venue hire

fifty covers, a commercial kitchen behind it, and light worth having. supper clubs, shoots, pop-ups, launches.

the room

this is one of the most underused rooms in cardiff, which is an odd thing to say about your own restaurant.

the empty restaurant in the afternoon, big windows, parquet floor

fifty covers. big windows, parquet, and in the afternoon the light does most of the work for you. behind it there's a kitchen that can cook rather than reheat, and you can have that too.

chefs run supper clubs out of it. photographers use it because nobody walks through the shot. we've had pop-ups, a launch, and one lunch that went on a great deal longer than anyone had planned.

if you're cooking, the kitchen is yours. if you're shooting, the room is yours and we'll keep out of the way.

what you get

  • the full room, fifty covers, or part of it for something smaller
  • the commercial kitchen if you need it, with one of our chefs on hand if you'd rather not run it yourself
  • the bar, staffed, or dry hire
  • tables, chairs, crockery, glassware
  • loading access and somewhere to put your kit
  • five to ten minutes in a cab from the city centre, or a twenty minute walk

rates

whatfrom
half day, 4 hours, daytime monday to friday£400
full day, 8 hours, daytime monday to friday£700
saturday daytimeon application
evening, monday to thursday and sunday£1,800
evening, friday and saturday£2,500
the kitchen as welladd £250

prices include vat. a staffed bar is quoted with the date.

if you're a local pop-up trying to get something off the ground, the rates above aren't the rates. come and talk to us before you rule us out on price, we'd rather the room was busy.

the room full in the daytime, big windows, black and white

the boring bit

  • deposit20% holds the date and comes off the final bill.
  • cancellationmore than 28 days out you get the deposit back. 14 to 28 days, we keep it. inside 14 days it's half the hire fee, and inside 72 hours it's all of it.
  • damagewe'll take a card on file. anything broken is charged at what it costs us to replace it, nothing on top.
  • insuranceanyone trading in the space needs their own public liability cover and we'll want to see the certificate before the date. level on request.
  • licencewe're licensed midday to 11pm, so music off at 11 and everyone out shortly after.
  • if you're cookingthe kitchen comes to you clean and goes back clean. anyone cooking for the public brings their own allergen information.
  • what we can't dono confetti, nothing fixed to the walls, and no smoke machines. the last one sets the fire alarm off.

tell us what you're after

tell us what you're putting on and when, and whether you need the kitchen. we'll come back inside a working day. if you're a pop-up finding your feet, say so, it changes the number.

would rather just email? thebank@matsudai.co.uk goes to the same place.