Canteen Food Hall & Bar

SelgasCano's transparent, greenhouse-like structure sits at the heart of Greenwich Peninsula's Design District, glowing with fairy lights in the evening and flooded with natural light during the day. Canteen Food Hall & Bar is a neighbourhood food hall that doubles as one of the more distinctive private hire venues in southeast London — six independent street food kitchens, a cocktail bar, and a retractable canopy roof that makes it genuinely year-round.

Architecture That Works as Atmosphere

The Design District setting matters. SelgasCano's buildings are architectural talking points — colourful, transparent, and unlike anything else in London's venue landscape. Canteen occupies one of these structures with a design that blurs the boundary between indoor and outdoor dining. The courtyard catches the sun, the mezzanine offers elevated views across the hall, and the retractable roof means events aren't weather-dependent even when the space feels open-air.

Six Kitchens, Zero Catering Compromise

The street food model solves a problem that traditional venue catering struggles with: genuine variety. Six independent kitchens serve different global cuisines, and a voucher system lets guests choose freely. For event planners managing diverse dietary requirements across a large group, this is a more elegant solution than a single caterer attempting to cover all bases. The quality is independent-trader level — these are food businesses that stand on their own merit, not venue subcontractors.

Next to The O2, on the Jubilee Line

North Greenwich station is a minute's walk away, and The O2 arena is a thirty-second stroll — making Canteen a natural choice for pre-concert entertaining, post-event celebrations, and any event that benefits from proximity to London's largest entertainment venue. The wider Design District offers additional event spaces, a rooftop basketball court, and the Thames riverside walk.