Work parties, team lunches, business breakfasts, wedding receptions and private celebrations for up to 100 guests can be organized at Baresca, a Barcelona-inspired tapas restaurant on Byard Lane in the center of Nottingham. Two spaces can be booked for groups: Cellar 9, an underground bar for up to 100 guests, and a first-floor dining room for up to 35 seated.
Seminars and company events
Baresca suits company socials rather than working sessions. Cellar 9 hosts work parties, business breakfasts, Christmas parties and corporate events, with its own bar, space for a DJ and a dance floor. The first floor extends the ground-floor restaurant and works for team-building lunches and large group meals. Groups of eight or more book through the team by phone or email rather than online, and the team offers a tour of the spaces before booking.
Weddings and receptions
The restaurant hosts wedding breakfasts for around 50 guests and evening receptions for up to 100. The first floor, with its tall arched windows and plenty of light, is used for canapés and drinks after the ceremony or for a smaller wedding breakfast. Cellar 9 takes a wedding breakfast and carries on into a late-night party, set against a street-art mural inspired by Picasso.
Rooms and capacities
Cellar 9 holds celebrations of up to 100 guests and has its own bar, room for a DJ and a dance floor. The first floor seats up to 35 for a private meal. The ground-floor restaurant takes table bookings for friends and families, and the building spreads over three floors in total.
Catering
The kitchen serves authentic tapas made for sharing, inspired by the food, drink and social culture of Barcelona. For private events in Cellar 9, the signature option is floating tapas, served to guests as they mingle, and the team offers a choice of set menus for parties. Drinks include Spanish wines, cava, sangria and signature cocktails. In regular service, a menú del día is offered every week until early evening, and a bottomless menu is offered on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
History and setting
Baresca occupies a former Victorian clothing factory on historic Byard Lane, a Renaissance Revival building with an earthy, industrial interior. The design draws on the food markets, street art and small backstreet bodegas of Barcelona, with touches of Gaudí in the details. The concept grew out of a chance find of a tapas bar down a Barcelona alleyway. The restaurant belongs to a small family of Spanish restaurants that also runs Baresca Mere Green and Escabeche in West Bridgford.
Getting there
The address is 9 Byard Lane, Nottingham NG1 2GJ, in the city center. The restaurant opens from 11:45 a.m., Tuesday to Sunday.
