House of Louie in Covent Garden can be hired floor by floor or as a whole for company receptions, client dinners, presentations and private parties of up to 350 guests. The venue at 13-15 West Street, between Soho and Covent Garden, spreads over a 19th-century townhouse with a ground-floor restaurant, a first-floor dining room, a bar with terrace and two small private rooms.
Seminars and company events
The venue describes itself as a place for parties, celebrations and corporate entertaining. Spaces can be hired individually or combined for exclusive use. Organisers get a private entrance, a lift, a cloakroom, a semi-outdoor terrace, a screening room and four separate bar areas.
The smallest room, the Cabana, suits client hosting, confidential business meetings and presentations. It sits on the fourth floor behind a discreet entrance and has a 4K projector and screen, natural light and a private sound system. It takes 18 seated or 35 standing. There is no conference-style plenary room, so the larger floors are better used for receptions, launches and dinners than for day-long seminars.
Rooms and capacities
The ground-floor restaurant takes 80 seated or 100 standing. It has a private cocktail bar, a raw sushi counter and a sound system.
The first-floor restaurant, Louie, takes 100 seated or 120 standing. It has a private cocktail bar, a fireplace, a DJ booth and a piano, and is laid out for seated dinners and champagne receptions.
The Alligator Bar and Terrace on the third floor takes 50 casually seated or 120 standing. It has a curved bar, a fireplace, a DJ booth and a covered, heated terrace under a retractable roof.
The Terrace, behind the Alligator Bar, is a private dining room for 25 seated or 35 standing, with a glass roof, bi-folding doors and heating. The Cabana takes 18 seated or 35 standing. Full hire of the house accommodates up to 350 guests.
Catering
House of Louie runs its own kitchens and bars. Private event menus are offered for parties of 11 and more. The choices are sharing menus in French cuisine, sharing menus in Japanese cuisine, canapés and bowl food in either cuisine, and a beverage selection covering cocktails, wines and spirits. An events pack can be downloaded from the website, and the events team answers questions by email.
History and setting
The venue occupies a 19th-century townhouse on West Street. It brings together three restaurants and bars under one roof: Wani Tzuki, a modern Japanese izakaya, Louie, a French restaurant with live jazz, and the Alligator Bar, a late-night cocktail bar with live music and DJs. Interiors use velvet, textured finishes and strong colour.
Getting there
The house sits within walking distance of Leicester Square, Tottenham Court Road and Covent Garden stations, close to the West End theatres and Seven Dials. The closest car park listed by the venue is Urban Parking on Shelton Street. For events enquiries, the venue gives a dedicated events email address on its website, separate from restaurant reservations.
