Prices first, opinions second
- Where To Go covers competitive socialising venues in London, and answers what they cost before it tells you what we think.
- Every price is sampled from the venue's own booking flow, not taken from marketing.
- Venues cannot pay for coverage, placement or a better verdict.
Why this exists
London has more competitive socialising venues than anyone can keep track of, and almost none of them make it easy to find out what an evening will cost. Prices sit three clicks into a booking flow, change with the hour, or turn out to exclude the admission fee, the service charge or the food.
Meanwhile the round-ups that rank highest in search are mostly rewritten press releases. Two of the venues most commonly recommended in London activity guides closed in 2025 and 2026 and are still being listed.
So the premise is narrow and, we hope, useful: find out what these places actually charge, publish the real numbers, and say plainly who each venue suits.
How we research
Every price on this site comes from one of two places: the venue's live booking flow, sampled by us, or a published rate card on the venue's own site. Nothing is taken from a listings site, an aggregator or a press pack.
What sampling means
For venues that price dynamically, we run the booking flow across a full week, hour by hour, and record what comes back. The Toca Social page is built from 105 individual slot checks across seven days. That is why we can tell you a Saturday afternoon costs more than double a Monday night, and why the venue's own site cannot.
What we do with gaps
Group capacity is not published by a single operator we have looked at. Neither is December pricing, at any of them. Rather than estimate, we say on the page exactly what we have not checked, and keep chasing it.
We would rather publish a page that admits what it does not know than one that quietly invents it. If a page says a figure is unconfirmed, that is a job on our list as much as a warning on yours.
Re-checking
Prices drift, especially at venues that price by demand. Every page carries a last verified date. If that date is old, treat the figures as a guide and check before you book.
How we make money
Where To Go currently earns nothing. There are no affiliate links, no referral fees and no advertising anywhere on the site, which is the simplest possible answer to the question and the reason every verdict here is unconstrained.
If that changes, this section will say exactly how before it earns a penny. What will not change: venues cannot pay to appear, cannot pay for a better verdict, and cannot see a page before it goes live.
What we cover, and what we do not
- In scope: competitive socialising venues in London. Activities with a bar attached, bookable by a group, priced per person.
- Out of scope: tourist attractions, restaurants without an activity, and anything outside London.
- Not yet covered: plenty. Nine venues is a start, not a survey. Tell us what is missing.
Corrections
Prices change, venues close, and we get things wrong. If something on this site is out of date or inaccurate, tell us and we will fix it and note the change on the page.
Two corrections already applied: Junkyard Golf Club closed both London sites in 2026 and has been removed. Swingers City closed in early 2025 and has been removed.
Who writes this
Saul writes and researches every page on Where To Go. His background is in sports, technology and marketing, and that shows in how the site is built: go to the primary data, a venue's own booking flow, rather than repeat what a press release says, and say plainly when something is not known yet.