Rook Room Game Lounge & Cafe

Ready for a fun game night with all your friends? You’ve come to the right place!

The Rook Room is the Des Moines area’s newest and only game lounge and cafe where you can come to grab a drink, snag a bite, and play as long as you like.

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We're Your Place to Play – Or Not!

Here at the Rook Room Game Lounge & Cafe, we’re Des Moines’ best place to play – or not! As a cafe, lounge, restaurant, and game space all in one, we have a little something for everyone.

What all do we have here?

  • A full cafe with all of your favorite coffee and espresso beverages.
  • A full bar and lounge with signature, game-themed cocktails, classic cocktails, beer, wine, seltzers, non-alcoholic poptails, and sodas.
  • A full menu filled with snacks, apps, our house-special Stuffed Sandos, paninis, pastries, desserts, and more.
  • A game space with our Game Wall of 700+ board games, puzzles, and TTRPGs that are ready for you to play.

So whether you want to play all day or come here and never touch a game, we’ve got you. We’re the perfect place for game night, remote working, meetings, gatherings, date night, drinks, a meal, or anything else you can think of.

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Our Rook Room Newsletter comes out every two weeks with a quick look at what’s on our calendar. We hate email spam so the one thing we’ll never do is spam your inbox. All of the fun, none of the annoying clutter.

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