Client dinners, product launches, company parties and receptions for up to 130 seated or 300 standing, plus a private room for 15. SUSHISAMBA Covent Garden occupies part of the original market building on the Covent Garden Piazza, in central London, with an open-air terrace above the square.
Seminars and company events
The events team works with corporate functions, product launches, music showcases, festive receptions and team celebrations. The format depends on the space: a seated client dinner in the private room, a drinks reception on the terrace, or a full buyout of the restaurant for a launch or an end-of-year party.
The Private Dining Room is the space best suited to a business meeting over a meal. It has a plasma screen and its own audiovisual system, so a short presentation can open or close a dinner. Reversible Japanese screens, mirrored on one side and painted with pastoral scenes on the other, change the look and the layout of the room. A small private balcony is used for welcome drinks before the meal.
Rooms and capacities
Exclusive hire of the whole restaurant takes 130 guests for a seated dinner or up to 300 standing. The Private Dining Room seats up to 15 around a single handmade round table. It sits in the South Pavilion, one of the oldest parts of the market building.
The venue also offers a Semi-Private Dining Room, a Speakeasy and an open-air Terrace with views over the Piazza. Their capacities are given in the events pack that the team sends on request, and a virtual tour of the restaurant is available on the venue's site.
Catering
The kitchen mixes Japanese, Brazilian and Peruvian cooking. Groups choose from chef-designed set menus, from a lunch menu to several dinner menus of increasing length, a festive menu in season, and canapé packages for standing receptions. Tasting experiences can be built for smaller groups.
The main dining room is organized around an open kitchen set like a stage, with a robata grill, and a separate sushi bar where guests can watch the chefs at work. For a standing event, this layout keeps the food at the center of the room rather than hidden behind a service door.
History and setting
The restaurant is inside the old Covent Garden market building, now a covered arcade of shops and restaurants at the center of the West End. Inside, the floors are laid in black and white marble, and the bar sits under a planted ceiling of South American and Japanese greenery. The terrace looks over the Piazza, which makes it a natural spot for a summer reception before dinner indoors.
Getting there
Covent Garden is in the heart of the West End, within walking distance of the Strand, Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square. Covent Garden station on the Piccadilly line is a few minutes on foot, and Leicester Square, Charing Cross and Embankment stations are close. Most corporate groups arrive by Underground or taxi.
