85B Southwark Bridge Road
Bar Douro sits in a railway arch on Flat Iron Square, near London Bridge, serving Portuguese food and wine. You can sit at the counter in the azulejo-tiled...
London Bridge 2 min · Bookable
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Unique Date Spots Across Central London
Filtered for ££ + Fun & Playful, then ranked by journey fairness for your group.
The little black book
Unique Date Spots Across Central London
Filtered for ££ + Fun & Playful, then ranked by journey fairness for your group.
Central London
Chapter 1 · 4 date spots
Carnaby
Cahoots is a 1940s-themed cocktail bar in Kingly Court, styled as an Underground station with a ground-floor Ticket Hall. Expect swing, wartime styling and...
Piccadilly Circus 2 min · Bookable
Leake Street
Draughts Waterloo is a board game café and bar beneath the railway arches on Leake Street. Its library holds over 1,000 games, and food and drinks are ordered...
Waterloo 1 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Camden
The Postal Museum lets you ride Mail Rail, a miniature train through the old postal tunnels under London. It opens Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm, with the...
Farringdon 3 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
North London
Chapter 2 · 2 date spots
Highbury
Clay Time is a community pottery studio with sites in Islington, on Blackstock Road, and Highgate, on Bertram Street. It runs wheel-throwing tasters,...
Arsenal / Finsbury Park 8 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Ravenswood Industrial Estate
God's Own Junkyard is a Walthamstow warehouse full of neon signs, collected by the late Chris Bracey. It opens at weekends only, Friday and Saturday 11am to...
Walthamstow Central 4 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
East London
Chapter 3 · 7 date spots
Hackney
107 Wine Shop & Bar is a small wine shop and bar on Lower Clapton Road, with food from its own kitchen. It opens from midday six days a week. Seats are few, so...
Clapton 3 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Tower Hamlets
A Bar with Shapes for a Name is a Bauhaus-inspired cocktail bar on Kingsland Road, opened in May 2021 by a team led by Remy Savage. It stocks only 20 bottles,...
Hoxton 2 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Shoreditch
Callooh Callay has been on Rivington Street in Shoreditch since 2008, with menus inspired by Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky and secret rooms to find. It opens...
Shoreditch High Street 2 min · Bookable
Floors 7-10
Frank's Cafe is the summer rooftop bar on Peckham's multi-storey car park, run with Bold Tendencies since 2009. In 2026 it opened from 15 May to 12 September,...
Peckham Rye 5 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Greenwich
Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium is now on King William Walk in Greenwich, a cat café where the residents set the pace. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays and opens...
Cutty Sark DLR 1 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Hackney
Netil360 is a rooftop bar on top of Netil House by London Fields, with panoramic views over London. It serves natural wine, craft beer, cocktails and...
London Fields 2 min · Bookable
Southwark
Nine Lives is a basement cocktail bar near London Bridge, championing Mexican spirits since 2017, with a taco kitchen. It has made Time Out's top 50 London...
London Bridge 2 min · Bookable
West London
Chapter 4 · 1 date spot
Kensington and Chelsea
Evans & Peel Detective Agency is a 1920s-style speakeasy on Earls Court Road, where you pitch your case to a detective before you are let in. It gives two...
Earl's Court 2 min · Bookable
Frequently asked questions
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How do we pick a date spot that is fair for both of us to reach?
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