Ping pong absolutely! Way more entertaining : ))

Ping pong is probably a bit more fun than a game of snooker. Both great though.

Pool table - we use ours with the top leaves on mostly as a table for jigsaws, Christmas wrapping, folding laundry. When our now grown kids come home the top comes off for pool or stays on and has the tennis top put on. It gets equal use between both games and lives in the conservatory.

To expand on my previous comment over a decade ago, no need to choose. Get a pool table with a dining table top. There are loads available. Then cut yourself a piece of MDF or decent quality plywood to fit on top. Make the dimensions enough to allow for fitting a net.

EITHER paint it in your own colour scheme as a ping pong table - maybe to match your choice of pool table cloth. Doesn't have to be green & white. Mine's blue & yellow, to match the funky bats & balls I found.

OR make the top side a piece of art. hang it on the wall when not in use.

You can play ping pong on any sized table. Mine's about 1m x 2m as that's what I can easily store. (Sadly no space for a pool table, but we do have a wide bodied pinball machine & our local pool club, with three pool & two snooker tables, is a 5 min walk away.)

You CAN have your cake & eat it.