Le Café du Théâtre can host a small meeting for 25 people, a seated company dinner for 80 or a full private hire for 130 to 200 guests. It is a café, restaurant and reception venue on Place du Général de Gaulle, in the center of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, and its own team handles the rooms, the staff and the food.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells business events of several kinds: work meetings, presentations, small seminars, retirement parties, professional cocktails, product launches and works council dinners. The offer is turnkey. The team chooses the room with you, sets it up, serves and clears.
For a meeting, Le Petit Salon is the room to ask for. It covers 45 square meters and takes up to 25 people. The mezzanine above the café is offered as a coworking space and suits a small working group. For a larger meeting followed by a meal, Le Petit Foyer du Théâtre covers 100 square meters and takes up to 80 people, with a view over the square.
A video projector, a screen and a sound system can be provided on request, depending on the room. Mondays are reserved for private hire, which helps when you need the venue on a working day. A short format of about two hours is also sold for group gatherings in the smaller rooms.
Weddings and receptions
The venue lists weddings, christenings, birthdays, bachelor and bachelorette parties, family reunions and funeral receptions among the private events it organizes. For a wedding, the largest option is the private hire of the whole café, for 130 to 200 guests, with catering by the house. A smaller reception or a wedding dinner for close family fits in Le Petit Foyer.
Rooms and capacities
Four spaces are offered. Le Petit Salon takes up to 25 people in 45 square meters. La Mezzanine is listed for 25 people in 28 square meters on its own page, and for up to 45 in the site menu; ask the team which figure applies to your layout. Le Petit Foyer du Théâtre takes up to 80 people in 100 square meters. The full café takes 130 to 200 guests.
For a seated meal at Le Petit Foyer, tables can be set in a U, as a banquet or in islands, with or without tablecloths. For a cocktail, the team sets up standing tables.
Catering
Catering is done in-house by the restaurant. Two formats are described. The cocktail format, for a lunch or dinner, combines an aperitif, cold and hot savory bites, sweet bites, a cheese platter and coffee. The seated format at Le Petit Foyer runs from aperitif to starter, main course, cheese, dessert and coffee, with a menu chosen in advance.
Room set-up, table dressing, service and cleaning are included in both formats. The house also serves draft beers and can make custom number cakes for birthdays.
History and setting
The café stands against the Italian-style theatre of Cherbourg, which the venue describes as one of sixteen such theaters in France. The building dates from the 19th century, and the café has received theatregoers, local families and visitors for more than a hundred years. During the week it also runs as a restaurant, a tea room and an ice cream parlor.
Getting there
The address is 8 Place du Général de Gaulle, in the center of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. Ask the team about parking and access for your guests when you plan the event.
