Gaming in London when it rains
Arcades, VR, bowling and board games.
- TOCA Social: Football-themed gaming and dining. The O2 direct.
- Dabbers Social Bingo: Bingo with a party atmosphere. King's Cross 5 mins.
- Swingers West End: Crazy golf with street food. Oxford Circus 4 mins.
- DNA VR: Immersive VR experiences. Hammersmith 5 mins.
- The Crystal Maze LIVE: Interactive game show experience. Angel 10 mins.
- Drink Shop & Do: Craft workshops and board games. King's Cross 3 mins.
- Clays Canary Wharf: Virtual clay pigeon shooting and cocktails. Indoor mall access.
- Electric Gamebox: Hyper-immersive 60-minute gaming adventures in Southbank.
- Draughts Waterloo: Board game cafe inside the Leake Street arches.
- Flight Club: Social darts venue. Multiple locations.
- Monopoly Lifesized: A real-life Monopoly board game with rooms, challenges and a proper competitive vibe. Brilliant for
- Immersive Gamebox Southbank: Projection-mapped group gaming rooms with motion tracking. Fully indoors and ideal for mates, birthd
- Swingers City: Indoor crazy golf with street-food and cocktails in a slick setting. Great for date nights or group
- Flight Club Shoreditch: Social darts with food and drinks in a lively indoor venue. A strong rainy-day pick for groups.
- Flight Club Bloomsbury: Social darts with a fun atmosphere, food and drinks. Fully indoors and easy to book for a rainy even
- Four Quarters Arcade Peckham: Retro arcade bar with classic machines and proper comfort food. Indoors, casual and great for a low-
- Four Quarters Arcade Elephant Park: Arcade bar with loads of games and a relaxed vibe. Fully indoors and ideal for rainy days with mates
- Fairgame Canary Wharf: Indoor adult playground with carnival games, street food and cocktails. Very rain-proof and great fo
- Boom Battle Bar Oxford Street: Indoor games bar with activities like darts, shuffleboard and more, plus food and drinks. Solid wet-
- Boom Battle Bar Aldgate: Indoor games bar with loads of competitive options, plus food and drinks. A reliable rainy-day eveni
- All Star Lanes: Retro bowling with diner food. Holborn 3 mins.
- All Star Lanes Stratford: Bowling diner and cocktails inside Westfield.
- The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience London: Team-based physical and mental challenges inspired by the TV show. Fully indoors and a big rainy-day
- F1 Arcade London: Racing simulators with food and drinks in a slick indoor setting. Great for groups and perfect when
- Clays: Virtual clay shooting in a stylish bar setting. Competitive and loud.
- Sixes Cricket: Batting nets with food and drinks. Fun even if you’re terrible.
- Platform Arcade: Retro gaming with a beer. Low-effort joy, maximum indoors.
- Fairgame: Grown-up fairground games in a slick indoor space.
- Swingers Crazy Golf: Crazy golf with cocktails. Surprisingly good for date night or groups.
- Immersive Gamebox: Interactive digital game rooms with motion tracking.
- Escape Reality London: Immersive escape room challenges near Leicester Square. 2 min tube walk.
- Namco Funscape: Multi-level arcade and bowling at County Hall. Waterloo station 5 min walk.
- Rowans Tenpin Bowl: Finsbury Park institution: bowling, karaoke and an arcade, all slightly sticky and completely brilli
- Queens Skate Dine Bowl: An ice rink, a bowling alley and a diner stacked in one Bayswater building. If one of them fails to
- Electric Shuffle: Shuffleboard reinvented with a screen at the end that keeps score and mocks you. London Bridge, and
- Roxy Ball Room: Beer pong, shuffleboard, ping pong, pool and karaoke under one roof. The rainy-day equivalent of say
- Puttshack: Mini golf where the ball keeps score itself, so nobody can cheat and everybody tries. Bank and White
- Junkyard Golf Club: Crazy golf through scrap: a course built from bumper cars, bathtubs and a caravan, with cocktails at
- Bloomsbury Lanes: A basement bowling alley under a Bloomsbury hotel, part alley and part late-night music venue. Retro