Private Dining Rooms

Overview

An intimate five star boutique hotel with beautiful period features set in the heart of the City.

This Victorian banking hall turned boutique hotel boasts an impressive dome built in 1856 – an elegant venue for sophisticated Champagne Receptions, lavish cocktail parties and private dining.

Three private dining rooms just off the magnificent lobby can accommodate between 8 and 16 guests seated or 60 for stand-up receptions.

The lobby itself can be booked for small parties or hired out exclusively for evening receptions for up to 150 people.  Marvel the splendours of 19th century glass dome whilst sipping Champagne from an extensive list.

Bonds Restaurant & Bar also offer a truly unique setting and can be hired out exclusively for up to 80 guests seated or 200 standing.

Our modern European cuisine is prepared by Bonds Restaurant’s team of highly skilled and creative chefs.

And if it’s a late one, guests can retire to one of our 74 luxury guestrooms and suites.

Insider View

The City of London is filled with secrets. Doors open out into all sorts of unexpected gems. Threadneedles is one of these. An unassuming door is marked only as the hotel’s entrance by a porter – I know that I’ve actually walked past it several times and not realised it’s there.

Inside it’s like Aladdin’s cave. Originally a Midland bank, its circular ‘lobby’ is dominated by a stunning domed stained glass ceiling. With natural light flooding into the space, it can be used for small meetings in its comfy chairs and striking red sofas but it’s also a perfect area for a reception of up to around 150. As the hotel lobby it can’t be totally private, however this shouldn’t put off potential parties, as it has real ‘wow’ factor. Circular pillars support the dome, while a custom made blue carpet has an orange and red crayfish on it to draw the eye, and the walls don a display of Lauren Perrier bottles – a nod to the hotel’s partnership with the Grande Marque. There is no room hire but a minimum spend of around £4,500. 

Bonds is the hotel’s restaurant, although many may not have realised they are connected. Equally striking, its central island sees banquette seating forming the layout of the room, while huge windows with ornate ironwork are framed by dark blinds. There’s a large walnut screen at one side, central white pillars and a glass light box screening the service area. Oversize tall red vases tie in with red velvet stitched chairs creating a warm glow in the room. It’s a fascinating mix of the classical bank and modern design. It’s sumptuous yet simple and available for breakfasts, lunch and dinners – ideal for weddings or corporate dinners alike (85 seated, 200 standing with the bar).

The hotel also offers three other smaller private rooms: The Traders Room – a small meeting room with a single round table for up to eight guests. Used mainly for meetings and interviews, it’s also an ideal space for a discrete or intimate dinner.

Next door, the Capital Room (16 seated/35 theatre) and Sterling Room (10 seated) interconnect. They are both simple and elegant. Understated and modern, without the grandeur of the high ceilings in the rest of the lobby, these are well suited to drinks receptions followed by a dinner or lunch, although they are also kitted out with AV behind dark wood panels for meetings. The masculinity of the mushroom walls, dark wood and mid back chairs with brown arms are given warmth by the cobweb design opaque central overhead light, which can change colours from warm cream to green and blue hues.

Room hire is charged for daytime events, but not for dinners and there’s a £65 per person package for venue, three course menu, coffee and mineral water.