Bars & Restaurants

Make your special evening complete at the Royal Opera House by combining your choice of ballet or opera with food and drink.

The Opera House opens 90 minutes before the curtain rises. All bars and restaurants open at this time. For evening and Sunday performances the restaurants are open to ticket holders only.


Dining and Bar Venues

Amphitheatre Restaurant

Amphitheatre Restaurant

Serving superior modern cuisine in an atmosphere of casual elegance, the Amphitheatre Restaurant offers a wide variety of freshly made dishes. Combined with our exceptional wine list of old and new world; you can make the most of this fabulous blend.

For people who are planning a night of ballet or opera, the Amphitheatre Restaurant is open to ticket holders for pre and interval dining. The menu is a la carte so you may relax before the performance with starter and main course and return to your table in the interval for a delicious dessert.

View a Sample Menu: in a new window | as a pdf

Amphitheatre Bar

Amphitheatre Bar

Located at the top of the escalator, with views into the Paul Hamlyn Hall and a covered loggia overlooking Covent Garden Piazza. This bar is most easily accessible from the Amphitheatre, Slips and Balcony seats and boxes.

To save time payment is taken in advance of your arrival. Bar orders can be placed up until midday on the day of the performance, depending on availability.

View a Sample Menu: in a new window | as a pdf

Balconies Restaurant

Balconies Restaurant

The ultimate complement to the very best in ballet and opera: tables for dinner just a few paces from the auditorium on the spectacular balconies in the restored hall, formerly a flower market. A two or three course meal served with the buzz of the bar below and the amazing domed glass roof overhead. This is a grand, formal restaurant, ideally suited to business entertaining or any other special occasion.

View a Sample Menu: in a new window | as a pdf

Paul Hamlyn Hall Bar

Paul Hamlyn Hall Bar

Incorporating the Perrier-Jouët Champagne Bar. Pre-orders are laid out under the North Balcony (Auditorium side). This Bar is most accessible for the Stalls, Stall circle and Grand Tier seats and boxes.

To save time payment is taken in advance of your arrival. Bar orders can be placed up until midday on the day of the performance, depending on availability.

View a Sample Menu: in a new window | as a pdf

Amphi Al Fresco Restaurant

Amphi Al Fresco Restaurant

The terrace of the Amphitheatre Restaurant offers a perfect al fresco dining setting in the heart of Covent Garden. It boasts a peaceful ambience with a view of the busy yet, entertaining Covent Garden piazza below.

Perfect for pre-performance and interval dining for those opera and ballet filled summer evenings. Operating as an airy summery extension to the restaurant, the heated terrace will be serving the same full á la carte menu to complete your evening.

View a Sample Menu: in a new window | as a pdf

Al fresco dining is open from 19 May until the end of the season.

Crush Room

Crush Room

Located within the original part of the Royal Opera House, this sumptuous space offer patrons a wide choice of cold food from stylish open sandwiches to freshly prepared lobster and other mouth-watering dishes.

The Crush Room is located on Grand Tier level. Our butlers will be on hand to serve you whilst you dine. It is essential to book your table and food in advance (tables may be extended to the Conservatory on busy nights).

View a Sample Menu: in a new window | as a pdf

Food and Drink

If you would like menus or any information by email, fax or post, please contact us at:

Restaurant Reservations
Searcy
Covent Garden
London WC2E 9DD
Tel +44 (0) 20 7212 9254
Fax +44 (0) 20 7212 9239

Email: searcys@roh.org.uk 

Terms & Conditions

Online Reservations Now Available

Dining reservations may now be added to your shopping basket up to 7 days before main house performances.

You can also add dinner reservations to any main house performances you may have booked through your My Royal Opera House page.

Winter 2009 Wine List

Download the Winter 2009 wine list.

Restaurant and Bar Order Forms

If you have already reserved your table you can download the appropriate Restaurant or Bar Order Form here as a pdf.

Download Acrobat Reader here.

Winter Order Forms

Paul Hamlyn Hall and Amphitheatre Bar 

Balconies Restaurant 

Crush Room