Whether you’re single or in a relationship, there’s every chance you won’t be spending Valentine’s Day at home alone this year.
14 February might traditionally be for couples, but more and more places have begun catering to single folk, whether they’re looking for love or just after a distraction from the PDAs and dinners-for-two.
We’ve picked out some of the most interesting-looking Valentine’s Day events in London, for couples, groups and singles alike.
1.Sensory dining at The Arch
If there was ever a day to go big, this is it. A five-course ‘sensory dining’ experience, with dishes such as caramelised beetroot and goat’s curd terrine, or pineapple ravioli with passion fruit jelly and lime sorbet. It takes place at The Arch’s high-end ‘Hunter 486’ restaurant, and you can even tag on a stay at the central London hotel if you feel like going all-out.£75, https://www.thearchlondon.com/valentines-day-2/2.Rivoli Ballroom pop-up cinema
3.Great Gatsby party at Village Underground, from £25
Valentine’s Day can often be all about excess, and nothing says excess more than the lavish parties thrown by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous character. For one night only, Village Underground will be transformed into a 1920s hideout (that means a 20s dress code, too), complete with promises of debauchery. Oh, and booze.From £25, https://www.designmynight.com/london/bars/shoreditch/village-underground/the-great-gatsby-valentines-party
4.HotBox Anti-Valentines Night
5.This is not a Valentine's Pub Quiz
6.Anti-Valentine's party at Bounce
7.‘F**k Tinder’ speed dating £20
8.View from the Shard
9.Cheese Wheel 'Lady and the Tramp' evening
10.Venchi chocolate-based blind dates
If you’re a person with taste-buds, chances are you’re into your chocolate. If you’re a single person who wants to meet another single person over chocolate, Italian chocolatiers Venchi may be able to help you out. Venchi Valentine’s will pair up single people based on their taste in chocolate, and treat them to a chocolatey date in central London on Valentine’s Day. Have we said the word ‘chocolate’ enough yet? No? Good.Free (by invite), https://www.venchivalentines.co.uk/
