Haberdashers’ Hall

I had a group lunch meeting here through work, and I love it when these give me a peek inside some of the historic buildings around the City that aren’t usually open to the public.
This venue is a gorgeous old livery building complete with grassy green courtyard and fountain at its heart that would’ve been lovely to sit in the afternoon sun were it not for the management team waiting to present upstairs. There were sunlit reception drinks on the upper level overlooking the courtyard through floor-​to-​ceiling windows, which led through to the spacious main presentation room.
The 3-​course lunch was delicious — a goat’s cheese starter on flaky pastry, a salmon main served unusually on a mushroom with an almost sweet red sauce, and crème brûlée for dessert that needed a pleasing amount of force to smash the top. Superb service meant it was all delivered and cleared smoothly and silently — and whilst wearing soft black gloves!
Special kudos for the mini pot of jelly babies in the middle of each table too — I may have been playing the serious grown-​up hard at work but they were the perfect light-​hearted touch to make me smile :) Impressive all round — I’ll be looking out for more meetings in this venue again!

I went here for a financial breakfast presentation this morning and the place is lovely!
Very kind, welcoming staff.
I love the fountain in the middle of the courtyard (pictured) that has jets of water shooting up from the ground landing in the receptacle at the top an then filtering back down.
We had bacon sandwiches for breakfast which were devine! Most likely because the Hall is in the area best known for the Smithfield Meat-​Market!
Nom nom nom