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Coffee Lovers Speed Dating

Metropolis London, Central London

Saturday, 4 January 2025

Sat 4
JAN

Tickets

£20
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Our age guides are not set in stone. You are still welcome to book tickets if you are slightly outside the published age range.
Age
40-55
Introductory price
Meet coffee lovers
Book your ticket early
Meet people guaranteed
Super fun speed dating
Home London Coffee Lovers Speed Dating

Coffee Lovers Speed Dating

Metropolis London, Central London

Saturday, 4 January 2025

Sat 4
JAN

Tickets

£20
?
Our age guides are not set in stone. You are still welcome to book tickets if you are slightly outside the published age range.
Age
40-55
Introductory price
Meet coffee lovers
Book your ticket early
Meet people guaranteed
Super fun speed dating
Introductory price
Meet coffee lovers
Book your ticket early
Meet people guaranteed
Super fun speed dating
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About the event

Original Dating is excited to introduce a new format! We invite you to join us for an afternoon coffee and connect with single Londoners. You’re not asking for much—to meet someone who shares your interests—and we’re here to help.

Join us and around 30 others at Metropolis London, just a short stroll from Vauxhall. This event is specifically tailored for those in their 40s and 50s who appreciate a good cup of coffee and are looking to meet like-minded individuals.

The day after the event, you’ll discover your mutual matches on our website. Reach out to your matches, and before you know it, you’ll be arranging real dates. Sign up now!

Important information

- Doors open at 1:30 pm
- Event starts at 2:00 pm
- Speed dating finishes at approximately 4:00 pm

It’s essential that you arrive before 1:55 pm in order to take part. We might not be able to allow entry if you are late.

Price: £20

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Where

Join us at Metropolis London Café, where we’ve reserved the cosy lower area exclusively for our event. Enjoy the stylish ambience, great coffee, and a private setting perfect for connecting and socializing

Address  Metropolis London, 72-73 Albert Embankment, London, SE11 5AW

Nearest station  Vauxhall

Tel  07375530899 – Please note this is not a booking line

Venue website  https://metropolislondon.co.uk/

PLEASE NOTE: Advance booking is essential and no tickets will be available to purchase on the door. Online booking is simple and very secure. Our payments are handled by Stripe, one of the world's largest payment processors using the highest grade security currently available.

Reviews

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Andy Verified Attendee
Posted: 06/01/2025
John Verified Attendee
  Good turnout. Venue easy to get to although was quite chilly with air coming out of overhead ducting. Host did a good job of organising.  
Posted: 05/01/2025
Zsofia Verified Attendee
  Great concept.  
Posted: 05/01/2025
Kasia Verified Attendee
Posted: 04/01/2025
Sean Verified Attendee
  MI think the Coffee speed dating is so much more relaxed, the time to meet is good, no one has to rush to get train home, no one has to rush to get there, no one has to dress up too much, it’s daylight and you know immediately if you are attracted to someone as you would walking into a shop or supermarket or pub etc. I think the reason for the high turnout was for those reasons and I suggest you do more. The natural way is see first, chat, chat more then go out. Online dating is the opposite almost and lacks the authenticity of face to face. Just an opinion. S  
Posted: 04/01/2025
Karine Verified Attendee
  Nice to have an afternoon event instead of an evening one. The host was good, people friendly & the event ran smoothly.  
Posted: 04/01/2025
Laura Verified Attendee
Posted: 04/01/2025
Anand Verified Attendee
  Good event  
Posted: 04/01/2025
Gary Verified Attendee
  A nice change from the evening events.  
Posted: 04/01/2025
Deborah Verified Attendee
  It has an interesting mix of people and it was well managed. However it was a little cold.  
Posted: 04/01/2025
Misha Verified Attendee
Posted: 04/01/2025
Thomas Verified Attendee
Posted: 04/01/2025
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HOW IT WORKS

Arrive from about 7pm and grab a drink — our host will check you in and hand you a scorecard. Once everyone's settled, the host explains the format and the dating begins: four to five minutes per date, girls seated, guys rotating, with a 15-minute breather at half time to top up your glass and compare notes.

After each date you make a quick private note: yes, no, or friend. Nobody sees your choices on the night — that's the point. When the formal dates finish, the room opens up and everyone mingles; ask any of our hosts and they'll tell you this is where half the real chemistry happens, so don't dash for the Tube.

The next morning, enter your ticks on our site and our matching system compares them against everyone else's. Mutual yeses become matches, and you can message each other through the site — no phone numbers or emails shared until you choose to.


When you get there

Doors open around 30 minutes before the start time on your ticket — arriving early gives you time to grab a drink, find your feet and say hello to your host, who'll check you in and get you set up. Everything you need is provided on the night; just bring your ticket confirmation and your best conversation.

First time? You won't be the only one — most people at any London event are speed dating first-timers, and plenty arrive solo. Our hosts have run hundreds of these nights and their whole job is making sure nobody feels lost. By your second date you'll have forgotten your nerves entirely.

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Why Londoners book with Original Dating

Original Dating was founded in London in 2003 by Andrew — back when speed dating was brand new and he was, in his words, just a boy. Twenty-three years later we're the capital's longest-established speed dating company and one of the largest in the UK, running around 500 events a year nationwide.

What that experience buys you: professional hosts (many of them trained actors) who actually run the room rather than reading a script; venues we've vetted personally; gender-balanced events with sensible age bands; a matching system we built ourselves; and a rematch guarantee we've

Complete your score sheet

After the event you simply tick who you liked on the Original Dating website and the site works about your matches automatically. If the dates you have ticked as a "yes" have reciprocated you have a match. You will be able to view the first names and message them via our site online without revealing your email address until you are ready to. You'll be having proper first dates in no time.

 

London Speed Dating in Numbers

We've been collecting match data at London events longer than dating apps have existed. From the last 12 months of Original Dating London events:

  • The average speed dating night produces multiple mutual "yes" matches, plus a healthy crop of friend matches — over 7000 mutual matches across London events in the past year. 
  • Saturday is London's biggest night for speed dating; Friday nights in Soho run it close.
  • Our busiest single night of the year? Valentine's — nearly 400 singles at one party this February
  • Attendance at in-person dating events has grown year on year as app fatigue bites — our London singles parties now regularly sell 150–350 tickets.
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