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Whole Venue Exclusive Hire at SAMA Bankside

Event Space in a Bar
·
Whole venue
SAMA Bankside, 3 Robinson Road, London, SE1 8BU –
Southwark Station (0.2 mi)
Up to 170
seats
Up to 300
standing
Venue offers catering
External catering not allowed

About this space

SAMA Bankside is a unique spacious venue set over two floors hidden away in a vast Victorian railway arch just behind Blackfriars Bridge and close to the Tate Modern.

It is a vibrant, spacious multi-functional venue featuring a bar on each floor, a restaurant and events space that is industrial in style with original exposed brickwork, a polished concrete floor, upcycled furniture along with pops of colour throughout the venue and unapologetic artwork to get your guests talking.

Entire venue hire is available for larger events and our lower floor and private room are suitable for smaller events.

Usually booked for

Team Building

Typically for 80-90 guests and costs about £1,500.

"Great venue, excellent team including lovely manager!"

- Chris G. Dec 2024

Prices

Monday
9:00 – 22:00
from £500–£1000 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 22:00
from £500 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £1000 min. spend
Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
Tuesday
9:00 – 22:00
from £500–£1000 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 22:00
from £500 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £1000 min. spend
Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
Wednesday
9:00 – 22:00
from £500–£1000 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 22:00
from £500 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £1000 min. spend
Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
Thursday
9:00 – 23:00
from £1000–£4000 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 23:00
from £4000 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £1000 min. spend
Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
Friday
9:00 – 0:00
from £1000–£5000 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 0:00
from £5000 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £1000 min. spend
Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
Saturday
9:00 – 1:00
from £2000–£8000 min. spend
Per evening
18:00 – 1:00
from £8000 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £2000 min. spend
Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
Sunday
9:00 – 21:00
from £2000 min. spend
Per evening
17:00 – 21:00
from £2000 min. spend
Per day
9:00 – 17:00
from £2000 min. spend
Alcohol licence until 1:00. All prices include VAT.
Best price guarantee

Capacity

  • Standing
    up to 300
  • Dining
    up to 170

Catering and drinks

In-house catering available Venue can organise food and drink
Halal menu
Extensive vegan menu
Extensive vegetarian menu
Extensive gluten-free menu
Complimentary water Complimentary refreshments (such as water, tea, or coffee) for guests at no extra cost
British cuisine
No external catering allowed
Venue provides alcohol Venue can supply alcoholic beverages
No BYO alcohol allowed

Facilities

  • Wi-Fi available
  • Projector
  • Flatscreen TV
  • Whiteboard
  • Flipchart
  • PA system / speakers Venue provides a sound system for music and announcements
  • Air conditioner
  • Natural light Room has windows or a skylight, so daylight comes in
  • Unavailable: Conference call facilities
  • Unavailable: Storage space
  • Unavailable: Quiet space
  • Unavailable: Accommodation is available on-site
  • Unavailable: Parking available

Music & sound equipment

  • Own music not allowed
  • Bring your own DJ not allowed
  • No noise restrictions

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair accessible Step-free access throughout the venue for wheelchair users
  • Unavailable: Accessible toilets
  • Unavailable: Ground level
  • Unavailable: Accessible parking spot available
  • Unavailable: Lift to all floors
  • Unavailable: Cargo lift

Rules of the space

Allowed events

  • No promoted and ticketed events allowed
  • Temporary Event Notices (TENs) available
  • No wedding licence

Age policy

Guests under 18 are not allowed after 20:00

Host rules

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

Cancellation policy: Standard 30 day

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Reviews and ratings

(339 reviews and ratings - )

Verified reviews come from Tagvenue users. All reviews are checked by our team to uphold our trust and safety standards.

CG
Chris G.
Verified review
Team Building · 80 guests · December 2024

Great venue, excellent team including lovely manager! Prices for everything were reasonable and the food, especially the pizzas was all really good! Reviews from our attendees were also excellent!

5.0
LZ
Lucy Z.
Verified review
Terrace · 200 guests · August 2023

Everything was fantastic for my 30th Birthday. From the site visit, booking and on the night itself, the staff were responsive and helpful. Amazing space, perfect for a party!

5.0
MR
Mark R.
Verified review
Bar · 150 guests · April 2023

Friendly staff, great venue, food was tasty

5.0
AC
Andrea C.
Verified review
Bar · 100 guests · April 2022

We recently hired SAMA for our companies spring social event and it was a huge success. Steve and the Team including Temi were amazing. It was well organised and it ran seamlessly The bar and location are perfect and the food was delicious. The jerk chicken especially was a huge hit, but all of the canapes and bowl food were fresh and delicious. I would highly recommend this venue and their Team.

5.0

SAMA Bankside is a #Supervenue

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Customers rated communication with this venue and their event experience as Superb
Response time: within a couple of hours
Response rate: 92%

About SAMA Bankside

SAMA Bankside is a Trusted Tagvenue Partner, validated by the Tagvenue team with a record of successful bookings on the platform.

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Meet your host

Steve Prashad
Member of Tagvenue since September 2017
339 Reviews
4.8 Rating
2h Response time
98% Response rate

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