Discover the Best Private Dining Rooms in London for 10 – 20 Guests

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Many of the best private dining rooms in London are tailored to a party size of 10 to 20 guests. Leaving parties, team celebrations and friends’ get togethers often end up with around this number of guests. It’s a great size – small enough to still feel intimate but big enough not to have to worry about awkward silences.

Small team meetings, brainstormings, high level discussions, board dinners and power lunches are top of this category for corporate events, while private do’s are much more varied ranging from birthday parties, celebrations, high end hen and stag dinners and family lunches.

Restaurants, hotels, bars and clubs throughout London boast a huge range of private rooms that cater to this size. From City venues with amazing views of the Capital’s skyline to Michelin starred restaurants, gastro-pubs, riverside rooms and sumptuous hotels, there’s so many to choose from we recommend starting with the cuisine of choice within your chosen area and then looking at venues.

Top tip: Some restaurants will still allow this number of guests to choose from a reduced a la carte rather than a function menu, even if you’re holding the event in their private dining room. If you’d like your guests to have a choice – it’s worth checking!

In addition to the London private dining rooms below for 10 – 20 guests, you also find rooms for other private party sizes as follows:

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The Palm House – Victoria
Modern European |
Seats up to 12 |
£40+ per person

The two private dining rooms at The Palm House in Victoria are ideal for smaller private group events of up to 6 – 12 seated guests or up to 12 guests for standing drinks receptions.

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Maremma – Brixton
Italian |
Seats up to 24 |
£70+ per person

The Tuscan Wine Cellar at Maremma Italian restaurant – located on Brixton Water Lane in Brixton – accommodates up to 16 seated or up to 24 guests when tables combined with four extra high tables.

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Ekte Nordic Kitchen
Scandinavian-Inspired |
Seats up to 80 |
£40+ per person

Ekte Nordic Kitchen in Bloomberg Arcade – close to the Bank area of the City of London – serves authentic Scandinavian-influenced cuisine. The private dining room accommodates 10 – 26 seated (30 standing) guests. Exclusive venue hire is also available for up to 80 seated (130 standing) guests.

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Orrery
French |
Seats up to 100 |
£75+ per person

The private dining room at Orrery restaurant in Marylebone High Street seats up to 16 guests. Restaurant exclusive hire also available for up to 100 seated (150 standing guests. The Rooftop Terrace & restaurant group space in the main dining area seat 36 – 40 guests.

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Bistro Aix
French |
Seats up to 45 |
£49+ per person

Bistro Aix French restaurant in North London’s trendy Crouch End has a private dining room accommodating up to 29 seated guests. Exclusive hire of Aix is also available for seated events of up to 45 guests.

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Morito Hackney
Mediterranean |
Seats up to 50 |
£45+ per person

The private dining room at Morito restaurant on Hackney Road in East London is available to hire for group dining events of up to 50 seated guests and is also available for drinks events of up to 50 standing guests.

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Boxcar Bar & Grill
British Grill House |
Seats up to 45 |
£60+ per person

Boxcar Bar & Grill in Marylebone – just a couple of minutes walk from Marble Arch tube station – has two private dining rooms seating 16 – 20 guests which are also available for drinks receptions of 20 – 30 standing guests.

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1 Wimpole Street
Modern British |
Seats up to 110 |
£60+ per person

1 Wimpole Street in Marylebone has a selection of private dining rooms able to accommodate smaller events of 14 – 40 seated guests and large events of up to 110 seated guests or standing drinks receptions of up to 200 guests.

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Modern British |
Seats up to 20 |
£100+ per person

With spectacular views over Green Park, Michelin starred Hide fine dining restaurant in Piccadilly has private dining rooms available to hire for events from 4 – 20 seated guests or up to 35 guests for standing drinks receptions.

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London Steakhouse Company – City
British Steakhouse |
Seats up to 20 |
£50+ per person

The mezzanine private dining room at London Steakhouse – City in Spitalfields – just a few minutes walk from Liverpool Street station in The City – has its own bar and seats 8 – 20 guests.

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Bardo St James’s
Modern Italian |
Seats up to 120 |
£120+ per person

The private dining room at Bardo St. James’s Italian restaurant on Suffolk Place – between Piccadilly & Trafalgar Square in London’s West End – seats up to 16 guests. Other private event spaces can accommodate 25 – 120 seated guests or 50 – 300 guests for standing drinks events.

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Clarette
Contemporary French |
Seats up to 30 |
£80+ per person

Clarette in Marylebone has two private dining rooms respectively accommodating up to 18 seated (30 standing) and 34 seated (50 standing) guests.

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