Full Venue Hire at Belvedere

Belvedere is a restaurant inside Holland Park, housed in a 17th-century building originally designed by Inigo Jones as the stables of Holland House. The 2022 relaunch by Wild Tavern co-founders George Bukhov-Weinstein and Ilya Demichev stripped the interior back to its original brickwork, revealing apricot terra cotta plaster and polished parquet beneath decades of accumulated layers. The result is a venue with genuine architectural heritage, Tuscan-inflected warmth, and one of London’s most unusual dining settings — surrounded by the formal gardens and fountains of a Grade II listed park. For event hire, Belvedere offers the rare combination of restaurant-quality in-house catering, private dining rooms, and a heated terrace overlooking parkland. Full venue capacity reaches up to 120 for private parties, with spaces that range from an intimate 10-seat private dining room to the main ground-floor restaurant.

The Spaces at Belvedere

The ground floor seats 60 around an open theatre kitchen, where Sardinian executive chef Achille Pinna runs a menu rooted in Italian technique with seasonal British ingredients. The kitchen becomes part of the event — visible, active, and atmospheric. Upstairs, La Loggia is a private dining room for 10 to 16 guests, offering a self-contained space for intimate corporate dinners or celebrations without needing to book the full venue. A separate upstairs salon seats around 20 guests around a central fireplace, with wall-hugging banquettes and a cocktail bar featuring a Duncan Grant Charleston cloud print — a more relaxed setting suited to pre-dinner drinks or smaller private events. The heated terrace and balcony overlook Holland Park’s formal gardens, fountain, and mature tree canopy. A colonnade opens directly onto the park, and the terrace accommodates drinks receptions and al fresco dining through most of the year. For events, the flow between indoor restaurant and outdoor terrace creates natural movement between courses or stages of the evening.

Catering at Belvedere

All catering is handled in-house by the restaurant’s own kitchen team. The Italian-leaning menu is built around the open theatre kitchen on the ground floor, and the team works with event planners on bespoke menus for private hire. This is restaurant-grade cooking, not event catering — the distinction matters for the quality of what arrives at the table. The wine programme reflects the setting, and corkage for personal selections is available.

Access and Practicalities

Belvedere is open for dinner Tuesday to Sunday and for lunch on weekends. A key practical consideration: Holland Park’s gates close at dusk. After dark, access is via the Abbotsbury Road parking entrance, where a buzzer system admits guests. There is a free car park at this entrance. Holland Park tube station is a 12-minute walk. The park setting means arrival feels more like approaching a country restaurant than a central London venue — which, for evening events, is part of the appeal. Belvedere holds a wedding licence.

What Works Best at Belvedere

The venue is strongest for private dining, milestone celebrations, intimate weddings, and corporate entertaining where the setting and food carry the evening. La Loggia suits board-level dinners and private client events. The full venue works for larger celebrations where the park, terrace, and open kitchen create a sense of occasion that a standalone private dining room can’t match. The literary associations — Byron, Dickens, Sheridan, Noël Coward — add conversational texture without dominating the space.