Dishoom Covent Garden brings a generous dose of theatre to the office Christmas party. Set on Upper St Martin’s Lane, moments from Covent Garden and Leicester Square stations, the café places groups within easy reach of the West End’s theatres, bars and festive lights, making it a practical meeting point as well as an atmospheric one.
Inside, the design takes its cues from Bombay’s glamorous Talkies era. Vintage portraits, cinematic memorabilia and softly glowing lights create a richly layered setting that already feels celebratory before the first festive drink has arrived. It is lively and characterful without slipping into the anonymous feel of a standard function room, making it particularly appealing for teams who want dinner to feel like a proper night out.
The group dining format does much of the organisational work for you. Dishoom’s feasting menus are created for the whole table to share, with plentiful dishes arriving in waves rather than guests ordering individually. This keeps the evening sociable and removes the need to gather everyone’s choices weeks in advance. Group feasts are available for parties of ten or more, while larger gatherings and specific event requests can be discussed directly with the team.
At Christmas, the cafés traditionally dress up in baubles and lights, introduce festive feasting alongside Dishoom classics. Generous festive feasting menus begin with street food snacks like keema pau and parsnip and kale chaat, followed by a majestic turkey raan with all the trimmings. Dishes are designed to be shared by everyone at the table for an added dose of conviviality, and sides are all bottomless - simply ask the team to replenish your favourites.
Drinks bring another layer of fun, from festive cocktails and alcohol-free fizz to Dishoom’s much-loved chai. The Covent Garden café's speciality is the Diamond Thriller cocktail, mixing Cointreau, cranberry and Finlandia vodka, with chilli and lime shrub. It's a nostalgic nod to films starring stuntwoman ‘Fearless Nadia’, who was the big star of 1940s Bombay.