Arcade cabinets glowing in a dark room

House record since 2021

  1. 1KATStarfall Deluxe2,914,600
  2. 2DEVNeon Derby2,406,150
  3. 3MOROrbit Alley1,988,020
  4. 4JJBBrick Baron1,471,300
  5. 5PRITurbo Tide1,202,775
  6. 6ODSDragon Hall986,440

Updated after every league night. Round three closes at 11pm tonight.

Friends laughing round a table late at night
The house rule

“Nobody here is too good to lose. Put your coin on the glass and wait your turn.”

Ailsa, behind the bar since night one
Insert coin

Three ways to play

  • Coin cup

    £5 for twenty coins

    Any machine on the floor, any night. Coins never expire, so keep the rest for next time.

  • Free-play band

    £15 a night

    Every machine on free play from ten till close, Thursday to Saturday. One band, no coins.

  • League pass

    £8 on Thursdays

    Three tries on each of the five league machines, your name on the board and a drink.

Book a booth

Have the arches to yourselves

Birthdays, leaving dos, launches and one memorable wedding. We set the machines to free play, the bar pours what you choose and the playlist is yours.

  • A booth for eight

    Two hours, a coin cup each · from £120

  • The back arch

    Up to forty guests, twelve machines · from £650

  • The whole floor

    Up to 160 guests, everything on free play · from £2,400

Ask about a date
A group gathered round a games console at a party
Free play, your playlist

What the regulars say

Find the green-lit arches

1 Example Mews, Glasgow G3 0ZZ. Five minutes from Partick station; follow the green glow under the railway.

Monday to Wednesday
5pm – midnight
Thursday
5pm – 2am · league night
Friday and Saturday
2pm – 2am
Sunday
2pm – 11pm · families till 7

0141 000 0000hello@quarter-moon.example

A building lit green at night with a glowing bar sign
Under the railway

Book a booth

We hold booths for twenty minutes past the time.