The Gore hosts board meetings, small conferences, private dinners, cocktail receptions and weddings for groups of 8 to 180 guests, across five spaces that can be booked alone or together. The Gore Hotel stands at 190 Queen's Gate in Kensington, London, between Hyde Park and the museums of South Kensington, around the corner from the Royal Albert Hall. It has received guests since 1892 and belongs to the Collezione portfolio of Starhotels.
Seminars and company events
For meetings, the Tapestry Room is the largest single room, with 50 in theatre style, 20 in classroom, 20 around a U-shape and 20 in cabaret. The Library takes 24 in theatre style, 14 around a U-shape or 15 in cabaret, and receives daylight through three large sash windows. The Mulberry Room suits a working group of 8 in classroom or 20 in theatre style, lit from above. The hotel offers technical set-ups adapted to each event, and menus are built around the brief. A board meeting can move on to dinner in a private room or drinks in Bar 190 without leaving the building.
Weddings and receptions
The Gore sells wedding and celebration packages. Seated wedding meals work in the Tapestry Room for up to 45 guests or in the Library for 30. For a standing reception, the Mulberry and Tapestry rooms open into one space for 130 guests, and adding Bar 190 brings the total to 180 for cocktails. Kensington Gardens and the Royal Albert Hall are a short walk away for photographs.
Rooms and capacities
The Library covers 41 m² (441 sq ft): 30 for a banquet, 35 for cocktails. The Mulberry Room covers 28 m² (301 sq ft): 20 for a banquet, 30 for cocktails. The Tapestry Room covers 71 m² (764 sq ft): 45 for a banquet, 100 for cocktails. Combined, Mulberry and Tapestry measure 97 m² (1,044 sq ft) under a 2.8 m ceiling. Bar 190 covers 90 m² (969 sq ft) and takes 50 standing guests. All three linked spaces together hold 180 for a reception.
Accommodation
The hotel has 50 rooms and suites, each furnished with antiques and period photographs. Room types range from cosy singles and doubles to deluxe rooms and junior suites. The Tudor Suite has a mahogany four-poster bed, an oak-beamed ceiling and a minstrels' gallery, and the Judy Garland junior suite holds a bed that belonged to the actress.
Catering
Event menus follow an English style and are prepared by the hotel kitchen. The restaurant, 190 Queen's Gate, serves British classics reworked under chef Frederick Forster, and the hotel also serves afternoon tea and Sunday lunch. Bar 190 keeps its original wood paneling and walls hung with photographs from a 1968 Rolling Stones album launch party, and it serves cocktails for receptions.
History and setting
The Gore has welcomed guests since 1892 and describes itself as a mix of the intimacy of a London club and the service of a grand hotel. Antiques, paneling and dense picture hangs run through the public rooms and bedrooms.
Getting there
The nearest Underground stations are Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington. Heathrow Airport is reached on the Piccadilly line from Gloucester Road.
