Maxwell's Bar & Grill hires out The Studio, a private basement bar for 38 seated or 50 standing guests, for office parties, team dinners, birthdays and other celebrations. The restaurant is at 34 King Street in Covent Garden, central London.
Seminars and company events
The Studio is built for socials, not presentations. It works for a team night out after work in the West End, an office party, a client evening or a leaving do. The venue sells set packages, each with a recommended group size, and minimum spends apply to private hire.
The office party package, aimed at about 15 guests, includes prosecco on arrival, sharing platters, a main course and a cocktail each, plus unlimited karaoke and darts. The group dinner package, for about 20, includes a cocktail and a main course each, unlimited karaoke and darts and a private bartender. Neither package is available from November 23 to January 1, the busiest weeks of the party season, so a December booking has to be built from the other options.
Rooms and capacities
- The Studio: 38 seated or 50 standing, in the basement.
The room comes with its own bartender, private karaoke and a darts board. Guests can control the music, bring in DJ decks or use the karaoke system. No other private space is listed on the website, so larger groups should ask the restaurant directly.
The other packages show how the room is usually used: a birthday package for about 25 with a cocktail each, sharing platters and a dessert for the guest of honor, and stag and hen packages for about 12 with 90 minutes of unlimited beer or bottomless prosecco, a main course each and a round of shots.
Catering
Food and drink come from the restaurant itself. Groups can order from the full food menu and the Maxwell's cocktail list, and some packages add sharing platters with meat or vegetarian options. Each package fixes what is included per guest, which keeps the budget for a team event easy to plan within the minimum spend.
History and setting
Maxwell's sits on King Street, one of the streets that run into the Covent Garden piazza, in the middle of London's theater district. That makes The Studio a practical choice for groups who want dinner and a private room before or after a show, or a party close to offices in the West End, Holborn and the Strand.
Getting there
The restaurant is at 34 King Street, London WC2E 8JD. Covent Garden station on the Piccadilly line is a few minutes' walk away, and Leicester Square, on the Northern and Piccadilly lines, is also close. Charing Cross station, for National Rail services, is within walking distance near the Strand. The Piccadilly line runs directly from Covent Garden to Heathrow.
