Garden Arch at SAMA Bankside

  227 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.


Event offers and packages

Christmas Party Offers

Christmas Dinner Menu
£60 per person
STARTERS
- Prawn Cocktail
- Parsnip Soup (vg)
- Bresaola with Poached Pears
- Sweet Potato and Avocado Tartare (vg, gf)

MAINS
- Roast Turkey
- Confit Duck Leg
- Jamaican Salmon
- Mushroom Wellington (vg)

DESSERT
- Christmas Pudding
- Chocolate Brownie (vg)
- Bramley Apple Tart
- Seasonal Fruit Salad (vg, gf)

Please advise us if you have any allergies or require information on ingredients used.
v = vegetarian vg = vegan gf = gluten free

Prices

Monday
9:00 – 23:00
from £1000–£2400 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 23:00
from £1000 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £2400 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
10% deposit may be recuired
Tuesday
9:00 – 23:00
from £1000–£2400 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 23:00
from £1000 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £2400 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
10% deposit may be recuired
Wednesday
9:00 – 23:00
from £1000–£2400 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 23:00
from £1000 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £2400 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
10% deposit may be recuired
Thursday
9:00 – 23:00
from £1000–£2400 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 23:00
from £1000 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £2400 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
10% deposit may be recuired
Friday
9:00 – 0:30
from £1000–£2400 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 0:30
from £1000 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £2400 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
10% deposit may be recuired
Saturday
13:00 – 1:00
from £1000 min. spend
Per evening
19:00 – 1:00
from £1000 min. spend
Per day
13:00 – 18:00
from £1000 min. spend
Note: Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
10% deposit may be recuired
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. All prices include VAT.
10% deposit may be recuired

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

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

Rules of the space

Allowed events

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

Age policy

Guests under 18 are not allowed

Host rules

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

Cancellation policy: Standard 30 day

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Reviews and ratings

(227 reviews and ratings - )

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Peter
November 2022

Great atmosphere and friendliness of staff. The space is as advertised. We had a great time.

Once the music starts its hard to talk indoors.

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Tim
August 2022

Great venue, location, and brilliant Staff!

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Pam
June 2022

The location, the staff, the space all great!

The DJ was due at 10pm , but didnt show... which was actually very disappointing because it was a party without music (other than streamed music too quiet to get people dancing).

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Abi
April 2022

Really easy to organise and communication was great. The people I was speaking to were really nice and helpful. Venue was a great atmosphere!

There were some particularly rude members of staff at the venue which was a shame as other than that it was a great night. The bouncers were really unnecessary and rude, with condescending comments speaking to members of the party like school children.


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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