The best private dining rooms at Italian restaurants in London
There’s a plethora of Italian eateries all around The Capital, many of which have private party rooms and semi-private event spaces in which to entertain. These range from traditional restaurants that have been around since Italian was ‘new’ in the 70’s to iconic Michelin starred eateries, independent trattoria and modern Italian destination dining.
Often named London’s favourite and most popular foreign cuisine, it’s now so much part of the British DNA many of us think of lasagne, spaghetti carbonara and pizza as every day staples. Yet few of us are able to compete with London’s top Italian chefs – making their own pasta, sourcing their own beautiful antipasti delicacies direct from the Italian regions and lovingly balancing traditional flavours. It’s a delight to entertain guests with such delicately crafted and crowd-pleasing favourites, whether for a corporate bash or personal celebration.
Top Tip: Look out for different Italian dining styles when booking your events. There are many Italian restaurants in London that serve sharing dishes such as antipasti, big bowls of pasta and slow cooked meat feasts in their private rooms or just one type of dish – steak for instance. These can prove great fun, ice breakers and ambience enhancers!
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The Chef’s Table private dining room at Michelin-starred Angela Hartnett at Murano Italian restaurant in Mayfair seats up to 12 guests.
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The two private dining rooms at Theo Randall at the InterContinental in Mayfair can respectively accommodate up to 18 and 40 seated (22 and 50 standing) guests which, when combined, can accommodate up to 58 seated guests or up to 80 guests for standing drinks events. Restaurant takeover also available for up to 160 seated (160 standing) guests.
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Franco’s Italian restaurant on Jermyn Street in St James’s has private dining rooms seating 16 – 30 guests. The lower ground floor accommodates up to 50 seated (70 standing) guests. Exclusive restaurant hire is also available for up to 110 seated guests up up to 150 guests for standing events.
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The first floor dining room at Café Murano in Covent Garden can accommodate up to 50 seated guests or up to 70 guests for standing receptions. Pastificio is a next-door pasta factory that transforms into a unique and elegant private dining space & is also available for dinners of up to 22 guests or evening standing drinks receptions of up to 30 guests.
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Scallini London is located in the heart of Chelsea and has been serving its authentic Italian cuisine since 1988. This popular Italian restaurant occupies a three-story Georgian townhouse and has a private dining room seating up to 26 guests.
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TOZI Pizzeria & Cicchetti Bar -situated close to Battersea Power Station – has event spaces accommodating 12 – 80 private dining guests or up to 50 guests for standing drinks receptions.
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The Club Room on the lower ground floor of Margot Italian restaurant at Great Queen Street in Covent Garden seats up to 32 guests for private dining events.
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Osteria del Mare Italian seafood restaurant – located at 366 Strand, to the south of Covent Garden, in Central London – is available to be hired exclusively for private dining events of up to 80 seated guests or standing drinks receptions of up to 150 guests.
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The Sotto Bar private dining room at Bocconcino Soho Italian restaurant seats up to 25 guests and is also the perfect event space for standing drinks & canapés receptions of up to 30 guests.
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The private dining room at Soho’s Bocca di Lupo can accommodate 12 – 32 seated dining guests and up to 42 for standing receptions..
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