Best Christmas Party Venues In Kensington

One of the best venues for a Christmas party in Kensington is The Franklin Hotel, which has a variety of spaces for private and semi-private hire, including a 1920s Gatsby-style cocktail and Champagne bar. The menu for festive events spans three courses, including beef tartare with black truffle, stuffed turkey and indulgent tiramisu.

Found opposite Hyde Park and Kensington Palace, the royal feel of The Milestone Hotel and Residences continues inside across an opulent space filled with traditional charm. This Christmas period, host your party in a range of private spaces that seat from eight to 30 guests, or can host up to 40 standing. 

Whether you book a cocktail reception with canapes, spanning from Hereford beef tartare on a beef fat rosti with smoked egg yolk to whipped goats curd choux buns with cranberry and candied walnut, or choose a sit down menu of lobster and scallop raviolo alongside crown of Norfolk Bronze turkey, this venue prides itself on the finest of ingredients from across the British isles. Better yet, you can even choose to host a Christmas afternoon tea party as well.

To enjoy a Mediterranean-inspired winter wonderland as your Christmas party, check out Megan's on the High Street in Kensington. They've got fairy lights around every corner, as well as Christmas set menus including Christmas kebabs, crispy Brussels and mince pie ice cream coupe. For groups of over 20 though, check out the festive standing canape menu, which boasts bites like za'atar pigs in blankets and halloumi bites.

With two tiers of festive buffets up for grabs, The Builders Arms is making sure you can put your best foot forward for your Christmas party. Found in a charming area with flower-lined frontage on Kensington Court Palace, the pub is known for serving the best of British pub grub, which is an ethos that continues for Christmas.

Tuck into crispy camembert bites and pigs in blankets while enjoying drinks packages, all across the bookable private loft space, which has room for up to 45 guests and comes with its very own bar.

A stroll from Holland Park and in a quiet residential area of Kensington is Scarsdale Tavern, a Fuller's pub known for serving quality British meals across a traditional space of open fires and original wood features. The Christmas menus here feature the likes of Usk Valley turkey and slow-braised grass-fed beef, as well as duck rillette and Christmas pudding with brandy sauce.

Alongide the set three-course menu, enjoy Christmas drinks packages spanning everything from Côtes du Rhone red wine to bottles of beer and plenty of fizz for toasting. 

When it comes to the best Christmas party venues to hire in Kensington, the Natural History Museum's Earth Hall provides a totally unique backdrop - including celestial projections on the walls, one of the most intact stegosaurus fossils ever found, and a giant metal sculpture of the Earth - for up to 400 guests. Plus, you can also add on The Earth Treasury to increase capacity and provide a pre-dinner drinks reception.

In South Kensington on Old Brompton Road, you'll find The Duke of Clarence waiting to serve up the finest feast for your jolly Christmas get-together. Parties here come with the option of mulled wine and prosecco receptions, as well as drinks packages featuring everything from beer to more bubbles and seasonal wine.

As for the food? Choose between Christmas party sharers for a standing canape reception, including hasselback potatoes loaded with braised ox cheek, baked Cornish camembert and pigs in blankets sausage rolls, or the three-course Christmas dinner set menu. Think crown of English turkey, beef rump, Christmas pudding with brandy butter ice cream and more. What a treat.

Grosvenor Casino Gloucester Road is a South Kensington staple for state-of-the-art gaming machines and tables, but they can also host your Christmas party. Their elegant restaurant and bar is serving the finest festive feast of three-courses, such as duck liver and orange pate, roasted turkey crown with all the trimmings and white forest roulade.

Otherwise, you can book for a canape reception if you'd prefer a standing affair. Though with either package, add on drinks like Black Forest-flavoured cocktails, beer, wine and prosecco or sparkling rose.

A well-know den of pubbing and partying found closer to Earl's Court, The Prince is a Victorian pub made modern with contemporary decor, cascading foliage and a floral beer garden. They can host Christmas parties for between eight and 750 people, making it a versatile choice.

Take your pick from winter canapes - spanning roast beef and horseradish mini Yorkshire puddings, camembert croquettes with mulled cranberry sauce, and prawn cocktail cups - or the multi-course set menus, which include the likes of feather blade beef in red wine gravy, duck rillette, and baked Basque cheesecake.

Tucked away in a quiet corner of South Kensington is Queens Arms, a charming pub with characterful and traditional interiors to keep your Christmas party cosy. They've got sit-down festive menus spanning spiced parsnip soup, lamb rump, hand-carved turkey, and traditional Christmas pudding with vanilla crème Anglaise.

Otherwise, for more of a standing canapes affair, check out the two tiers of buffet, serving the likes of crispy camembert bites, festive fries with sage and onion seasoning, and pigs in blankets too.  

Christmas parties at Winter Wonderland? Yep, they're actually a thing. Head to Hyde Park for a festive get-together at this most iconic of yearly events, where you can hire out areas ranging from a Bavarian beer hall to winter bars like the Alpine Lodge or Pepsi MAX fire pit.

Not only that, but festive packages here include drinks, live entertainment like DJs or acoustic musicians, activities such as ice skating, and food tokens to use at premium street food traders.

For the best Christmas party near Kensington, London, check out the nearby Kent House in Knightsbridge. This year, the Victorian townhouse and stunning event space is playing host to a Great Gatsby theme, promising grand winter balls inspired by Gatsby's mansion and Jazz Age parties. 

Fully customisable, you can choose from over 20 different performers and between sit-down Christmas dinners or bowl food and canapes. Topping it off? Prohibition punch, fizz-filled cocktails, DJs blasting tunes on the dancefloor and more. This is a festive do of epic proportions.