Seed Library takes private parties, company drinks, launches and group bookings for up to 120 guests, either at reserved tables or with the whole bar booked out. The cocktail bar occupies the basement of One Hundred Shoreditch, a hotel at 100 Shoreditch High Street in East London.
Seminars and company events
The bar suits evening formats: team drinks after a conference, client receptions, product launches and end-of-year parties. Groups can reserve part of the room or take over the whole space, and the bar has several backdrops for photo shoots. For daytime work, the hotel upstairs has its own meeting rooms. North One seats 16 at a long table, North Two takes 14 for a dinner or board meeting, and the East rooms host standing receptions for 60 and 85. A day of meetings upstairs can therefore end with a private evening in the basement without moving the group across town.
Rooms and capacities
Seed Library holds up to 120 guests. The room is low-lit and warm in tone, and on weekends Diggers Dozen, an East London collective, plays vinyl. In the same building, the Rooftop can be hired together with the meeting rooms for up to 300 guests, the One Hundred Room on the seventh floor takes receptions of up to 120, and The Snug, a semi-private corner of the Lobby Bar, takes 30. These spaces are booked through the hotel's events team, which also handles enquiries for the bar.
Accommodation
One Hundred Shoreditch has studios, rooms for four and for six, and studio suites, decorated with hand-painted artwork by Jacu Strauss. The hotel offers group stays for teams. The website does not state the total number of bedrooms.
Catering
The drinks come from Mr Lyan and team, the group behind bartender Ryan Chetiyawardana. In 2013 he opened White Lyan in London, presented as the first cocktail bar to work without perishable ingredients. His other bars include Lyaness in London, Super Lyan in Amsterdam and Silver Lyan in Washington, D.C. At Seed Library, cocktails are made with stripped-back, analog methods rooted in the classics, using ingredients that keep their natural variation and flavor ideas drawn from unexpected sources.
History and setting
Shoreditch is East London's creative and tech district, on the edge of the City of London. The hotel's upper floors and rooftop look out over East London and the City, while the bar below works as the building's late-night room.
Getting there
The bar opens Wednesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m., Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., and Sunday from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Guests must be over 18. Shoreditch High Street station on the London Overground is next to the hotel, and Liverpool Street is within walking distance.
