Playhouse Northampton

14th July 2022 For my wife's birthday we went to Playhouse in Northampton by request by Adam A.K.A Beard Meets food, we ordered The Metre long Pepperoni Pizza with 4 lots of Garlic Doughbites and 4 pints of Coke, it came to £54 which we thought was very reasonable, we watched in the background as the chef prepared our mammoth, METRE LONG PIZZA 🍕
She advised us it would take 10 minutes to prepare, so we told her not to rush to allow our son to play on the retro arcades, his eyes lit up when he seen the likes of PACMAN, TETRIS, AND STREET FIGHTER
The food came over and we were in shock horror at the size of the pizza which took up the majority of the 4 seater table, we all took a slice each and we can hands down say it was the best pizza we have tried in a long time, being a food reviewer, I have eaten many pizzas in my time. It was a thin crust New York style sized slice with Tomato Puree, Pepperoni and cheese and we demolished the whole pizza between us within 20 minutes . We next had to eat the garlic doughballs which were dripping in garlic butter, I Went for the buffalo sauce whilst my family all chose the garlic butter
Tonight we came in to test the waters, we spoke to the staff who were all a friendly bunch of people, we then had a walk round before eating, all the arcade machines were very clean and the restaurant itself was very well decorated , My son said it put him in mind of the arcades which featured in the show Stranger Things.
Now for our ratings
FOOD ☆☆☆☆☆
MANAGEMENT ☆☆☆☆☆
CLEANLINESS ☆☆☆☆☆
CHEF ☆☆☆☆☆
ARCADES ☆☆☆☆☆
FURNISHINGS ☆☆☆☆☆
PRESENTATION OF FOOD ☆☆☆☆☆

A SPECIAL RATING OF 35/35

Yeah okay, incredible vegan pizza, maybe the best there is. Family friendly plus happy hour on Red Stripe 'til 7. Really good value but it's kind of tempting to spend all available funds on the games. Staff are a credit to the bar and make the experience 5 star.

Right, so my girlfriend and I went here for a date night. We were both excited given the pizza and games theme.

We arrive around 6pm on a Friday, its not that busy but the atmosphere was fine.

We go to order drinks and both out first and second choice drinks were not available. I can live with the drink I had just not ideal when stuff isn't available but on the menu.

Next we go to order pizza, although advertised you can buy slices from all pizzas the only option was margareta and pepperoni. Unless we wanted to spend £30 on a metre long pizza which we could eat. The slices were priced about £4 so I expected a pretty good quality.

So the slices weren't fresh, they were precooked in a cabinet and the recooked when ordered. Which I could live with if the service was quick, which you'd expect from precooked pizza. Oh that wasn't the case. It took 20 minutes for our pizza slices to be served to served to out table. If it had been busy, I'd of let them off but there were probably more staff than customers.

So if it takes 20 minutes for two pizza slices, you'd think the quality must be great right? No, it was awful. Extremely dry, little to no toppings, cheese and sauce non-existent. It was basically a warm bit of flat bread.

At this point we were fed up and extremely disappointed. So dissapointed in fact we didn't want to give them anymore custom by playing the games. We left after eating our 'pizza slice' and got a Chinese.

Overall, do not bother. Its overpriced, with limited options on bar drinks and food, the service is awful and the food is worse.

Only good thing is the music wasn't too loud which is a rarity given bars normally have it too loud to have a conversation.

Wonderful bar! The car racing upstairs was fun and tiring at the same time. We had some of the pizza and must say it was prob the best we have ever eaten.

Great drinks, great games!

I’ve been here a few times as part of a fun night out and had a wonderful time.

You can play golf, basketball, air hockey etc or head upstairs and take part in the remote control car racing. All come at an additional charge but it’s worth it.

There are some great frozen slush cocktails too. Really recommend this place.

We travelled down from manchester to Try the metre defeator pizza challenge, the staff couldn't have been more friendly and accommodating, pizza was the biggest thing I have seen and none of the 4 of us came anywhere close to finishing within the time allowed. A good choice of games to play and a cheeky cocktail afterwards is a unique twist and makes for a good night out- well worth a visit -

Great place for evening out. Have arcade machines, raceway, nice selection of drinks and good music

Awesome place with a great atmosphere. Fun games and prizes. Can't wait to go again!