Gaucho Edinburgh hosts private lunches, dinners and receptions for 14 to 180 guests at 4a St Andrew Square, in central Edinburgh. Two spaces can be booked: the Glass Room, a seated table for 14, and the Full Venue, which holds 132 seated or 180 standing. The restaurant belongs to Gaucho, a group that has cooked over open fire since 1994, and its event team takes the booking.
Seminars and company events
Companies use the restaurant for team lunches, client dinners, end-of-project celebrations and drinks receptions. The Glass Room suits a board lunch or a small client table of up to 14. The Full Venue suits a company evening for up to 132 seated guests, or a standing reception for up to 180.
The Edinburgh spaces are listed with Wi-Fi, a private bar, a DJ deck and an AV screen. That is enough for a short speech, a slide or background music during the evening. The official site does not describe a daytime conference layout, so this is a venue for a lunch, a dinner or an evening reception rather than a full-day seminar with breakout rooms.
Rooms and capacities
The group's private dining page shows two formats for Edinburgh: exclusive hire and private dining.
The Full Venue is the whole restaurant. It takes up to 132 seated guests or up to 180 standing, which makes it the right size for a company party, a leaving celebration or a large client evening.
The Glass Room seats 14. It is the smaller option for a director's dinner, a team lunch or a family table. Across its restaurants, Gaucho describes its private rooms as having their own door, their own table and their own service, so a group in a private space is served separately from the main dining room.
Catering
Food and drink come from the restaurant. Gaucho cooks over open fire and builds its menu around steaks and the flavors of Latin America, with a bar that serves cocktails and a wine list. The group's website lists event menus under the names feast, festive set, classic, signature, sharing and canapé. It does not say which of them apply to the Edinburgh private spaces, so the menu for your date is one to settle with the team.
History and setting
The official site gives no history for the building itself. It does say that Gaucho opened its first restaurant in London's West End and has grown to restaurants in London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle. Across the group, the site counts 19 restaurants and 56 private spaces, which means the event team is used to organizing groups of every size.
Getting there
The restaurant is at 4a St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2BD, in the middle of the city. Edinburgh Waverley station is a short walk away, and Edinburgh Airport is the nearest airport. The restaurant is open Monday to Saturday from 12:00 to 23:00 and Sunday from 12:00 to 21:00 for regular service, and the private spaces are arranged by enquiry.
