EL&N Café is officially one of the most Instagrammable cafés in the world and they have multiple different venues all over in London. Each one has its own unique interior and signature feature. EL&N Café Wardour street has a unique electrifying neon theme.
EL&N Café’s Wardour Street venue has an eccentric arcade-themed interior. If you walk through the purple neon arches, you’ll find yourself in a huge mirror room decorated with arcade-inspired neon signs and a playable pink motorcycle.
The mirrored walls and the ceiling with the neon grid create a sense of infinity. The atmosphere sucks you in, you’ll feel like you’re in another dimension.
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There are more neon signs and arcade games under the arches along with an old school jukebox to pose with for your Insta.
The Menu
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The menu is just as colourful and quirky as the interior itself.
They have speciality lattes. ‘Matcha Rose Latte’ looks absolutely amazing with its bright pink and green colours, while the ‘Mango Matcha Ice Latte’ is a super Instagrammable tricolour drink.
The mocktails are so beautifully presented, it’s a real challenge to decide which one to order. You just want to have them all.
We tried the ‘Ombré Passion Fruit’ mocktail which is a refreshing mixture of Butterfly Pea flower tea, mango, passion fruit, honey, and lemonade. It goes perfectly well with the pink and purple interior.
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EL&N Café Wardour Street branch has all day brunch with vegan options, delicious salads, sandwiches, burgers, and pastries, including the TikTok-famous Cube Croissant and Round Croissant.
They have plenty of home-made cakes. Just have a look at their current selection displayed at the window. They have Pistachio & Rose Cake, Red Velvet Cake, Tiramisu and Honey Cake, just to name a few.
Their French Toasts and American Pancakes come with beautiful garnish of fruit and edible flowers.
If you’re not sure, what to order, the menu highlights the most Instagrammable drinks and food.
If you’re looking for a really unique place for a girls day out, EL&N Café Wardour Street is definitely a place!
TIP: Try to go early because it tends to be very busy, especially during the weekends.
Ready for your next adventure? Now that you’ve spent a fantastic day out with the girls, it’s time to plan the Saturday night. Mrs R!ot is Covent Garden’s most vivacious bar and is just as crazy as its name suggests. Expect quirky interior, a photo booth, karaoke, drag queen nights, and delicious cocktails and food.
The world’s first inflatable museum has finally arrived in London and it’s absolutely popping! Balloon Museum aims to explore the relationship between art and human emotions through giant inflatable art installations.
Following the huge success in Rome, Paris and Milan, Balloon Museum finally arrived in London and opened its gates just after Christmas on the 27th December 2023.
The museum is taking over 78,000 square feet space at 1 Old Billingsgate and promises a one-of-a-kind experience with giant interactive inflatable artworks.
Balloon Museum’s first exhibition is called ‘EmotionAir: Art You Can Feel’, featuring artworks of 20 artists from around the globe. The exhibition’s aim is to explore the relationship between art and human emotions.
‘EmotionAir’ promises a whimsical journey through large-scale inflatable installations with unexpected shapes that invite visitors to interact with them, feel them, touch them, and live with them.
In the centre of the exhibition is the giant ball pit filled with smiling yellow balls. Projections, sounds and movements of different elements accompany the experience representing the sky, the sea, and the earth.
Just make sure you keep your and your kid’s belongings safe because if you lose something in the ball pit, it’s gone forever. Including your shoes… 👟
EmotionAir: Art You Can Feel
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As we mentioned earlier, ‘EmotionAir: Art You Can Feel’ is an art exhibition with artworks representing different human emotions.
Please, note: Some of the artworks are interactive while others are not. Please, make sure you don’t touch those that are for the eyes only.
Here are some our favourite installations at Balloon Museum:
Hyperfeeling by Hyperstudio, Sila Sveta and Kissmiklos
Emotion: Sentience
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This giant pall pit is set to represent all the human emotions while visitors can touch, perceive and see the complexity of them.
The ball pit provides a fully immersive experience. Visitors are encouraged to submerge into the ocean of balls while enjoying a sound and light show curated by Sila Sveta. The show, which is projected on a large sphere, invites visitors for a journey through human emotions from joy to surprise to fear and anger.
The ceiling is covered with hundreds of yellow balloons to represent the sky while the walls are covered with mirrors to make you feel you’re in an eternal space.
Playground of Love by Michela Picci
Emotion: Amazement and Wonder
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Playground of Love is a colourful playground with giant inflatable balls visitors can interact with. By playing with the balls and teaming up with others to roll them, clash them and move them from one place to another, visitors will re-discover their childlike innocence while lose themselves in the pure joy of enjoying simple things.
Cannonballs by Motomichi Nakamura
Emotion: Anger
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In the centre of this installation are eight large cannonballs portraying faces of angry imaginary monsters. The artist chose the title ‘Cannonballs’ to emphasise the paradoxical nature between the heaviness of cannonballs and the weightless air the eight inflatables are filled with.
The faces are brought to life with projection technology and are monstrous, enchanting, conflicting and playful at the same time. Thus, the cannonballs are functioning as mirrors upon us, reflecting the complexity of our own emotions.
Kaleidoscope by Karina Smigla-Bobinski
Emotion: Layered
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Kaleidoscope is an interactive multisensory artwork. Colourful inks are floating on large, illuminated tables creating surfaces in separate levels. By interacting with the artwork, visitors explore how colours can be an amazing way to discover the world and make connections.
By touching and making dynamic movements, the liquids transform into different shapes and blend colours, providing users a freedom of creativity.
While interacting with the artworks, cameras capture the movements and project them on the walls.
Synchronised Chaos by Miranda Makaroff
Emotion: Trust
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Synchronised Chaos is an infinite repetition of brightly coloured faces representing the complexity of human mind. In the centrepiece of this artwork is self-awareness and the journey of individual growth.
The repetitive faces with constantly changing colours represent the continuous dialogue with the voices inhabit our minds.
The GINJOS by Rub Kandy
Emotion: Joy and Extasy
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The GINJOS are a series of characters (a tribe) with different colour and shape waiting to be tossed and pushed. When one pushes them, they bow a couple of times from one side to the other before finding their balance again.
Each GINJO is unique, representing diverse emotions and stories. They communicate not with words but with their vivid colours and expressive eyes.
This installation reminds us that life is much more than just things our eyes can capture. They remind us of the pure happy moments in our lives that make us feel alive. The GINJOS invite visitors to join them in a game of joy and connection.
Fun Photo Ops, Balloon Bar and Balloon Shop
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Your whimsical journey ends with a series of fun photo ops. You can take photos in a yellow photo booth filled with matching-coloured balloons, fly away with rainbow balloon wings, or pose with Mona Lisa inside an inflatable living room.
Now you’re probably hungry, so why not eat something at the Balloon Bar? They have a healthy selection of wraps, bagels, sandwiches and cakes, alongside with coffee, soft drink and even cotton candy.
On your way out, there are two shops: the first one offer adorable balloon creations to fall in love with, while the second one sells official Balloon Museum merch for those who want to bring home some memorable souvenirs.
Off peak: Adult (16+): £31.01 | Child (4-15): £19.33
Peak: Adult (16+): £38.45 | Child (4-15): £25.70
TIP: If you become a member of Balloon Museum community, you’ll receive a 20% discount on your ticket. Click here and type your email address in the pop-up window.
Ready for your next adventure? British Library’s new exhibition ‘Fantasy: Realms of Imagination’ invites you for an epic adventure to the world of fantasy. The exhibition follows fantasy creators to discover how they imagined enchanted lands, legendary creatures and invented whole new languages.
Turn back the wheels of time and transport back to the 1950s Battersea Power Station. Engineers of Control Room B busy distributing power for London’s historical landmarks, including Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament.
After the reopening of the power station as shopping centre last October, Control Room Bhas been operating as a unique bar serving electrifying cocktails to power up your day out with friends.
Recharge Your Energy Among to the Original Control Panels
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The centrepiece bar is inspired by the turbine of the power station and pays tribute to its fascinating history.
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Book a table and enjoy a themed cocktail amongst the original control desks, dials and switchgear racks that have been restored to their old glory. Feel free to go behind the plexiglass walls and explore the control panels by yourself (the friendly staff is happy to answer any question you may have).
Alternatively, book a 30-minute Champagne Guided Tour for Two to deep dive into the electric history of Battersea Power Station.
Power Up with High Voltage Cocktails
‘Renewable Energy’ Mocktail
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Power up with high voltage cocktails, inspired by the power station! Over 10 vibrant signature cocktails are available to recharge your energy, including non-alcoholic options.
To help you immerse more into the 1950s, the staff wear boiler suit to to keep up the style of the original uniform engineers used.
Ready for your next adventure? The Light Festival is returning at Battersea Power Station! Eight unique light installations will glow up on 19th January and will be there to enjoy until 5th March. Blog post with photos and videos coming soon.
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