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
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Unique Date Spots Across Central London
Filtered for ££ + Quirky/Unusual Setting, then ranked by journey fairness for your group.
The little black book
Unique Date Spots Across Central London
Filtered for ££ + Quirky/Unusual Setting, then ranked by journey fairness for your group.
Central London
Chapter 1 · 6 date spots
Embankment
Gordon's on Villiers Street is thought to be London's oldest wine bar, established in 1890 and still family run. Its vaulted cellar is lit by candles, and...
Embankment / Charing Cross 4 min · Bookable
Soho
Maison Bertaux on Greek Street has made cakes in Soho since 1871, when Monsieur Bertaux arrived from Paris. It is a tiny patisserie and tea room with no...
Tottenham Court Road 2 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Mayfair
Postcard Teas is a tea shop on Dering Street in Mayfair, specialising in teas from named small farms. It runs a bookable Tea School. The shop opens Monday to...
Bond Street 2 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Fitzrovia
The Attendant in Fitzrovia is a café in a restored Victorian public toilet on Foley Street. It is first come, first served, with no reservations, and pets are...
Goodge Street 2 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 · 3 date spots
Islington
BookBar on Blackstock Road is an independent bookshop, wine bar and social space. It opens until 9pm from Wednesday to Friday and is closed on Mondays. The...
Arsenal / Finsbury Park 9 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
King's Cross
Spiritland is a café, bar and radio studio on Stable Street, off Granary Square, built around a sound system by Living Voice. It is seated with table service,...
King's Cross St Pancras 5 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
Hackney
Behind This Wall is a basement bar beneath the Narrow Way in Hackney Central, built around a warm, vintage sound system. There is no menu: staff make your...
London Fields 4 min · Bookable
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
Tower Hamlets
Discount Suit Company opened in January 2014 in a former suit tailor's store room on Wentworth Street. It serves classically inspired cocktails to a soundtrack...
Liverpool Street 4 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
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
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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