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Last update: July 2024

Vinoteca is a modern venue that makes a superb backdrop and the perfect space to celebrate your wedding day. An iconic location in the hub of The City of London, mere minutes walk from St Paul’s Cathedral and the River Thames. Vinoteca City is situated in the ground-breaking Bloomberg building, hailed for its sustainability and striking design, on the site of the ancient Mithrean temple to Bacchus, the God of Wine. Now a fundamental part of the City’s landscape, the beautiful stonework of the building frames an enormous window façade, letting in abundant natural light throughout. Couples can look forward to celebrating their nuptials in a luxurious venue that offers a contemporary setting with an historic background.

Facilities and Capacity

The bright and airy room with its sun-drenched terrace is ideally suited to your special day. A romantic and intimate space, coupled with exceptional food, hand-picked wines and an experienced, dedicated team. This will help to create your dream day in a truly unique place. The venue is highly adaptable with plenty of scope for you to add your own personal touches. Vinoteca City features a stunning private area on the mezzanine level with views over the restaurant. This space is bordered by wine cabinets highlighting Vinoteca’s characterful collection.

Services Offered

Vinoteca is an incredible space to host your wedding reception. In addition to this, the venue can also host showers, engagement parties, and rehearsal dinners. In order to accommodate you and your guests, the staff can also assist in the set-up of your event. The staff will remain on-site throughout your celebration to accommodate any momentary needs that may arise. Three course wedding feasts are offered but bespoke needs can also be catered to. Other products and services offered by the venue include place cards, tablecloths and linens, a sound speaker system, and a dance floor space. Vinoteca understands that every wedding is unique and strives to create an amazing day that you and your guests will never forget.

Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

Pub or restaurant
Unusual weddings
Historic
Landmark
In the city
Outdoor license
Unique weddings

Dining options:

Seated meal facilities
Alcohol licence
Buffet meal facilities
In-house catering

Evening entertainment:

Dance floor
Entertainment licence
Evening reception facilities
DJ facilities

Other features:

Exclusive use
Accessible facilities
Pet-friendly
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Reviews for Vinoteca

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Corin M. Sent on 16/06/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Vinoteca City was transformed into an absolute dream for our city wedding reception

Firstly if you like wine and you want a city wedding, this venue should definitely not be overlooked!

Communication: From our initial meeting that we went to we were treated incredibly well by everyone at Vinoteca. We have had brilliant communication throughout the entire booking process and Vinoteca City was able to accommodate to our wants/needs. We wanted to have a sparkling wine tasting and oysters after the initial canapés for our guests and this wasn’t a problem to have organised. As it got closer to the big day, we were comfortable an able to provide contact details to our other suppliers who worked their magic without us having to be in constant contact which made everything run incredibly smoothly on what could be a stressful day!

Decor: We had visited the venue a few times before the big day, and upon arrival was incredible to see how it had been transformed. It honestly felt like walking into a colourful dream! The venue is one large open plan space, with smart dividers that can be placed anywhere to section it off. This allowed for the ability to plan where everything went with great ease. The window plants, bottles of corks, wine bottles and general colour theme of the venue gave perfect pictures and went perfectly with our theme. There are speakers throughout the venue that we were able to have a Spotify playlist run while ate our meals. We had a couple of friends do a small DJ set and they were set up on the balcony overlooking the dancefloor.

Staff: The staff to put it lightly, were an absolute dream. They were incredibly helpful, cheerful, friendly and professional. We couldn’t have wished for a better team to have served us on the day. Not just the front of house, but the kitchen/back of house performed brilliantly and every single dish that came out of the kitchen was picture perfect.

Food: We started the reception off with 3 different types of oysters which the kitchen was able to accommodate to our delight. It was setup and presented picture perfect. We had opted to give our guests a choice of 3 for each of their courses. All the food came out of the kitchen table by table looked amazing and tasted sensational. We’ve had nothing but rave reviews about the food from everyone that attended and as far as I could tell, everyone had joined the clean plate club! Our request for fish and chips at the end of the evening was perfection and the bride was sad to have not taken up the offer of it as she had asked for this specifically but was so full from the food and cake that didn’t get to sample it. I polished off 3 portions of fish and mushy peas despite not being hungry in the slightest, it was that good.

Drink: For our drinks we started the reception with a 4 sparkling wine taster. Each wine was unique and we ended up continuing with the sparkling red throughout the evening despite having a delightful NZ pinot noir that we had requested for the red for each table. If you get a chance to try the Lambrusco ‘Solco’ NV — Paltrinieri, Emilia Romagna, Italy I would highly recommend it!

Price: We weren’t entirely sure if we were going to go way over budget with the reception and this was possibly one of our biggest concerns. We kept to our budget which were pleased about but considering the quality of the food, drink and service, it was worth absolutely every penny we spent. We were pleased that we had managed to allow drinks to be free flowing throughout the whole afternoon/evening.

All in all, my biggest complaint is that we won’t be getting married again so we can’t enjoy it all over again! I would love to relive the day, and I’m glad we picked this venue. It hit the nail on the head for every single thing that we were looking for and delivered it exactly as we had hoped.
Yemi
Yemi D. Sent on 08/06/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Brilliant day! Thank you so much !

We booked Vinoteca City for our wedding reception and had an amazing day. Throughout the organisation, Alix stayed in contact with us both via email. She was responsive, friendly and flexible. The staff made every effort to accommodate us where possible and went above and beyond what we would expect .
The wedding day the kitchen staff and waiting staff pulled off the delicious service seamlessly, while also seeming to enjoy themselves! Our guests had nothing but positives to say.
We were provided with microphones, spaces to change, storage space and everything else we needed to pull off the day.
I would highly recommend booking Vinoteca City for your next event. Thank you all for such a lovely day
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Kat F. Sent on 30/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful venue for a London wedding!

We recently celebrated our wedding at Vinoteca City, and we couldn't be happier with our experience. The evening was truly magical, thanks to the exceptional service and ambiance provided by the venue.

We hosted a seated dinner for about 130 guests, followed by a night of dancing with a DJ, and everything went off without a hitch. The communication from Lisa, our coordinator, was outstanding from start to finish. She was always available to answer our questions and provided invaluable assistance, including helping us find our fantastic DJ and beautiful flower vendors.

The staff at Vinoteca City were professional, attentive, and genuinely friendly. They made sure everything ran smoothly, allowing us to relax and enjoy our special day. The drinks were delicious, adding a festive touch to the evening.

Overall, we were very pleased with every aspect of our wedding at Vinoteca City. The seamless coordination, excellent service, and delightful atmosphere made our day unforgettable. We highly recommend Vinoteca City to anyone looking for the perfect wedding venue.
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James M. Sent on 04/11/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Autumn wedding 2022

We chose Vinoteca because we wanted a lively, modern City restaurant (with an experienced professional kitchen) to host our reception and to set up a contrast with our traditional church wedding. We feel we chose well for the following reasons. First, the food and wine (both what we tasted in preparation and what was served on the day) were excellent, different, and interesting. (For example, the dish we had identified as a potential vegetarian option was so wonderful we ended up choosing it as the main course for all guests.) Secondly, the execution on the day was flawless: the restaurant was beautifully decorated and the service was efficient and courteous. Thirdly, whereas we had previously been concerned that the restaurant space may be too small to accommodate 140 guests comfortably, in fact there was ample space and the slightly crowded bar area before supper gave the party a bustling, exciting, Friday-night energy that would have been harder to generate in a larger space. In short, we are delighted we chose Vinoteca, we have no regrets and we would highly recommend it as a reception venue to anyone (but especially younger wedding parties).
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Laura Sent on 02/11/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful Wedding Reception

We had our wedding reception at Vinoteca City on Saturday and it was a wonderful event. The food was excellent, delicious canapes (really plentiful), lovely lunch (guests had options) and tasty evening finger food, all with excellent wine. We also had a band so we could party the night away. Vinoteca were super flexible and accommodating and provided a very professional service. The location is awesome too. Big thanks to the team.
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21 Bloomberg Arcade, London EC4N 8AR London Bridge (East Central London)
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