A Maybourne legend of state banquets and royal receptions since 1812: the English Heritage-listed Art Deco Ballroom, civil ceremonies in multiple rooms, the in-house Claridge's Flowers, a resident choreographer, and over 200 rooms and suites.
By The LWD Edit · 13 June 2026 · 6 min
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There are grand hotels, and then there are legends. Claridge's is the second kind: an Art Deco icon on Brook Street in the heart of Mayfair, a Maybourne hotel of state banquets and royal receptions since 1812. To marry here is to marry in a piece of London history, beneath chandeliers and mirrored walls, in a hotel that has welcomed royalty and the world for more than a century.
A Legend on Brook Street
Claridge's stands on Brook Street in the heart of Mayfair, one of the most celebrated hotels in the world. Founded in 1812 and given its famous interiors in the Art Deco glamour of the 1920s and 1930s, it has a century-long history of state banquets and royal receptions, a place where royalty, statesmen and society have gathered for generations. A Maybourne hotel of more than two hundred rooms and suites, it pairs that grandeur with the warmth and discretion of a great London house. A wedding here is a celebration of true Mayfair occasion.
Claridge's was founded in 1812 and grown through the Victorian age, then reborn in the 1920s and 1930s in the glamour of Art Deco, its ballroom, foyer and salons among the finest interiors of the period. For generations it has been the London home of royalty and heads of state, a Mayfair landmark of black-and-white marble, mirrored walls and chandeliers. A Maybourne hotel of over two hundred rooms and suites, it pairs that grandeur with the warmth and discretion of a great London house.
The Art Deco Ballroom
The heart of a Claridge's wedding is the Art Deco Ballroom, English Heritage-listed, a 1930s room of marble and mirrored walls that seats up to two hundred and forty for a wedding breakfast and holds up to five hundred for a reception. It is a room that needs no dressing up: the mirrors carry the light, the marble carries the occasion, and a celebration held within it inherits a century of glamour without a single addition. For a couple who wants their wedding to feel like an event of record, there are few rooms in London to rival it.
The heart of a Claridge's wedding is the Art Deco Ballroom, English Heritage-listed and among the most glamorous rooms in London: a 1930s space of marble and mirrored walls, lit by chandeliers, that seats up to 240 for a wedding breakfast and holds up to 500 for a reception. The hotel is licensed for civil ceremonies in multiple rooms, and beyond the Ballroom, the French Salon, with its restored mural and gilded cherubs, the elegant Drawing Room, and the intimate mezzanine rooms (Clarence, St James, Windsor and Highgrove) carry celebrations of every size, down to the smallest dinner.
French Salon, Drawing Room and the Mezzanine
Not every wedding wants five hundred guests, and Claridge's is licensed for civil ceremonies across several rooms to suit celebrations of every size. The French Salon, with its restored mural and gilded cherubs, and the elegant Drawing Room carry mid-sized gatherings with the same polish as the ballroom, while the intimate mezzanine rooms, Clarence, St James, Windsor and Highgrove, hold the smallest and most private ceremonies. The building flexes from forty guests to five hundred without ever feeling borrowed, so the scale is a choice rather than a constraint.
"An Art Deco ballroom of marble and mirrors, and a century of royal occasion."
Menus are composed for each couple by the hotel's celebrated kitchens, from refined canapés to seasonally inspired banquets, with in-house sommeliers and private tastings beforehand. Every room is dressed by the in-house Claridge's Flowers, with bespoke designs created for each wedding, and the hotel's resident choreographer teaches the first dance. The wedding party stays among over two hundred rooms and suites, with a complimentary suite for the couple on the wedding night when sixty or more guests celebrate.
The Flowers, the Menu and the First Dance
The detail is where Claridge's shows its hand. Menus are composed for each couple by the hotel's celebrated kitchens; the rooms are dressed by the in-house Claridge's Flowers; and a resident choreographer teaches the first dance, so that the moment the room turns to watch is one the couple has been prepared for. The wedding party stays among more than two hundred rooms and suites, with a complimentary suite for the wedding night when sixty or more guests celebrate.
The Guests, and the Days Around
Because a Claridge's wedding is as much a weekend as an afternoon, the hotel is built around the couple and their guests for the whole celebration. The accommodation runs to more than two hundred rooms and suites, so the wedding party stays together under one roof; the dining, from the celebrated restaurants to a private wedding breakfast, is composed by the hotel's own kitchens; and the whole occasion carries the discretion of a house that has welcomed royalty for more than a century. It is a venue where the days around the ceremony matter as much as the ceremony, and where the couple is looked after as guests of a legend rather than clients of a hotel.
For a couple who wants their wedding to carry the weight of real history without leaving the centre of London, there are few addresses to compare. Explore more of the capital's finest in our guide to wedding venues in England.
For all its grandeur, what couples remember of a Claridge's wedding is often the smallest thing: the way the staff seem to know what is needed before it is asked, the particular hush of the Ballroom before the doors open, and the sense of having been let, for one day, into a hundred years of occasion. It is a celebration that feels less staged than inherited, and that is a quality no amount of styling can buy.
What lingers is the rare combination Claridge's alone can offer: the glamour of an Art Deco legend, the polish of one of the finest hotels in the world, a florist and a choreographer of its own, and the most prestigious address in Mayfair. For a couple who dream of a London wedding of true occasion, beneath chandeliers and mirrored walls, there are few addresses like it.
A Wedding at Claridge's
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A Wedding of Mayfair Occasion
Founded in 1812 and reborn in the glamour of the 1920s, Claridge's offers a wedding that only a genuine London legend can: the discretion of a great house and the grandeur of a state occasion, in the same afternoon. As with any room of this stature, the best dates are taken early. For more of the capital's finest, explore our wedding venues in England.
The team behind the weddings. Every wedding at Claridge's is planned by the hotel's dedicated events team, working with the couple from the first viewing to the final toast, supported by the hotel's kitchens and sommeliers, the in-house Claridge's Flowers, and a resident choreographer for the first dance. The finer details are arranged with the hotel's trusted suppliers, so the whole celebration is held, and held beautifully, by people who know the legend.
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Claridge's, Brook Street, Mayfair (Maybourne)
Flowers
Claridge's Flowers, the hotel's in-house florist
Films
The Wedding Filmmakers · Juno Wedding Films · Angie and Matt Weddings
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Courtesy of Claridge's
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