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A visit to Pipeline in London

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So yesterday i was meeting a friend in London, I suggested a visit to pipeline as i had seen that they are about the only bar in London with pinball.

As i am starting a new collection, i thought i would enjoy playing games and hope to find a game i really liked to then hunt out for myself !

So got the tube to Liverpool street, Pipeline is just a few minutes walk from the station.

The website makes it out to be a rock / student union kinda place... although in reality it was much different.
Really big open plan bar with lots of comfortable seating, they serve american style dogs, burgers etc. They also have a japanese menu.. We didn't eat as had other plans.
Staff were friendly, big selection of beers etc...

Nice Wurlitzer jukebox, a few big screens, and 4 pins.

The line up was: Twilight Zone, AC/DC, world cup football and i can't remember the fourth !

Sadly Twilight zone, which i was most interested to play was not working :-(
The other games were ok, in reasonable order... we liked the AC/DC machine the best, lots going on, full led upgrade, and some massive vibration through the floor when certain features activated !! it was great, although a little bright at times !

games were £1 a go on all machines except AC/DC which offered 3 credits for £1

not a bad place, i would revisit if in the area but would not make a special trip there again

Any other suggestions of good places to go to play pins would be appreciated :)
 

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Brewdog in Shoreditch is quite close to the Pipeline and has 5-6 pins in the basement area. Isn't always open so check their site for hours.

Tilt in Birmingham gets the highest of recommendations from me :)
 
They've thinned out the pins then? I was there about 6 months ago and it had Dredd, Spidey, TZ, AC/DC, Surf n Safari, Jackbot and one other I can't recall atm. Great bar. They were playing nothing but rock music when I was in, I'd call it a rock bar tbh.
 
yes the other machine was dread.

they had, Dredd, AC/DC, world cup football and TZ (not working)

I plan to visit Tilt in Birmingham, i think i am working in drum at some point next week
 
Yes I popped into The Pipeline yesterday afternoon as well. Disappointed that they were down to four machines, and only three that were working. Seems that Matt has taken his games out of the place for some reason. :( The place tends to be used by the local office/bank workers during the day with the Rock/Punk crowd in at evenings and weekends.

Was about to say that the area in the Shoreditch Brewdog with the pins is roped off until 6pm. I also visited the Shepherd's Bush Brewdog yesterday and they had four games: AC/DC Premium (no shaker motor) TSPP, POTC and Getaway HSII all playing nicely. Check www.pinformer.co.uk for games on location as already mentioned.
 
CHIEF COFFEE well worth a visit. owner very chatty as well

TILT Brum a no brainer for midlanders but is close to enough to New Street Station if passing through and have an hour or 2 to kill
 
windoesnot said:
Brewdog in Shoreditch is quite close to the Pipeline and has 5-6 pins in the basement area. Isn't always open so check their site for hours.
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Was there about a month ago, they had MET pro (not taking coins, bust mech), Getaway, Star Trek pro (really nice with LED's and Aurich speaker panel), DESW, TAF (worst LED'ing I've ever seen on a game, dim blue LED's in a dim pub basement, can't see the damn game at all!) and TSPP.

Can confirm as well is only open after 6 in the evening. The top part is open most of the day but they don't open the downstairs bit until 6, there is also a number of arcade cabs but I forget what they had.
 
Yeah it's alright in the brewdog and they change the pins around a lot. They had Rolling Stones, Dirty Harry, Simpsons,Metallica, and High speed 2 last time I was there. About 3 months ago.

Would be better if it opened earlier as sometimes a nice calm Saturday afternoon chilling, drinking and playing is quite nice.

Highly recommend the whisky selection as well!
 
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