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Gaming cafes in London

Six venues in London are on this list, 117 gaming PCs counted across the five that publish a number, and the city splits cleanly into two kinds of room.

6 venues on file · 117 PCs counted · 1 with no published count

Map · 6 pins · number is the PC count

What the numbers say about London

Four are built around the PC floor: SideQuest Gamers Hub at Charing Cross, the largest at 50 PCs and open until 06:00, XP Tavern with 25 PCs on RTX 5060 Ti cards and 310Hz monitors, EsportsGB with 22, and New Meta Gaming Arena in Islington, which publishes no count. Two are bars that keep machines: Meltdown and Platform Shoreditch, with ten PCs each.

There is a seventh room in Shoreditch, the Red Bull Gaming Sphere, but it opens around scheduled events rather than selling hours, so it sits in the arenas section instead of this list.

All three venues that publish an hourly rate charge £8. Four of the six run past midnight on at least some nights, SideQuest until 06:00; none is open around the clock.

Open late and what an hour costs in London

  • Open past midnight

    4 of 6 stay open past midnight on at least one night.

  • Cheapest hour published

    £8 at SideQuest Gamers Hub, of the 3 venues that publish a rate.

  • Nearest to you

Sorted by size · largest floor first; rooms with no published count sit last

  • Large floor

    PCs

    50+

    Rate

    £8/HR

    Open

    12:00–06:00

    Rating

    4.0

    · 656

    UK London no features listed
  • Mid size

    PCs

    25

    Rate

    £8/HR

    Open

    15:00–22:00

    (varies)

    Rating

    4.6

    · 140

    UK London private rooms · consoles +4
  • Mid size

    PCs

    22

    Rate

    n/a

    Open

    15:30–19:30

    (varies)

    Rating

    4.8

    · 19

    UK London tournaments · coaching +1

    no rate published

  • Small room

    PCs

    10

    Rate

    £8/HR

    Open

    12:00–22:00

    (varies)

    Rating

    4.7

    · 1,246

    UK London private rooms · consoles +3
  • Small room

    PCs

    10

    Rate

    n/a

    Open

    17:00–23:00

    (varies)

    Rating

    4.4

    · 680

    UK London bar · tournaments

    no rate published

  • PC count not published

    PCs

    n/a

    Rate

    n/a

    Open

    12:00–00:00

    (varies)

    Rating

    4.6

    · 374

    UK London private rooms · consoles +2

    PC count not published · no rate published

Questions about gaming cafes in London

Which gaming cafe in London stays open latest?

SideQuest Gamers Hub at Charing Cross runs from 12:00 to 06:00 and has the largest PC floor on our list in London, at least 50 PCs, for £8 an hour. Food and drinks lead its reviews with 18 mentions; 4 reviews call it pricey and 3 complain about the staff.

What is the difference between a gaming bar and a gaming cafe in London?

On our list, Meltdown and Platform Shoreditch are bars with 10 PCs each, and XP Tavern pairs a bar with 25 PCs, food and private rooms. SideQuest and EsportsGB list no bar and are built around the PC floor.

How much does it cost to play at a London PC cafe?

SideQuest and XP Tavern both charge £8 an hour; XP Tavern also sells a £35 day pass. The other London venues on our list do not publish rates.

Where can you get esports coaching in London?

XP Tavern and EsportsGB list coaching. EsportsGB also runs streaming and tournaments on 22 PCs with 165 Hz monitors, and keeps afternoon hours that vary by day.

Read before you go

Counted from public sources · 3 of 6 publish an hourly rate Report a change