Seminars and company events
Jamie Oliver Catherine St hosts team dinners, client lunches, Christmas parties and launches for 15 to 180 guests, in four private rooms or with the whole restaurant booked out. The restaurant is at 6 Catherine Street in Covent Garden, London, right beside the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
For company events the format is built around food: a seated meal in a private room, or a standing reception across the venue. The Parlour suits a board dinner of 15. The Salon and the Gallery take a department of 26 to 28 at the table, and the Pavilion seats 38. For a larger team, full hire gives 120 seats or room for 180 standing. Groups of nine or more deal directly with the events team, which builds the menu and the timing with the organizer. Clients may bring their own entertainment and audio-visual equipment, and the team helps set up a dance floor when the evening calls for one. The theatre-district address makes it easy to pair a dinner with a show next door, or to host guests before or after a performance. The restaurant does not market meeting packages or weddings, so this is a venue for meals and parties rather than for working sessions.
Rooms and capacities
The Parlour takes 15 people seated or standing and gets natural light during the day. The Gallery seats 28 or holds 44 standing, with curved mirrors and arched openings. The Salon seats up to 26 and looks over the Art Deco bar, a good fit for small sit-down parties. The Pavilion is the largest private room, with 38 seated or 60 standing, and shares a wall with the Grade I listed theatre. Full venue hire covers the whole restaurant: 120 for a seated meal or 180 for a standing reception. The restaurant is fully wheelchair accessible, which matters for client events where the guest list is not known in detail.
Catering
The kitchen is the restaurant's own, and group menus are published as a downloadable PDF. Menus can be adjusted to the group and the occasion, and dietary needs are discussed with the events team when the booking is made. Group packages are available for parties. For decoration, the team can arrange seasonal flowers, candles and bespoke arrangements from a florist.
History and setting
Catherine Street runs between the Strand and Covent Garden, in the middle of London's West End theatre district. The restaurant sits next to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, a Grade I listed theatre, and its Pavilion room shares a wall with it. Inside, an Art Deco bar sets the tone of the main floor.
Getting there
Covent Garden, Holborn and Temple Underground stations are a short walk away, and Charing Cross mainline station is about ten minutes on foot. Parking in the area is limited, so public transport is the practical choice for guests.
