Browns Covent Garden, Full Venue

About Venue

Browns Covent Garden is a brasserie and bar on St Martins Lane in the heart of the West End, housed in the Grade II listed former Westminster County Courts building, and one of the most atmospherically distinctive private hire venues in central London.

The ground floor is a bright, open-plan brasserie with wooden floors, white tablecloths, and a lively all-day atmosphere. Upstairs, hidden within the building, is Browns Court Rooms — a two-floor suite of four private rooms reached by grand sweeping staircases and lined with original courtroom features. These are spaces with a proper sense of history: chandeliers hanging from high ceilings, original skylights, the judge's benches still in place, and walls that once witnessed Westminster County Court proceedings. The building has been a bar and restaurant since 1996, and the juxtaposition of the setting with a full modern brasserie menu and kitchen is what makes it so memorable for guests.

The private rooms range from The Study, which seats up to 12, right through to the Afternoon Tea Room which can hold 100 for both seated dining and standing receptions. All four rooms have their own PA system, natural daylight, air conditioning, and play-your-own-music capability, and AV, lighting, and staging production support is available on request. Full venue hire extends across the entire building for up to 800 standing or 550 seated.

Leicester Square station is 0.1 miles away, with Covent Garden 0.2 miles and Charing Cross station 0.2 miles. No parking on-site or nearby.

About this space:

Full Venue hire at Browns Covent Garden gives exclusive use of the entire restaurant, bar, and all four private rooms at 82-84 St Martins Lane in Covent Garden, with capacity for up to 800 standing or 550 seated guests.

This is the full run of a genuinely exceptional building. The ground floor brasserie and bar are part of the hire alongside all four private rooms upstairs, The Study, The Judges Chamber, The Barristers Court, and the Afternoon Tea Room, giving the event a range of distinct spaces to flow between across the night. The original courtroom features, grand staircases, parquet floors, chandeliers, and skylights all form the backdrop. A full PA system runs throughout, guests can play their own music, and the venue's production team can arrange AV, lighting, and staging support for larger events. The in-house kitchen handles all catering.

- Capacity: 550 seated / 800 standing
- Exclusive hire of entire building including all four private rooms
- Grand staircases, original courtroom features throughout
- PA system, play your own music
- AV, lighting and staging production support available on request
- Natural light on all floors
- Air conditioning throughout
- In-house catering (full brasserie menu, afternoon tea, canapés, buffets)
- Lift access to all floors
- No external catering, no BYO alcohol
- Alcohol licence until midnight (extension available)
- No on-site parking
- From £20,000 minimum spend

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