Garden Arch at SAMA Bankside

  184 reviews  – 
SAMA Bankside, 3 Robinson Road , London , SE1 8BU
Southwark Station (400 yd)
Steve P.

Steve P.

About this space

Our inside Garden Arch on the upper floor is a light airy space with a summer garden feel and is decorated with flowers and fake grass.

It's a great space for your next celebration and is hugely popular for engagement and birthday parties, or a sit-down meal on weekdays, and leads directly outside to our private outside space adding an extension to your company summer party.

On weekends have a DJ on from 9pm on Fridays and Saturdays playing a mix of commercial R&B, Pop, House and Club Classics (Kisstory vibe).

The space is also ideal for company meetings, presentations and away-days and if booked for this comes with projector, screen and flip charts if required.

Our garden arch seats 20 for dinner parties or up to 50 for a standing reception. Dimensions: 4m x 7.5m.


Prices

Monday
9:00 – 23:00
from £250–£1000 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 23:00
from £250 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £1000 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. Extension available. All prices include VAT.
Tuesday
9:00 – 23:00
from £250–£1000 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 23:00
from £250 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £1000 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. Extension available. All prices include VAT.
Wednesday
9:00 – 23:00
from £250–£1000 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 23:00
from £250 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £1000 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. Extension available. All prices include VAT.
Thursday
9:00 – 23:00
from £250–£1000 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 23:00
from £250 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £1000 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. Extension available. All prices include VAT.
Friday
9:00 – 0:30
from £500–£1000 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 0:30
from £500 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £1000 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. Extension available. All prices include VAT.
Saturday
13:00 – 1:00
from £500–£750 min. spend
Per evening
19:00 – 1:00
from £750 min. spend
Per day
13:00 – 18:00
from £500 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. Extension available. All prices include VAT.
Sunday
12:00 – 17:00
from £2000 min. spend
Per day
12:00 – 17:00
from £2000 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. Extension available. All prices include VAT.

Capacity

Standing
up to 50
Dining
up to 20
Theatre
up to 36
Boardroom
up to 16
Cabaret
up to 24
U-Shaped
up to 16
Classroom
up to 18

Cancellation policy

Standard 30 day

Cancellations 30 days in advance will receive a full refund.

Cancellations 30 days to 7 days in advance will receive a 50% refund.

Cancellations for events starting within 7 days are non-refundable.


Catering and drinks

In-house catering
External catering not allowed
Venue provides alcohol
BYO alcohol not allowed

Facilities

Wi-Fi
Projector
Flatscreen TV
Whiteboard
Flipchart
Air conditioning
Natural light
Conference call facilities
Storage space
Accommodation available
Parking available

Music & sound equipment

PA system / music speakers available
Own music allowed
Bring your own DJ

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible
Disabled access toilets
Ground level

Allowed events

Loud music / events
Promoted / ticketed events
Wedding licence
Temporary event notices (TENs) available

Rules of the space

Age policy: Guests under 18 are not allowed after 20:00

Close to Blackfriars & Southwark stations. SAMA Bankside is on Robinson Road at the junction of Southwark Street and Blackfriars Road.


Reviews and ratings

(184 reviews and ratings - )

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Abi P
June 2021

- Steve (Event manager) was friendly, timely and informative in all of his responses which made planning the event for a large group so much easier for me. - We were assigned two teams member on the day to look after us and they were wonderful, helpful and responsive to all our needs - The team were so accommodating - even to all the last minute changes, unexpected delays/orders. It was clear they wanted to make our time there as pleasant as possible! - The venue was lovely and the area we were given was spacious - Reasonable prices for food and drink

- Nothing but if there would be a suggestion to the team then I think it'd the food could have been better - it was good but nothing that blew me away.

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Natalie
May 2021

Great service and food, great location and spacious place, We had a really great time, thanks to Steve and the team.

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Priyanka Jorge
April 2022

Did not accept my enquiry and gave no reason as to why not.

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Olamide Akinwuntan
July 2021

Prompt and polite response from manager, sadly space was not available for my date.


The location is a twin railway arch venue set over 2 floors and is located next to Blackfriars Bridge on the south side of the river in the shadow of Sea Containers and the OXO Tower (nearest stations are Southwark or Blackfriars).

Venue is industrial in style with exposed brickwork, a reclaimed upper wooden floor and polished concrete lower floor with chesterfield sofas, cosy booth seating in bright colours and unapologetic artwork to get your guests talking.

Space is available for booking from 6 to 300 guests. There is a bar and toilets on each floor and full catering options available.

We have a separate Private Dining and Meeting Room that can accommodate 20 people seated or 30 people for a standing drinks reception.

The venue is available until 12am Monday - Thursday and until 1.30am Friday and Saturday.


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