Eastcheap Records

Eastcheap Records is a live music and cocktail bar at 20 Eastcheap, in the City of London, that can be hired for private parties, wedding receptions, corporate meetings and training days. Three hire options cover groups from 25 seated guests up to 450 guests for the full venue.

Seminars and company events The bar accepts daytime hires for corporate meetings and training days, as well as film and photography shoots. Back Stage is the room most organisers will look at first. It has its own bar, a full PA system and a projector with a screen, so a presentation can be followed by drinks in the same room. The team describes it as suited to Christmas parties, corporate gatherings and entertainment events. For a larger company party, the full venue gives you both bars and both stages.

Weddings and receptions Wedding receptions are listed beside seasonal parties and birthdays among the events the bar hosts. The full venue is the natural choice for a larger reception: it includes two bars, two stages, the Back Stage and Green Room spaces and the cloakroom downstairs. The team can also help book live acts from its own roster of musicians, which matters for a venue built around live music.

Rooms and capacities Three hire options are available. The full venue holds up to 450 guests. Back Stage holds 150 standing or 75 seated. The Green Room, next to the main bar, holds 50 standing or 25 seated and shares the music of the main bar. The website offers a 3D venue tour and a downloadable hire pack, which helps when you need to show the space to colleagues before deciding.

Catering Food and drink are served in-house. For Back Stage, the team can build a bespoke cocktail menu and serve pizzas and snacks from the regular menu, or a selection of canapés if that suits the format better. The Green Room works with table service for food and drinks and a bespoke menu built around pizzas and snacks. The bar does not charge a hire fee. It asks for a minimum spend that depends on the date of the enquiry, so a quieter weekday evening and a December Friday are not treated alike.

History and setting The bar belongs to a small group of Records venues in London, with sister bars on Venn Street in Clapham, on Northcote Road in Battersea and on Old Street in Shoreditch, all of which take group bookings and full venue hires. The Eastcheap site is the one in the City, close to Monument. It opens from 4pm on Monday and Tuesday, from 4pm until 1am on Wednesday, and from 2pm Thursday to Saturday. It is closed on Sunday.

Getting there The bar stands at 20 Eastcheap, in the Monument area of the City of London. When you enquire, give the preferred date, the time, the total number of guests and a contact number, as the venue asks. Weeknight and Christmas dates are the busiest, so earlier requests leave more choice of room.