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The crown jewels, Buckingham Palace, Camden Market…in London, history collides with art, fashion, food, and good British ale. A perfect day is different for everyone: culture aficionados shouldn't miss the Tate Modern and the Royal Opera House. If you love fashion, Oxford Street has shopping galore. For foodies, cream tea at Harrod’s or crispy fish from a proper chippy offers classic London flavor. Music and book buffs will love seeing Abbey Road and the Sherlock Holmes Museum (at 221B Baker Street, of course).
Restaurants in London
1. Enigma Quests
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1,332 reviews
Enigma Quests is a provider of fully interactive immersive experiences known as Live Quests. In every quest we create, your team will get 60 minutes to accomplish a mission using creativity, teamwork and attention to details. The mission will depend on the theme of the room and will challenge you to bring out the best of your abilities.
Reviewed By Safari51931737575
We really enjoyed the immersive experience at Enigma quests, we took part in both the school of wizardry and the bank heist rooms and thoroughly enjoyed them both! Definitely recommend for a corporate experience.
2. The Secret City
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 41 reviews
Solve a trail of clues sent to your phone, journey through the city and enjoy optional pub/cafe breaks on the way. Work together, race each other, play it how you want it. All trails are outdoors and COVID safe, get booked in with your friends for the long overdue days out.
3. Platform
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 22 reviews
Platform is a next-level gaming bar and cultural space in Shoreditch. Everyone's welcome. Anything goes. We offer console, PC gaming as well as a menu of craft beers, cocktails and wood-fired pizza. So you can battle zombie hordes, KO your CEO or spend date night dungeon crawling!
Reviewed By 564gabriellea
Had a brilliant experience at this gaming bar. The staff were super friendly, especially Lem who was super enthusiastic and talked us through the COVID-19 procedures and all the games available to us. The pizzas are delicious with great drinks too including the Parma violet and gin shot of the day! Only other comment is that the games available were quite limited. Would love to see more variety of games including Tekken and NBA Live.
4. Outscape Games
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 21 reviews
The Outdoor Escape Experience. A multiplayer, augmented reality adventure in the streets of London. Solve puzzles, uncover city secrets and outsmart your opponents before time runs out! Imagine an escape game with no walls, played in the streets of London. We’ve kind of turned the city into a big virtual escape room where puzzles combine real city landmarks with Augmented Reality objects.
Reviewed By Thefirsttimers
Bought this as a birthday gift for my partner as part of our trip to London. He absolutely loves the challenge of escape rooms and is a tech geek, so this really was the perfect gift! We arrived at the location and were greeted by a friendly gentleman representing the company at the busy lounge of the hotel. He explained the plot of the game and gave us a breakdown of how it works along with some tips, showed us a demo and then answered any questions we had. We were then given an iPad and the experience began. The game took us around the vicinity of St. Paul's Cathedral, the Bank of England Museum and even to the Guildhall - we explored places we would never have thought to go out of our way to experience. The missions in the game had mixed levels of difficulty, so we we felt challenged at all times and had many a debate on how to approach the missions. I enjoyed the simpler game like challenges while my partner enjoyed the augmented reality aspects. The game isn't designed to be finished but we accomplished the 3 main missions and succeeded in many of the optional missions and extra points challenges. There were a couple of curve balls and speaking to the host afterwards made us realise we were so close to cracking them! You have a full 2 hours of actual gameplay time, which makes for good value as typical escape rooms only last an hour at best and aren't cheap. I enjoyed the use of technology, it wasn't too difficult to grasp, great for technophobes - there were a few glitches with one of the augmented reality challenges but the host told us how to reset it when we were given our brief. The 2 hours went by incredibly quick, but I guess time flies when you're having fun! This was definitely the best escape game experience I've ever had, I'm not sure regular escape rooms will cut it for me anymore. Once the 2 hours were up we headed back to the hotel where the gentleman was sat in the same spot. He asked us how it went and we ended up chatting to him for almost an hour! He was a great host and offered to buy us hot beverages. Speaking to him made me all the more grateful for the experience, he told us about how he started up the venture and his plans for expansion, the challenges and successes and I felt all the more satisfied knowing I did my bit to help a small business to achieve their dream. We thoroughly enjoyed it as a single team of 2, but it'd be more exciting if we had another team to compete with. Next time round we'll definitely be bringing our competitive friends and might make things interesting with a wager. I would definitely recommend this experience and I'll be doing this again when they release the new game! Thank you to the host for an unforgettable experience and excellent customer service!
5. Festibowl
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 6 reviews
A lawn bowls popup event in the heart of the City of London. Competitive fun, delicious street food, ice cold drinks, DJs playing classic tunes; make the most of summer 2020! London's best summer outdoor event, perfect for team events and parties.
Reviewed By Hornseey
A very very unique event. My group of friends were drawn in by the incredibly delicious street food, sweet music and bowls - who knew bowls could be such fun...!!
6. AIM - Augmented Reality Outdoor Experience
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5.0 based on 60 reviews
AIM AR Hunt bring you London's most immersive outdoor escape games! Combining all of the best parts of escape rooms and scavenger hunts, our outdoor games make use of augmented reality and our action packs allowing you to interact with real world objects.
Reviewed By derinatay
This is the best activity to do in this situation with corona and such a fun activity. I went with 2 of my friends and we chose the game called einstein unsolved which was difficult and very unique experience.If you are looking for outdoor activity or exploring the city you should definitely try with your friends you won't regret.
7. StreetHunt
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 9 reviews
Are you game for a different type of challenge? Keen to discover some of London’s quirkier locations? Keep your eyes peeled and your wits about you in these self-guided, outdoor immersive team games, playable on your smartphone. Hunt in teams of 2-5 (larger groups can split into competing teams) and pause for a break or drink en route. Can you solve the mystery before time runs out?
Reviewed By K7088QAtarab
We had a fantastic time playing StreetHunt. The app was easy to use, the mystery just the right amount of challenging, and some extra surprises along the way that I wont spoil for you! If you're looking for something away from the classic tourist route, this is it: Highly recommend.
8. Flight Club
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4.5 based on 464 reviews
Reviewed By joannegray - Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Had the best time here, easily one of the MUST dos in all of london - great for dates, a day out with friends, family, work team building, whatever! The drinks are really yummy and for a change, fairly different options are available. The pizza is really, really great! Rustica base with some really delicious toppings on offer and amazing sauces and blends - again for a change some different options or classic favourites available. We loved it! The staff are friendly but not over the top, they don't watch you or hang around constantly which I think is really nice! They explain everything and check on you every so often and if you need something, the screen system you get at your ochey is really simple to use and quick! I love the little things on offer here too, as silly as it sounds - your "story" throughout photos and boomerangs that you can get via the screen and playback options. Lots of different game choices. I cannot wait to return and in fact booked again recently for later in the summer (once lockdown/quarantine is lifted - fingers crossed)! This is up there with one of the best activities to do in London! Also super cool and quirky decor and theme throughout, it was kept clean and tidy too (which can't be easy when it gets busy and has lots of nooks and crannies and paintings etc). We also noticed (when thinking of returning with family, it is very, very accommodating for those less physically able without compromising any of the experience!)
9. Swingers - City
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,444 reviews
Comprising two 9-hole crazy golf courses with three incredible street food vendors, five cocktail drenched bars and a two storey clubhouse, Swingers is the ultimate destination for a spot of competitive socialising. Housed in an 18000 sq ft basement in the shadow of the Gherkin, in the heart of the City, Swingers recreates a quintessential 1920s English country golf club. It has two quirky and challenging crazy golf courses - the Lighthouse Course and the Windmill Course. Guests are welcome to visit Swingers for street food, drinks and a non-compulsory round of crazy golf from lunchtime ’til late.
Reviewed By Marryannaes - London, United Kingdom
I came with my boyfriend to celebrate my birthday , was actually the first time we played mini golf ⛳️, the food was amazing thanks to pizza pilgrims ????, the golf was very exciting and the cocktails were just amazing ! Many thanks to Sergio and Luca! We surely going to come back????
