The stage was set for our second bowling challenge and also as a mini uni reunion, we had been to…read moreTenpin 2 years earlier and had returned as we enjoyed the facilities offered. Upon arrival we were greeted by the friendly staff and paid for our two game sessions, which come to £12.50 per person, pretty cheap for London standards. Unlike other bowling alleys we were offered the choice of using bowling shoes or we could use our normal shoes - we decided to stick with our current footwear. We were allocated our alley, however, we asked to be moved down to a quieter spot and the member of staff happily moved us over without any question. We were visiting the alley on a Sunday at 13:00 and there were already a few families bowling. It seemed to have picked up at around 15:00 with more people turning up to play, so it would be a good idea to try arrive earlier to avoid the rush. As far as London bowling alleys go Tenpin certainly has the space and number of lanes for all size groups, it has a fully licensed bar and a pretty standard fast food style menu with burgers, chips and nachos (be sure to order with cheese as this doesn't come as standard). Attached to the bowling alley is an arcade with all the usual games including; Time Crisis, Dance Dance Revolution, Air Hockey and my personal favourite PacMan Smash air hockey (see photo). The venue also has several pool tables and table tennis available. If the fried fast food menu doesn't tickle your fancy there are several restaurants in the local area including Nandos, Pizzahut or Burger King. All in all this is a fun day out with a fair amount of activities available at a decent price. We will no doubt be back next year to continue our bowling challenge come reunion.

A bowling place with a fun arcade, and ... lousy food (mostly fried) and ok drinks. It's mostly…read moreclean, but the shoe rental area next to the bowling lanes is chaotic and dirty. Staff there was rude and indifferent. The arcade is fun. The DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) was great fun. Pretty much what you'd expect from an arcade.

We visited Immersive Gamebox today and we played the Alien Aptitude game experience! We had so much…read morefun. It is located very close to Southwark Tube Station and to Nando's. We checked in and our greeter was fantastic! They also have plenty of lockers to store belongings in. The waiting area is nice too and there is a wide choice of drinks available. The box that we played in was fantastic and the screens were excellent and really interactive. There are four different games included in the Alien Aptitude experience and every single game was so fun to play! Each game was so thoughtfully designed . The rules for each game was explained clearly and presented in a way that wasn't overwhelming. We had such a great time and the time goes so quickly! The gif at the end is so fun to make as well! Thank you so much to Immersive Gamebox for giving us an A+ experience and we cannot wait to return for many more happy memories. I would highly recommend visiting Immersive Gamebox.

So much fun! Had to add a little gaming fun to counter all the history my children were…read moreexperiencing on our trip to London from California. A couple of items... my children 14 & 10. Like all other pre-teens and teens, they love to game. I joined them during the gaming session, which was about 1.5 hrs for both games, Tetris and Squid Games! Note that you will be moving around your space quickly. Jumping, stepping forward, backward, side to side, and toucing the walls as you play. You will get thirsty. No problem! They offer drink order and delivery to the room where you have a shelf to keep your drinks. Personal items: You can not keep on the floor or room with you. They will get in the way. No worries. They provide free lockers. It has been 2 days, and we are still talking about the fun we had there. Tried to get another trip in but may miss out. However, I learned there is one in Los Angeles, Ca. Will absolutely make the drive up from San Diego, Ca, (~2 hours) to play again! Thanks for the amazing family memories!

Recently visited Namco station, before this visit I would have given 3 stars. It was in decline,…read moregetting boring, nothing new, and nothing exciting, it use to be a good place to be silly and have whole hearty fun. I would visit a few times, and the new machines just didn't tempt me. So when I say my most recent Namco station visit came at a surprise, it really did. It had bigger, newer and cooler machines, designed to capture fun for all groups and ages. It almost reminded me back to when I first visited Namco station. I love the giant size connect 4, and the dodging laser beams. Overall I had a great time, something different and best possible way to kill time.

Sorry the picture is a bit dark, the bar is 3 floors underground. To get to it you have to…read morenegotiate the upper floors filled with, slot machines, video games and other games you usually find in one of those places at popular seaside destinations, so you may spend your drinking money before you reach the bar. Has a lift for wheelchair access to all floors but there isn't a ramp to get into the building in the first place, I have asked the staff and security and they don't know of any either. More details to follow as soon as I find my notes. Sells food all day and does kids menu. No real ale. Has a selection of wines. Areas available for hire.

Went the week of June 24. MANY of the games were broken or would eat the coins without giving you a…read morecredit to play the game. Had to call over the employee at least three times (saw others doing the same for other games). For the broken games the employee couldn't fix them (ex. air hockey) the employee couldn't fix them. For the ones gobbling up the coins she either gave me a coin back or put a coin in the machine to see if it would work (one time it did). Not a great experience. Not a lot of good games.

Las Vegas was fun! I grew up in Germany during The 80s and 90s and where I lived arcades such as…read moreLas Vegas were the only source of entertainment for some. My boyfriend grew up in a bucolic small New England town that had an arcade by a lake that was the towns only source of entertainment and hang out for the kids. So coming here was nostalgic and brought back a lot of memories and we had an absolute blast here! Whenever I or we come to London, we make sure Las Vegas is something we have pre-planned and set aside some time for. My previous trip to London we came here no less than three different times because there was simply -that- much fun to be had. They care about their machines and they care about the people coming there. For the amount of people the come through here, it's exceptionally clean Las Vegas isn't just the best arcade in London, I've traveled across Europe and beyond and Las Vegas really sets the standard and is by far the best arcade around. I only my corner of the world (Rhode Island) would have a place like Las Vegas.

Namco Funscape is situated near the London Eye and the other tourist attractions that can be…read morepackaged together for discounted rates (like the Aquarium, London Dungeon, Shrek's Adventure, etc). It is basically an arcade with some old school games and a little bar area believe it or not! lol (+) Was really cool seeing the mega sized Galaga game, since I loved playing that at the arcade as a kid in the 80's. (+) those crane machines are stupid fun and we ended up winning a couple of the plushes. lol Again, just stupid fun. :) (-) place was not very clean and actually kind of gross in spots (-) a lot of the machines were down and not operating including that Galaga game I would have LOVED to play (boo.) (-) Yelp! check in offered 2 free euro tokens to use for machines (no cash value). I decided what the hell since we were there killing time until we could get in line to ride the London Eye. Sheesh. I had to really jump through some hoops to get the 2 tokens lol. Sign up for wifi, click this, sign right here.... ...and then they only worked on select games and definitely NOT the crane machines, which is what we were there playing and spending our money on! Definitely wasn't worth the hassle. Again though, we were killing time ATM. (-) the blood curdling shrieks of kids in repeated succession can be too much to bear here at times lol no. I am 1000% f*cking serious...but I guess it IS an arcade... This could be a lot better if they would clean the place up and fix the machines. Still, it was mindless fun for a bit but I can't give it more than... 2 stars.

In the hustle and bustle of touristy Westminster and the South Bank today, I saw lots of families…read morewith happy smiley faces in the morning, which had started to look a little weary and in need of a rest. Namco Station is a little potential lifesaver for parents needing a quick break. It's located in the old County Hall building but has an unassuming entrance.It has 3 floors of perfect kiddie entertainment providing you have the cash to feed the machines. There's dodgems and bowling for all the family. Kids will have fun on the video games though I did spot a granny having a go at Dance Revolution! The lowest floor has pool tables and a little restaurant for food and drink - mostly fast food style and cafe fare, I saw adverts for private karaoke but I'm not sure how that operates. I do miss some of the older games but I'm always up for a few bumps in dodgems

This was my first time taking part in anything like VR & I loved it! It was like stepping into a…read morenew universe! We tried 3 different "games", first we were transported into a different world and walked around in the magical place to get our VR legs. The graphics were amazing, I felt like I'd jumped into the TV! The venue has a huge free roam space so there is plenty of room for you and your group to explore the way of the land! After this, we went to play arcade style games, where we had hand controllers and you had to score points by playing the game on the screen. I was rubbish at this, so it didn't hold my attention long as I sulked! Another arcade style game they had was where you were on a check out and had to try and pick up guns and particular items to score points. Finally, my favourite game of the night was the Zombie Survival, where we were kitted up with our VR headsets and outfits and given our "guns" to hunt down some zombies. It is mad how realistic it is! You literally feel like you're in a computer game! You can change your weapon and score points when you shoot the zombies. Everyone's hits are scored and you can see them at the front after you've played to see which person in your group shot the most hits. It was brilliant! I had so much fun! There is so much space to move around, it is incredible. All the staff are really friendly and you get a full briefing before every game so you know how it all works. It isn't just for gamers either. Anyone with a competitive streak will enjoy it! Males and females alike. It is great to do with a group of friends for a hen/stag party or for a birthday or work do. I would definitely return! I honestly didn't even know this sort of thing existed in London! It is now something else new that I can say I've tried!

Came from London to play some Laser Tag because it was so much cheaper than any where in London…read more(less than £10 for two 20minute games!). The arena was awesome, spacious and no frills laser tag gaming. Set inside an arcade with bowling, pool and junk food stalls. No illusions about this place, it's full of screaming kids on a weekend but the laser tag was monumentally ace. Well worth the trip if there is a big group of you wanting to save a bit of cash.

Our son is just getting to the point where the indoor soft-play thing is becoming interesting, so…read morewe were keen when we were invited to a friends' second birthday party here at the Big Apple. Our time was only spent in the indoor soft play area, so if you're looking for a review of the lazer tag, bowling, or game arcade, you'll have to wait for some other Yelper to get to the Big Apple. In general, the play area was fun, for him, but there were a number of items that I found less than ideal. 1. Heat! It was so damned hot in the play area, we were all sweating. Now this was a party with 18 families, so it appeared it was nowhere near it's capacity, but still, everyone, without exception, complained about the lack of ventilation. 2. Disrepair. Mostly, things were in pretty good shape, but a number of things were kind of jerry-rigged with zip ties and duct tape. No single thing caused me great concern, but the sheer quantity of places where I saw these things made me wonder if a little more rigorous maintenance wasn't in order. I'm sure the wear and tear on such play things is massive, but for the amount they charge, I expected more quality to be honest. 3. Non-slidey slides. The biggest coolest-looking slide was, in fact, a dud! There's a slide that goes from the upper level of the play area down to the bottom where the parents were generally hanging out. This makes a total descent of some 4-5 meters. How cool is that??? Not much, it turns out. Kids were constantly having to scoot themselves down. One lucky parent was wearing the right fabric to make her slide down well, but everyone else was forced to self-propel. 4. I don't mark down for this, but the food served to the kiddies was the usual breaded-fried-potato-waste-on-a-stick. De regueur for such party places, they won no stars in our book because none of it met our child's dietary requirements (gluten-free). We never expect this, though, and always bring our own. My wife and I found ourselves the inevitable schadenfreude when we realized that our child's meal was way healthier than any of the other children! Looking at the heat, and the disrepair, I can't imagine a full-capacity weekend, where there are wall-to-wall kids.

Having visited last week and been satisfied but not impressed, I enjoyed my visit significantly…read moremore this time: the staff were attentive and friendly, and visible enough to find if there was a problem. While there still weren't many people in the place (rather expected for midday on a Tuesday!), the vibe was much more pleasant. Perhaps I just caught the staff on an off day last time? Either way, it was a very enjoyable visit. However, I would still absolutely prefer if there were direction signs to the bowling/restaurant/skating that weren't just printed on the floor, given the low lighting makes them hard to read!

Do you like ice-skating? QUEENS is London's ONLY Ice Rink and Ten Pin Bowling. Whether you want to…read morelearn to ice skate, try your hand at a game of ten pin bowling, enjoy a drink in the bar or sample some of our freshly prepared food the choice is yours. If you are a teenager group or a family looking for an activity on a rainy Sunday, this might be a fun place to go. The good thing about ice rank is that it is indoors and unlike any other place you even can go ice-skating in summer. The equipment all can be hired at the reception. Funny enough I was invited to a birthday to Queens. Even though it is original I did not really enjoy, as we were all grown up girls skating one round after the other. Not to mention this was summer! But pop icon Madonna and Guy Ritchie celebrated their son Rocco's 6th birthday at Queens then I am sure it I good enough for you little ones!

One of the worst services I have ever had in my life…read more Terrible experience with food and service, as you can see in the photos, we ordered 3 hamburgers with extra, but according to them they delivered them all but only 1 arrived, and we went to speak to the attendant and they said that the problem is simply ours, we spoke to the manager and he said that the problem is ours, The air conditioning wasn't working, we went with friends for a moment of relaxation and ended up leaving upset and disappointed with the place. I do not recommend it to anyone, we were with a friend from abroad visiting us and we were embarrassed by what happened, a really embarrassing situation, a lack of care on the part of the administration.

A fun time bowling here! We had to wait 20 mins for our lanes although we pre-booked. But there is…read moreplenty to keep you entertained whilst you wait. They have plenty of arcade games, pool tables etc. I loved that they had everything setup so we didn't have to input our names and they also automatically had it programmed to have barriers up or down based on the player. Came here with the family for a birthday celebration and we all had a great time.