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Quirky London Restaurants

Last updated: 05/08/2021

If you love a bit of weird and wonderful and are looking for a unique dining experience, you've come to the right place. Ping Culture was born to find the ultimate experiences, and your dining experience should be no different, so we've continued curating the world and have found you some of the quirkiest places to eat. From ball-pits, to bellydancer servers, to underground churches all the way to immersive interactive experiences, you're gonna have to start filling up that calendar.

BookableInamo - Soho
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Inamo - Soho

Inamo are pioneering restaurants & bars. With locations in Soho, Covent Garden & Camden, we craft Japanese, Chinese, Thai & Korean cuisine, including fresh sushi, served to share. Voted best local restaurant & outside bar in Camden, and best Brunch in Central London by TimeOut in 2018. Our first site opened in 2008, & since then our groundbreaking technology has delighted over a million patrons, ...

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BookableBob Bob Ricard
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Bob Bob Ricard

Bob Bob Ricard City, a modern-day icon, serves classic British & French menu along with all the Bob Bob Ricard signature dishes. Equipped with a “Press for Champagne” button at every table, it offers an exceptional selection of large formats from magnum to methuselah.

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BookableRestaurant Ours
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Restaurant Ours

Simple yet stand-out, radical yet refined, Restaurant Ours brings the outside in to create an unexpected space hidden in the heart of Knightsbridge. Unpretentious, effortless and elegant with a nod to retro chic. A crafted modern European menu accompanied by seasonal cocktails. An iconic space in an iconic place.

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BookableLondon Cabaret Club
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London Cabaret Club

The London Cabaret Club is a novel concept in sophisticated entertainment with fine dining and Exquisite entertainment. The old mixes with the new as we begin with a theme of celebrating the rich, uniquely British music tradition along with specialist acts and fabulous dancers. The performances are live, pure visual, tantalising and designed to envelope you with a beautiful routine of originally c...

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Chelsea Funhouse
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Chelsea Funhouse

“The whole concept sounds pretty trippy, but something tells us it’s going to enchant…” — TimeOut

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BookableDaisy Green
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Daisy Green

Enjoy the diverse flavours of Australian cuisine on the most artsy and unique boat floating in the Grand Union Canal in Paddington, London.

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Lost Boys Pizza Camden
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Lost Boys Pizza Camden

The Worlds ONLY Vampire Pizzeria, located in Camden. Lot of love for horror, metal, rock, and 80s pop. Bloody Tasty Pizza. Bloody Good Drinks. Killer Service.

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The Breakfast Club - Hoxton
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The Breakfast Club - Hoxton

Hoxton is the skinny jean capital of the world and since opening in 2009 we like to think we’ve made it just that bit brighter. Our third cafe in the BC timeline, Hoxton was quite literally a BIG deal for us with it being more than three times the size of the ones that came before.

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Kenza Restaurant & Lounge
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Kenza Restaurant & Lounge

Meaning 'treasure' in Arabic, Kenza is an ode to refinement and luxury. Be charmed by Middle Eastern hospitality as you relax into a crush of satin cushions, savour the richness of Lebanese dishes and let belly dancers entice you to revel until dawn.

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BookableThe Clink Brixton
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The Clink Brixton

Each diner who visits The Clink Restaurant helps to simulate a true-to-life working environment that is essential for the rehabilitation of the prisoners.

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BookableCourtesan
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Courtesan

The Courtesan is a modern Dim Sum restaurant, late night cocktail bar and speakeasy in the vibrant heart of Brixton. Known for the innovative and fresh approach of its Dim Sum menu and unique storytelling aesthetic, inspired by the legendary courtesans of Ancient China. Courtesan now hosts weekend ‘Lates’ every Friday and Saturday night, featuring live performance and music from all four corners.

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Gremio de Brixton
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Gremio de Brixton

At Gremio de Brixton we only serve the highest quality authentic spanish produce. We have an intimate candlelit restaurant for dining and an extensive cocktail bar and lounge area. In the bar we host latin inspired DJs Thursdays from 9.30pm-1am & on Fridays & Saturdays from 10pm-2am. In the restaurant we have a resident Spanish Guitarist from 7.30pm-10pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Come down and tr...

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Bustronome London
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Bustronome London

Enjoy a fine-dining experience on board our luxury, glass-roofed bus, whilst exploring London's famous landmarks.

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The Last Talisman
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The Last Talisman

A Talisman of Good Fortune has come to Bermondsey Street. Bringing along expertly crafted cocktails and an Asian grill with a selection of delicious small plates. All within stunning modern artistic surroundings

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Dans Le Noir
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Dans Le Noir

A gastronomic and convivial experience awaits you in the heart of London in the traditional Clerkenwell district, a stone's throw from the City. Enjoy a surprisingly convivial moment, a time which is particularly conducive to meeting others, as popularised in a key scene in the Richard Curtis film "About Time".

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BookableShaka Zulu
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Shaka Zulu

Shaka Zulu, London’s largest South African restaurant, opened its doors in August 2010 with a special royal blessing from the Zulu King, HRH Goodwill Zwelithini. Set over a groundbreaking 27,000 sq ft in The Stables Market, Camden this spectacular two floor restaurant, bar and club offers amazing food, drinks, live music, dancing and daytime family entertainment. The lower floor of this stunning ...

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The Schoolhouse
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The Schoolhouse

At The Schoolhouse be transported back to your school days. This new school themed restaurant and bar is located in the heart of Battersea. Come in and take a trip down memory lane. Complete with lockers, books, desks, memorabilia and school photos on the wall! Our staff are dressed in school uniforms, and the decor will have you reminiscing. Delicious meals are served up on canteen trays and tre...

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Ballie Ballerson London
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Ballie Ballerson London

First and foremost, we are a great team of fun givers, working hard 24/7 to ensure that our beloved customers have the time of their lives every single time they step through our doors. We’re professional and positive—an easy thing to be because our product is the real deal, a runaway success story that keeps getting better and better. Ballie began as a “one month only” pop up in Dalston in Nov...

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Opium Cocktail bar and Dim Sum Parlour
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Opium Cocktail bar and Dim Sum Parlour

Opium is a 1920’s Shanghai themed cocktail bar and Dim Sum parlour located in the heart of Chinatown. The venue is split across two floors and home to 3 oriental themed bars – The Apothecary bar, The Academy bar and The Peony bar; each bar serving their own signature cocktail menu.

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Proud Embankment
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Proud Embankment

Past performers include: ALT- J Amy Winehouse A$AP Rocky Baby Shambles Big Narstie Calvin Harris Damon Albarn Enter Shikari FOALS (DJ) Florence + the Machine Frank Turner James Bay Jessie J Kooks Liam Gallagher Libertines Mark Ronson (DJ) Moby (DJ) Razorlight Stereophonics Sting The Damned VV Brown Wretch 32

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BookableSarastro
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Sarastro

the flamboyant restaurant filled with reclaimed props and live performances

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Eat Music Drink Art

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Caboose
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Caboose

A Caboose is the last carriage on a train, a rolling cabin where the railway workers of yesteryear used to eat, sleep, play cards and hang out. After seeing a derelict Caboose we decided this would make an excellent space to serve our food, which itself has made its own slow, smoky journey. In the spring of 2013 we set about building our own Caboose from the ground up.

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BookableBeach Blanket Babylon
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Beach Blanket Babylon

Famous for its unique interior design blending Boho Chic, French Country style Chateau the Baroque and Rococo, the high maximalist feel never fails to inspire the un-initiated and is known the world over as a by word for opulence and glamour.

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BookableInamo Covent Garden
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Inamo Covent Garden

inamo fuses contemporary pan-Asian cuisine and the world’s 1st interactive table ordering system. Your menu is projected onto your table surface by space-age pods. Use the touchpad to place your order, choose a virtual tablecloth, play a game of Battleships, watch the chefs in action on chef-cam, even customise your table surfaces with your own images! The table experience at inamo is unlike anyw...

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BookableCircus
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Circus

Circus is a unique and quirky cabaret restaurant and cocktail bar in London’s vibrant Covent Garden. Circus is the ultimate one stop shop. The perfect venue in London for before dinner cocktails, after work drinks, dinner, entertainment and a late night bar. Circus is a restaurant and show with a difference, brought to life by amazing and outrageous pop-up circus. Expect the unexpected as you see...

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