Top 10 Places to Celebrate your Birthday in London

There's no better way to do a birthday than diving feet first into a ball pit, am I right? Awaken that inner child and let loose within a million balls. For the full birthday experience, book a bottomless session with unlimited pizza and 2 full hours of uninterrupted ball pit play. 

Looking for a venue where you can drink, dine and party hard without leaving the premises? Hello, Paradise. Blessed with a handful of stunning private function rooms ready to host birthday parties for between 10 and 150 guests, you’re free to celebrate surrounded by your nearest and dearest before heading upstairs to a packed out club room that plays hip-hop, funk, soul and party classics.

Hidden downstairs in a chic subterranean bar, find WM Barker & Co, a classy cocktail establishment that uses natural ingredients to create their delicious concoctions. Having consulted expert mixologists, cocktails here are a theatrical masterpiece.

Perfect for groups of people and a fun social activity, darts at Flight Club is a brilliant way to pass your birthday. Head to either their Shoreditch or Bloomsbury venues, peruse the cocktail list for celebratory drinks before putting on your best game face and competing to score as highly as possible.

This incredibly unique and beautiful venue is a wonderful place to hire for your birthday. Located in a former bathhouse, the interiors are a decadent mix of chandeliers, bold turquoises and mosaics. The venue has room for 150 people, though smaller parties are more than welcome to enjoy a cocktail though booking is essential. 

Birthdays are a bit of a big deal at Translate Bar. While you’ll get a-class treatment from a lot of bars on your special day, they’ll spoil you like you’re actually family! Meanwhile, your friends can help you celebrate with cocktails, beers, wines and more (discounted at happy hour) and you can raid the dancefloor thanks to their retro pop tunes.

No birthday party in London is complete without a final flourish on the dance floor. Promising 'cutting edge music and hedonistic debauchery', The Old Queen’s Head’s first-floor party room is exactly where you’ll find it, as revellers get up on the stage and DJs drop one party anthem after another. There’s a variety of spaces for private parties and a karaoke room upstairs, too.

For fun music, mouthwatering pizzas and fantastic cocktails on your birthday head to Old Street Records. The venue pays homage to some of the best recording artists through a huge vinyl collection. Throughout the week there's DJs and live music and downstairs a secret bar is hidden.

Where better to celebrate your birthday than the coolest karaoke joint in town? All you budding singers have the use of a dressing up box, all the musical hits you could need and – luckily for some – a soundproof room. All you need to do is grab a cocktail and get singing.

Rally up the troops and head over to start your birthday shenanigans with a fun-filled activity at Drink Shop Do. Single Ladies Dance Classes, Indeedy Musical Bingo and Lionel Rich Tea are all regular events, and there’s party packages stocked with booze, teacups of sweets and birthday cake. Follow the Adult & Erotica sign downstairs later and dance off those extra calories to an eclectic mix of guilty pleasure party tracks.

For more unusual birthday celebrations in London, Piano Works is your calling card. A piano-led live band take centre stage here, playing a repertoire of songs that come requested by the audience themselves. Aside from the infectious atmosphere, birthday groups can come for delicious dinner and drinks in a party bar with 80 person capacity.

Welcome to a pubbing experience like nothing you’ve experienced before. The hyperbole really does seem justified with Aeronaut, which brings some of Europe’s finest circus and cabaret performers together to put on a dazzling live show each and every weekend. The entertainment is wonderful, there’s food and cocktails and you’ll end up dancing to DJs until 1.30.

Celebrating your birthday at Craft might be one of the best decisions you’ll make. The beautiful restaurant serves up a variety of delicious dishes, ranging from Galloway sirloin steak to wood grilled scallops. Once you’ve finished your food, head upstairs to the bar and terrace where you’ll be greeted by one of the best views of the Thames around.