The Vaults

The Vaults is under the arches of Waterloo Station. To reach it walk the opposite direction to the river to Lower Marsh Street.
An arts space in the tunnels of Waterloo Station, it houses a theatre, a cinema, theatre, art gallery and even crazy golf, as well as a bar and nightclub.
My marks are for the Birdies Crazy Golf which is only available at weekends between noon and 2pm and the waffles brunch, with Mimosas to drink. Quite a fun way to while a couple of hours on a Sunday.

Can’t really rate as depends what you go and see there but it’s a great place for any event person to hire out as full of rooms leading off each other.
The vaults is also supposely haunted.
I have seen alice adventure underground which I give 5 out of 5. See my separate review for that.
Most recently went and saw master of the macabre which was ok give 3 out of 5. He done some magic followed by a séance type show. I found some of his tricks interesting especially when I played the Russian roulette game with him that involved a tarantula spider which was so cute but then some of his tricks lame. The séance show was ok he tried to make people believe it was real which it did in a way especially the levitating table but I know when someone is an actress. I was quote surprised when she collapsed against hard concrete floor I thought was quite dangerous for her.

A great venue near Waterloo. I have been here twice now in the past year. Once for Alice Underground which was fantastic and more recently for a spooky magic show. I can’t recommend the magic show I am afraid (was a little too amateur for the price they were charging) but a fantastic venue for it — they have a small old theatre in there.
They are also showing films there and pop up restaurants as well. Keep your eyes peeled for what they have going on there in the future as it is a great venue.

I’ve seen several really interesting theatre pieces here, and really enjoy how they use the unique venue as part of the event. From a dance exhibit that made use of the darkness and shadows, to the currently running Alice’s Adventures Underground which creates a maze of rooms including one where it was raining, the old train tunnels are being put to good use. The selection of shows is eclectic and fun, I’m always excited to see what they have next.
And there’s always a funky bar with decent priced drinks or fun street food to enjoy before /​after a show.
(Bonus: the main entrance is in the Banksy tunnel so you’ll see amazing graffiti art, and there’s frequently someone working on a new piece.)

The Vaults is an interesting space. They host the Vaults Festival each year, which is great fun — this past year, it had free live jazz twice a week, cheap beers, donut cocktails (!!) and shows for under £10.
Aside from that, there are a variety of art shows and seasonal events that go on here. They were showing the World Cup, but I didn’t get a chance to stop in for that. I went recently for a Planet of the Apes-​themed art installation that was legitimately really freaky — they filled the rooms with fog and colored lights.
Always interesting to swing by and check out what’s going on. If nothing else, you can look at the graffiti art!

We had our company Christmas party here in the Vaults underneath the Waterloo station. The claim was a theme of ‘Underground Nutcracker’, but at no point did that seem to be the case, so maybe some more work on their theme décor would help.
There are multiple rooms, or vaults I guess, that had a mix of bars, vodka ice luge, dance areas, seating and general hanging out areas. The bars weren’t too slow, but making six custom cocktails for one order slows things down.
Besides the fact that this place was an absolute pain to find and get to, it was enjoyable. To be honest, we’ve had better locations for our past parties, but this did well to accommodate mass binging for a big group!