The Four Quarters

Great bear and old school arcade games. Is there anymore that needs to be said?! Can get very busy but personally I think it just adds to the atmosphere. And the grilled cheese sandwhich I had, so. Good. Who knew peanut butter and cheese was such a good combo?!

This is a very interesting bar full of vintage arcade games. Never been anywhere quite like this before. I’m not a big gamer so I just observed and rode some waves of nostalg-​i-​a.
Little Lenny from Brick brewery was a very decent beer. Lucky Jack from the Norwegians of Lervig was not quite as good, but still a very nice brew.
Toilets are not so good. I find a toilet seat always helps!
If this is your scene — then you will love it. If not then its still an unusual place worth checking out at least once.

Feeling like Lana, channeling a bit of Lara, playing video games has never been so much fun.
The bar wall is stacked with a great selection of very grown up whiskies which you can have with a very carefree, nutrient low, all caution to the wind, I don’t care about vegetables, how it’s meant to be-​bowl of cheesy chips in ‘Merican style red plastic baskets. Great. I hate dinner plates sometimes.
In this video arcade come bar, you can rekindle your love of 2d parallax, even if it is indeed like stepping into the parallel universe of being back in your teenage crushes room circa the days of games with cables and TVs that were as big at the back as they were across.
Your date will probably respond to you in monosyllabic grunts whilst he tries to complete level 4 of Mario on a television, like I was talking about, yes a telly-​vii-​szhon that comes in 27″ 3D cube form and needs a table to sit on.
So while your date tries to quash a toad King, play princess Peaches on your own but do it killing some baddies whilst taking your day out on a shoot em up and swigging an ice cold Kernel.
If anything this place is a history lesson, a time capsule of consoles from a perfectly preserved time without wi-​fi. I was having so much fun I forgot to ask for it.
Better than Namco world, as it has way better beers.

Gotta love The Four Quarters!
Plentiful awesome arcade machine, cool-​ass gaming inspired drinks, not to mention free-​to-​play consoles in abundance. So seriously worth the trek to Peckham (which is admittedly a pallaver for some).
They say those cheeky scoudrels at StreetPass London will be putting on an event here in October. Complete with Dragon Ball Z Extreme Butoden and Mario Kart 7 tournaments. And a raffle. And apparently this is all sponsored by both the Big N and Bandai Namco… you’re going to have to find StreetPass London on Facebook to check out more, however ;)
So, yes, The Four Quarters. Recommended.

Cool wallpapers, retro arcades, good beer and good street food residencies as well as themed nights a lot of the time. Just wish there was one North of the river! Peckham seems to be a happening place.

I love that this place opened up in Peckham last year. I’ve recently started heading into Peckham more (I work in New Cross so I kinda end up going the other way) and this has become my favourite place to go. It’s situated at one end of Rye Lane, pretty much opposite the Asda.
The concept is simple — there’s machines which take US quarters which you can change in a machine or at the bar, and there’s also consoles dotted about which are free to play.
The bar has a decent selection of drinks at decent enough prices for London (I’m a Northerner — the price of things is still crazy to me even after 4 years!) and the food is actually nice; it’s the sort of place you could sit in for hours and not realise how much time has passed. I’ve heard that they hold game tournaments in things like Guitar Hero which is cool. There’s an upstairs bit which too which is super cosy but isn’t open all the time.
Such a fun place to go to after work or at the weekend.

Okay so it’s essentially a bar with a good handful of retro arcade games but it’s a new concept to the UK a good addition to Peckham and it’s very well executed.
The Arcade games are well chosen and it is quirky paying in quarters, the beer selection is good if a little pricey and there are lots of nice touches throughout like the decorated toilets and the signs throughout the bar. The bar staff are friendly, the food menu is basic but fun and the whole place has a very chilled out atmosphere. After a hard day at work I can’t think of a much better bar to spend an hour or two relaxing in.

Nice enough place with good selection of beers and lovely and helpful staff. Got some tv-​games thing going on but is music is still on the level on a reasonable level making it a nice place for beer and a chat. Good stop on rye lane between canavans and busses building.

A hidden gem, absolutely worth a visit.
Great atmosphere, classic arcade cabinets and top quality craft ales. What more could you want?

From the owners of the retro game base shop, a great barcade with lots of arcade machines that works on american quarters! It’s great to play with other three friends to the tnmt arcade game while drinking one of the long list of ales or beers.

An arcade bar in London. Fun!
Being a fan of the American chain Barcade, I was excited to learn about The Four Quarters opening in Peckham. Peckham isn’t my usual place to hang out, but as we do have some friends there we headed down for a Sunday evening funday.
Right now (July 2014), as the place is still in its infancy, only some of the games cost money with the rest on free play. I’m sure this will transition to most/​all being charged as they mature in their business. For games requiring coins, you can swap £1 for $ 1 in quarters. As an American, I think it’s fun to play with actual quarters. I also like that they haven’t adjusted the machines to cost a lot to play.
The drink selection is pretty massive (lots of craft beers and such), the food selection seems to be still in a trial phase (right now they’re doing a menu of various takes on grilled cheese), and the look whole place does have a bit of a work-​in-​progress vibe. But I really like it! The stools are super comfy, which is nice if you want to sit and play Sega Rally (quite badly, in my case) or just relax a bit. They have Tron — which is really cool to look at, but quite tricky. I should note that I’m pretty sucky at most arcade games in general, but that one kinda kicked my ass.
Lots of classics: Pac-​Man, Asteroids, WWF, Defender, Street Fighter 2, Star Wars Trilogy, and lots more that I can’t remember. There are even a couple pinball machines.
Get thee to Peckham and play video games! It’s fun!