Open Table Gaming
Walk in, pay £6 per person for the day, and borrow anything from the 900-strong library. A host will set up and teach you any game on request.
£6 / person · all dayClerkenwell · London · Est. 2019
A sugar-dusted arcade where board games meet milkshakes.
CosmicLootStation is a pastel-soaked game café tucked into Clerkenwell Close. Borrow from 900+ tabletop titles, grab a retro controller, and let our staff teach you the rules over a bubblegum float.
Open today · 10:00 – 23:00
Trusted by South London's game night regulars
900+
Board games on the wall
4.9 / 5
Average guest rating
7 days
Open every week
6,000+
Games taught since 2019
A note from the founder
I opened the café I always wanted to lose an afternoon in.
I'm Priya — I grew up playing Carcassonne on the floor of my nan's flat off Exmouth Market. In 2019 I signed the lease on 29 Clerkenwell Close and filled it with the games, the noise and the milkshakes I'd been missing.
Every shelf is curated by hand, every host can teach you a game in ten minutes, and nobody has ever been rushed off a table. That's the whole idea: somewhere to stay a while.
Priya Anand, Founder & Head Host
Inside the loot station
Pull up a beanbag and take a look around.
The main tabletop lounge on a Friday night
What we do
Everything under one glittery roof.
Retro & Modern Consoles
Six private booths with everything from a boxed Mega Drive to a Switch 2 and PS5. Book by the hour for up to four players.
From £12 / hour · per booth
Friday Tournament Nights
Rotating weekly brackets — Catan, Mario Kart, Magic Commander — with a £10 buy-in, a loot-box prize table and a milkshake on the house for finalists.
Fridays 19:00 · £10 buy-inPrivate Party Hire
Take over the mezzanine for birthdays, work socials or hen nights. Includes a dedicated host, unlimited games and a build-your-own milkshake bar.
From £180 · up to 20 guestsThe Candy Kitchen
Freshly spun milkshakes, loaded fries, toasties and vegan brownies served straight to your table so you never have to pause the game.
Kitchen open until 22:30Good to know
Questions, answered.
Walk-ins are always welcome for open table gaming. That said, weekends and Friday tournament nights fill up fast, so we recommend booking a table online or by phone if you're bringing a group of four or more.
Open table gaming is a flat £6 per person for the whole day — come and go as you like. Console booths start at £12 an hour per booth, and Friday tournaments have a £10 buy-in that includes your seat and prize entry.
Absolutely — it's the best part of our job. Every host is trained to explain any game in our library in about ten minutes, and we keep a shelf of quick-to-learn favourites near the door for first-timers.
Yes. We're family-friendly until 18:00 every day, with a dedicated shelf of kids' and family games. After 18:00 the café becomes over-18s only so the tournament crowd can settle in.
We ask that you order from the Candy Kitchen rather than bringing outside food, since food sales keep the games free to borrow. We cater for vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free diets — just ask your host.
We do. Our mezzanine seats up to 20 guests and comes with a dedicated host, unlimited access to the library and a make-your-own milkshake bar. Email us and we'll put a quote together within a day.
Visit us
Come lose an afternoon with us.
Drop us a line to book a table, plan a party or just ask which game to try next. We reply to every message within one working day.
- Phone
- +44 20 7637 2789
- Address
- 29 Clerkenwell Close, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 0AT
- [email protected]
- Opening hours
- Mon–Thu 10:00–22:00 · Fri–Sat 10:00–23:00 · Sun 11:00–20:00