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THE LATE SUMMER LOCK & KEY PARTY + PRE-PARTY SPEED DATING

The Fable (Mezzanine) , The City, London

Saturday, 13 September 2025

Sat 13
SEP

Tickets

£30
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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
30-45
Male left
10+
Female left
10+
25 dates for speed dating
200 people expected
Amazing icebreaker
Home London THE LATE SUMMER LOCK & KEY PARTY + PRE-PARTY SPEED DATING

THE LATE SUMMER LOCK & KEY PARTY + PRE-PARTY SPEED DATING

The Fable (Mezzanine) , The City, London

Saturday, 13 September 2025

Sat 13
SEP

Tickets

£30
?
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
30-45
Male left
10+
Female left
10+
25 dates for speed dating
200 people expected
Amazing icebreaker
25 dates for speed dating
200 people expected
Amazing icebreaker

About the event

*** THIS TICKET INCLUDES A PRE-PARTY SPEED DATING EVENT PLUS LOCK & KEY PARTY ENTRY ***

PARTY-ONLY TICKETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR £25

ABOUT THE PRE-PARTY SPEED DATING

Over 250 people join us for our lock and key parties, but time after time we’re asked to incorporate speed dating into the night and this time we’re doing just that. This ticket includes all the potential that a 200+ person lock and key party brings but with an added hour-long speed dating event before the main party starts. Please note, party-only tickets are also available.

Party tickets with speed dating are strictly limited. You’ll arrive at the venue ahead of the main start time. We’ll whisk you around 15 or so seated 4-minute dates to break the ice, face to face.

As the speed dating ends, you’ll seamlessly join the lock and key party, but of course, you’ll have had a head start, and who knows, you may have already met someone you want to get to know much better.

ABOUT THE LOCK & KEY PARTY

Over 200 people will join us for this exciting night of offline early summer fun. This super sociable event features our fantastic lock & key icebreaker to ensure you meet a huge number of people.

The best bit? Everyone is single, a similar age and we ensure there's equal male/female ratio in the room.

There's prizes to be won as you seek out the person holding the key that matches your lock (or vice versa).

Each time you find a matching pair you'll be in with a chance to win one of our great prizes.

And of course, you'll meet loads of people along the way, all in the stunning, spacious surroundings of the mezzanine at the Fable!

Head to our website the following day to view a list of everyone that attended. Select the people you like and our system will tell you who you mutually matched with. Get in touch again via our messenger and the rest is up to you.

This party is the perfect place to meet people in time for summer. You just need your ticket! Book now, this will sell out.

Important information

- 18:45 - Arrival [Please arrive on time]
- 19:00 - Speed dating begins
- 20:30 - Speed dating ends
- 20:30 - Lock and key icebreaker begins
- 22:30 - Prize draw
- 00:30 - Last orders at the bar

Please ensure you arrive at the venue at the start time. We have a limited time for registrations and arriving late may mean you cannot get in.

Tickets for this event are non-refundable. Our normal cancellation terms and conditions apply. No tickets are for sale on the door.

Price: £30
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Where

Inspired by fairy tales & the fables of Aesop, The Fable is a beautiful bar in the heart of the City. Spread across three floors with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out across Holborn Viaduct, this awesome location is anything but ordinary. Original Dating has hired the Mezzanine floor exclusively for the event.

Address  The Fable, 52 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN

Nearest station  Farringdon (Elizabeth Line) or Chancery Lane (Central)

Tel   – Please note this is not a booking line

Venue website  https://www.drakeandmorgan.co.uk/the-fable/

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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Owen Verified Attendee
Posted: 30/07/2025
Liz Verified Attendee
Posted: 28/07/2025
Andy Verified Attendee
Posted: 27/07/2025
Gideon Verified Attendee
Posted: 27/07/2025
Zuzi Verified Attendee
Posted: 27/07/2025
Eszter Verified Attendee
Posted: 27/07/2025
Stephen Verified Attendee
Posted: 27/07/2025
Hayley Verified Attendee
  I liked that you could talk to anyone randomly unlike speed dating which is exhausting. I’d like to do another but for an older age group.  
Posted: 27/07/2025
Ashish Verified Attendee
  Enjoyed it  
Posted: 27/07/2025
Alex Verified Attendee
Posted: 27/07/2025
Adrian Verified Attendee
Posted: 14/07/2025
Michael Verified Attendee
Posted: 13/07/2025
Michael Verified Attendee
Posted: 13/07/2025
Martin Verified Attendee
Posted: 13/07/2025
David Verified Attendee
Posted: 13/07/2025
Adrian Verified Attendee
Posted: 13/07/2025
Michael Verified Attendee
Posted: 13/07/2025
David Verified Attendee
  I enjoyed the lock and key which is a good icebreaker to meet people. It was a nice fun and relax evening  
Posted: 13/07/2025
Kishan Verified Attendee
Posted: 13/07/2025
Tim Verified Attendee
  Met someone awesome  
Posted: 13/07/2025
Claudia Verified Attendee
Posted: 13/07/2025
Chris Verified Attendee
  Venue was nice, never done this before in Central London....shame for the speed dating section there was no air conditioning...Great selection of ladies came...as the night went on more people migrated to outside and it got crowded outside but too hot inside. Would love to come again to meet new people  
Posted: 13/07/2025
Omar Verified Attendee
Posted: 13/07/2025
Shahil Verified Attendee
  The hosts were excellent!  
Posted: 13/07/2025
Tim Verified Attendee
Posted: 12/07/2025
Raul Verified Attendee
Posted: 12/07/2025
Dulanka Verified Attendee
Posted: 12/07/2025
Francesca Verified Attendee
  It was a great pleasure to be surrounded by such hot, eligible and manly men!  
Posted: 12/07/2025
Caroline Verified Attendee
Posted: 23/06/2025
Ava Verified Attendee
Posted: 22/06/2025
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HOW IT WORKS

The beauty of Speed Dating London lies in its no-nonsense approach. You take an equal number of single girls and guys, put them in a room and give them a few minutes to chat with every other member of the opposite sex.

When you get there

Original speed dating events in London normally begin at 7.30pm. You will need to register with our hosts and to begin with they will issue you with a score sheet. This will help you to keep track of the singles that you would like to meet again and perhaps go on a date with. After a short period of mingling, your host for the evening who will run through detailed instructions and give you your starting position if you are a guy or table for the event if you are a girl.

Meet & Mingle

A London speed dating event is split into two halves, each lasting around an hour, there will be an interval at half time of about 15 minutes for speed dating London. You will have between 4 and 5 minutes with each person, after which you need to tick a box on your score sheet - "yes, I would like to meet this person again" or "no. Thanks but no thanks". Or "friend" if you'd like to get to know them platonically. Make sure that you do this after each date to keep track. Afterwards there is an opportunity for everyone to meet and mingle informally - this is often where the real action begins, so make sure you don't disappear too quickly!

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.