Restaurant

SAMA Bankside

From £50

Up to 170

Up to 350

Spaces for hire at SAMA Bankside

from £500
minimum spend / per evening

Private Dining / Meeting Room

Our private room is perfect for a Private Dining, Meetings, Workshops, private Drinks Receptions, Birthdays, Engagement parties or any other intimate events. The room seats a maximum of 20 people or around 30 people for a standing reception. Our menu is British Modern with a Caribbean twist and our food is freshly prepared and cooked to order by...

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from £250
minimum spend / per evening

Upper Arch

A light airy space with natural daylight, our Upper Arch is perfect for Birthdays, Engagement parties, standing receptions or after-work drinks. Our Upper Arch is a semi-private area on our upper floor that opens out to our main bar area shown in the background. It has a raised area at the opposite end leading to outside with our comfy curved pink ...

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from £400
minimum spend / per session

Lower Floor

110

200

The lower floor features our private dining room and is a bright spacious area to hold your event. With our signature art to get people talking and our industrial theme throughout, the lower floor is sure to wow your guests. After dark, it becomes a great area for a private party. Perfect for birthday parties, engagement parties, wedding receptio...

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from £600
minimum spend / per session

Whole Venue Exclusive Hire

170

350

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 ...

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from £50
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Private Booths

At SAMA Bankside we have two cosy booths to get your party started right. Our blue booth is on the upper floor and our pink booth is on the lower floor. The booths are cosy areas set within the upper and lower floor at SAMA Bankside. It is perfect when you want a space to celebrate with friends after work, lunch or dinner, to have sharing platter...

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from £500
minimum spend / per evening

Lower Arch & Private Room

Our Lower Arch is the perfect space for your next celebration and is very popular for Engagement Parties and Birthdays. Although shown in a restaurant set up the furniture is all moveable so you can make it your own. Our Private Room which joins onto our Lower Arch can also be used for a quieter chill-out space, games room with beer pong tables (...

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Prices and opening hours

Monday

9:00 – 0:00

from £50–£1000 min. spend

Private Dining / Meeting Room

9:00 – 23:30

from £750–£900 min. spend

Upper Arch

9:00 – 17:00

from £400 min. spend

Lower Floor

9:00 – 0:00

from £400 min. spend

Whole Venue Exclusive Hire

9:00 – 0:00

from £600 min. spend

Private Booths

11:00 – 23:00

from £50 min. spend

Lower Arch & Private Room

9:00 – 23:30

from £900–£1000 min. spend

Tuesday

9:00 – 0:00

from £50–£900 min. spend

Private Dining / Meeting Room

9:00 – 23:30

from £500–£900 min. spend

Upper Arch

9:00 – 23:30

from £250–£400 min. spend

Lower Floor

9:00 – 0:00

from £400 min. spend

Whole Venue Exclusive Hire

9:00 – 0:00

from £600 min. spend

Private Booths

11:00 – 23:00

from £50 min. spend

Lower Arch & Private Room

9:00 – 23:30

from £500–£900 min. spend

Wednesday

9:00 – 0:00

from £50–£1000 min. spend

Private Dining / Meeting Room

9:00 – 23:30

from £500–£900 min. spend

Upper Arch

9:00 – 23:30

from £250–£400 min. spend

Lower Floor

9:00 – 0:00

from £400–£600 min. spend

Whole Venue Exclusive Hire

9:00 – 0:00

from £1000 min. spend

Private Booths

11:00 – 23:00

from £50 min. spend

Lower Arch & Private Room

9:00 – 23:30

from £800–£900 min. spend

Thursday

9:00 – 0:00

from £50–£2500 min. spend

Private Dining / Meeting Room

9:00 – 23:30

from £900–£1000 min. spend

Upper Arch

9:00 – 23:30

from £250–£400 min. spend

Lower Floor

9:00 – 0:00

from £800–£1000 min. spend

Whole Venue Exclusive Hire

9:00 – 0:00

from £1000–£2500 min. spend

Private Booths

11:00 – 23:00

from £50 min. spend

Lower Arch & Private Room

9:00 – 0:00

from £900–£1500 min. spend

Friday

9:00 – 1:30

from £50–£4000 min. spend

Private Dining / Meeting Room

9:00 – 1:30

from £500–£900 min. spend

Upper Arch

9:00 – 1:00

from £250–£400 min. spend

Lower Floor

9:00 – 0:00

from £800–£1500 min. spend

Whole Venue Exclusive Hire

9:00 – 1:30

from £1000–£4000 min. spend

Private Booths

11:00 – 1:00

from £50 min. spend

Lower Arch & Private Room

9:00 – 1:00

from £500–£900 min. spend

Saturday

9:00 – 1:30

from £50–£6000 min. spend

Private Dining / Meeting Room

9:00 – 1:30

from £750–£900 min. spend

Upper Arch

9:00 – 1:30

from £500–£900 min. spend

Lower Floor

10:00 – 1:30

from £2000 min. spend

Whole Venue Exclusive Hire

10:00 – 1:30

from £2000–£6000 min. spend

Private Booths

18:00 – 1:00

from £50 min. spend

Lower Arch & Private Room

9:00 – 1:30

from £750–£900 min. spend

Sunday

10:00 – 0:00

from £2000–£2500 min. spend

Lower Floor

10:00 – 0:00

from £2000–£2500 min. spend

Whole Venue Exclusive Hire

10:00 – 0:00

from £2000–£2500 min. spend

Facilities and catering options

Up to 170

seats

Up to 350

standing

In-house catering

Alcohol provided

External catering allowed

Parking available

Accommodation available

Ticketed events

BYO alcohol

Own DJ allowed

Location

SAMA Bankside, 3 Robinson Road , London , SE1 8BU

Southwark Station (400 yd)

Reviews and ratings

4.7

(109 reviews and ratings – read all)

Great venue in a great location! Perfect for a party or just a quick drink after work.

Humphrey and Steve were FANTASTIC and the venue was the perfect choice for my 40th. Incredibly accommodating and helped make my birthday very special. Good choice behind the bar, food was good and we filled the space well (we had just over 100 downstairs, which felt perfect). Thanks guys - a night to remember ! Don’t hesitate booking @SAMA (also conveniently located to many hotels, which was super helpful !)

None !

Amazing team. Highly recommended!! We Will definitely book again.

Nice atmosphere and venue Beer pong Great food

We were told there would be a DJ but no one came

About SAMA Bankside

SAMA Bankside 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).

SAMA Bankside 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.

SAMA Bankside is available for booking from 6 to 350 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.