Interactive football · North Greenwich
Toca Social, The O2
- Interactive football in a private game box. A machine serves you balls, a big screen sets the targets, and you play for 45 minutes.
- £10 to £23 per person, depending entirely on the day and hour you pick.
- Best for football fans, but the beginner games work for people who have never kicked a ball.
- Inside The O2, five minutes from North Greenwich on the Jubilee line, step-free throughout.
What is Toca Social?
An interactive football venue over two floors inside The O2, next to Hollywood Bowl. You play in a private game box: an enclosed bay with a ball-serving machine at one end and a floor-to-ceiling screen at the other. Food and drink come to you while you play.
Around the boxes there are bars, foosball tables, arcade machines and photo booths, plus big screens showing Premier League and Champions League matches, so it works as a sports bar as well as an activity.
The O2 is the only London site. There is one other in the country, at the Bullring in Birmingham.
How does it work?
You get a box to yourselves for 45 minutes. The machine feeds footballs at you, the screen throws up targets and challenges, and the games score themselves, so there is no arguing about who won.
The format is aimed rather than skilled. Beginner modes are built so someone who has never played can still hit things and score, while the harder settings will test people who play every Sunday. That mix is why it works for a group where half the party would refuse five-a-side.
Slots start every 15 minutes through the day. The venue suggests four or more players, and it is right: two people run out of things to do before the 45 minutes is up.
One quirk worth knowing: the option to add extra time only appears in the weekday booking flow. On Saturdays and Sundays there is no extension step at all, so what you book is what you get.
How much does it cost?
There is no fixed price. Toca prices every slot separately and moves the rate with demand, so the same 45 minutes costs about £10 a head at some hours and £23 at others. Across a week that is a 2.3× swing on an identical booking, which makes the time you choose the biggest decision you will make.
Prices step at the hour rather than the quarter, so every 15-minute slot inside a given hour costs the same.
Price per person by day and time
| Day | Cheapest | Middling | Dearest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | £10 to £13from 20:00 | £14 to £1516:00 to 19:45 | £16 to £1813:00 to 15:45 |
| Tuesday | £10 to £12from 20:00 | £15 to £1716:00 to 19:45 | £17 to £1913:00 to 15:45 |
| Wednesday | £11 to £13from 20:00 | £15 to £1815:00 to 19:45 | £19 to £2012:00 to 14:45 |
| Thursday | £10 to £12from 21:00 | around £1520:00 to 20:45 | £16 to £1812:00 to 19:45 |
| Friday | £10 to £11from 22:00 | around £1421:00 to 21:45 | £17 to £2011:00 to 20:45 |
| Saturday | £10 to £12from 22:00 | £15 to £1820:00 to 21:45 | £20 to £2310:00 to 19:45 |
| Sunday | £10 to £13from 21:00, and 09:00 | £14 to £1816:00 to 20:45 | £18 to £2310:00 to 15:45 |
Per person, for a 45-minute game box, sampled from the booking flow at the O2 site. Rates move with demand, so treat these as bands rather than exact figures. Saturday early afternoon regularly sells out entirely.
What that means in practice
- The last slots of the night are always the cheapest. Every day drops to around £10 to £12 once you get past 21:00 or 22:00, Saturday included.
- Saturday daytime and early evening is the dearest thing here, sitting near £23 for most of the afternoon, and the early afternoon often sells out before you get the chance.
- Monday and Tuesday evenings are the best value proper slots, at roughly half the Saturday rate for exactly the same box.
- Thursday holds steady at around £17 from midday to early evening, useful if you are fixing a budget before you know the exact time.
- Friday is the priciest weeknight, staying near £17 to £20 all evening, so a Friday works out noticeably dearer than the same plan on a Thursday.
The saving worth knowing: for four people, a Saturday teatime slot is around £92 and a Monday at 20:00 is around £48. Same box, same 45 minutes, roughly half the price. If your date can move, move it.
When is it open?
The venue opens before the games do. On most days you can get a drink an hour or more before the first bookable box, and Monday and Tuesday have no games at all until the afternoon.
| Day | Venue hours | First game | Last game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 13:00 | 22:15 |
| Tuesday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 13:00 | 22:15 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 | 22:15 |
| Thursday | 10:00 to 00:00 | 12:00 | 23:15 |
| Friday | 10:00 to 00:00 | 11:00 | 23:15 |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 00:00 | 09:00 | 23:15 |
| Sunday | 09:00 to 23:00 | 09:00 | 22:15 |
Hours verified 23 Aug 2026. The O2 adjusts trading around arena events, so check on the day if a show is on.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday are the only days you can still start a game at 23:15, and those late slots are also the cheapest of the week.
What is the food and drink like?
Better than the format suggests. Food and drink are brought to your box while you play, so you are not choosing between eating and having a go, and the menu leans towards sharing plates and handheld dishes built to be eaten standing up between games.
There are several bars across the two floors with a full cocktail list, plus a separate children's menu. Current menus and prices are on the venue's own site: Toca Social food and drinks.
How do you get there?
Tube. North Greenwich on the Jubilee line, about 15 minutes from central London. Out of the station, through the main entrance of The O2, turn right, and it is on the left next to Hollywood Bowl. Around five minutes on foot, longer if an arena show is going in or coming out.
Step-free. North Greenwich is step-free from street to platform and The O2 is level throughout, which makes it one of the more genuinely accessible activity venues in London.
Other routes. Thames Clipper to North Greenwich Pier, the cable car from the Royal Docks, or buses 108, 129, 132, 161, 188, 422, 472 and 486. If you are driving, use O2 car parks 2, 3 or 4.
Getting home. The Jubilee line is the only realistic route back, so check last trains if you have taken a late slot.
How do you book?
Online, choosing a day, a time and how many of you are playing. The price you see is the price for that exact slot, so click through a few different times before settling. Adults and under-18s are added separately.
The booking flow takes up to 24 players. Above that you fill in an enquiry form and wait for the events team, which means no published price.
Christmas dates are released later and separately from the standard calendar, so you cannot book a December session months ahead the way you can in September.
Is it worth it?
Yes, if you book the right hour. The games are the best designed of anything in London's competitive socialising bracket, and they genuinely work for people who cannot play football. What decides whether it feels like value is the slot: £10 a head late on a Monday is one of the better nights out in the city for the money, and £23 on a Saturday afternoon for the same 45 minutes is much harder to defend. Book the time, not just the venue.
Right for
- Football fans, who will get more from this than any other activity venue in London
- Mixed groups, because the beginner games are properly playable by non-players
- Four or more people, where the box has enough going on to fill 45 minutes
- Anyone with a flexible date, since moving to a weeknight roughly halves the cost
- Wheelchair users and anyone who needs step-free access
Wrong for
- Saturday afternoons at £23 a head, unless the date genuinely cannot move
- Pairs, who will find 45 minutes in a box longer than it sounds
- Groups coming from west or north London, where the journey eats the evening
- Anyone who needs a fixed price in advance, since the rate changes by the slot
- Booking Christmas early, because festive slots are not released with the rest
Common questions
- How much is Toca Social at The O2?
- Between £10 and £23 per person for a 45-minute game box, depending on the day and time. The cheapest slots are after 21:00 on any night, and the dearest are Saturday afternoons.
- How long do you get?
- A standard booking is 45 minutes. Slots start every 15 minutes through the day, and on weekdays you can add extra time during booking. The weekend flow does not offer extensions.
- Do you need to be good at football?
- No. The beginner games are built around aiming rather than skill, and people who have never played can still score.
- Can children go?
- Yes. Under-18s are booked on a separate rate and there is a children's menu. Daytime and early evening suit families best.
- What is the cheapest time to go?
- After 22:00, any night of the week. Every day drops to around £10 to £12 for the last slots, Saturday included.
- How many people can play?
- The booking flow takes up to 24. Above that you have to go through the events team. The number that fits in one box is not published, so ring ahead if you are more than about eight.
- How far ahead should you book?
- Saturday afternoons sell out well in advance. Weeknights rarely do. Christmas dates are released separately and later.
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