Restaurants

Events managers and party organisers
And if you have the budget but not the time, hire someone else to organise things for you…

Uptown Events
If you’re organising a dinner party, Uptown Events can sort everything for you. It also arranges mixed Christmas parties for smaller groups; this year including murder mysteries at the Radisson Marlborough and Kenilworth hotels, A Rocking Good Christmas at the New Connaught Rooms, and a Snow Ball in the Royal Hospital Gardens. Prices from £58 + VAT each.
(www.uptownevents.co.uk/0870 122 6969). Feature continues

Party Parties
Will arrange, yes you guessed it, private parties for you and your office colleagues as well as shared dos, where eight to 500 people can crash a bigger event. Upcoming dates include the ‘Chronicles of Christmas’, a Narnia-style extravaganza by the Thames.
Prices from £32.50 + VAT per person (www.partyparties.com/0870 505 915).

Top Table
Online restaurant booking website Top Table lets you enter your budget and party number and searches for availability.
(www.toptable.co.uk/0870 850 8454).