

De Vere - Grand Connaught Rooms, Grand Hall & Balmoral Suite
61-65 Great Queen St, London, WC2B 5DA -
Up to
1500 guests
About Venue
Situated in the heart of London's vibrant Covent Garden, the Grand Connaught Rooms (formerly the New Connaught Rooms) is steeped in history and, since being acquired by Principal Hayley Hotels & Conference Venues in June 2009, has undergone a L7 million transformation.
Whatever your event needs, from an exhibition or glittering gala dinner to a high tech conference, training event or executive board meeting, the Grand Connaught Rooms is one of central Londons largest conference and event venues.
The 37 air-conditioned function rooms can accommodate from 2-700 delegates for a meeting and the Grand Hall, with its magnificent high ceilings and beautiful chandeliers, is perfect for treating your guests to an award ceremony to remember. Combined with the Balmoral, the Grand Hall can accommodate over 700 guests for a dinner. As part of the grand transformation, the Covent Garden suite has been converted into a high spec training suite. Escape the outside hustle and bustle of the city and train your delegates in an inspirational setting. Let your delegates dine from the Tempus Restaurant where they can choose from the extensive lunch menu.
The distinctive Georgian architecture and exquisite interiors with state-of-the-art equipment make the Grand Connaught Rooms a unique venue and, being located in the West End and surrounded by the buzzing bars, theatres, hotels and shopping facilities with excellent transport links, you have everything you need at your fingertips. Whats more, the Grand Connaught Rooms is only a 10 minute walk or 5 minute taxi ride from out sister property, Hotel Russell, which has 373 elegant bedrooms and a full-service Tempus restaurant ideal for your delegates to stay overnight if you want a combined residential package.
Free, superfast Wi-Fi with a maximum bandwidth of 1Gb is available throughout the venue.
The Grand Hall as your main event and Balmoral Suite being your catering space.
The President Suite comes with the Grand Hall as an office or green room.
Capacity & Layout
Standing
up to 1500
Dining
up to 100
Theatre
up to 750
Boardroom
up to 120
Cabaret
up to 400
Classroom
up to 315
Pricing
& Opening Hours
Weekly schedule
monday
00:00 - 24:00
tuesday
00:00 - 24:00
wednesday
00:00 - 24:00
thursday
00:00 - 24:00
friday
00:00 - 24:00
saturday
00:00 - 24:00
sunday
00:00 - 24:00
Facilities & Amenities
Heating
Air conditioning
Table / chairs included
Public transport
Breakout rooms
Audio & Visual
WiFi
Space Rules
Allowed events
Wedding ceremony licence
Cancellation policy
Flexible (full refund up until day prior to arrival, except fees)
Location
Reviews
- Maciej Blicharz (Matt Londonist)December 2025
Absolutely outstanding, wonderful and posh Old English Style. I'm so thankful to my employer to have organised our Christmas Party overe here.
- Alexis NobleNovember 2025
A beautiful venue, absolutely stunning but lost stars because the room we were in for our event with about 300 people in was so ridiculously cold people had winter coats zipped up. For an all day event! And the toilets are pretty far from the room and there were massive queues because we weren't guided to any others.
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