Indoor Date Ideas
Why are Indoor Date Ideas Great? Indoor dates are fun because they can be more intimate and private since you have more control over the environment, such as the temperature, lighting, and music. Indoor date ideas can a good inside option for a rainy day date idea, as well.
Inside date ideas are often more convenient and easier to plan, as they do not require as much coordination or transportation, so browse our list of indoor date ideas below!
Best Indoor Date Ideas
Take Salsa, Bachata, or Swing Dance Class Together
Salsa, Bachata, Swing, or Line Dance socials almost always have a beginner lessons for 30 minutes before the actual social. This also makes for a good date idea if you want an alcohol-free date. Note: The dance socials usually start at 9 or 10pm, so expect a late night out!
Make a Romantic Dinner Together at Home
Go to Local Arts Event Near You (e.g., Jazz Bar, Symphone, Art Gallery, Show, Concert)
Support your local arts and find a Jazz BarArt Gallery showing near you.
Have a Game Night Together (or with Friends)
Learn Something New on YouTube
Go down a YouTube rabbit hole for music, movies, geography, self-improvement, entreprenuership, documentaries, and more!
Do a Wine and Painting Class
Go to a PaintNite or pickup art supplies at a local craft store and host your own paint night date at home. Attending a PaintNite class (or similar) will cost you around $30-40/person.
Foodie Indoor Date Ideas
Create a foodie date idea with this list of ideas!
Enroll in a Cooking Class Together
Types of online and in-person cooking classes: French Cooking, Knife Skills, Baking and Pastry, International Cuisines, and more!
Attend Restaurant Week
A lot of cities have a semi-annual “Restaurant Week” in the winter where participating restaurants have a “prix fixe” multi-course new customers to try their restaurant.
Make Dinner Together at Home
Making a romantic dinner at home can be a intimate and thoughtful way to show your partner that you care about them. It can also be a good way to relax and enjoy each other’s company in a comfortable and familiar setting.
Bake a Cake or Cookies Together
Easiest cookies to make: Sugar, Peanut butter, Compost, Chocolate Chip, Molasses.
Make Fondue Together
If you don’t have a fondue pot, use a heavy pan, slow cooker, or even a rice cooker (!) to melt the cheese.
Make Fall, Summer, or Winter Cocktails
Whether it’s a fall, summer, or winter, festival cocktails can be fun to learn and make together.
Make Candy or Caramel Apples
Making candy or caramel apples can be a romantic and fun activity that allows you and your partner to be creative and have fun together. It can also be a good way to try something new and have a sweet treat to enjoy together.
Make Your Own Sushi
Find a unique, high rated restaurant for and share dishes
Romantic Indoor Date Ideas
Create a romantic date idea with this list of ideas!
Find a unique, high rated restaurant for and share dishes
Finding an indoor, high-rated restaurant and sharing dishes can be a romantic way to try new and interesting foods together, and will help you discover new flavors and cuisines. It can also be a good way to show your partner that you are willing to try new things and are open to new experiences!
Go to a Pottery or Cooking Class
Going to a pottery or cooking class can be a romantic way to learn a new skill together and create something special. It can also be a good way to spend quality time together and have fun trying something new.
Play Never Have I Ever
Haven’t played this game with your significant other yet? Use our list of never have I ever questions to get started!
Have a Relationship Check-In
Get the conversation going with these relationship check-in questions.
Have an Arcade Date
Use Google Maps to find an arcade or Barcade (Bar + Arcade) and spend a few hours having drinks and playing childhood favorite games.
Read out blog post on how to have a fun arcade date night!
Book a Dinner Cruise
Give each other massages at home
How to give a good massage: Warm up the muscles first, move the skin over the muscle in a circular motion.
Note: Never Massage or put pressure on a Bony Area (e.g, shoulder blades or spine)
Have Dinner and See a Movie
Go to a Dinner Theater/Murder Mystery Place
Go to the Ballet
Support your local ballet (besides the nutcracker) by visiting during the off-season.
Do Workout Videos on YouTube
Get your sweat on or find some couples challenges on YouTube for a challenging and funny date idea.
Have an Indoor Picnic
If the weather is decent, setup a picnic on your roof, balcony, or backyard.
Essential Picnic Items: Cooler; Wine; 4-Pack of Seasonal Beer; Paper Towels; Blanket; Plates/Utensils; Cups; Bug Spray
Make a Fire and Cozy Up
Make Paper Snowflake Cutouts
Indoor Date Ideas Not at Home
Skip the netflix and get outside the house with these indoor date ideas not at home.
Go to a NBA/NHL Game
Go to a Kickboxing Class
Go to a Dance Class or Social Dance Night
Go rock climbing at a local gym
Sign-up for climbing lessons together or just try climbing the rock-wall if you’re both beginners.
Go to an indoor trampoline gym, gymnastics gym, or obstacle course
Go to an Escape Room
Play Laser Tag Together
Visit a Haunted House
Go to an Indoor Gun Range
Visit a Holiday Craft Fair
Go shopping and each buy the other something
Take advantage of coupon sites for new ideas
Buy a 300-piece puzzle
Go to a coffee shop to do it or simply do it at home.
Try on ridiculous clothing you would never usually wear
Go Shopping Together
Find a free (or very cheap) class and take it together
Get your palms read
Go to an antique store and talk about the past lives of old objects
Go to Karaoke
Find a Pool Hall (or a bar with billiards!)
See a comedy show or local band
Support your local arts and find a Jazz Bar or Art Gallery showing near you.
While you’re at it, here’s some candy puns and fish puns to make your partner snicker.
Browse through a nearby record store
See live music at a coffeehouse
Go on a brewery or winery tour
Make it a day trip and do some wine tasting at a local vineyard or Brewery.
Go to a Hookah Bar
Attend a Beer or Wine Festival
Attend a Book Reading
Want to make it a memorable experience at the bookstore or library? Read out library or bookstore date ideas.
Get a Pedicure or Massage Together
Go Donate Blood Together
Go to a community play, a dress rehearsal, high school or college play
Go to a bar for trivia night
Find a craft beer bar and try a bunch of the beers
Go to a matinee or midnight movie
Go to Church together
Go to estate sales together
Go to the Ballet or Circus
Feel like a kid again and attend a local circus act, or spend more money for Cirque du Soleil.
Have Dinner and See a Movie
It’s a classic date idea, but it’s classic for a reason.
Head to an Upcoming Convention
Go to a Planetarium
Go to a board game café or a gaming store
Go to a Car Show or Rodeo
Hit an arcade or video game bar
Go to a local fundraising event
Go to a dinner theater/murder mystery place
Watch a movie in the park or at a drive-in movie theater
Grab some snack and get comfy with your date. If it’s a busy theatre, park near the exit so you don’t have to wait as long.
Find a lecture at a local university
Go to the animal shelter and pet the animals
Artsy and Creative Indoor Date Ideas
Use these artsy and creative indoor date ideas below!
Take a Online Piano Lesson Together
Do a photo booth crawl and make silly photos
Go to a class that teaches you how to make something at a makerspace or your library
Go to a Pottery Class
Check out a local film festival
Active Indoor Date Ideas
Keep the coversation flowing with these active date ideas you can do indoors.
Go Rock Climbing
Go Snowshoeing
Find a place that rents shoeshoes and work-up a sweat with your partner while enjoying this winter date idea.
Go to a Salsa or Swing Dance Social Lesson
Salsa, Bachata, Swing, or Line Dance socials almost always have a beginner lessons for 30 minutes before the actual social. This also makes for a good date idea if you want an alcohol-free date.
Note: The dance socials usually start at 9 or 10pm.
