London events in February 2023

You know what your February might need? Endless baskets of dim sum. Preferably at a very popular Chinatown stalwart that wants to feed you to the gills with things like Taiwanese pork buns, pork and prawn soup dumplings, and ‘supreme’ crab meat xiao long bao. Sounds good right? Well we can go one further by giving you all that – plus a glass of prosecco – for just £23. 

Bottomless dim sum and a glass of prosecco for £23.95, only through Time Out Offers.

Looking for a taste of Tokyo in London? Japanese high-tech hideaway Inamo is just the ticket, which is offering all-you-can-eat sushi, including its signature dragon roll, for a drool-worthy £19.95. Order everything from tempora and sashimi to seared salmon and uramaki from the interactive menus projected onto the tabletops and even play arcade games while you wait for your bottomless feast to arrive at your table. Plus you’ve got your choice of Inamo’s Covent Garden and Soho venues.

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You know the only thing better than mastering the art of the pizzaiolo? Being able to bring your own booze to sip/drink/neck while you attain what we reckon is probably one of the most important skills you’ll ever learn. Expert tuition comes from the fine pizza-making bunch at the Cook and Craft Collective (they know what they’re doing), and the kitchens are right by Clapham High Street and Clapham North tubes, so super-easy to get to. 

BYOB pizza-making classes, £19 through Time Out Offers.

Whether you’re flying solo, newly coupled up, or have been with your other half for decades, London is a great place to be on Valentine’s Day. There’s something for everyone on February 14 no matter what your relationship status: eccentrically themed speed-dating nights, ironic drag show, galentine’s parties or warm, fuzzy date spots for all those loved-up couples out there. Here’s our pick of the best. 

We really like this Islington bar and kitchen, and we promise it’s not just because our art director helped kit the place out. What we really like about this place is the fact that James Cochran (ex-The Ledbury and Harwood Arms) has brought his lauded Around The Cluck concept to the pass. And that means out-of-this-world chicken burgers alongside the Beavertown beers on tap and very decent cocktails. So, want to see what the fuss is about? We can totally help you out, with 70% off the normal price.

Burger, fries, side, doughnut and a cocktail for £14.95, through Time Out Offers.

Forget shoddily poached eggs and warm prosecco, craft beer aficionados Brewdog throw a bottomless brunch with a difference. We’re talking classic full English spreads, triple stacks of pancakes, eggs benny and bacon sarnies, plus a whole bunch of burger combos, which you can wash down with unlimited beer (or preocesso, if you really can’t tear yourself away). Right now through Time Out you can get all this for just £20 per person at the bar’s Paddington, Ealing, Tower Hill, or Wandsworth locations. For an extra tenner you can add on something from the cocktail menu. 

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One of the greatest sculptors of our times finally gets a major UK exhibition for the first time. Renaissance master Donatello’s exceptional talents will be showcased in this show which will explore his impact on a crucial time in the history of art and feature many works that have never been on display in the UK including Donatello’s early marble David and bronze Attis-Amorino from the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. 

Think Japanese food, think sushi and ramen, right? Well, yes, there’s no shortage of places in London where you can eat excellent raw fish and noodle soup, but Japanese cuisine has much more to offer. Treat yourself to a meal in a traditional Yakitori by heading to Junsei, a Marylebone joint specialising in the quintessential Japanese soul food (aka grilled goods on skewers). The place uses white hot binchotan charcoal for extra flavour, star dishes include seseri chicken neck, grilled duck breast chashu and tsukune chicken meatballs. Try two signature skewers with a main, dessert and drink for a very special price of just £20 – that’s a whopping 51 percent off. 

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After an old-school Soho night out? Head to neon-lit subterranean hangout 100 Wardour Street where live bands and DJs will serenade you while you stuck into a three-course slap-up meal and a complinemtary glass of wine – all for just £19. Think modern European classic dishes and underground jazz club vibes. 

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Explore Kensington’s great new food emporium in the best way possible: with all-you-can-eat sushi from their resident experts in this sort of thing, Royal Sushi. Get a beer, cocktail or soft drink thrown in too. All for a quite ridiculous £22.95. Oishii! 

All-you-can-eat sushi at Kensington Quarter, £22.95 through Time Out Offers.

One for the true carnivores out there. Promising “whole joints, big flames and good times”, chophouse and seafood restaurant Block Soho takes expertly-sourced meat, fish and veg and makes them smoulder to perfection on its huge charcoal grill. It ages its meat in a dedicated Himalayan salt chamber and serves them in a buzzy dining room just off Dean Street. Make your next night out special by tucking into a three-course feast and signature cocktail worth £47 for just £20.

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Not all burgers are created equal. Made from quality aged cuts of premium beef ground daily in-house, the burgers at Cut & Grind are no ordinary patties. In fact, they’ve been named the winner of the National Burger Awards. Get your mitts on these prime meat-and-bread combos with this special offer: award-winning classic burger, fries and either a soft drink or a beer for only £10.

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‘Oklahoma!’ transfers to Wyndham’s Theatre in February 2023. A big pre-pandemic hit in New York – where it was dubbed ‘sexy Oklahoma!’ – the first half in particular of Fish’s deceptively barebones production leans really creatively into the fact that very little happens in ‘Oklahoma!’ beyond its characters thirsting after each other, and thirsting hard. It’s reconfigured as a smouldering parable of small-town suffocation. Sexy? Yes! But it goes deeper than that.

Hungry? East Asian bar and kitchen Lan Kwai Fong will be serving you plate after plate of dim sum, bao buns, and a quite-frankly-dizzying selection of good-looking plates. You’ll get a glass of prosecco too, and there’s even a dessert if you can find another notch on your belt – deep-fried sweet custard buns. That’ll finish you off.

Bottomless food at Lan Kwai Fong, from £29 through Time Out Offers.

Head to a camp but clever immersive recreation of the 1605 plot to blow up Parliament. This lavish new immersive theatre attraction from the Tower of London is, in essence, a 100-minute theme-park ride using live acting and pre-recorded VR. It engages with its source material with genuine intelligence and care and has set a new gold standard for immersive shows.Now you can get  £10 off two or more standard off peak tickets if you book through Time Out. 

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Think the past couple of years have been rough? Try surviving a Martian invasion and having your blood harvested in a stifling capsule. That’s the 1898 envisaged by H.G. Wells in his sci-fi thriller ‘The War of the Worlds’, which was then adapted by Jeff Wayne in his 1978 prog album.This VR-enhanced immersive theatre show is an adaptation of the beloved album where visitors are tasked with attempting to escape Martian-occupied Victorian London. Get £10 off two or more standard tickets only through Time Out.

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