6 Bars With Games in Leeds
Bar games bring an extra element of fun when it comes to enjoying a few drinks with friends. Whether you fancy bringing out your competitive side and challenging your friends or simply want to enjoy a game to pass the time we’ve got you covered, check out our list of 6 of the best bars with games in Leeds.
Pixel Bar
In the heart of Leeds City Centre, just off Great George Street is Pixel Bar. This is a gaming inspired cocktail bar perfect to get your friends together and play your favourite video games! Pixel Bar has the latest consoles with PS5s, PS4s, Xbox Series X’s and Nintendo Switches available for £8 per hour, alternatively why not have a go on one of the retro consoles available to play for free! You can play a range of games or just chill out and enjoy a drink with your friends if you don’t fancy gaming.
Pixel’s drinks menu features fun gaming inspired cocktails including a Pokémon themed signature cocktail, what’s more, all cocktails are only £9 for two everyday ‘til 9pm! To top all this off you can tuck into one of Almost Famous’ burgers whilst you play games and enjoy drinks with friends. Pixel bar serves up their neighbour’s food, and the burgers really are up there with the best you’ll find in town!
Roxy
With 3 venues dotted across the city Roxy is a Leeds favourite. They have all kinds of games to play with all three venues having pool tables, shuffleboards, and beer pong tables. The Bond Street venue has 4 full-size bowling lanes or, alternatively go to Merrion Street and try your hand at duck pin bowling for something a bit different! Also on offer at Roxy is ping pong, Roxy golf, arcade machines, Karaoke, and crazy pool! With all these activities on offer there really is something for everyone at Roxy.
Whilst you’re getting stuck into the games at Roxy, there’s plenty to choose from at the bar! They have a large range of cocktails, shots, spirits, and beers so there’s enough to be keeping you going as you challenge your mates to all your favourite games. There’s also lots of food on offer with a good range of pizzas and sides at reasonable prices so you can enjoy a tasty bite to eat in between games.
BrewDog - North Street
If beer’s your thing, then you can enjoy a great range of craft beers at BrewDog on North Street in Leeds. BrewDog is home to one of the most extensive beer selections in Leeds with a lineup of 22 draft beers a week as well as 31 canned and bottled beers with a selection of both own brand brews and guest beer. With this array of beer there’s something to suit anyone’s taste with a variety of styles and strengths on offer. The food available at BrewDog is a selection of popular crowd pleasers with a good variety of pizzas as well as their “world famous wings”, salads and sides which make the perfect accompaniment to a nice, chilled pint.
To keep you entertained BrewDog is home to a selection of shuffleboard tables which gives you the perfect opportunity to challenge your friends to a game as you enjoy great food and beer!
Flight Club
Flight Club is well known for its modern spin on the game of darts. With the creation of “Social Darts”, Flight Club has reinvented darts for the 21st century! The lively bar has a quirky, classic British vibe with a large bar area and plush leather seating areas giving you a cool luxurious environment to have a drink.
The main attraction is however the darts with Flight Cub offering groups prebooked semi-private playing areas where you can enjoy a selection of fun, fast paced darts games which are programmed into your own digital score board, creating a more lively and entertaining game of darts to what you might be used to.
Flight Club’s menus are designed to bring people together with a great selection of sharing options. This includes sharing pizza boards, sharing platters, mix n’ share mini plates and sharing cocktails which all help create the buzz which makes social darts what it is.
Parkside Tavern
For a more traditional spot to enjoy a drink over a few games, the Parkside Tavern on Merrion Street offers the perfect place! This is a proper pub with a lovely bar area, comfortable leather seating and exposed brick work giving it a classic feel. As well as this, the pub has an impressive rooftop terrace area which makes the ideal spot to enjoy a drink on a sunny day. The pub aesthetic of the Parkside Tavern means that it is great for beer drinkers with a hefty 18 lines of beer on, to make the most of this selection be sure to get down on a Wednesday to benefit from Cask Wednesdays where all cask ales are only £2.50! There’s plenty of other deals on too with Fizz Fridays where you can get a bottle of prosecco for only £15 and Happy Hour all day on Thursdays where you can get 2 cocktails for £12.
The Parkside Tavern is set apart from the competition by its four full sized pool tables and dart boards. This creates a great atmosphere as you enjoy a game of pool or darts whilst sampling the food and drink on offer. Also, on Sundays all games are free so it’s the perfect spot to relax over a few games of pool or darts to round off your weekend.
Junkyard Golf
Located at the Light in Leeds, Junkyard Golf is the place to go for some truly crazy golf! The florescent venue features 3 fun courses with a range of obstacles and features as you make your way round the 9-hole course. Get your score cards at the ready and be prepared for it to get competitive as you find out which of your mates comes out on top.
Loud music and bright lights really build a party atmosphere as you play from hole to hole. To make the most of this party atmosphere, why not take some regular stop offs at the bars dotted along the course where you’ll find a range of drinks including some fun cocktails, some of which are only £5 from Sunday to Thursday!
