Las Vegas Arcade Soho

I LOVE Las Vegas! This is one of my top pure innocent fun spots in London, and I try to pop in every time I’m in Soho, usually dragging in an unsuspecting friend who leaves with bright eyes and a happy glow.
Ignore the ground floor level and head down the steps to Wonderland. Here KPop plays on TVs around the room while an array of different people from all walks of life astound you with their dance mat skills.
Amongst the air hockey, dance mats and shooters, there are gaming machines here that I’ve never seen anywhere else. Mostly imported from Japan, they are MENTAL. The Bishibashi is actually my favourite thing ever. Like an exploded WarioWare with huge glowing buttons and a screaming commentator; tickle those kittens until they love you! Faster, FASTER! Seriously.
This place is mental but so much fun. Give it a go next time you have some time to kill, you won’t be disappointed.

This is such a hidden gem in the middle of Soho!
Upstairs: Typical gambling machines. There used to be a good bingo machine but they have sadly taken this away
Downstairs: This is where the magic happens! Lots of DDR style games, pool tables, air hockey, lots of first person shooters and also Bishi Bashi! If you have never played this game you need to give it a go.
The general crowd who go here can be really geeky (said with love) which is fantastic as you never know what you will find down there. I have walked in on LARP’ers, hardcore DDR dancers and then some goths who I think were lost. It’s so nice to see such diverse groups of people coming together for love of some DDR games, first person shooters and pool tables.
Great place to waste an hour or two!

I’ve walked by here a bunch and always thought that it was just a normal betting parlous, filled with slot machines and video poker and the like.
And it is.
But it also happens to be an old school arcade!
Head downstairs and they have all kinds of video games — ones where you fight things, ones where you shoot things, ones where you drive things, the works. They also have pool tables and air hockey if that is your thing.
I needed to kill an hour in Soho and this was a nice place to do it with friends. it’s loud, it’s bright, but it’s kind of awesome. I enjoyed myself for sure.

Always have a great time when me and my buddy Max randomly pop in to Las Vegas arcade. Our favorites always tended to be those mighty SEGA classics Outrun 2006 and Virtual Tennis 3 (although I think VR3 may now be gone…).
Ofcourse there are a host of other delights in addition! Other personal faves of mine among their vast roster are :
— Dance Dance Revolution Supernova & X
— DJ Max Technika 3
— Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion
The location couldn’t be better, being right in the heart of Soho! So many gaming ventures have risen and fallen in the surrounding area (SEGAWorld, Trocodero and Loading Bar to name but a few) so it’s wonderful to see one enduring. It would be hard to imagine that area without atleast one hardcore gaing spot, so thanks for being there, Las Vegas!
I’m also friends with the owner Toby on teh social medias, and he seems like a total dude! ALWAYS a plus when the owner of an establishment is nice…

I went here with my boyfriend and the atmosphere is great and friendly. The place is a bit small but you can usually play anything without any wait, just the pool tables might get busy if its a weekend. The staff always were polite when something wasn’t working and helped out. They have a really good selection of games from guitar hero to dance machines to shooters to fighting games and racing. Its mainly a spot for a younger audience id say 13 – 18. You’re not allowed alcohol inside by the way

The game Bishi bashi is possibly one of the greatest games I have ever played. I only go to this arcade joint for this game.

I love Las Vegas. I love Las Vegas so much that when I visited London for the first time, I went to a place called «Las Vegas» because it was the name of my favorite city in the US of A. Despite the same name, there were many differences between London’s Las Vegas and the real Las Vegas. The first notable difference was that the London Las Vegas was filled with arcade and bar games (pool, darts, etc.) and no gambling games. Arcade games really trigger a negative response in my brain because I immediately think back upon the time when my dad beat me for playing video games instead of studying. The trigger is so bad that I went to see a doctor to have my synapse gap closed between my neuron transmitters, which triggered this «dark» response. My doctor identified the synapse gap, but agreed with my dad that studying over playing video games was the better choice in life, and decided not to fix my synapse gap. The second notable difference is London’s Las Vegas has nothing in common with the real Las Vegas. Despite these differences, I had an enjoyable experience and look forward to visiting the real Las Vegas for the Pacquio/​Mayweather fight!

There are two seperated areas — one upstairs with poker games and slot machines and one down stairs (entrance to the left of big open door) with video games and arcade games. They noise downstairs is somewhat disturbing. There are three «dancing games».
There is a resting area with tables and people seem to bring their dinner or snack here.
Downstairs is one pinball machine and upstairs two. There are changing machines everywhere so no need to empty your piglet.