Bocconcino Mayfair hosts client dinners, private lunches, standing receptions, birthday parties and wedding celebrations for 12 to 70 guests in four private and semi-private spaces, and the whole restaurant can be booked across its two floors, subject to date. The restaurant has been at 19 Berkeley Street in Mayfair, London, since 2014.
Seminars and company events
Corporate bookings make up most private events during the week, above all at the Mayfair address. The typical brief is a client dinner, a team lunch or a reception after a meeting in the offices around Berkeley Square and Piccadilly. Audiovisual equipment for a short presentation or speeches can be arranged in advance with the events team. Menus are fixed before the day, which keeps service on time when the evening has a program.
Weddings and receptions
The restaurant takes wedding receptions, rehearsal dinners, anniversaries, christenings and family gatherings. A standing reception suits a smaller wedding party in central London, and a private room keeps the meal apart from the main dining room.
Rooms and capacities
Each floor has two options. On the ground floor, a semi-private area takes 12 to 24 guests and the private space 40 to 70, the largest in the restaurant. On the lower ground floor, a semi-private area takes 12 to 24 guests and the private room 25 to 40. The two floors have a different feel. The ground floor is the more formal one, with white tablecloths and a view of the open-fire pizza oven. The lower ground floor is more relaxed, with lower lighting and live music, which suits a party or a late dinner. Full hire of both floors is possible on some dates.
Catering
The kitchen is led by Head Chef Marco Corsica and cooks regional Italian food drawing on Tuscany, Rome, Sicily and Naples, with fish and seafood at the center of the menu. Private bookings use a set menu agreed in advance, which can include hand-rolled pasta, Roman-style pizza from the open-fire oven, fresh fish and Italian desserts. Vegetarian, vegan and allergy needs are handled at the planning stage. The wine list runs to more than 300 bottles with an Italian focus, including Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello, Amarone and Super Tuscans, and a sommelier team works the floor. Drinks are charged on consumption or bought as a package.
History and setting
Bocconcino opened on Berkeley Street in 2014. The group also runs Bocconcino Soho on Great Marlborough Street and Osteria by Bocconcino on the Strand, which takes larger seated groups, so an organiser can move a bigger event to a sister venue with the same kitchen style. The Mayfair restaurant is open every day, from noon to 12:30 a.m. Monday to Saturday and from noon to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Getting there
The address is 19 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8ED. Green Park Underground station, on the Piccadilly, Jubilee and Victoria lines, is about four minutes on foot. Heathrow is reached via the Piccadilly line from Green Park, and the Elizabeth line at Bond Street is a short walk north.
