Meetings, training sessions, private dinners and drinks receptions for up to 50 guests can be organized in three private rooms at The Ampersand Hotel, at 10 Harrington Road in South Kensington, London. The largest room holds 32 seated or 50 standing, and the smallest is a dining room for 10. The hotel also hosts weddings, Christmas parties and private afternoon teas.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells meeting and training days on a day delegate rate. In the Library, that rate covers WiFi, tea and coffee, water, soft drinks, and biscuits and sweets. The room can be set as a T-shape for a meeting, as one long table for a working dinner, or more loosely for a discussion. It has an Apple TV screen, a 48-inch LED screen and a sound system. The Games Room, with 32 seats or 50 standing places, suits a creative workshop, a team session or evening drinks after a day of meetings. The Dining Room, set around one oak banquet table, works for a board meeting of up to 10.
Weddings and receptions
The Ampersand lists weddings among the occasions it hosts. With 50 standing guests as the largest stated figure, it fits a small reception, a rehearsal dinner or a drinks party rather than a large wedding. Dinners, drinks receptions, children's parties and Christmas parties are also offered, as are private versions of the hotel's afternoon teas.
Rooms and capacities
The Library: up to 17 seated or 35 standing. A light room lined with the hotel's book collection, with armchairs, artwork and bold colors.
The Games Room: up to 32 seated or 50 standing. A colorful room with playful lighting and a ping pong table.
The Dining Room: up to 10 seated, at an oak banquet table beside the wine cellar.
A floor plan of the three rooms is published in the hotel's event brochure.
Accommodation
Guests can stay in the hotel. Room categories run from Single and Double rooms to Superior, Deluxe and Deluxe Studio rooms, Suites and the Science Family Suite. Each category follows a theme drawn from science and the arts: astronomy, music, ornithology, botany and geometry. The hotel accepts up to two pets per room.
Catering
Food comes from the hotel kitchen. The event menus cover canapés and bowl food, sandwich lunches, private dinners and drinks packages. The hotel runs two dining venues: Apero, a Mediterranean restaurant set under the Victorian cellar arches, where the Jurassic Afternoon Tea is served, and The Drawing Rooms, home of the Science Afternoon Tea. Wines for private dinners come from the hotel cellar.
History and setting
The building keeps its Victorian cellar arches, now used by Apero. The hotel stands in South Kensington, on the edge of Knightsbridge and Chelsea, within walking distance of Hyde Park and the galleries of the district. It is listed with Small Luxury Hotels of the World and has a sister hotel in the City of London, Vintry & Mercer.
Getting there
South Kensington Underground station, on the District, Circle and Piccadilly lines, is a short walk from Harrington Road. The Piccadilly line runs directly from Heathrow airport, so delegates flying in can reach the hotel without changing trains.
