Full Venue Hire at Simmons | Holborn

Hiring both floors at Simmons Holborn gives you up to 450 standing or 200 seated across two completely independent party spaces connected by an internal staircase. Each floor runs its own bar, DJ setup, sound system, toilets, and entrance — meaning full venue hire doesn’t feel like one big room but two distinct environments that your event can use however it needs.

Simmons Holborn Full Venue — Two Floors, Two Moods

The ground floor is the larger space at 250–300 standing, with neon-drenched retro interiors, a resident DJ booth, projector screen, and photobooth. The lower ground floor adds 200 standing in a slightly more intimate setting, anchored by the venue’s signature mirrorball DJ booth — an oversized disco ball housing the decks. Both floors have cocktail bartenders mixing Simmons’ teapot cocktails alongside a full drinks menu. The street-level entrance on the lower floor means guests can arrive at either level independently. For corporate events mixing a formal presentation upstairs with a party downstairs, or a birthday that starts seated on one floor and moves to dancing on the other, the dual-entrance layout removes bottlenecks and gives each phase its own identity. The combined capacity is substantial for a central London bar venue. Events for 300–450 people that need built-in atmosphere, late-night capability, and a central location have limited options at this scale — most venues of similar size are either soulless function rooms or clubs with restrictive booking terms.

Late Licence and Drinks at Simmons Holborn

The 3am late licence Monday to Saturday is genuinely rare for central London. Most Holborn bars wind down by midnight — Simmons is still going strong three hours later. The five-hour happy hour (4pm–9pm daily) is a practical consideration for events starting after work: guests arriving early get significant drink savings before the evening shifts gear. External catering is welcome alongside the in-house offering, and the venue accommodates BYO DJs or lets you plug in a phone or laptop if you want direct playlist control over the standalone sound system on either floor. Both floors are air-conditioned and have disabled access.

Holborn Location for Events

Holborn station is directly outside — genuinely 30 seconds from the door. Covent Garden, Chancery Lane, and Tottenham Court Road are all within a five-minute walk. For large group events where guest arrival from multiple directions matters, the convergence of Piccadilly, Central, and District lines makes this one of the most transport-accessible party venues in WC2. The location sits at the junction of legal London and the West End — close enough to the corporate offices around Chancery Lane and Kingsway for after-work events, and connected enough for guests coming from anywhere else in the city. For events running until 3am, the Night Tube on the Central and Piccadilly lines from nearby stations means guests can get home without relying on taxis.