Priya Natarajan
Venue Manager
Ran esports events across London for nine years. Knows every cable in the building by name.
Berwick Street · London W1
Your next run starts on the frontier.
A 40-seat gaming lounge in the heart of Soho — 240Hz esports rigs, an eight-player VR free-roam arena, and a wall of restored arcade cabinets. Walk in, gear up, and play.
+44 20 7287 6521
40
Battle stations
240Hz
Tournament monitors
7 days
Open every week
The Lines
Three routes to a better game night.
Every service runs on its own line — pick a platform, board it, and we handle the rest. Peak-time rates apply after 6pm on weekends.
Line 1
Competitive Esports Arena
Sixteen RTX 4080 rigs on 240Hz monitors, wired 2.5G LAN, and a shoutcaster booth for League, Valorant, and CS2 scrims. Coaches on hand Tuesday and Thursday evenings to review your VODs.
from £9/hourMon–Sun · 10:00–23:00
Reserve a rig
Line 2
VR Free-Roam Arena
An 80m² untethered play space for up to eight players. Choose co-op raids or last-team-standing shooters — briefing, kit fitting, and a 45-minute session included, no motion-sickness excuses accepted.
£28 per personWed–Sun · 12:00–22:30
Book the arena
Line 3
Retro Arcade & Console Lounge
Forty restored cabinets from Pac-Man to Tekken 3, plus sofa pods with Switch, PS5, and a modded N64. Free-play wristbands mean no coins, no queues — just bring your reflexes and your rivals.
£15 day passMon–Sun · 10:00–23:00
Grab a wristbandThe Crew
The people who keep the lines running.
Former competitors, technicians, and event hosts who live two streets from the venue. If a controller drifts, they’ll swap it before your respawn.
Marcus Boateng
Head of Esports
Former Valorant semi-pro. Coaches the Tuesday scrim nights and runs the monthly ladder.
Sofia Alvarez
VR & Systems Lead
Keeps the free-roam arena tracking flawlessly and builds our custom PC rigs from scratch.
Danny Whitcombe
Arcade Curator
Restores every cabinet by hand. Ask him about the 1983 Donkey Kong board and lose an hour.
Player Reviews
Watch how a Friday night runs.
Ninety seconds inside a sold-out tournament evening on Berwick Street — and what our regulars had to say afterwards.
Play the venue tour
Frontier Cup Finals · filmed on-site in Soho
Booked the VR arena for eight of us on a stag weekend and it completely stole the night. Staff had us kitted up and playing in ten minutes flat.
James P.
Islington, London · March 2025
The esports rigs are the real deal — proper 240Hz, zero lag, and Marcus actually reviewed our Valorant match afterwards. Better than my setup at home.
Aisha R.
Camden, London · February 2025
I came for the retro cabinets and stayed four hours. That restored Tekken 3 machine alone is worth the trip into Soho.
Tomasz K.
Shoreditch, London · January 2025
Good to Know
Questions before you board.
Everything you need to know before your first visit to Berwick Street.
Walk-ins are welcome and we always hold a block of stations for them. That said, weekend evenings and the VR arena fill up fast, so we recommend booking online for anything after 6pm on Friday and Saturday. Groups of six or more should always reserve.
Esports rigs start at £9 per hour off-peak and £12 during weekend evenings. The VR free-roam arena is £28 per person for a 45-minute session, and a retro day pass is £15 with unlimited free-play. Student discounts of 15% apply on weekdays with a valid ID.
Under-16s are welcome until 8pm when accompanied by an adult, and we run supervised youth sessions on Saturday mornings. After 8pm the venue is 16+, and our bar area is strictly 18+ with ID checks at the door.
Absolutely — private hire covers the VR arena, a bank of esports rigs, or the whole venue after hours. Packages start at £240 for up to eight players and include a dedicated host, and we can arrange food from neighbouring Berwick Street traders.
Yes. Every station comes with a sanitised headset, your choice of controller or keyboard-and-mouse, and pre-installed accounts for the major titles. Just bring yourself — though you’re welcome to sign in to your own game accounts.
Frontier Dispatch
Get tournament dates before they sell out.
One email a fortnight — ladder nights, new arcade drops, and members-only happy hours on Berwick Street. No spam, unsubscribe any time.
Find Us
Drop us a line or drop by.
Two minutes from Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road. Message us to book an event or ask about availability.
Phone
+44 20 7287 6521
[email protected]
Address
58A Berwick Street, Soho, London W1F 8SN
Opening hours
Mon–Sun · 10:00–23:00