The games hall includes darts, pool, shuffleboard, karaoke and a brand-new cocktail bar, and will open in Big Penny Social on 8th May, reports Marco Marcelline

A 5,000sqft games hall will open in Walthamstow’s Big Penny Social next month.

With game options including darts, pool, and shuffleboard, punters at Flukes will also be able to enjoy a fully stocked cocktail bar and karaoke from Thursday 8th May.

Hunters Daughter (Jo Hunter) has designed the whole venue, while a newly commissioned entrance was envisioned by Sean Turner. Visitors will be able to choose from six interactive darts oches, two interactive shuffleboards, four pro-standard American pool tables, and three karaoke rooms offering over 11,000 tracks.

Meanwhile, the cocktail bar will be serving a run punch called Carlito’s Thunder and a Boff Whalley – a twist on a Manhattan named after the Chumbawamba guitarist and inherited from Walthamstow’s now lost bar-in-a-pie-and-mash-shop The Jellied Eel.

Guests won’t need to hop down to Big Penny Social’s for food, as they’ll be able to order from Flukes too. The beer hall’s menu includes pizzas, as well as sharing plates and platters such as homemade pork scratchings with piccalilli mayo, spiced lamb scotch eggs with a harissa dip, and bitesize Yorkshire puddings filled with cauliflower cheese.

Big Penny’s managing director, Frans Kobus, says: “Flukes is a new twist on an old games hall you’d find in social clubs, where technology on darts and shuffleboards gives everyone a chance to win and fun is at the heart of everything.

“We’ve put a lot of work into making sure Flukes is designed and has an ambience that is unlike any other competitive socialising venue. Having this experience on top of everything else on offer in the rest of Big Penny Social will create such a special place which is great for a night out with your partner, a big group of mates, or the whole company.”

Bookings are now open, and every booking made before 8 May 2025 will receive a free welcome cocktail for each guest. Book here

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