Le Bab hosts team dinners, parties and full restaurant buyouts for 10 to 400 guests in Covent Garden and Soho, London. The official site lists six spaces, from a chef's table for 12 seated to the whole Covent Garden restaurant for 110 seated or 400 standing. The restaurant also runs an off-site catering service for offices and private venues.
Seminars and company events
The venue describes its private events as suited to birthdays, team dinners and group bookings, with the Christmas party season booked from early autumn. Companies can use a private room for a team dinner, reserve an area, or take the whole restaurant for a launch or an office party. Events run from 12 p.m. to midnight, with extensions to 3 a.m. on request, and the terrace closes at 10 p.m. The site mentions a licensed bar, a house sound system, and AV and lighting setups at Soho and Covent Garden. Guests can bring a DJ or play their own playlist. It is a social format, so organisers needing a daytime conference room will find it limited.
Weddings and receptions
The restaurant lists weddings among the occasions for its catering service, which delivers food to private venues. The venue pages do not describe wedding ceremonies on site, so wedding use should be treated as catering rather than hire.
Rooms and capacities
At Le Bab Covent Garden, the Private Dining Room seats 30 at one long table with a custom menu. The Lounge seats 60 or takes 150 standing, and can also host a long table for 30. The Terrace seats 50 or takes 70 standing and is available for half or full hire. The whole Covent Garden venue seats 110 or takes 400 standing. At Le Bab Soho, in Kingly Court, the whole venue seats 30 or takes 50 standing, or 25 at a long table. At Kebab Queen, a counter in Covent Garden, the chef's table seats 12 or takes 25 standing as a full hire. Floor plans are flexible and can be seated, standing or a mix. An events brochure lists every space and the minimum spend.
Catering
Food and drink are provided in house. A set menu is offered for events at the restaurants, and the Private Dining Room has a custom menu planned with the chefs. The Kebab Queen chef's table has its own menu, published as a PDF. The cooking is kebabs, mezze and sharing plates. The venue also provides catering for offices, launches, shoots and weddings, with delivery or staff on site, across London.
History and setting
Le Bab opened in Soho in 2016 after a period of street-food stalls around London, and later moved to Covent Garden. It also runs walk-up counters at Victoria, Canary Wharf, Oxford Street and St Paul's. The Soho restaurant is on the top floor of Kingly Court, off Carnaby Street, and the Covent Garden restaurant is at 4 Mercer Walk.
Getting there
Le Bab Covent Garden is at 4 Mercer Walk, London WC2H 9FA, next to Covent Garden Tube. Le Bab Soho is at Kingly Court, Carnaby Street, London W1B 5PW, near Oxford Circus Tube. Enquiries are answered the same day, by form or at 07581 787422.
