Group activities in London

Retro Techy · 10 Nov 2016 at 16:31

I know it's a bit early, but I've been tasked with group sourcing ideas for our Christmas party.

There's 5 of us and we're based near Tower Bridge, normal course for the party is to have a 1/2 day, start drinking, do an activity (preferably while stilling drinking) then finish the night off with a meal.
Normally we just go bowling at Surrey Quays, but with Tower Bridge closed and Rotherhithe Tunnel being what it is, it can be a bit of pain getting down there at the moment.
We've done TeamSport Go Karting at Tower Bridge a few years ago, was fun but felt like a bit of a cluster****.

To add a change of pace, this year I've been looking into Crazy Golf, So far I've got Swingers Crazy Golf and Junkyard Golf Club, which is on Brick Lane, so a good chance to finish the night off with a curry!
Also keeping with Brick Lane, I've noticed a bowling alley there called All Star Lanes.

We have thought about about paintball, but I'm not sure if that's a bit too physical, especially if we've been drinking.

If anyone has any suggestions for activities (preferably indoors with a bar), or can give me some feedback on the places I've mentioned, it would be appreciated.

HEADRAT · 10 Nov 2016 at 16:33

I've done both of these, both fun

https://www.luckyvoice.com/bars/london-soho/

http://www.bouncepingpong.com/

chroniclard · 10 Nov 2016 at 16:34

Flight club is good fun.
http://flightclubdarts.com/

*though probably booked up by now, its pretty popular

HEADRAT · 10 Nov 2016 at 16:36

http://www.time-run.com/

Psypher5 · 10 Nov 2016 at 16:36

is that giant adult ball pit still in london?

HEADRAT · 10 Nov 2016 at 16:38

http://the-crystal-maze.com/

wildman · 10 Nov 2016 at 16:44

go to waxy o'conors and get group mullered then walk into china town and have a massive group banquet.

tom_nieto · 10 Nov 2016 at 19:27

wildman said:
go to waxy o'conors and get group mullered then walk into china town and have a massive group banquet.

Pretty much this! Are you doing this on a weekday or weekend?

Psymonkee · 10 Nov 2016 at 23:13

Laser Tag?

Weazle · 10 Nov 2016 at 23:18

This is near Tower Bridge, an escape room game: http://www.escaperooms.co.uk/

There is Namco Funscape on the South Bank: https://namcofunscape.com/location/london-county-hall#page_holder|venue-info1

HangTime · 10 Nov 2016 at 23:40

We looked into Swingers and the waiting list was months long.

Retro Techy · 11 Nov 2016 at 12:48

Thanks for all the suggestions, darts sounds fun, last time we tried that, we put more holes in the wall, then the board.

HangTime said:
We looked into Swingers and the waiting list was months long.

Damn, that was my no.1 choice so far.

httk · 11 Nov 2016 at 17:41

All Star Lanes is pretty good if you want something simple and relatively tame (not a big change on previous years though), you do need to book that well in advance for this time of year too. Maybe book something (that doesn't require a deposit and can be easily cancelled!) while you make your decision.

No1newts · 11 Nov 2016 at 20:15

chroniclard said:
Flight club is good fun.
http://flightclubdarts.com/

*though probably booked up by now, its pretty popular

I went there when I was down at the NFL, would heartily recommend it and there's an amazing burger place 5mins walk away for food.

Chris Wilson · 11 Nov 2016 at 20:21

Whatever you do don't ask Keith Vaz for advice.

Have fun!