The Dorchester

The hotel's grand banqueting room and its largest event space, entered through a private door on Park Lane by way of a pre-function Crush Hall. The 1930s Art Deco interior is hung with crystal chandeliers and ringed by semi-precious blue stone pillars, beneath a listed ceiling restored in white gold leaf. A permanent stage and a sprung dance floor make it a setting for galas, dinner-dances and award ceremonies, seating up to 510 for a banquet and holding 1,000 for a reception.

The Orchid Room's pale blue Wedgwood palette and crystal chandelier make it one of the most immediately recognisable private event spaces in London. High plasterwork, alcoved mirrors and a soft ambient uplighting system create ideal conditions for seated dinners and dancing. Seats 144 for a banquet; 250 for a standing reception. The Holford connects through for pre-dinner drinks.

The most contemporary room in the hotel's event portfolio faces Hyde Park through full-height windows. Its signature oval ceiling of crystal drops bathes the room in natural light during the day and glittering atmosphere by night. A sweeping staircase leads down from the entrance foyer into a suite of connecting rooms with capacity for 70 seated or 120 standing.

Sir David Tang's China Tang occupies the lower ground floor of The Dorchester in a subterranean world of pre-war Shanghai glamour — lacquered mahogany walls, ornate carpets, hand-painted Fromental chinoiserie entrance panels and silk banquettes. Three private dining rooms (Ping, Pang and Pong) are concealed behind sliding lacquered lattice doors: each seats between 16 and 20 individually, combining for up to 50 across all three.

One of the hotel's most historically significant rooms — the sole authentic survivor from the original Holford mansion — the Holford Room retains its extraordinary warm oak panelling, 14ft ceilings, gilt chandelier and marble fireplace. The room seats up to 60 for dinner and 100 standing; it connects to the adjacent Orchid Room for larger receptions.

Accessed directly from The Promenade at the hotel's centre, the Park Suite occupies two rooms — Park Left and Park Right — decorated in muted greens and creams with historical tapestry panels that face toward Hyde Park. Prince Philip chose this suite for the evening before his wedding. A private cloakroom and reception area are included. Seats 60 across both rooms; 100 for a standing reception.

Connected to the Penthouse on the eighth floor, the Pavilion takes its palette from the same Messel scheme — green-painted walls, gilt-framed mirrors, long windows opening onto the private terrace with its fountain and unbroken London skyline views. Seats up to 34 for dinner; combined with the Penthouse it accommodates up to 60 standing.

Oliver Messel's 1953 masterwork sits on the eighth floor: a circular room of sylvan wall murals, crimson silk swags, gilt candelabra and an ornate marble fireplace. Messel drew from Sleeping Beauty's enchanted forest for the decoration, resulting in something that feels more stage set than hotel suite. Seats 18–34 for intimate dinners; the adjacent Pavilion can be taken alongside it for receptions.

A twelve-seat private dining room off the main room at Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, the three-Michelin-starred French restaurant. The Salon is defined by its extraordinary wall — thousands of green silk buttons in varying tones, designed to echo the greenery of Hyde Park outside — and a gold leaf oval ceiling fixture above the table. Discreet, singular, and one of the most private twelve-seat tables in the city.