This traditional café opened in 1946 on Regency Street near Westminster. The popular place is designed in an art deco style, complete with original tiled walls, photographs of Tottenham Hotspur footballers and formica-topped tables. The cafe has been featured as a filming location in several BBC series such as Judge John Deed, Rescue Me and London Spy. It has also appeared in the films Layer Cake and Brighton Rock as well as Pride.
Restaurants
Ethical Chicken
– Islington, London, United Kingdom- Venue capacity:
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This ethical chicken restaurant is the perfect place for parties. The design focuses on natural materials, with sustainable wood and upcycled materials. Bright booths and tables provide plenty of seating, with large windows flooding the space with natural light. The restaurant has recruited two of the industry’s budding stars, Masterchef duo Jack Layer and Billy Wright. There’s a great ‘beak to feet’ menu, a good range of craft beers and wins and plenty of signature cocktails to get your event off to a great start.
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- Max: 100
Picture an incredible food court set 170-feet-high under a canopy of flowers and filled with some of London’s finest restaurants. Designed as a vision of the Mediterranean, this rooftop venue is a piece of sunny European escapism – a rooftop eatery, covered by a wooden open air structure wrapped in evergreen ivy, wisteria and bougainvillea, set against white washed walls with murals adorning the walls.
- Venue capacity:
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- Max: 150
Take a flight to the skies with this beachfront venue, where guests can see Sussex as they never have before. Cruise up slowly to 450 feet high to enjoy breath-taking 360 degree views of up to 26 miles from the world’s first vertical cable car, conceived and designed by Marks Barfield Architects, the creators of the London Eye. Dine, celebrate and party in this beach building, incorporating a brasserie; heritage tea rooms; hospitality rooms; an exhibition; shop; and kids play zone. Lift-off summer 2016!
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Similar to Pitfield just off the Shoreditch triangle, the intriguing space is stacked with homewares and freshly roasted and ground coffee alongside bread baked by Broadway Market’s Pavillion Bakery. By night, the space transforms. Greek chef Irene Psoma (of Ottolenghi and Nobu fame) cooks up a festive storm for private dinner parties up to 20 guests with a ‘hosting at home’ vibe.
- Venue capacity:
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- Max: 1000
What was once a former bullion truck yard is now a fantastic two-level 1000 capacity venue in the heart of Shoreditch, creating the ultimate food and drink arena. With six bars serving wine, champagne, gin spritzes, tequila slushies, craft beers from around world and cocktails in every colour of the rum-bow as well as a host of London’s best street food traders, this is the ideal space to create a fantastic event, small or large.
The Hawk
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- Max: 1000
This venue space is a huge indoor food and drink night market and event space with capacity for 2,500 people. The incredible warehouse space has six brilliant bars, nine epic street food traders and loads of extra room for you to play around with. Canada Water Overground and Underground Station, is only a short walk away from this unique venue.
- Venue capacity:
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- Max: 300
This friendly neighbourhood restaurant is the perfect spot for events. There are glazed bricks, swiped from London Underground, charcoal-grilled steaks from the Ginger Pig and lots of reclaimed wood and dark walls. There are also seafood dishes from Devon’s Brixham Market and gooey soft-serve sundaes for dessert.
- Venue capacity:
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- Max: 400
This grand, bi-level brasserie and bar occupies the foyer and subterranean vault of what used to be a London bank. The stately, high-ceilinged, light-filled eating house borders Old Spitalfields Market, and comes complete with a bustling open kitchen serving modern European cuisine. A great location for events.
- Venue capacity:
- Min: 10
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- Max: 40
Since opening in 2012, this restaurant has brought New York’s famous slice culture to London and have been at the cutting edge of the capital’s gourmet pizza revolution. This new outpost is situated in an East London shopping destination, which is entirely made of shipping containers. Thanks to a unique combination of innovative toppings, high quality ingredients and traditional baking methods, the restaurant has won a dedicated following of pizza lovers. Their massive 22-inch pizzas are served by the slice (or a whole pie for the brave).