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 Groucho Club – Soho
Modern European |
Seats up to 56 |
£75+ per person

The Groucho Club in the heart of Soho has private dining event spaces available for non-members to hire. The rooms can accommodate 12 – 50 seated guests or 25 – 150 guests for standing drinks receptions.

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The Montague on the Gardens
British |
Seats up to 110 |
£80+ per person

The Montague on the Gardens in Bloomsbury has a selection of private dining rooms & alfresco event spaces accommodating small group dining events & receptions as well as larger banqueting events of up to 110 seated guests.

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Smith & Wollensky
American Steakhouse |
Seats up to 200 |
£50+ per person

Located in Covent Garden Riverside – just off The Strand – Smith & Wollensky, known as America’s favourite steakhouse, have three private dining rooms able to accommodate 20 – 50 seated (30 – 60 standing guests. Exclusive restaurant hire seats up to 200 guests.

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The Phene
Modern European |
Seats up to 40 |
£42+ per person

The Oakley Room at The Phene pub in Chelsea SW3 accommodates up to 40 seated (75 standing) guests. Other private rooms at The Phene can accommodate events of 8 – 20 seated (25 – 75 standing) guests.

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St Pancras Brasserie & Champagne Bar by Searcys
Modern European |
Seats up to 200 |
£75+ per person

The two private dining rooms at St Pancras Brasserie & Champagne Bar by Searcys seat 14 – 20 guests or up to 30 guests for standing drinks receptions. Other private spaces accommodate up to 150 seated (220 standing) guests.

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Bob Bob Ricard Soho
British & French |
Seats up to 18 |
£95+ per person

The private dining room at Bob Bob Ricard Soho restaurant – designed and modelled on the Royal Carriage of the Orient Express – seats up to 18 guests with guests invited to choose from the full à la carte menu and selection of fine wines.

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Hawksmoor Guildhall
British Steakhouse |
Seats up to 140 |
£95+ per person

The private dining room at the legendary Hawksmoor Guildhall – located in the heart of the City of London – seats up to 22 guests. The Bar provides a semi-private dining space for up to 46 seated guests and the Dining Room can be hired exclusively for large banqueting events of up to 140 seated guests.

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Kolamba East – City
Sri Lankan |
Seats up to 90 |
£60+ per person

Upmarket Sri Lankan restaurant, Kolamba East, is located on Blossom Street – part of the Norton Folgate redevelopment in Spitalfields, close to Liverpool Street station – and has private dining rooms seating 14 – 40 guests.

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Lisboeta
Portuguese |
Seats up to 12 |
£75+ per person

The lower ground floor private dining room at Chef Patron Nuno Mendes’ Portuguese Lisboeta restaurant on Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia seats up to 12 guests.

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Heliot Steak House
Steak - Modern European |
Seats up to 20 |
£60+ per person

The two private dining rooms at Heliot Steak House at The Hippodrome – close to Leicester Square in London’s West End – can accommodate 10 – 18 guests.

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Sunday in Brooklyn – Notting Hill
Modern American |
Seats up to 150 |
£45+ per person

Sunday in Brooklyn Notting Hill – located on Westbourne Grove – has private dining rooms accommodating 16 – 95 seated (20 – 120 standing) guests. Exclusive hire is also available for larger private dining events of up to 150 seated guests or up to 200 guests for standing drinks receptions.

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The Midland Grand Dining Room
Traditional French Cuisine With A Modern Twist |
Seats up to 90 |
£75+ per person

The private dining room and Chef’s Table at The Midland Grand Dining Room – in the heart of the King’s Cross area of London at The St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel – respectively seat 14 and 8 guests. The main restaurant is also available for private dining events of up to 90 guests & the Gothic Bar can accommodate 150 – 200 guests for standing drinks receptions.

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