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Top London Shared Office Christmas Party Restaurant, Hotels, River Cruises and Clubs for 2009

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An Insiders Review of the best London hotel, restaurant , club and river cruise options for shared Office Christmas parties in 2009

London is once again awash with shared Office Christmas Party Offers from restaurants, hotels, bars and river cruises but which ones are best for Christmas parties where not everyone is necessarily going to be into the theme and where other factors like how good the food is and whether there is a disco and dancing afterwards are going to be just as important. Read below and hear the inside track courtesy of Christmas.

Hotel based shared office parties tend to be the most expensive but they often come with ballrooms (with late licence) and galley kitchens used to doing large functions like weddings. On the negative side hotels are often poor at entertainment so be careful to check out which shows they have bought in. Of the hotel based themed parties the 70s /80s dicso themed party New Connaught Rooms Abba Reunion party is great value. Reasonably priced for a hotel event at £65 per head and the entertainment is top notch. The New Connaught Rooms is also known for producing quality food. No rubber turkeys here and a decent late licence too. Roll on Fernando. Christmas Confidential also likes the Bloomsbury Hotel James Bond themed night. Food look exceptionally good and at £75 +VAT with courtesy glass of champagne is good value by West End Hotel standards anyway. All rounded off by dancing till 1am after

Bar and restaurant shared office parties tend to be the best value and you know the food will be good because they are serving it day in day out. Watch out though for the quality of entertainment as hiring in a couple of tired old circuit entertainers who cannot get bookings elsewhere is not going to make a Christmas party go off with a bang and whether there is a late licence /disco thrown in.. Of the burlesque cabaret and comedy themed shared Christmas party nights Peacock Bar in Clapham Junction’s “Put Your Boss on The Stage” night looks outstanding A three course traditional Christmas turkey dinner or lunch for £25 (food only) with six burlesque cabaret shows, a host and a photographer all thrown in. A cheesey disco afterwards till the small hours of the morning and a speed dating tables for any office singletons completes an excellent package. Available for exclusive or shared Christmas parties lunch or dinner from December 1st onwards. As a multiple award winning venue the entertainment should be top notch too.

On a dance And regional tip Christmas Confidential likes the Cuban Camden . A three course meal for £35 albeit somewhat un Christmas like apart from the Christmas pudding remains true to the venues Cuban roots. With a 1am, licence weekdays and a 2am licence Friday and Saturdays there is plenty of time to knock back a few cocktails after. For salsa fans Bar Salsa is a good option at only £26 per head but their food is reputedly not quite as good as the salsa lessons they provide before and salsa dancing after. Turkey tornadoes anyone..

Now for something entirely different …….Medieval banquets seem to be having a bit off a comeback these days something to do with Lord of The Rings no doubt. Avoid all the hotels trying this one and head straight to The Medieval banquet at Ivory House in Smithfield. They do this week in week out and it is first rate and at £55 per head that includes unlimited beer and wine during dinner. Only grumble is that 12am is a bit of an early finish and it can be hard to arrange

Finally river cruises also remain stubbornly popular although quite why given that its night time and rather chilly at Christmas remains to be seen. Christmas Confidential is not really a fan of these the food suffers from being made in a cramped space, someone always gets left at dockside and licencing laws means docking has to be before 11pm. However if that is your tip The Symphony River Cruise is the best of the cruise and dine options. The all glass walls allow everyone an excellent view without having to go up on deck and the 4 course meal at £75 per head includes a ½ bottle of wine. As always though don’t be late as they will leave without you and you may need to arrange entertainment for later as docking is at an un festively early time of 10.45pm. Shame.
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