Brewhemia is a bar and events venue at 1A Market Street in central Edinburgh. It has five rooms and seven bars over two floors, and the largest room, the Beer Palace, holds 800 guests. Companies use it for launch nights, networking events, private Christmas parties and celebrations. Smaller rooms suit meetings of a few dozen people.
Seminars and company events
The Beer Palace has a built-in stage, a screen, a projector and AV systems, which makes it the room for a product launch, an awards evening or a staff party with presentations. Above it, the Boudoir is a more private upper-level room for meetings, networking and celebrations. The Bothy sits in the galleries of the Beer Palace and is used for the same purposes. The Caffé and Prosecco Bar is a spacious but intimate room with a baby grand piano, suited to networking and corporate functions.
The venue is a bar first, so it fits receptions and evening events better than a full-day seminar. Organisers planning a daytime meeting should ask which room can be closed to the public and what equipment is available there.
Weddings and receptions
Celebrations are part of what every room is sold for. Receptions, birthdays and private parties use the Beer Palace for larger groups and the Boudoir, the Bothy or the Caffé for smaller ones. The venue does not publish wedding packages on the private hire page, so couples should ask what can be arranged.
Rooms and capacities
The Beer Palace holds 800. The other rooms are the Boudoir, the Bothy, the Caffé and Prosecco Bar and the Taproom, which has more than 25 beer taps and suits after-work drinks and group dining. The site gives no capacity for them, so organisers should ask for current figures.
Group sizes are set by type of booking. Drinks bookings start at 21 guests, group dining at 13 and private hire at 40. Christmas main menu dining is limited to tables of up to 10.
Catering
The food offer covers breakfast, boozy brunch, all-day dining, Sunday specials, morning tea, signature afternoon tea, gentleman's tea, tipsy tea, a kids menu and desserts. Drinks include cocktails, champagne, gin, craft beer and tank beers. For a launch, the bars give guests a choice without a separate catering contract, and tea formats work for a daytime meeting.
History and setting
Brewhemia stands on Market Street, between Waverley Station and the Old Town. The site does not describe the building's history.
Getting there
The address is 1A Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DE. Waverley railway station is a short walk away. Events enquiries go to the venue's events team by email.
