Waterfront Café

About the Space

Our Waterfront Café is the perfect location to host an evening reception or a formal dinner, overlooking a dock and a busy port beyond the café. Using our nominated suppliers we are able to transform the café to meet your needs. Catering is provided by the professional hospitality services team, ranging from stand up canapé receptions through to a formal fine dining experience. The view from the full height windows is an ever changing image of the activities within the port. The café will comfortably seat 150 delegates on formal long tables and 110 or circular banquet tables. For a stand up reception with Poseur tables, 200 – 250 delegates can make the most of this unique waterfront location. We have a range of rooms and conference facilities available to hire for meetings, seminars, lecture series, conferences or events. With up to 25 bookable meeting spaces and years of event-hosting experience, we are the perfect Southampton venue to host your event. Close to the city centre with great transport links, our venue has many spaces available to hire to suit events of varying sizes. Our meeting spaces vary from small boardrooms to large lecture theatres. Many of our rooms have flexible layouts enabling them to be used for custom purposes. All of our rooms feature natural daylight and access to data projectors and screens. As a world-class research centre, we actively promote links between industry and scientific research through conferences and exhibitions. We have a specialised, purpose-built lecture theatre and exhibition areas perfect for presentations and showcasing of information. Our exhibition floor has its own reception area that is available for hire enabling you to meet and greet your conference delegates in a spacious and unique environment.