Roxy Arcade Leeds Merrion Street

You descend into what feels like a cross between an 80s arcade and a proper nightclub, complete with vintage gaming machines casting neon glows across the dance floor. The beauty of this place is how it works across the evening – start with a few rounds on Street Fighter while nursing cocktails, then stick around as the DJ takes over and transforms the space into something decidedly more sweaty and wonderful. The crowd skews younger but not obnoxiously so, and there's enough genuine character here to set it apart from Leeds' sea of identikit basement clubs. The gaming element isn't just window dressing either – people actually play, creating this lovely social dynamic where strangers bond over Pac-Man before losing themselves to whatever's pumping through the sound system.