Dim Sum Library is a Cantonese restaurant at 136 Long Acre in Covent Garden, and it takes group bookings and exclusive hire. A first-floor dining room seats 25 guests, and the whole venue holds up to 400 standing or 130 seated across two floors. It suits corporate dinners, drinks receptions and celebrations in the West End.
Seminars and company events
The venue is not a meeting venue, but it works well for the social side of company life: a client dinner, a team celebration, a networking evening or a pre-theatre meal. The events team plans bespoke menus with you and handles the details from the first enquiry to the end of the event. The venue offers a brochure and an enquiry form for each format.
For a drinks reception or networking event, the venue accommodates up to 400 guests on exclusive hire. The offer centers on signature cocktails, light bites and canapés. The bar builds its cocktails around tea leaves, so the drinks list has a clear identity, with non-alcoholic options also served.
Rooms and capacities
Three formats are described on the official site. Group dining takes place in the first-floor restaurant, which accommodates up to 25 guests with curated menus of traditional and contemporary Chinese dishes, designed for sharing. Drinks receptions use the full venue for up to 400 guests. Exclusive hire covers both floors, with up to 400 standing or 130 seated guests. The first floor on its own hosts up to 200 standing or 70 seated.
If your group falls between 25 and 70 guests, the first floor on exclusive hire is the format to ask about. Above that number, the two-floor hire applies.
Catering
Catering is in-house and built around dim sum made at an open counter, where chefs prepare items such as wagyu beef puffs, black truffle har gau and dan dan xiaolongbao. The menu also lists signature dishes such as black truffle crispy-skin chicken and king crab spring rolls. For groups, curated and bespoke menus are available, and wines and cocktails accompany them. An afternoon tea built around dim sum is served daily, which can suit a smaller daytime gathering.
History and setting
The restaurant belongs to a group with locations in Hong Kong, London, Paris, New York, Miami and Dubai. The London room sits on Long Acre, a short walk from the Royal Opera House, Theatre Royal Drury Lane and the Market Building in Covent Garden, which makes it practical for pre-theatre events and evening receptions after a day elsewhere in the West End.
Getting there
Covent Garden and Leicester Square stations are both nearby. The address is 136 Long Acre, London WC2E 9AD. The restaurant is open to the public every day, with later closing on Friday and Saturday, so confirm your event date and the hours of an exclusive booking with the events team.
