The best affordable venues for hire in the UK

Three private hire rooms are spread across this four-floor pub in Brighton’s Lanes: The Tusk Club, a speakeasy-style basement with AV and a dance-floor layout, The Dining Room for seated meals, and The Hideaway for smaller gatherings.

A group menu of elevated pub classics covers the food, and at £29 per person, you can't go wrong.

Dark walls, wooden latticework, a living green wall and a gold-toned mural overhead offer a moody backdrop to private dinners or glamorous drinks parties. 

Banquet menus sit between £30 and £40 a head, and include a generous array of comforting Indian dishes, from poppadoms and chutneys through to paneer tikka, saag aloo and garlic chilli chicken.

Private dining, semi-private hire and exclusive use are all offered at popular Indian street food restaurant Mowgli.

Affordable set feasting menus all come with a welcome glass of fizz, while a fully licensed bar serves an inventive drinks menu that complements its Indian-inspired plates. 

Choose the rooftop Reserve with its three terraced wings, the Treasury in the former vaults, or the Strongroom, where a snooker table doubles as a dining table, at this restored Grade II-listed Manchester hotel.

A private dining room and Reign restaurant cover seated events, with bedrooms on site and clear, upfront pricing.

This colourful craft-beer bar in Leeds boasts a basement games room home to pool, darts and board games.

Hire the games room alone or the whole venue, bring your own food and music, and arrange drinks packages to suit your group. Smaller groups pay no minimum spend or room hire fee provided drinks are bought at the bar.

This pink, floral party venue in the heart of Liverpool has two spaces to hire: the Main Club, available Sunday to Friday, and the Pink Party Room, available every day and including a resident DJ.

A light and sound system comes with every hire, events can run until 3am, and the hire fee includes venue hire, party packages and a DJ.

After a venue with urban edge? Check out this Cheltenham craft brewery taproom with industrial interiors and a spacious courtyard. Hire the whole venue exclusively, or book The Booth for a drinks-led group with tailored packages and table service.

Food comes from resident vendors, covering Middle Eastern dishes and gourmet burgers, and on-site parking is available.

Set inside a Victorian hotel, Holiday Inn offers function rooms for meetings, conferences and parties, plus a garden and patio for summer events and teambuilding on the lawn.

Free on-site parking and bedrooms on site help guests travelling in, and menu tastings are available for seated dinners. Three course menus start at £26.95 per person.

The Pink Piano Bar downstairs gives this Greek gastrobar its party edge, with a dance floor and live music or DJ included, while the upstairs dining room draws on the chef-led kitchen for seated meals.

Exclusive hire is available for birthdays, drinks receptions and team-building events.

Published packages make costs easy to compare at this historic Broadstairs hall overlooking Pierremont Park, covering conferences, children’s and adult parties, baby showers and naming celebrations.

It's self-catered, so hosts bring their own suppliers, and the Chamber Hall opens onto landscaped outdoor space.

Third-floor views over Leeds and a rooftop terrace, the most sought-after space for summer events, are the draw at this South Indian restaurant.

A private dining room suits small dinners or meetings, exclusive hire covers launches and milestone parties, and the events team will customise menus if you so wish.

A cloud of pink blossom hangs over dark purple walls in this Milton Keynes bar and restaurant, which has a large bar and an outdoor terrace linked by opening doors.

Hire the whole venue for a corporate or private event, with DJs, live musicians and dancers brought in, as well as Japanese-inspired menus.

There's no private room at this Nottingham diner-inspired restaurant, but the main space can be hired exclusively, or large tables reserved for a semi-private celebration.

A family-style pizza feasting menu, including Detroit-style pizza, keeps catering simple and affordable, and street-side tables add a summer option.

Group set menus at this boutique Edinburgh hotel start at a very reasonable £35 for three courses. Host your private dinner in The Sitting Room or The Library for smaller groups, or The Green Room for a grand banquet style event.

Flexible drinks packages can be accommodated, and there's no room hire or hidden charges that catch you off guard. 

Groups dining upstairs at this Sheffield steakhouse get a private room away from the main restaurant, with full AV equipment and in-house catering.

Charcoal-grilled sharing menus suit group meals, and the team can discuss a full takeover subject to the restaurant’s schedule.