Conferences & Private Parties
The Club features several rooms of outstanding beauty including the Grand Ballroom, the only room of its kind in a London club. All rooms are completely flexible in format.
Our Events Co-ordinator will help you to plan your event down to the finest detail.
Events held in the club include a wide range of business and private functions:
- conferences
- product launches
- training courses
- press conferences
- corporate and private receptions
- private dinners
- private parties
- wedding receptions
- Barmitzvah and Batmitzvah
The Club provides a very high standard of cuisine freshly prepared on site to cater for all occasions. Choice of menus includes finger and fork buffets, canapés, banqueting and bespoke meals. All special dietary requirements can be catered for as well as Kosher and Halal.
| Tel: | +44 (0) 20 7491 5526 |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 20 7499 7087 |
| Email: | events@savileclub.co.uk |
Grand Ballroom
Clubs don't generally have Ballrooms. The Savile however delights in one of the most exquisite and unknown rooms in London.
The huge Ballroom and its imperial staircase were unusually conceived as a single majestic sweep of space, uniting the ground and first floors. It was adorned with a lighthearted manifestation of the Louis XVI style, which had become so popular in the 1880s. The room floods with daylight from tall windows at both ends and at night the venerable chandeliers, donated to his club by Sir William Orpen, glitter in the profusion of mirrors. Such was the impact of this extravagant room on the Savilians of the 1920s that it was immediately painted brown in an attempt to render it more masculine. It was gloriously restored in blue and white gold by an eminent architect member, Dennis Lennon.
It has long been popular for special events and receptions, the waiting list for the Members' Christmas Dinner, one of the few evenings where the Savile does indulge in a degree of formality, is legendary.
The frequent concerts given here are hugely enjoyed by members and their guests. The delicately vaulted ceiling, sprung floor and painted limewood walls give this room a wonderful acoustic.
The Ballroom in conjunction with the Dining Room and the old staircase has been much sought after for film locations.
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| Grand Ballroom | Capacity | £ |
| Theatre | 200 | All Day £700/£1200 * |
| Private lunch/dinner | 100 | Half Day £450/£800 * |
| Reception | 200 | |
| Cabaret style | 77 | |
| Standing fork buffet | 150 | |
| Seated fork buffet | 70 |
Drawing Room
Having been both the Snooker Room and the Morning Room, this fine and versatile room is now serving a variety of the Club's needs.
It is an especially delightful and intimate setting for a variety of private gatherings, whether standing, seated for dinner or used theatre style for presentations for large parties. It still functions as a magnificent anteroom to the Ballroom when the great glass doors, which separate it from the staircase, are made to disappear behind their 19th Century panelling.
At other times it is set aside as a Drawing Room for the quiet enjoyment of members and their guests.
Additional images of the drawing room (click to enlarge):
| Drawing Room | Capacity | £ |
| Reception | 100 | All Day £500/£900 * |
| Standing fork buffet | 70 | Half Day £250/£550 * |
| Private Lunch/Dinner | 80 | |
| Cabaret Style | 56 |
Elgar Room
Discretely located on the second floor away from the Club’s public areas, this room named after another famous Savilian, Sir Edward Elgar, is used by a number of groups within the Club such as, The Wine Lovers’ Society, as well as for the entertainment of guests.
The square format of the room renders it suitable for conferences, and board meetings as well as for dining. It is an exquisitely intimate room and private dinner parties held here are particularly delightful.
| Elgar Room | Capacity | £ |
| Theatre | 35 | All Day £300/£450 * |
| Board room | 20 | Half Day £150/£225 * |
| Round table | 12 | |
| Rectangular Table | 16 | |
| Two rectangular tables | 26 | |
| Reception | 40 |
Dining Room
Whilst defying succinct translation, the Club’s motto "Sodalitas Convivium", embodies a profusion of ideas about the value of feasting and friendship.
The Dining Room, or more especially its long table, with its thriving tradition of conversation between those who gather around it individually or with guests, undoubtedly lies at the absolute core of club life. The other discretely placed tables are equally popular amongst members both for Club use and for entertaining guests. Perhaps it is excessive conviviality which has lead to the tradition of talking being "not preferred" at breakfast.
The Dining Room, remodelled with fabulous boisseries carved in Paris in the 1880's and precious marble columns, still glows with its original gilding and chandeliers. Whilst it is a splendid room on its own, the sets of mirrored French doors along its east wall still open to unite it with the Ballroom for larger parties.
The Dining Room is strictly reserved for members and their guests during the week.
Additional images of the dining room (click to enlarge):
| Members' Dining Room | Capacity |
| Individual tables | 100 |
| Reception | 150 |
Courtyard & Roof Terrace
For a few glorious weeks in the year Savilians and their guests enjoy a unique privilege in London Clubland, that of dining outside. The tables on the Dining Room Roof Terrace remain deliciously cool below their white parasols, whilst in the evening diners enjoy lingering below the Mayfair sky. Discreet breakfast meetings and drinks parties held here have been a particular success.
The Courtyard on the ground floor, remarkable for its seclusion and tranquillity in the centre of London, is always popular for drinks and coffee, or for snoozing in the afternoon sun. Like the upper Roof Terrace it is also a wonderful and unexpected venue for receptions, parties or barbeques. For weekend receptions these areas work beautifully in tandem with the principal rooms.
| Roof Terrace | Capacity |
| Reception | 70 |
| Seated Dinner | 50 |
Meeting Room
Ever mindful of members' business interests the Club has created a contemporary eight person Meeting Room on the fourth floor. It is equipped with a broadband internet facility. Other audio visual equipment and a full range of refreshments are also available to order. Arrangements can usually be made to use this room at short notice.
Full meeting facilities can also be provided in the Elgar Room, Ballroom, Drawing Room and on the Roof Terrace. Bedrooms One and Two can also be combined to create a business suite for members who may require a temporary base in London.
| Meeting Room | Capacity | £ (GBP) |
6 | Per Hour £25 |
Audio Visual Equipment
We provide a full range of Audio Visual and technical support.
| £ ex. VAT | |
| Flipchart with pens | £15 + VAT |
| Overhead projector and screen | £45 |
| Carousel slide projector | £45 |
| Data projector | £120 |
| Video (linked to data projector) | £140 |
| Video (linked to TV) | £75 |
| PA system | £125 |
| Lapel microphone | £45 |
| Lectern - front panel 49 x 10.5cm | £25 |
| CD or cassette player | £20 |
| Staging - 122 x 183cm | £40 per block |
| Laser pointer | £5 |
| Remote control mouse | £10 |
| Laptop | £95 |
To book please call 00 44 (0)20 7629 5462 or email: events@savileclub.co.uk
Location Filming
The Club's period interiors makes it ideal to rent for location filming.
The Hollywood film ‘Finding Neverland, released at the beginning of November 2004, starring Dustin Hoffman, Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp was filmed here. Other releases which were filmed here include ‘Maybe Baby starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson.
The Club has been used as a location for many popular television series including The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Hercule Poirot, Campion and many more. Documentaries filmed here include Jenny Bond's production on ‘The Royals, and ‘D Day to Berlin. The rooms are used regularly for ‘shoots by magazines such as Hello and Homes and Gardens. A recent cover of the Radio Times featuring Martine McCutcheon, was photographed by Lord Litchfield in the Ballroom.
For details on hiring rooms for such occasions please telephone the events team on +44 (0) 20 7629 5462 or email events@savileclub.co.uk