Flight Club is a brand new entertainment complex that’s upgrading your next game of darts

Samantha Marie Photography

The art of the dart just got fancy with Flight Club’s opening in Dallas. And if you’re like, “Oh shit, not darts,” because you can’t even hit the board, just calm down. It’ll be fine. This is the Victorian version of the sport, and, we don’t know what that means, but it sounds pretty Dallas.

Flight Club comes from State of Play Hospitality, a group that creates tech-enabled social entertainment concepts. It was founded in London in 2015, and has since spread to the U.S. with 12 locations in many major cities like New York, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Houston and now Dallas.

State of Play chose to open Flight Club at Village on the Parkway in Addison (5100 Belt Line Road), citing its central location, dining and entertainment scene and local corporate community (‘corporate expense accounts’ is what we heard), making it a natural choice. It officially opened on Friday, Oct. 23.

Tech-enabled Social Darts® at Flight Club allow you to focus on having fun with friends rather than keeping score.

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The idea behind Flight Club is to usher darts, a once pub-like pastime, into the 21st century, and they do that with signature tech-enabled Social Darts a proprietary system that automatically scores every throw and, what they say, “powers a collection of fast-paced, multiplayer games designed for groups of all sizes and skill levels.” Huh. So, no tiny pieces of chalk or empty dry-erase markers? We always thought that was part of the fun.

It’s supposed to allow guests to focus on the fun rather than keeping score, but truly, does anyone bother to keep score in darts anyway? (Editor’s note: Yes, Aaren. Let’s go out soon.) No matter how you feel about it, Flight Club’s design, which blends the charm of Victorian fairgrounds, the playful energy of British pubs and local motifs, might draw you in anyway.

Flight Club blends the lively energy of a British Pub, the nostalgia of Victorian fairgrounds, and familiar Dallas landmarks.

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The brand new Dallas location unfolds through a series of spaces, including a main bar, a leather-studded Pegasus Room and an orangery-inspired playing area (orangery: a building that functions as a greenhouse or conservatory to protect trees in the winter) that creates an indoor-outdoor garden atmosphere towards the back patio.

The Pegasus Room has illuminated wings, paying homage to one of our city’s most recognizable symbols, as well as western landscapes, horses, cattle, and references to the State Fair of Texas that appear in the artwork around the 8,000-square-foot space. That’s so many darts.

London-born Flight Club has Victorian fairground vibes with local motifs throughout.

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There is space for up to 400 guests and 12 semi-private playing areas known as oches and two patios. Each full-service oche has its own dartboard and is styled in a Victorian-meets-Dallas (dive bar?) crossover.

Flight Club serves classic cocktails with chef-driven twists.

Flight Club’s menu has new American dishes made for sharing. It starts with signature cocktails, including Crimson Margarita made with cranberry, a ginger-orange sour and a honey crisp spritz. All of the cocktails can be made without alcohol, plus there is section of zero-proof drinks. There’s plenty of beer and wine also.

For fare, get dips and small plates, tacos, sliders, flatbreads, salads, sandwiches, sharing platters and desserts.

They’re doing a weekend brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday with things like chicken and waffles, breakfast flatbreads, breakfast biscuits and plenty of brunch cocktails that are available all day.

Does this feel like Electric Shuffle?

A DJ plays ever Friday starting at 7 p.m.. There are also a host challenges that give guests the chance to win prizes and bar tabs. The weekday happy hour runs from 4 to 6 p.m. and offers $2 off draft beer, liquor, and wine by the glass, along with specialty cocktail pricing.

Flight Club is now open at 5100 Belt Line Road in Addison. Reserve your oche on the Flight Club Dallas website. Otherwise, walk-ins are welcome.