Thinking of getting married? Then come to our Wedding Open House on July 23rd from 11.00am to 3.00pm.The hotel’s historic Music Room will be laid out the way it would look for a Wedding Reception and members of our events team will be on hand to explain why over 100 couples this year have already chosen to celebrate their Special Day with us.
As an added bonus, couples planning to come to the Open House and who pre-book an appointment with one of our wedding planners will be offered a free glass of Premier Cru champagne when they arrive! The hotel’s stunning location and timeless elegance have combined to make it one of North West London’s premiere wedding venues.
There are three different rooms licensed for Civil Ceremonies - the Music Room, Gilbert’s Restaurant and the Drawing Room. All three can also be used for Wedding Breakfasts and Receptions all the year round subject to availability.The Music Room is the biggest and arguably the most impressive room in the hotel with many features which include a floor to ceiling carved alabaster fireplace and original minstrels gallery.
Gilbert’s is the second largest room in the main house and can accommodate up to 60 guests, has its own external entrance and bar/lounge area and has plenty of natural light.
The Drawing Room is equally attractive with its original oak panelled walls, beautiful inglenook fireplace and surround and lovely views across the croquet lawn.
During the summer, many couples choose to have their Reception or Breakfast on the hotel lawns which is a very beautiful and tranquil setting and which is surrounded by formal gardens and 40 acres of lovely woodland.
There are three different banqueting packages – Lily at £99, Rose at £125 and Orchid at £140 although the hotel also offers some amazing special winter offers. All the food is prepared in the hotel’s award winning kitchens by head chef Daren Mason and his team and includes ingredients sourced from the hotel’s own vegetable gardens and greenhouses whenever possible.
Commented the hotel’s Events Manager Sarah Hayes:
”The hotel is steeped in history and it is this heritage combined with our traditional warmth and hospitality that makes us so popular for weddings”
Fine food and wine, top class entertainment, convivial company and plenty of fun and laughter are what makes a traditional Christmas and you’ll find all that and more at the Grim’s Dyke this year. The hotel has devised a programme of festive entertainment and events to appeal to all ages which kicks off on the evening of December 2nd with a Christmas Cabaret. A cocktail reception will be followed by a two-course dinner, lounge singer, magician and other cabaret acts.
There will be two black tie Champagne Dinner Dances on December 10th and 17th which will include a Pink Champagne reception, four course dinner and entertainment from a live band.
Two more of the hotel’s ever-popular Murder Mystery evenings but with a special Christmas twist will be held on December 15th and 22nd comprising cocktails on arrival, four course dinner which will include half a bottle of wine and then the Murder Mystery entertainment.
For those who fancy strutting their John Travolta stuff on the dance floor there will be Disco evenings on December 7th, 8th, 9th, 16th and 21st. A cocktail reception will be followed by dinner and, of course, the music!
The 8th, 9th and 16th events will focus on the disco music of the 70s and 80s and will feature a themed retro dinner to reflect what was popular to eat in those two decades!
There will be a Jazz Dinner on December 3rd and Jazz Lunches on December 15th and 18th with entertainment by a live band.
As a timely reminder to us all that there are children who for various reasons are unable to enjoy Christmas, there will be a special NSPCC Carol Concert on December 23rd from 6.00pm until 8.00pm will all proceeds from ticket sales being donated to the charity.
Special Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Dinners featuring the Grim’s Dyke Opera Company led by Andrew Whittaker will be held on December 4th and 18th.
On Christmas Day there will be a Pink Sparkling Wine Reception followed by a traditional 5-course Christmas lunch. Father Christmas will be in attendance and will have a gift for all children under the age of twelve.
Boxing Day will feature a Sparkling Wine reception and full Afternoon Tea with entertainment from the hotel’s resident pianist while on New Year’s Eve there will be another black tie Gilbert & Sullivan Gala Concert and 5-course dinner, with champagne at midnight to see in the New Year.
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Book a wedding in November this year or January until March next year and we will guarantee you to be the only bride at the hotel on your Special Day. We will also give you our drawing room free of charge to help ensure you and your guests feel even more comfortable here at the Grim’s Dyke.
Jazz is just one of many events throughout the year at the Grim’s Dyke and the ever-popular West London Jazz Quartet will be making a welcome return to the hotel’s Terrace for two performances this month.
The Quartet are a talented group of performers who have built up a sizeable reputation in and around London with their classic, modern, Latin and Brazilian and soul/funk repertoire. The Quartet’s line-up is Jose Sacristan on drums, Feng Bao on guitar, Diego Balba on bass and sultry Spanish singer Daida Carbonel on vocals.
They will be playing on July 21st from 6.00pm until dusk. Tickets are £29 per person which includes a glass of Pimm's and a two-course barbeque dinner with tea and coffee to follow.
They return again on July 23rd from 12.00pm to 3.00pm when cream tea on the lawn can be pre-booked for just £10 per person.
For further information call on 020 8385 3100
Learn how to advertise your business
Marketing expert Laurie Bernard of The Business Services Partnership will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Grim’s Dyke Business Club which will be on July 18th from 6.00pm until 9.00pm in the hotel’s Music Room.
Laurie will talk about the importance of marketing and will be giving members hints and tips on how to design and produce an effective advertisement.
After his talk, members can enjoy a two-course dinner with wine during which there will be lots of opportunities for networking!
The Business Club has proved a popular addition to the Grim’s Dyke’s activities and is attracting an increasing number of local business people and organisations interested in networking.
It meets once a month and enables participants to find like-minded individuals, share ideas with others who want to move their businesses forward and hear first-hand about local business successes.
The cost for members to attend a Business Club evening is £20.00 plus VAT per person or £50 plus VAT for two people from the same company.
Contact us on 020 8385 3100
The Grim’s Dyke recently hosted a dinner for the Food Club, the influential London-based networking organisation which was established 14 years ago as a forum for people working in the food industry.
Guest speaker at the dinner was Alan Gowans of Anthony Byrne Fine Wines who spoke about wine and held a tasting.
The Food Club was originally set-up with funding from the London Borough of Harrow and Brent to help small businesses grow but is now entirely self-funded and is no longer confined to just small companies.
It currently has over 100 members who are food manufacturers, importers and exporters, wholesalers, distributors. caterers and suppliers to the food sector. The Grim’s Dyke is also a member.
It meets ten times a year and has the support of major food retailers such as Waitrose. Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury.
The Food Club’s chairman is Rob Nugent who is Operations Director of Direct Table Foods which is the UK’s second largest bacon producer.
Commented Rob:
“I live near the hotel and have been going there since I was a child. More recently I’ve been going to their Gourmet Evenings which are fantastic so it was a genuine pleasure to be able to hold the Food Club dinner at the hotel”.
The hotel grounds are proving to be an increasingly popular wildlife habitat and the latest arrivals to take up residence is a family of Mallard ducks. A male and a female arrived in the Spring and shortly afterwards six little baby ducklings were hatched.
The family now live happily on the pool that runs along the side of the sunken rose garden and next to the ancient earthworks from which the hotel take its name.
The woodland surrounding the formal gardens is home to a rare species of deer and earlier this year equally rare Great Crested Newts were found on the site of the old lake where Sir William Gilbert tragically drowned 100 years ago this year.
One of the country’s leading wildlife societies has teamed up with the hotel and Harrow Council to restore the lake and try and establish a Great Crested Newt colony.
More about this in next month’s issue of Gilbert’s Gossip! |
