We've had a large number of successful private and dinner
parties in our tropical conservatory restaurant. Aside from
the excellent food on offer and the birds and the palm
trees, our famous features like the "hippy deck" help make
the evening a comfortable as well memorable one.
Ground Floor Conservatory
Holds up to 60 dining - up to 100+standing
Private Parties / Dinner Parties
any night 6pm - 1am (latest)
Minimum spend from
£500 Sun nights to £2000 on Sat nights
As this room is a restaurant at night, we look for a guaranteed spend towards lost restaurant revenue, with the cost depending on the night of the week. We do not encourage "drinks only" events or live DJs.
The options include:
- Standup or sit-down buffet plus drinks 1) on arrival [at "pub" prices] and then 2) at say, cutting of cake time, with guests paying at the end of the meal and when ordering drinks.
- Supply a pre-arranged amount of house wine and bottled beers plus buffet. Guests begin to pay when value is expended.
- Enjoy a pre-arranged buffet and run a drink tab throughout the evening.
- Sit-down pre-planned meal with fixed menu plus drinks paid on completion of the evening.
- Day parties are less expensive; contact Michael Bell for futher information.
Points to consider when organising your party
- The minimum spend can include your guests' portion of the spend where you are on a budget and your guests are buying (some of) their own drinks, but you will be asked to make up the shortfall if under the minimum spend.
- Allow a minimum £17.00 per head (cheapest buffet + 4 drinks @ £2.50) + 10% service. This equates to 88 people on Saturday night or 30 on a Sunday night. Obviously champagne and the £17.50 buffet brings the viable numbers down considerably.
- From a point of view of atmosphere, we do not recommend standing parties of less than 40 at any one time in this room and to achieve this means inviting between 60 - 100, depending on the night, the weather and the event.
- Only dinner parties of over 40 can secure the whole room.
- 10% service is added to all tabbed bills; i.e. there is no service charge on your guests' portion of the spend.