Kimpton Fitzroy London can host company events of up to 350 guests in its restored ballroom, with eight further meeting rooms for 8 to 80 people on the lower-ground floor. The hotel stands at 1-8 Russell Square in Bloomsbury, central London, and also sells weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs and private receptions.
Seminars and company events
The ballroom is the main room for conferences, galas and large dinners. It holds 350 guests for a standing reception, 250 for a seated dinner, 200 for dinner and dance and 360 in theatre layout. Working formats are listed too: 180 at cabaret tables, 170 classroom style, 90 in a U-shape and 75 in a boardroom setup. The room measures 30 by 12 by 7 meters, about 370 square meters, and has a private entrance on Bernard Street. That entrance lets an organiser run registration and guest arrivals apart from the hotel lobby.
The lower-ground floor adds a set of smaller rooms for breakouts, board meetings and workshops. The hotel states that they have natural daylight. Hybrid and virtual event formats are listed on the site, and a virtual tour is available before a site visit.
Weddings and receptions
The original ballroom has a full wall of windows and a mezzanine gallery, which the hotel uses for wedding ceremonies, wedding breakfasts and evening dancing. Couples have also used the outdoor summer terrace and the marble staircase for photographs. The site has dedicated pages for Jewish weddings and for bar and bat mitzvahs, and a wedding events team handles enquiries.
Rooms and capacities
The Ballroom takes up to 350 guests at a reception. Palm Court is listed for 210 guests and measures 288 square meters. Keynes seats up to 80 at a reception and measures 120 square meters. Woolf takes 40 and Bell takes 30. Carrington and Grant each take 35, and they can be combined into one room for 60. Eliot holds 12, and Moore and Forster hold 8 each. The capacity table on the site gives the full layout figures for each room.
Accommodation
The hotel offers guest rooms and suites. The official pages reviewed do not state the number of bedrooms. A room blocks page exists for wedding guests, so group bookings can be arranged with the hotel.
Catering
The in-house kitchen team designs the menus, and the site publishes sample menus and a wedding breakfast menu. For weddings the hotel also works with the kosher caterer Ben Tenenblat, the kosher-style caterer Adam Nathan Catering and the Asian caterer Laguna. The hotel runs its own restaurants and bars, Fitz's among them, and offers private dining.
History and setting
The building dates from the Victorian period, 1898 according to our records, and is Grade II* listed. A refurbishment of 85 million pounds restored the original ballroom to its earlier appearance. Today the hotel combines the historic architecture with contemporary design.
Getting there
The hotel faces Russell Square in Bloomsbury, a short walk from Russell Square Underground station. The site's location pages cover Covent Garden, the universities and central London, which makes the hotel practical for delegates arriving by rail or from airports through the Underground.
