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SpeedDater Reviews Summary

SpeedDater has a rating of 3 stars from 86 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with SpeedDater most frequently mention great fun and new people. SpeedDater ranks 50th among Dating sites.

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California
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It was a good laugh
April 27, 2021

It was a good laugh! The only thing -there were long gaps between dates. Last Friday was slicker. However the company was good and the evening was overall good. The names don't seem to match for everyone that I met. Thanks

Date of experience: April 27, 2021
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Lauren,

Thanks for the review! We are really happy to hear you enjoyed your event! Hope to see you at another one soon.

North Carolina
1 review
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Well organised event
April 19, 2021

I had fun! Mat was great, worked well with Zoom and break out rooms. Well organised and good use of technology to create a virtual event.

Date of experience: April 19, 2021
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Franny,

Thanks for positive feedback. The hosts do a really good job at making the night fun and relaxed. Hope to see you at another event soon!

Mexico
1 review
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Pretty good
April 11, 2021

Pretty good, only lost a star for the limitations of doing this on line - think you did a good job. Probably do with a more automated or cleaner approach to the rotation of dates in breakout rooms.

Date of experience: April 11, 2021
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Ash, thanks for the review! We will forward your comments to our product team. Hope to see you at another event soon!

Australia
1 review
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The event was fun
April 4, 2021

I think it could have been organised more effectively though by making sure that everybody was sent the zoom link before the event.

Date of experience: April 2, 2021
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Cello, thanks for the review! We will forward your comments to our technical team. Hope to see you at another event soon!=)

GB
1 review
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Best virtual speed dating yet! Claire is a gem! Met a beautiful woman. I hope she ticks me! Would highly recommend

Date of experience: March 18, 2021
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Freeman,

Thanks for the review! We are really happy to hear you enjoyed your event. Hope you found your soulmate!

California
1 review
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Some suggestions
March 10, 2021

I really enjoy talking to everyone via virtual speed dating! Great that you split the men and women into different groups - it work much better that way. Maybe if you could try and find more people to take part. Also, maybe if you could organise for us to not just speed date, but also do an activity, such as answer questions together or something? Because it was rather short. Also, if there are only 8 women to see, why not make the date a bit longer - I found they were only maybe 3-4 minutes long. Why not make them 5 minutes therefore?

Date of experience: March 10, 2021
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Bradney, thanks for the review! We will forward your comments to our product team. Hope to see you at another event soon!

Virginia
1 review
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Great event
March 2, 2021

Generally enjoyable and it's nice to have the drink demo. It was a shame that so few women attended and that there were so many connection issues. Not Speeddater's fault.

Date of experience: March 2, 2021
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Evyn, thanks for the review! Sometimes users do not come to the virtual events even though they bought tickets, so the number of participants may be small. We will do our best to avoid such situations in the future. Hope to see you at another event soon!

California
1 review
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Great experience
January 7, 2021

Lots of fun, great mix of people and well attended. It was really good and not too overwhelming by having too many people; 6 males and 6 females were good enough. Enjoyed the virtual event more than I expected, and appreciated the chance to talk with some of the attendees after the main experience was over.

Date of experience: January 6, 2021
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Ely, thanks for the review! We are really happy to hear you enjoyed your event! Hope to see you at another one soon.

Czechia
1 review
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Amazing event
December 30, 2020

It was an amazing event. My first time on speeddating enjoyed it. Meg was great, the most efficient host and very professional, good food and a random thing to do during lockdown. Was good to meet new people and try something new.

Date of experience: December 29, 2020
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Marwin,

Thanks for positive feedback. The hosts do a really good job at making the night fun and relaxed. Hope to see you at another event soon!

Mexico
1 review
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Great fun
December 22, 2020

It would be desirable to have a more narrow age brackets, 22 - 38 it quite wide. The event took a bit too long waiting for each date to be set up (although I appreciate it's tricky with this online set up). Also people held up with the event with their tech issues, they should be dealt with separately while everyone else can get on with their dates. Everything else is good. Great fun. Perfect after 3 months of lockdown.

Date of experience: December 21, 2020
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Roland, thanks for the review! We will forward your comments to our product team. Hope to see you at another event soon!

Australia
1 review
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Good event
December 14, 2020

Steve was great, he's a host worth going to another event for. The only reason this isn't 5 stars is because there were some technical teething issues beyond Steve's control. And I think that given the technology factor perhaps it might be worth giving every a little extra time as there were a few times when the lag meant we ran out of time without being able to really know if this is someone worth 'ticking'

Date of experience: December 13, 2020
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Julie,

Thanks for the review! We will forward your comments to our product team. Hope to see you at another event soon!

California
1 review
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Mat was a great host
December 6, 2020

Mat was a great host, I think we were all a bit nervous at first but he made it really fun and relaxed. Maybe a slightly little more time per person, as we seem to spend 5 minutes talking about corona!

Date of experience: December 5, 2020
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Mat,

Thanks for positive feedback. The hosts do a really good job at making the night fun and relaxed. We will certainly forward your comments to our technical team. Hope to see you at another event soon!

Australia
1 review
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Great event
November 27, 2020

Claire was a fun host, making everyone feel comfortable and happy:-) An additional minute for each date would be great! Just a shame that not everyone turned up. Which I know is out of your control. Was great to meet the people that did turn up though.

Date of experience: November 27, 2020
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Harman, thanks for the review! Sometimes users do not come to the virtual events even though they bought tickets... We will do our best to avoid such situations in the future. Hope to see you at another event soon!

Arizona
1 review
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Well organised event
November 18, 2020

It was well organised, but the registration/ice breaker part at the beginning of virtual event could have been more chatty and welcoming. Yeah to a degree, I think doing online events is always going to be tricky, I was hoping to stick around for a talk with the members I wanted to speak to, but I saw it being difficult, as you would have several people talking over each other. Be Good if you could all get a choice of rooms to join into after the 5min dates! Overall I enjoyed it!

Date of experience: November 18, 2020
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Jed, thanks for the review! We are really happy to hear you enjoyed your event! We will definitely pass on your wishes to our technical team. Hope to see you at another event soon.

Colorado
1 review
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Loved it!
November 11, 2020

Such nice lovely dates :) Very well organised. Great fun and lovely group, thank you I kept going off line and it would have been nice to chat with the girls while we were waiting. Had a brilliant time, would definitely go again!

Date of experience: November 11, 2020
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Antonin, thanks for the review! We are really happy to hear you enjoyed your event! Hope to see you at another one soon.

Switzerland
1 review
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Thank you
November 2, 2020

Fantastic, prompt date rotation. The host Steve was very professional and interacted very well with all the participants. Had a great time would like it to do it again sometime in the future. That's if I don't get a match from the first event thoroughly enjoyed every second! Thank you for putting this great event together

Date of experience: November 1, 2020
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Douglas, thanks for the review! The hosts do a really good job at making the night fun and relaxed. Hope to see you at another event soon!

Texas
1 review
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Great event
October 24, 2020

It was a great fun with good people attending, but I feel slightly less positively about the number of people in the event (11 people, incl. Myself vs. 20+ in an in-person dating event I attended last year). Would be good to at least have 12-15 dates to feel value for money. Also should have more than 15 seconds count down, especially as there was some lags.

Date of experience: October 24, 2020
Kate D. — SpeedDater Rep
over a year old

Hi Kelly,

Thanks for positive feedback. We try to gather as many people as possible at one event, but due to the COVID pandemic, many difficulties arise. We will pass on your wishes to our technical team and will try our best to improve our virtual events.

GB
1 review
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Terrible service and rubbish refunds policy - would give 0 stars if possible! Cancelled in good time and they refuse to refund event price.

Date of experience: August 28, 2020
GB
1 review
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Appalling
March 11, 2020

I attended a speed dating evening event tonight only to find nobody else there. Nobody bothered to phone, text, email, WhatsApp, messenger, write, or FB me to let me know. Furious. When I phoned to find out what was going on, I was told I wasn't on the list and had been taken off it. I hadn't asked to be taken off and had already received confirmation I was on the list. I am left £120 out of pocket for the work I cancelled to make myself free for the evening and arrive on time; I also cancelled my regular sports session for this evening. Reading is just over half an hour's drive from my home and it takes a while to park there. If you also consider reaching the venue from the parking spot, you will appreciate an hour and a half to two hours tonight were spent getting to and from on an event that didn't happen.
On the chat facility online, Nicole was pretty useless, simply refunding me the amount paid and was completely disinterested in giving me any compensation: she simply kept asking what else she could do for me. Some compassion, intelligence and suitable offer was expected but apparently too much to ask.
I understand that if I do not attend an event, I forfeit the amount paid, yet this company do not reciprocate if they make an error. Scandalous. Do not use this company: they are disorganised and apathetic to the customers they are supposed to be helping. 'Slow dating' are better.

Date of experience: March 11, 2020
GB
1 review
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I was worried it was going to be really awkward but the hosts made sure everyone was at ease. The icebreakers did exactly what they should have and everyone was really friendly. I would definitely recommend speed dater events to any singles looking to meet others.

Date of experience: October 2, 2019

From the business

At SpeedDater, we believe that chemistry happens only in person. You will never know if you’re truly compatible with someone until you meet face to face. This is what Speed Dating is all about. We offer busy professionals a great way to meet new people in a fun, safe and chilled environment. All that is required of you is a smile and an open mind, we will take care of the rest!


speeddater.co.uk
Founded in 2002
London, LONDON, United Kingdom