Paddles up for Bounce – a unique flagship London venue that promises to deliver a new kind of night out featuring table tennis, cocktails and eclectic beats in a beautifully designed space.
Opening on 29th September 2012 after 2 years in the making, Bounce will be Europe’s first ‘Social Ping Pong Club’, taking inspiration from the explosion of stylish table tennis social venues stateside and the huge resurgence of interest in the game within the UK.
As an opening offer there is 50% off food until 3rd October as a little thank you to early players!
Designed by award-winning interior designer Russell Sage (The Zetter Townhouse, The Hospital Club and The Grill Room at the Savoy), Bounce is built on the very same site where the game of table tennis was originally invented by Jaques & Son in 1901. The new £2.5m venue has a timeless, stylish and edgy interior, the venue will offer Londoners the chance to experience the game of table tennis afresh – in a 12,500 square foot central London space just two minutes’ walk from Farringdon and Chancery Lane tube stations.
Bounce
Bounce has raised restaurant seating for up to 130 guests overlooking the playing area. The open plan venue offers food, complimented by a 7ft wide open counter wood-burning pizza oven; a 40ft bar laid out in an arc around the playing area and 17 table tennis tables – including an Official 2012 Olympic table.
Food and drinks offering: main courses and pizzas (from £11), cocktails such as the Gin Lane Spritz (£9) made with Beefeater 24 gin, Aperol, Kamm & Sons, fresh orange and topped with prosecco, wines and ’boutique’ beers such as Sam Brooks London Porter (£5.50) and Camden Town Pale Ale (£5).
If you want to bounce your balls in private there’s an exclusive hire room featuring three specially commissioned ping pong tables alongside the private cocktail bar and DJ booth.
Bounce is the idea of entrepreneur and accomplished table tennis player Dov Penzik and Adam Breeden, the co-founder of All Star Lanes with four sites in London with a fifth site planned for Manchester in 2013. The duo went to Joe Jaques – grandson of the game’s inventor, John Jaques III who turned the parlour game of Gossima into Ping Pong, to bring the concept to life and which he says ‘My grandfather would heartily approve.”
Date of opening: 1st October 2012
Address: 121 Holborn EC1N 2TD
Booking Enquiries Email: reservations@bouncelondon.co.uk
Booking Telephone: 020 3657 6525
Opening Times:
Mon – Thur: 4pm – 12pm
Friday: 4pm – 1.30am
Saturday: 12pm – 1.30am
Sunday: 12pm – 11pm
Entry age: all ages welcome, after 7pm no under 16s allowed
Prices
Per table for 30 minutes: £13 per table for 30 min (£26 per hour).
Bounce Membership: £40 per month
Christmas Bookings: £39 per head
Website: http://www.bouncelondon.co.uk/
Here’s some shots of the interior
The GB women’s Olympic table tennis team were in Bounce at the weekend
Eat at Bounce
Bounce home of social ping pong
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