It doesn’t matter whether you live in Lille or if you are just visiting, this city in the North of France has many good places to celebrate your birthday and have a fun night.
In this list, I will present my favorite cool places to celebrate your birthday in Lille. There will be atypical activities and some good addresses for nice bars and restaurants.
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In a hurry? Here are my favorites places in a nutshell:
- The activity to have the most fun: Quiz Room
- The most original bar: Monsieur le Zinc
- The perfect combo of food and fun: Hall U Need
The Fun and Atypical Activities
Quiz Room
7 Rue du Palais Rihour 59800 Lille
Do you want to feel like a star on your birthday? Perfect, Quiz Room is here for you.
You and your friends will have access to a room with a TV set decor and equipped with screens and buzzers: alone or in a team, you will have to answer questions as quickly as possible. The questions focus on specific themes that you will select beforehand.
Each game lasts 30 to 40 minutes (3 rounds each), and a third game can be added on site. Think fast, block the answers of your friends, steal their points, be quick and play smart!
❤️ We love: for your birthday and other events, Quiz Room offers to add personalized questions into the quiz that have to be set at least 3 days in advance.
💰 Price: starting at €20 per person and €60 for a maximum of 10 personalized questions.
Book your event with Quiz Room (site in French)
Treasure Hunt With A Smartphone
Meeting point: Hôtel de Ville – Place Augustin Laurent 59000 Lille
If you don’t want to stay inside a small room, why don’t you go outside for an adventure?
You can become detectives for two hours and solve a case while walking around Lille with your smartphone.
First, you have to download the required application and choose one of the four cases available: Sherlock Holmes, Bank Robbers, Bounty Hunters (for athletes), and Urban Escape Game.
Set up the teams, follow the indications of the application, take pictures, solve the case and discover Lille in a unique way.
❤️ We love: the different cases and the total autonomy letting you spend your birthday with only your friends.
💰 Price: starting at €75 per team
Book a treasure hunt with your smartphone in Lille (site in French)
Flight Simulator For F-35 Fighter Plane
6 rue Jean Roisin, 59000 Lille
If you want some adrenaline, then it’s time to make a move.
In the middle of Lille, you can become an expert fighter plane pilot to feel like Tom Cruise for the time of a simulation.
Numerous pack options are available: from short solo discovery flights to the intense pack option with a three-hour flight and up to 10 people aboard.
The longer options are ideal for a birthday party because all the guests will be able to fly the plane at some point. Everyone can enjoy the activity.
❤️ We love: the Top Gun pack for 2 to 10 people who switch back and forth at the commands for a maximum of fun for everyone.
💰 Price: starting at €99 per person for the Discovery pack (35-minute flight)
Book for a flight simulation of a fighter plane (site in French)
Prison Break Escape Game
9 rue d’Amiens 59800 Lille
Escape games have proven themselves worthy for extraordinary birthdays.
For this escape game, you have become Pedro and Olga’s prisoner. Locked up in your cell, you will have to find the codes and think hard with your group to escape your prison guards.
If you want an exciting birthday activity, come and take up the challenge of escaping in under an hour!
❤️ We love: accompanied children over 10 years old are welcome so that you can spend a birthday with your entire family
💰 Price: starting at €104 for 4 people
Book the Prison Break Escape Game (site in French)
Try Virtual Reality
10 rue du Priez, 59000 Lille
In the premises of Lille Mindout, you can put on a VR headset, grab the joysticks and physically become the hero of all the games available.
More than 30 different games are available so that everyone finds something they like: you can play alone or with a team, in a post-apocalyptic zombie world, or just discover amazing panoramas, play a dancing game or climb the Grand Canyon. You will definitely find something to your liking.
A birthday is the ideal opportunity to discover this fun and atypical activity with your friends or family.
❤️ We love: the number of the available games
💰 Price: starting at €30 per person for a one-hour session
Book your VR session here (site in French)
Discover Lille With Electric Scooters
68 rue Léonard Danel, 59800 Lille
If you are in Lille for a short time or just looking for a ride in town, why don’t you rent an electric scooter and drive around the city?
After a short introduction to the use of the scooters, you will be able to access all the places you can usually only reach on foot but without getting so tired because of the walk.
The scooter is ideal for a birthday with friends or family, and it’s a pleasant way to discover or rediscover Lille.
❤️ We love: the scooters are convenient and easy to use
💰 Price: starting at €29 per person for one hour, possible to book for 2 hours (€39) or 3 hours (€49)
Book an electric scooter (site in French)
Visit Lille In A 2CV
28 Pl. du Général de Gaulle, 59800 Lille
If you don’t feel like walking around, maybe a car tour will suit you better.
Embark for a ride in the famous 2CV to discover or rediscover Lille and its monuments.
Each car can only accommodate up to 3 people but don’t worry: you can rent several cars and decide on site who gets what seat.
Several itineraries are available and some of them offer tasting sessions, a champagne break or even a meal in one of the affiliated restaurants. It is ideal for a birthday with your family or friends in the middle of the Old Town of Lille.
❤️ We love: the historical anecdotes told by the drivers and the possibility to be picked up in front of your hotel if it is located downtown.
💰 Price: starting at €99 for a car, 1-hour ride.
Book a ride in a 2CV to visit the Old Town of Lille (site in French)
Atypical Bars And Restaurants
The Braz Bar
43 Rue Doudin, 59000 Lille
In the middle of the Old Town of Lille and right next to the Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille Cathedral is where you will find the Braz Bar.
The Braz is a wine and beer bar with a welcoming and relaxed atmosphere where it feels good to spend a moment with your loved ones. The waiters and the owners will give you advice on their best drinks and homemade cocktails.
If you want a snack, you can try tapas from the Spanish Basque Country called pintxo, or pre-dinner snack sets.
You can also privatize the second floor to spend your birthday with your friends in peace. You are guaranteed to have a relaxing night in this famous bar in the city center.
❤️ We love: the beers come from local producers and micro-breweries.
💰 Price: €5 for the weekly beer, €5 to €8 for a glass of wine, and from €28 to €44 for a bottle.
You come with a group for a birthday or an event? Book and privatize tables or the entire bar here. (site in French)
Monsieur le Zinc Bar Lille
5 Rue du Faisan, 59800 Lille
If you don’t know anything about the concept of Monsieur le Zinc bars, let me explain it to you.
In these atypical bars, gas pumps have been turned into beautiful beer pumps. You can use the pumps with a rechargeable card that is valid for one year. The bar also offers a few snacks like croque-monsieurs or cold meats plates to share.
Of course, you can privatize a few tables, the entire room or the standing table for a unique experience and a fun birthday.
❤️ We love: the possibility to choose your own music and have access to a projector
💰 Price: €2.50 for a draft beer
You are coming with a group for a birthday party or an event? Book and privatize tables or the entire bar here.
The Kok Piraat Barge-Restaurant
Rue Hegel, 59160 Lille
I recommend the barge-restaurant Kok Piraat if you want to have a birthday meal on the water.
On top of its modern and welcoming decoration, the Kok Piraat offers amazing dishes made with seasonal, local and fresh products. Here, everything is cooked on site!
To follow the pirate spirit, you can try the Piraat rums, at the start or the end of your meal.
You can privatize the place and adapt the menu to your liking: classic meal or buffet, music, etc.
❤️ We love: the menu only offers meals with fresh and seasonal products, so it changes every month.
💰 Price: set menu at €39
Book your table or privatize the Kok Piraat barge (site in French)
NŪ Restaurant
93 Av. le Corbusier, 59000 Lille
Right next to the Old Town, the rooftop of the NŪ Restaurant offers an amazing view of the city.
The decoration of the place is modern, trendy and luxurious. You get to have a drink or a birthday meal in a distinguished and privileged location on the roofs of Lille.
You have the possibility to privatize the place to enjoy the exceptional location even more.
❤️ We love: the rooftop view and the luxurious decoration of the premises
💰 Price: from €26 to €38 for the dishes on evenings and weekends
Book your table at the rooftop restaurant NŪ
Dernier Bar avant la Fin du monde – Lille (Last Bar before the End of the World)
12 Rue de Pas, 59000 Lille
In this cocktail bar, you can spend a good moment with your friends while trying out delicious drinks.
The bar has a geek-inspired decoration and gives you full access to board games, video-game consoles and even manga.
It’s the ideal place to spend a nice birthday with your friends as well as to meet strangers around a board game just for one night.
Take note that the bar doesn’t do reservations, so be mindful of that, especially if you are coming with a big group of guests.
❤️ We love: the details of the geek decoration
💰 Price: cocktail starting at €8.50
More information on le Dernier Bar avant la Fin du Monde (site in French)
The Jet Lag
129 Rue Saint-André, 59800 Lille
Now boarding for your dream destination!
The Jet Lag is a bar and restaurant that looks like an airliner. As soon as you enter the premises, it’s like you are boarding a plane cabin with the windows. You can have a drink at the “Duty Free” bar, and look at the baggage hold wall made of real thrifted suitcases.
The music and the food are just like the decoration: international. You will hear Italian, Brazilian or Korean music while you enjoy French, Chinese or Indian cuisine.
For a birthday almost in the air, the Jet Lag is definitely a change of scenery!
❤️ We love: the unique decoration
💰 Price: the dishes go from €6 to €10, and the snack sets start at €12
More information about the Jet Lag
You come with a group for a birthday or an event? Book and privatize tables or the entire restaurant. (site in French)
Hall U Need
26 Rue Félix Faure, 59350 Saint-André-lez-Lille
If you can’t decide on a single activity for your birthday, Hall U Need is made for you.
Located a few minutes away from Lille, Hall U Need is a vast complex of inside activities. There is a bar, a restaurant, a patio, arcade games, bowling, karaoke, VR, billiards and more.
You can access the activities with a rechargeable card. You can even pay the bill at the restaurant with it.
If you can’t make a decision, Hall U Need has gathered everything you could think of for your birthday in a single location. You can change your mind at any moment!
❤️ We love: the huge size of the complex and the range of activities
More information on the activities at Hall U Need (site in French)
Soho Urban Food
14 Rue Léon Trulin, 59800 Lille
At Soho Urban Food, you are the chef!
The concept of the restaurant is the following: an all-you-can-eat buffet where you create your own dishes. Select your ingredients, be creative and make delicious salads, pasta gratins, pizzas or burgers.
The concept is fun, and even more so when you come with a group. For your birthday, invite your friends and have fun creating the most original recipes for a convivial moment.
❤️ We love: the ice creams or fresh fruits to cover with toppings for dessert
💰 Price: €13.90 for lunch, €19.90 for dinner
More information on Soho Urban Food (in French)
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