Library Pot, Board Game Cafe Licensed

Nice place with a great collection of games and decent food/drinks. The seats were pretty uncomfortable for a whole session and some of the games weren't put away nicely so we opened to pieces falling out everywhere, but it would be hard to keep on top of so many games! The staff were friendly enough, and one session is a really good amount of time to get some games in. The drinks were pretty expensive at just over £4 for a can/small bottle of pop and the food was tasty and not as expensive.

Yes for board games it is great and there are SO many which is amazing. But, the food is horrendous. The bao buns are essentially the microwaved Itsu ones and they were microwaved or heated wrong to the bottoms was rock hard. The cat-su curry was a Linda McCartney burger on rice with a sauce, felt just heated up. Similarly with the Yakisoba noodles, it was the worst and I didn’t eat it. We didn’t have drinks just water from a broken jar. The woman was helpful with the games but I wouldn’t be back anytime soon. Also there were no lights on…

Lovely and cozy place. The selection of games is fantastic, the menu has a fun design (I really liked the way the games are sorted by complexity and number of players). The staff was great as well, excellent service. The £10 minimum spend per person doesn't sound nice though. Most of the time people will fancy drinking and eating anyway, so introducing the idea of a forced minimum spend is not the best, in my personal opinion, specially since there is already a £5 gaming table fee. I can understand it, and we all want places like this to prosper and last, and this is probably what the business needs to survive. So even if I don't specially like it, I can understand the need for it. A suggestion could be to just charge £15 per person straight from the beginning and offer a selection of drinks and food included in the price, as well as additional plates or drinks that can be paid separately. However, something that I didn't like at all was the £3 table service on top of the rest of the bill. I was disappointed that this wasn't mentioned anywhere, or explained at anytime, and makes me wonder why it isn't already included in the table fee. If you are telling the customer how much they need to spend in advance, then this should either be mentioned as well, be an optional charge, or not existing at all.

So many games to play social events in the lovely leafy Richmond area by the river and royal parks. Happy go lucky family of friends discovered here. Check out their Meetup groups for quick events to attend.

Despite having lived in the area for several years, last weekend was our first time at the Library Pot. My family and I should've visited far sooner as we enjoyed the most brilliant afternoon playing a variety of games (all new to us until that afternoon). The shelves are overflowing with all sorts of offerings My 8yo was present but there were numerous family friendly titles that meant he wasn't excluded in fact, annoyingly, he won his fair share of games. The food was fantastic the wife loved her Katsu curry, I wolfed down my tasty gyoza and chips, and my fussy eating son didn't grumble about his chicken nuggets and rice dish the music was great, and the guys that run the place are friendly, funny, and helpful (patiently explaining rules and offering suggestions to what game we should play next). Would recommend to all. We'll definitely be back.