Café Kick

London, United Kingdom

3.8

Closed now

21 reviews

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Telephone:
+44 20 7837 8077
Website:
www.cafekick.co.uk
Address:
43 Exmouth Market, London, United Kingdom, EC1R 4QL
Clerkenwell
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
470 ftTysoe Street London Archives
500 ftRosebery Avenue / Mount Pleasant
510 ftAmwell Street Merlin Street
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
No
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
No
Good for Kids
No
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Music
Juke Box
Alcohol
Full Bar
Happy Hour
Yes
Coat Check
No
Smoking
No
Outdoor Seating
Yes
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
Yes
Waiter Service
No

Today

Today 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (London) 02:09 Thursday, 12 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Tuesday 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Wednesday 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Thursday 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Friday 12:00 pm – 12:00 am
Saturday 12:00 pm – 12:00 am
Sunday 12:00 pm – 10:30 pm

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21 reviews of Café Kick

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Place rating: 4
London, United Kingdom
The original place to go play fussball. I go to the Shoreditch one quite a lot as I am often in the area but I like this branch in Exmouth Market. It’s much smaller, much tighter, narrower and quite cosy. I think its best to come here in summer as people spill out onto the streets. It has also has a good happy hour.
Place rating: 4
London, United Kingdom
Great café, really good happy hour deals and lots of fun on the table football tables. However after 4 moijtos I wasn’t able to monitor my language as well as I should prehaps have done given the large number of children around. Still they were going to learn swearwords eventually right…
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
A nice little bar with a friendly atmosphere, good music, and a wide range of beers to choose from (no tap) at a reasonable price. I was there yesterday for a world cup night, and the bar has been decorated for the occasion. There are a couple of football tables as well. I am definitely going there again.
Place rating: 3
London, United Kingdom
I can only vouch for the drinks and atmosphere — but if you’re looking for a good mojito and a night of Foosball with friends– this is your place.
Definitely a spot that is better enjoyed in good weather — as there is an outdoor area to enjoy your drinks and take in the rest of what exmouth market has to offer. I’d say if in Clerkenwell/​Farringdon and looking for a place to throw back a few drinks with good friends — this is the best spot to have an evening.
Otherwise, my only complaint is that this place gets so popular at night that the smallish space can be a bit overwhelming if you just want to carry your drinks from the bar area or to a table in front. Better of getting there for a couple of pre-​drinks before heading out to one of the great local restaurants — unless, of course, you’re in the mood to mingle.
Place rating: 4
London, United Kingdom
I was impressed, great location, good crowd and very good drinks at reasonable prices considering what part of town its in. the mojitos were quality and the staff very friendly. also pumped out some serious tunes until closing — anywhere that plays depeche mode is alrite in my book.
only slight down side would be the £1 cost for table football… a bit pricey!!! 50p would work better.
still i really like this joint. peace.
Place rating: 4
Luton, United Kingdom
What a cute little place and by far the busiest place within Exmouth Market. Luckily got to sample the Happy Hour and to my delight the beer of the day for only £2. What was even more fitting for me was I am catching up with friends I met in South America and it was an Argentinean beer. Love the football tables too, reckon it could get pretty lively.
Place rating: 4
Paris, France
Here’s a tip Café Kick makes a great first date. I’ve taken several here over the years. It’s a great ‘pressure off ’ venue. Excellent beer selection fun atmosphere table fussball to play meaning you can avoid awkward conversations! It really does feel like youve stepped away from London into a tres cool corner of Latin America, with its sunny laidback vibe, distressed furniture and world music on the stereo. Week worth a visit!
Place rating: 2
Leeds, United Kingdom
My friend took me here to watch a game recently, for some reason they had no sound on the TV as they had music on. I was quite hungry but when I looked at the menu there was absolutely nothing on the menu which I thought sounded tempting. So waited until we went somewhere else.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Absolutely loved watching the footie here on a Saturday morning. Lots of televisions and the espressos were really good. Can’t wait to watch another game there but be warned, if it’s a big game you’ll want to get there early to get a seat. I liked that they had a TV you could watch from the outdoor seats so on a nice day that’d be a perfect option.
Place rating: 4
London, United Kingdom
How cool is Café Kick huh?
Mixing all sorts of vibes — sporty, European, South American, a touch of Barcelona about the place — it’s a real melting spot and I suspect might just be a little bit different every time you come. Obviously the attraction is the foosball tables, which I suspect makes the place busy and fun come the evenings. I stopped by for a late afternoon drink and was happily reunited with a bottle of Super Bock. XL no less. They do some great bottled beers here.
Nestled right in Exmouth Market, it’s ideal for some post work drinks or starting a night out before heading to Islington. LIKE.
Place rating: 3
Manhattan, NY
Foosball table — check. Flat screens with Sky Sports — check. Great décor — check. Beer on draft — che… wait what?
However, that’s about the only downside to this small Spanish (Mexican? Caribbean? I don’t know) themed joint in Exmouth. My local football spot when I lived off Farringdon, everyone there is having a good time. Despite not having pints, they have a wide selection of bottles or cocktails to quench that pre-​match anxiety and post-​match celebrations.
When Arsenal is playing it will be packed to the brim with supporters, which is always better than an empty pub with Sky Sports.
Another round of Estella, por favor.
Place rating: 4
New York, NY
Bar Kick is fun and laid back. Highly recommended for pre-​dinner drinks or after-​dinner chitchat. The atmosphere reminds of a cross between a London pub and a Brooklyn bar.
Gotta love the Foosball tables that are in high demand. If you know you’re going to end up here, I’d advise you call ahead and reserve. They have a good selection of beers and friendly bartenders behind the bar. I wouldn’t say Bar Kick is cheap, but it’s fun and worth the average prices. The crowd runs from über nerdy to hipster, but not the pretentious-​entitled kind. The décor looks like they raided a vintage store or a school classroom. There are those familiar plastic chairs and vinyl-​top tables.
Place rating: 4
London, United Kingdom
Cool little bar, with funky style and funky drinks. Ideal for a twenty-​minute game of table-​football to put your girlfriend back in her place…
The décor is fun, with odd chairs and sports memorabilia. There’s a good cocktail list and some novel beers. Not cheap, but fun, and an ideal start to an evening out in the area.
Place rating: 2
London, United Kingdom
The only time I ever went to Bar Kick was last January. My wallet was robbed from my shoulder bag (which was on my shoulder all night) on that night and a monumental amount of money was illegally extracted from my accounts as a result.
Im not sure how the thief gained access to my pin code but I can only assume that I was being watched or videoed when I used my card at the counter, although I always cover my hand when entering my pin.
Of course I don’t outrightly blame Bar Kick for this mis-​fortunate event but I do believe that it is important for people who go there to realise that people who target victims for robbery like this do hang out in this bar. I think also that the bar should make more of an effort to warn/​remind their customers of this.
Watch your belongings, do everything in your power to hide your pin code when entering it on the machine. Do this everywhere, not just in Bar Kick. People are watching you!
Place rating: 4
London, United Kingdom
Completely bloody amazing, if a little sweaty, miniature bar on Exmouth Market.
I don’t wear skinny jeans but I feel like I fit in here becasue I like beer, happy hour cocktails, football, and most of all, table football…
NB: They’ve now installed big tellys so we can watch the World Cup! Woop!
Place rating: 4
London, United Kingdom
I remember coming here but not leaving and definitely not how I ended up on a trike in my living room with a box over my head. Oh well, must have been a good night…
Long live the cocktails, dancing and tiny plastic men that play football!
Place rating: 4
London, United Kingdom
Agree with my fellow Unilocalers… yay for a dive bar and yay for great mojitos. I am a fan and Exmouth is a fun little strip.
Place rating: 4
Islington, United Kingdom
You know you’re having a good time night out when, following a suggestion for a nightcap, a last drink of the evening to part upon, you are presented with a mojito and challenged to an international duel over the foosball table! Fun x fun = fun squared!
Café Kick is laid back to the extreme. Like Laura N. explains, it’s dingy and grubby but absolutely perfect for it. It’s the kind of place that would look odd if anyone bothered to give it a new lick of paint and heeding this fact, it looks as though no one has for at least 10 years!
I can’t pretend I was on my best behaviour in Café Kick– in fact, I’m pretty sure I ticked every Scottish stereotype going. But the nice part was that the staff didn’t seem to care. In fact, they joined in. Not only did the bartender applaud our second round of night caps (ahem) but in fact suggested that the reason I was playing so badly at table football could be to do with a lack of rum in my bloodstream…
In retrospect– I think not!
Place rating: 4
San Francisco, CA
Ahhhh, a dive bar.
A small
grungy
cheap
dingy
relaxed
sports-​y
Table football pushing
Not going to worry about impressing anyone
Divey dive dive.
A magical place where you can get embarrassingly drunk, make far too much noise, Riverdance to save your life, drop inappropriate gestures and references… on a Tuesday evening at 10pm.
Oh, how I’ve missed you.
Stop by and smell the disreputability!
Place rating: 2
London, United Kingdom
If you like table football a lot… go here.
If you like mojitos, or any other mixed drink for that matter… DO NOT GO HERE. They have an extensive range of spirits behind the bar, yet the barman had trouble identifying dark rum. The clue is in the title but… never mind. The mojito was the worst I’ve ever tasted. It made me mad. Don’t sell cocktails if you really don’t know how to make them. Or what’s in them.
Other than that — it’s a bar. The table football is fun but it’s nothing special. Try the Wilmington for a better atmosphere, the Medcalf for better drinks, and Café Kick for table football in a location better suited to heading out afterwards.
Place rating: 5
Melun, Seine-et-Marne
Un café pour homme !
Un café pour les hommes pour regarder… le foot ou alors jouer au baby foot. La pinte pas chère du tout à 1,50 livres. Excellente ambiance.