Monopoly Lifesized (MLS) is the perfect blend of immersive, theatrical, playful and competitive entertainment, making it the perfect corporate Christmas venue. Everyone knows Monopoly – we have simply built it into a live, human-sized version. Across our four different Boards, we create a bold, highly-energised atmosphere with bright colours, oversized props and dramatic lighting to make everything feel larger than life. We’ve drawn heavily on Monopoly’s classic Art Deco roots, with the vintage typography and money motifs, but have updated them to a slick, contemporary finish. Throughout the game, our players take part in timed challenges and competitive tasks, whilst being looked after by their very own Game Host and human Tokens. It certainly feels like a TV game show has been crossed with immersive theatre, to create an unforgettable and highly enjoyable experience.
The big thing we try and create with MLS is a feeling of escapist nostalgia, especially during the festive period. We try to trigger childhood memories with those all-familiar Monopoly elements whilst allowing for a sense of escapism with the scale and production value making it feel novel and exciting. Of course, there is that element of playful competition – the experience is designed around social & corporate groups and our game hosts are constantly promoting collaboration within the teams whilst encouraging some friendly sabotage against the others. Overall, the experience feels like a colourful, competitive playground that mixes nostalgia, immersive theatre, and party-game energy—more about fun and spectacle than strategy.
Throughout the year, the vibe at Monopoly Lifesized (MLS) is energetic, social and celebratory – we just like to step it up during the festive period with themed Christmas decorations that fit perfectly upon each of the game boards. The experience starts as soon as you step foot into the venue, enjoying a pre-game drink in The Top Hat which has become a winter wonderland, the bar booths reminiscent of snow-lined ski chalets and garlands of fresh fir adorning the walls. During the day, we keep the lights bright and the music low to make the perfect setting for a family day out, but as that sun sets, we turn down the lights, spark up the candles and those well-known Christmas tunes provide the perfect soundtrack to your festive social. As the players move through to the onboarding room, we build a sense of anticipation and excitement with the game-show style music, stage lighting and animated game hosts. From there, it’s onto the games themselves, where the oversized sets and individually themed boards become the stars of the show.
We know that the main thing people want to do at their corporate Christmas party is relax, let go and celebrate the year’s achievements. The primary goal is to have fun, so we like to ensure that MLS feels accessible and welcoming, designed for laughs and shared moments rather than polished performance or expertise. Our game hosts lead the experience with humour and encouragement, keeping things moving whilst allowing guests to express and enjoy themselves. We aim to create an atmosphere that feels like a high-energy social playground—fast-paced, immersive, and designed to make our guests feel involved, entertained, and connected to each other from start to finish. The perfect Christmas celebration!
Our main sustainability initiatives come from The Top Hat, our onsite bar restaurant. We strive to incorporate environmental and social considerations into our product and service selection process and have introduced a number of sustainable initiatives to reduce our negative impact on the environment. These include (but are not limited to):
1. Avoiding single-use plastics both behind the bar and in the kitchen.
2. Minimising our use of consumables & disposables, by using reusable food containers for storage and avoiding over-buying stock.
3. Employing biodegradable products, such as straws & beverage napkins, and using recyclable materials wherever possible, including recyclable furniture and LED lighting.
4. Reducing food wastage, by optimising food portion sizes and utilising preparation waste in other dishes.
5. Sourcing food/items locally and ensuring our supplier are environmentally conscious and have their own sustainability practices in place.
Being socially responsible is also a big thing for us here at MLS. We have built strong ongoing relationships with several educational programs who look after both national and international groups, for whom we offer specially discounted rates on menus for student/uniformed groups. We've also started running themed nights and gatherings, such as our new Monopoly Deal tournaments, to hopefully build a new local community for those individuals with common interests.
The food offering from The Top Hat is casual, hearty and rooted in British comfort classics, but all with a fun Monopoly twist. On our a la carte menu, we offer smaller plates and sharers, a wide selection of main dishes and a variety of classic British desserts. On Sundays, we offer our delicious Sunday Lunch menu which, during the festive period, is given a Christmassy feel involving turkey, sprouts and all the necessary trimmings. We also have our fully-themed children's menu available 7 days a week.
Each year, our fabulous F&B Manager creates a Festive Feast menu that we offer to large groups. This menu is a showcase of British and international festive classics and is served as sharing platters, bringing the group together to either celebrate or commiserate their time on the game board. We also have a wide range of drinks packages available, ranging from buckets of beers and wine bundles to jugs of our specially themed cocktails. The full cocktail menu itself is legendary - the 'Electric Company' is served in a lightbulb, the 'Tottenham Court Road' is served in a disco ball and, to top it off, the 'Waterworks' is served in a bathtub with real working overhead shower. The production value of the experience really does begin in the bar, before you've even stepped foot on the game board!
We have hired the best team of people who are involved from the very start - from the Groups Sales and Box Office teams responsible for booking in your game tickets, to the sales management team who are on hand to organise every aspect of your event, right through to the venue team who greet you at the door and are by your side throughout the day/night, to make sure your event is everything you want it to be and more. On the boards, our cast of Game Hosts and Human Tokens go through a stringent audition and rehearsal process, with company management hiring only the very best actors and actresses guaranteed to provide an unforgettable game. In the kitchen, our team of chefs, headed up by an incredible Food & Beverage Manager, put their heart and soul into every bite. The bar team is made up of a sensational array of talent, particularly the cocktail bartenders - you can certainly taste the passion and dedication they put into making each and every drink.
During the weeks leading up to the festive season, the management team from sales, box office, venue, bar & kitchen get together on a weekly basis to go through each and every booking, discussing all aspects of the event from their arrival times, scheduled games, dietary requirements, allergen information and any special requests that they have made. We treat every booking individually - we have to, because it's a delicate operation offering food & drink alongside the game of MLS, getting the timings correct, making sure guests aren't waiting too long or are too rushed to eat/drink.
An enormous amount of effort from every department goes into making Christmas at Monopoly Lifesized happen and, quite frankly, it pays off.
There are several opportunities to elevate your experience at Monopoly Lifesized, depending on what you're looking for, the scale of your event etc. Our most popular addition is the photobooth, located in the retail shop, which provides a small piece of memorabilia for our guests to take away with them. We also have a range of board games available in The Top Hat that diners can help themselves too, either as a pre-game warm-up or as a rematch against your friends and colleagues! For those larger scale events where you're hiring the full venue, we have a fully fitted AV system with projector, screen, microphone and speaker set-up available to use. Previous events have used the screen to connect up with a karaoke machine, or for corporate clients to share presentations/photo displays/awards prior to the game.
And, possibly most unexpectedly, we have a basement below The Top Hat which is available to hire for those events on a grand scale. There is a fully fitted bar, a suite of bathrooms, a cloakroom and tech for DJs to connect up. It's a private space that is perfect for that after-hours disco for your company, once you've smashed a game of Monopoly Lifesized, inhaled all the festive grub you can manage and need a space to dance away the calories!
We are the definition of "unique". We have taken a familiar board game and transformed it into a fully immersive, physical and interactive entertainment experience. We also have multiple boards with varying themes, challenges and minigames on each. Think you've been once and you've done it all? Think again! You'll have a completely different experience on another board. Heck, stay for the afternoon and play multiple games in one day!
The Monopoly theme continues into The Top Hat Bar & Restaurant, with the decor, food and cocktails all carrying on that sense of nostalgia and escapism. We have a variety of fixed and bespoke packages and the dedicated Sales team are ready to work with you to build an event that fits (almost) every budget. The venue also doubles as a private event space - we can offer semi-private options, full bar/restaurant hire or even the complete venue, including the basement. It's the versatility of the venue that makes us a true winner - we're not just a game, a restaurant, or a party venue. We are all of these in one. We blend immersive entertainment, physical gameplay, social interaction, a branding theme that is universally recognised, a fun venue with dining, drinks AND event options plus the benefits of being located right in the heart of Central London. Our multi-layered experience is what sets us apart from the other conventional competitive socialising venues.