Puzzles poured nightly
The Crooked Key is a tavern built for people who would rather solve something together. Borrow a console, open a puzzle box, challenge the table next door, or simply settle in with a carefully made drink.
Book a table ↘One bar. Five rooms.
Each room has its own rhythm: two quiet tables for long campaigns, two couch rooms for loud multiplayer, and the Lantern Room for groups who want the entire puzzle wall.
+ 640 games · 12 systems
Our library stretches from cartridge-era classics to modern cooperative mysteries. Ask the bar for a recommendation, search the catalogue, or bring your own save and pick up where you left off.
Hungry? Follow the crooked arrow.
Our short menu is designed around occupied hands: toasted rolls, crisp potatoes, pickle plates, warm cookies and generous bowls that can survive a difficult level. Drinks run from house shrubs and sodas to small-batch beer.
VIEW THE NIGHT MENUPeople behind the puzzles
We are hosts, bartenders, repairers and enthusiastic rule-readers. Ask us for a clue, a new controller, or the exact point where friendly competition became a feud.
The hidden door is mostly visible
17 Riddle Lane, Brackenford
Tuesday—Sunday · 4pm—late
Two minutes from Lantern Square station.
Clues from the floor
We’re on the grid.
New cabinets, tournament nights, menu tests and whatever the staff are playing after close.