The Play Room

 
 

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ADDRESS
10 Air Street, Soho, London W1B 5AB 
 
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PRICES
£29 for three courses | cocktails from £7 | entrance fee £5-£15, or free if you are eating
 

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The Play RoomAs quickly as it began, the brief craze for Burlesque has died down again, just in time for London's first dedicated burlesque bar to open its glossy doors.

But the failure to hit the crest of the fashion wave may not effect this extraordinary bar, which really feels far more like an episode of Jeeves and Wooster than anything from the modern age. The zebraskin and leather of a current style bar mix with the grand pianos and elegant Art Deco light fittings of a 1920s nightclub, and it all comes across as the epitome of glamour.

The food was a little bland, but the cocktails were magnificent, and the service snappy, friendly, and beautifully turned-out. Some of our fellow-drinkers were dressed in 1920s suits, spats and trilbys, others were in more modern clothes, but all of them oozed style. Clever, open-plan design, and an entertaining Burlesque floor-show helped create a convivial atmosphere.

While most bars in this price range - and it is seriously expensive - aim to attract City-workers, tourists or celebrities, you feel that The Play Rooms is aiming for a slightly more discerning crowd. Whether there really are enough Bright Young Things with independent incomes in London to keep a fabulous place like this going remains to be seen, but for the moment, this is London's coolest bar, and if you want to see and be seen, this is the place to do it.

 
 

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Underground Stations

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Green Park Tube Station
 
7 minutes walk
 
Railway Stations

Railway Stations

 
 
Victoria Railway Station
 
21 minutes walk
 
 
Car Parks

Car Parks

 
Brewer Street NCP
 
3 minutes walk
 
Burlington Car Park
 
4 minutes walk
 
 
 
 

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Hotels near The Play Room

Near The Play Room
Cafe Royal Hotel London
Cafe Royal Hotel
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel  Deluxe Double Rooms: 0% off from £400
68 Regent Street, W1B | 1 minute from The Play Room
Café Royal is a 160-bedroom 5-star luxury hotel on Regent Street, in London's city centre overlooking Piccadilly Circus. The hotel has a gym, swimming pool and ...More
 
 
 
Le Meridien Piccadilly London
Le Meridien Piccadilly
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel  Deluxe Double Rooms: 42% off from £233
21 Piccadilly, W1J | 1 minute from The Play Room
A hotel that is distinctly in the old English style, with magnificent antique décor, staff who are attentive, discreet, and ever so polite and, most importantly, ...More
 
 
 
Sanctum Soho Hotel London London
Sanctum Soho Hotel London
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel  Petite Doubles: 11% off from £200
20 Warwick Street, W1B | 2 minutes from The Play Room
The rock star glamour of this Soho hotel gives it a real buzz - with an underground cinema, black bathrooms, rooftop bar and open air Jacuzzi ...More
 
 
 
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Alternative Bars nearest The Play Room

Nearest to The Play Room
Comedy Camp London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Comedy Camp
London > Nightlife > Bars
3 Archer Street, Soho, London W1D | 3 minutes from The Play Room
Excellent, intimate bar with a mainly gay crowd in the middle of Soho, boasting the usual combination of expensive but superior cocktails and finger food, ...More
 
 
 
Milk & Honey London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Milk & Honey
London > Nightlife > Bars
61 Poland Street, Soho, London W1F | 5 minutes from The Play Room
With no number on its door, no name emblazoned outside, a ring-before-you-arrive guest policy, an underground location and some rather interesting house rules, this bar oozes ...More
 
 
 
Opium Cocktail & Dim Sum Parlour London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Opium Cocktail & Dim Sum Parlour
London > Nightlife > Bars
The Jade Door, 15-16 Gerrard Street, W1D | 5 minutes from The Play Room
Hidden behind an unassuming jade door in Chinatown an intoxicating world of hedonism awaits. The Opium Cocktail & Dim Sum Parlour is a maze of nine ...More
 
 
 
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Nightlife near The Play Room

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Rumba London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Rumba
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
36 Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, London W1D | 3 minutes from The Play Room
Concealed in a particularly squalid and touristy corner of Piccadilly Circus is Rumba, the bar that has kept the UK's Urban scene alive in the West ...More
 
 
 
Vinoteca Soho London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Vinoteca Soho
London > Nightlife > Wine Bars
53-55 Beak Street, Soho, London W1F | 3 minutes from The Play Room
Since opening their first Vinoteca in 2005 in Farringdon's St John Street, Brett Woonton, Charlie Young and Elena Ares have quenched a thirst for wine bars ...More
 
 
 
Waxy O'Connors London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Waxy O'Connors
London > Nightlife > Pubs
14-16 Rupert Street, Soho, London W1D | 4 minutes from The Play Room
Located where it is, Waxy’s is fairly predictable. It’s expensive, it’s busy and it’s got a fair smattering of tourists, but it also has that certain ...More
 
 
 
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Events near The Play Room

Near The Play Room
The Audience London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Audience
London > Events > Theatre  Dates: 15th February to 15th June 2013
Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, London W1D | 4 minutes from The Play Room
Following her Oscar-winning performance in the 2006 film The Queen, Helen Mirren reprises her role as Queen Elizabeth II with another award-winning performance in Peter Morgan's ...More
 
 
 
Merrily We Roll Along London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Merrily We Roll Along
London > Events > Theatre  Dates: 23rd April to 27th July 2013
Harold Pinter Theatre, 6 Panton Street, Soho, London SW1Y | 4 minutes from The Play Room
The Menier Chocolate Factory's highly acclaimed production of Merrily We Roll Along directed by Maria Friedman transfers to the West End on 23rd April 2013 for ...More
 
 
 
The Hothouse London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Hothouse
London > Events > Theatre  Dates: 4th May to 3rd August 2013
Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1A | 9 minutes from The Play Room
Simon Russell Beale and John Simm (currently appearing in BBC TV series The Village) star in Harold Pinter's tragicomedy The Hothouse, Jamie Lloyd's second production at ...More
 
 
 
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Near The Play Room
Pigalle London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Pigalle
London > Entertainment > Jazz Clubs
215-217 Piccadilly, St James's, London W1J | 2 minutes from The Play Room
Forties-themed late-night supper club. If you’re considering a more glamorous and alternative evening’s entertainment, head to Piccadilly and burlesque cabaret club, Pigalle. Inspired by the genteel, romantic ...More
 
 
 
Criterion Theatre London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Criterion Theatre
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Piccadilly Circus, Soho, London W1J | 2 minutes from The Play Room
The tiny entrance of the Criterion theatre is almost invisible among the massive advertisements, traffic and crowds of Piccadilly Circus. To ignore it, however, is to ...More
 
 
 
Comedy Store London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Comedy Store
London > Entertainment > Comedy Clubs
1a Oxendon Street, Soho, London SW1Y | 4 minutes from The Play Room
The Comedy Store is the spiritual home of stand-up in the UK. Despite being the best large comedy venue in the country, the Store still succeeds ...More
 
 
 
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Hauser & Wirth (Piccadilly) London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Hauser & Wirth (Piccadilly)
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
196A Piccadilly, St James's, London W1J | 2 minutes from The Play Room
Art-dealer, gallery-owner and collector Iwan Wirth was recently voted one of the ten most powerful people in the art world. Hauser & Wirth London opened at ...More
 
 
 
Piccadilly Circus London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Piccadilly Circus
London > Attractions > Sights
Piccadilly Circus, Soho, London W1J | 2 minutes from The Play Room
Right in the middle of the West End, Piccadilly Circus isn't a circus at all, but an enormous road junction where Piccadilly itself Regent Street, Shaftesbury ...More
 
 
 
Pace Gallery London London
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Pace Gallery London
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
6 Burlington Gardens, W1S | 3 minutes from The Play Room
New York art gallery Pace opens its second London space at 6 Burlington Gardens on 4th October 2012, a 9,000 square foot space in the presitgious ...More
 
 
 
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Shopping near The Play Room

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Simon Carter London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Simon Carter
London > Shopping > Jewellery
15 Quadrant Arcade 80-82 Regent Street, Soho, London W1B | 1 minute from The Play Room
Fine watches that take design inspiration from days gone by, for both men and women. Also included is a vintage collection of timepieces from the 50s ...More
 
 
 
The Wired Store London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Wired Store
London > Shopping > Electronics
Quadrant Arcade, Regent Street, W1B | 1 minute from The Play Room
You'll have to be quick to get to The Wired Store, a pop-up store from the gadget magazine which appears in Quadrant Arcade, Regent Street, from ...More
 
 
 
Lush London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Lush
London > Shopping > Perfume and Cosmetics
Quadrant Arcade, 80-82 Regent Street, Soho, London W1R | 1 minute from The Play Room
An overpowering mix of perfumes assaults the nose before you even enter these premises, which offer a huge mix of fizzing bath bombs to suit all ...More
 
 
 
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Education near The Play Room

Near The Play Room
L'Atelier des Chefs London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
L'Atelier des Chefs
London > Education > Adult Education
19 Wigmore Street, W1U | 12 minutes from The Play Room
Whether you're a Nigella or not in the kitchen, the L'atelier des Chefs cookery school can teach you something. Classes are given in the basement kitchens ...More
 
 
 
English [Out There!] London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
English [Out There!]
London > Education > English Language Courses
10 Coptic Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1A | 13 minutes from The Play Room
English [Out There!] takes a very hands-on approach to learning English. The course places an emphasis on using what you have learned. Students are taken out ...More
 
 
 
La Cucina Caldesi London
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La Cucina Caldesi
London > Education > Cookery Courses
118 Marylebone Lane, Marylebone, London W1U | 16 minutes from The Play Room
The Caldesi family first set up a cooking school in Giancarlo's native Tuscany. His 'Return to Tuscany' was captured by BBC cameras and dished up on ...More
 
 
 
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Relax London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Relax
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
65 Brewer Street, Soho, London W1F | 2 minutes from The Play Room
Mmmmm... over twenty different kinds of massage, holistic health and beauty products, and a superbly laidback cafe. Relax is the ultimate antidote to Central London. ...More
 
 
 
Bloww London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Bloww
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
4 Regent Place, Soho, London W1B | 2 minutes from The Play Room
Can't decide whether to have a facial, a manicure or a bouncy blow dry? No problem, at Bloww, you can have it all. This super stylish ...More
 
 
 
Urban Golf Soho London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Urban Golf Soho
London > Leisure > Golf
33 Great Pulteney Street, Soho, London W1F | 2 minutes from The Play Room
OK, so you may not be able to soak up the rays on this indoor course but it's a brilliant idea that has been stylishly executed. ...More
 
 
 
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Pubs near The Play Room

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Waxy O'Connors London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Waxy O'Connors
London > Nightlife > Pubs
14-16 Rupert Street, Soho, London W1D | 4 minutes from The Play Room
Located where it is, Waxy’s is fairly predictable. It’s expensive, it’s busy and it’s got a fair smattering of tourists, but it also has that certain ...More
 
 
 
Waxy's Little Sister London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Waxy's Little Sister
London > Nightlife > Pubs
20 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1D | 4 minutes from The Play Room
If you're not up for the hectic atmosphere of Waxy O'Connors it might be worth slipping across the street to her infinitely more tranquil Little Sister. ...More
 
 
 
Endurance London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Endurance
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
90 Berwick Street,, Soho, London W1F | 4 minutes from The Play Room
...More
 
 
 
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Meeting venue hire near The Play Room

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195 Piccadilly (BAFTA) London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
195 Piccadilly (BAFTA)
London > Business > Venue Hire
195 Piccadilly, St James's, London W1J | 2 minutes from The Play Room
The home of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is also available to hire for your own event. The iconic building at 195 ...More
 
 
 
Royal Academy of Arts London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Royal Academy of Arts
London > Business > Venue Hire
Burlington House, Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J | 3 minutes from The Play Room
Lord Burlington's spectacular London palace is home to the Royal Academy of Arts, a set of galleries that houses the country's premier art school and a ...More
 
 
 
Haymarket Hotel London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Haymarket Hotel
London > Business > Venue Hire
1 Suffolk Place, St James's, London SW1Y | 5 minutes from The Play Room
A hip designer hotel by Tim and Kit Kemp in a grand building on the prestigious Haymarket, the broad boulevard street making for an impressive entrance. ...More
 
 
 
 

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Open Mic Night
Clubbing and Nightlife | Until 30th May 2013 

Brasserie Zedel 1 minutes walk from The Play Room

Show off your singing talents, with host Harold Sanditen....More

Anne Reid
Theatre | Until 25th May 2013 

Brasserie Zedel 1 minutes walk from The Play Room

A cabaret performance by one of Britain's most-loved and respected actors, star of the very popular Last Tango In Halifax, ...More

Thursdays at Jewel
Clubbing and Nightlife | Until 30th May 2013 

Jewel 1 minutes walk from The Play Room

Resident DJs plays house tracks....More

John Riddy: Palermo
Exhibitions | Until 1st June 2013 

Frith Street Gallery 1 minutes walk from The Play Room

Black-and-white photographs taken by the British artist over a three year period spent in the Sicilian town of Palermo. Focusing ...More

Viva Forever!
Viva Forever!
Theatre | Until 29th June 2013 

Piccadilly Theatre 1 minutes walk from The Play Room

I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want! I want a musical based on the phenomenal hits ...More

 
Matilda The Musical
Matilda The Musical
Theatre | Until 22nd December 2013 

Cambridge Theatre 1 minutes walk from The Play Room

The Royal Shakespeare Company's musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's celebrated children's book Matilda transfers from Stratford to the Cambridge Theatre ...More

 
Anne Dickson: Talk
Exhibitions | On 23rd May 2013 

Waterstone's - Piccadilly 2 minutes walk from The Play Room

The author discusses A Woman In Your Own Right....More

The MANA Chamber Orchestra
Concerts | On 23rd May 2013 

St James's Church Piccadilly 2 minutes walk from The Play Room

Martyn Brabbins conducts Dai Fujikura's Banitza Groove, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 In C Minor, soloist Noriko Ogawa, and Beethoven's ...More

And In The End: The Death And Life Of John Lennon
Theatre | Until 1st June 2013 

Jermyn Street Theatre 2 minutes walk from The Play Room

As he lies on the ground struggling for life, John Lennon finds himself in limbo, with his life flashing before ...More

Trade Routes
Exhibitions | Until 27th June 2013 

Hauser & Wirth (Piccadilly) 2 minutes walk from The Play Room

Videos, sculpture, paintings, drawings and prints exploring the links between historical trade routes and contemporary art, by artists including Adel ...More

 
 

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