PRIVATE DINING The Private Dining Room
Balthazar is situated in the heart of Covent Garden on the corner of Russell and Wellington Streets, a moment's walk from The Royal Opera House. Our private dining room is situated on the first floor above the restaurant, accessible either through the main doors or via a private entrance. The room has its own bar and lounge, and accommodates up to 60 guests seated for breakfast, lunch or dinner, and up to 80 standing for receptions and events. Guests can experience the same exceptional service, delicious food and ambient style of Balthazar in a more intimate setting. Antique timber floorboards, vintage wall sconces and an original pewter bar top create an exclusive environment which, alongside our specially crafted menus, will ensure the perfect setting for your event. DRINKS MENU SET MENUS
Set Menu 1 £50 Fig and Bayonne Ham with rocket and aged balsamic ~ Roast Pheasant with crushed potatoes, shallot vinaigrette, Savoy cabbage, caramelised apple, green pepper sauce ~ Crème Brûlée with Madeleine
Set Menu 2 £55
Jerusalem Artichoke Velouté with confit duck and truffle Chantilly cream ~ Salmon en Croûte with new potatoes and tenderstem broccoli ~ Pears Belle Hélène with vanilla ice cream
Set Menu 3 £65 Cornish Dressed Crab in the Shell ~ Beef Wellington with green beans and roasted new potatoes ~ Valrhona Chocolate Log with malted ice cream SET MENUS Set Menu 4 £70 Dressed Lobster à la Russe on a bed of shaved lettuce, Russian salad, tarragon sauce ~ Fillet of Beef Rossini with caramelised shallots, Darphin potatoes, sauce perigourdine ~ Flan Parisien with vanilla ice cream
Set Menu 5 £75 Smoked Duck Breast with baby watercress, orange glazed swede and morels ~ Roasted Halibut with artichoke persillade on a "nage de légumes" ~ Apple Tarte Tatin with vanilla ice cream
Set Menu 6 £80 Lobster Risotto with shaved Périgord truffles ~ Roast Goose Breast with a caramelised onion tarte Tatin with seared foie gras, Savoy cabbage, carrots and celeriac ~ Napoléon Millefeuille with sauce cardinale SET MENUS
Set Menu 7 £95 An elegant four course meal
Cappuccino of Langoustine and Truffles ~ Baked Scallops with lardons, shallots, persillade ~ Roast Venison with fondant potatoes, caramelised pumpkin purée, Brussels sprouts, bitter chocolate, cinnamon jus ~ Valrhona Chocolate ‘Sphere' with fresh raspberry and cacao nibs
* All our set menus are served with tea, filter coffee and petits fours
Side Dishes £6.50 (We recommend one side to serve two guests)
Cauliflower Cheese Creamed Spinach Braised Red Cabbage Roasted Pumpkin with sage and toasted pine nuts Brussels Sprouts with lardons and glazed balsamic vinegar Green Beans Christmas Set Menus £70 Smoked Salmon En Papillote and Picked Cornish crab with pickled vegetables, Tobiko Caviar, horseradish Chantilly and cornbread ~ Kelly Bronze Turkey with roast potatoes, bread sauce, chestnut and orange stuffing, chipolatas, roasted carrots, parsnips and Brussels sprouts with chestnuts. Served with homemade cranberry sauce ~ Balthazar Christmas Pudding with Cognac sauce
£85 Lobster Risotto with shaved Périgord truffles ~ Roast Goose Breast with a caramelised onion tarte Tatin and seared foie gras, Savoy cabbage, carrots and celeriac ~ Spiced Honey Roasted Pear MIllefeuille with chestnut and rum Chantilly cream
* Our Christmas menus are served with tea, filter coffee and mini mince pies
An additional cheese course may be added to the Christmas menus White Port Doused Stilton with fresh figs and Balthazar cranberry and walnut bread £9.00 SET MENUS Light Lunch Menu £40 Please choose one option per course for the whole party
Entrées Smoked Salmon with a herb and lemon crème fraîche on toasted brioche
Pumpkin Agnolotti ravioli with toasted pumpkin seeds, brown butter and sage *
Winter Kale Salad with roasted butternut squash, Marcona almonds and cranberries
Chicken Liver and Foie Gras Mousse with red onion confit and grilled country bread
Bayonne Ham with grilled Balthazar sourdough and celeriac rémoulade
Jerusalem Artichoke Velouté with truffle Chantilly
Mains Grilled Var Salmon with crushed new potatoes, shallot vinaigrette and tenderstem broccoli
Duck Shepherd's Pie
Artichoke à la Barigoule with herb gnocchi *
Grilled Rib Eye Steak with pommes frites and maître d' butter
Grilled Baby Chicken Basquaise with peppers, tomatoes and piment d'Espelette
Balthazar Hamburger/Cheeseburger
Roasted Fillet of Cod with roasted cherry tomatoes, edamame beans and salt cod brandade
Teas, Filter Coffee & Petits Fours
* Can be served as a starter or main Private Dining Room Extras
Assiette de Fromage
An additional course of Balthazar cheeses can be added to all menus at a supplement of £9 per person.
Cheeses from the Balthazar selection are accompanied by fresh grapes and Balthazar cranberry and walnut bread.
Celebration Cakes
A delicious range of Balthazar's homemade cakes is available upon request. Please contact Jo Tomlin for the full celebration cake menu. 020 3301 8855 BREAKFAST MENUS
Traditional Breakfast £35
Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice (two glasses per guest) & Teas and Filter Coffee
Le Panier a basket of freshly baked breads and mini pastries from our bakery served with a selection of our homemade jams, marmalade and hazelnut chocolate spread
Fruit Salad or Yoghurt, Berries and Granola (Please choose one option for the whole party)
Full English Breakfast Clarence Court eggs (scrambled), maple cured bacon, beans, Cumberland sausage, fried bread, mushrooms, grilled tomatoes & home fries or Clarence Court Eggs Benedict/Royal/Florentine or Avocado on Toast with a poached egg served on Balthazar sourdough with a tomato salsa or New York Pancakes with fresh banana and Canadian maple syrup
(Please choose one option for the whole party)
* All dietary requirements can be catered to seperately BREAKFAST MENUS
Continental Breakfast £25 Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice (two glasses per guest) & Teas and Filter Coffee
Le Panier a basket of freshly baked breads and pastries from our bakery served with a selection of our homemade jams, marmalade and hazelnut chocolate spread
Fruit Salad or Yoghurt, Berries and Granola (Please choose one option for the whole party)
BREAKFAST EXTRAS Teas and Filter Coffee • 3.00 each Herbal Teas and all Barista coffees• • 3.00 each Evian Still Water• • • • • 4.00 per 750ml bottle Badoit Sparkling Water• •4.00 per 750ml bottle Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice • • 15.00 per litre jug (5 glasses) Balthazar Bloody Shame• • • • 6.50
Balthazar Bloody Mary• •9.50 per glass Mimosas • • • • • • 10.50 Please note alcohol cannot be served before 10am due to licensing laws CANAPÉS
Light Canapés
£2.50 each (We recommend 4 canapés per person pre dinner or 12 as part of a canapé reception)
Vegetarian
Cold
Chicory leaf with walnut and Stilton
Croustade of goat's cheese, roast Piquilo pepper, toasted hazelnuts
Soft boiled quail's egg served with a celery rémoulade
Grilled courgette wrap with rocket, Parmesan and sun blushed tomatoes
Goat's cheese curd, red onion & Port marmalade on a Parmesan shortbread
Aged Pecorino cheese & membrillo skewer
Hot Choux puff pastry with Gruyère cheese & Cayenne pepper Wild mushroom arancini
Meat
Cold Marinated seared beef and green beans Carpaccio of beef on a Parmesan tuile
Hot Chicken & baby leek brochette marinated in soy and Asian spices Duck spring roll with plum sauce Pigs in blankets Grilled lamb, rosemary and red pepper skewers Mini Yorkshire pudding, roast beef & horseradish CANAPÉS
Fish
Cold Smoked salmon, lemon pancake and crème fraîche Seared tuna wasabi Tostada of crab and avocado Croustade of lobster with saffron, orange and sun blushed tomatoes Prawn cocktail on baby gem leaf
Hot Salmon and prawn crumble Goujons of sole, sauce Tartar Thai crab cakes with sweet chilli dip
Sweets
£2.50 each
Mini mince pie Mini berry crumble ‘Canelle Bordelais’ Gingerbread and orange marmalade macaron Lime marshmallow with salted caramel Coffee ‘Caroline’ éclair Mini lemon meringue pie Chocolate brownie Strawberry dipped in chocolate Mini Christmas pudding Mini apple tarte Tatin Fruit skewer, mint salsa CANAPÉS
Substantial canapés
£4.00 each (We recommend 4 - 6 substantial canapés per person as part of a canapé reception)
Prawn cocktail on baby gem leaf Mini Balthazar cheeseburger Mini fish and chips with sauce Tartar Mini turkey burger with cranberry relish
Bowl food
£6.50 each (We recommend 3 - 4 bowls per person as part of a canapé reception)
Pumpkin and artichoke agnolotti Mini turkey and wild mushroom pie with cranberry relish Wild mushroom risotto with truffles Mini Balthazar duck shepherd’s pie Grilled lamb cutlet with rosemary and mint jelly Mini chorizo, grilled vegetable and Parmesan Chicken or vegetable gyoza dumplings with a sweet and sour vegetable salad WINES
CHAMPAGNE
Non Vintage Gaston Chiquet Brut · 61 Gaston Chiquet Brut Rosé · 69 Billecart-Salmon Brut · 73 Veuve Clicquot Brut· 75 R de Ruinart Brut · 77 Pol Roger Brut · 78 Billecart–Salmon Brut Rosé · 85 Veuve Clicquot Brut Rosé· 91 Vintage Taittinger Brut ’05 · 140 Dom Pérignon Brut ’04 · 190 Tete De Cuvee Pol Roger “Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill” Brut ’99· 220 Bollinger “Vieilles Vignes Françaises” Brut ’00 · 600
ROSE
Côtes de Provence Rosé Sainte Marie ‘13· 37 Bandol Rosé Suffrene ‘13· 44
Please note wine prices and vintage may be subject to change WINES
VIN BLANC
Bordeaux Blanc Château des Antonins ‘13· 31 Vouvray Sec “Spring” V Carême ’12 · 36 Limoux Chardonnay “Caves du Sieur d’Arques” Toques et Clochers ‘11 · 42 Mâcon Prisse “Le Clos” Des Valanges ‘11· 39 Bourgogne Aligoté M Bouzereau ‘10· 42 Chablis Colombier ‘12· 42 Sancerre “Les Espailles” Sautereau ‘13· 42 Saint–Veran “Tradition” Deux Roches ‘12· 47 Pouilly-Fumé “La Rambarde” Landrat-Guyollot ‘12· 50 Petit Chablis Jean–Paul & Benoit Droin ‘I2 · 53 Rully J–Y Devevey ‘10 · 53 Sancerre “Réserve Spéciale” Paul Thomas ‘12 · 54 Mâcon Milly–Lamartine Héritiers du Comte Lafon ‘11· 56 Chablis “Montmain Ier Cru” Duplessis ’11· 66 Viré–Clessé Héritiers du Comte Lafon ‘09· 67 Pouilly–Fuissé “La Roche” Bret Brothers ‘09· 84 Chassagne–Montrachet P Colin ‘11 · 85 Meursault “Benjamin Leroux” ‘09· 94
Vin De Reserve Meursault “Les Tillets” P Javillier ‘09· 100 Puligny–Montrachet Château de Puligny ‘09 · 100 Chassagne–Montrachet “Chenevottes 1er Cru” P Colin ‘10· 105 Beaune “Les Aigrots 1er Cru” M Lafarge ‘08· 107 Puligny–Montrachet “Hameau de Blagny 1er Cru” P Chapelle ‘04 · 116 Meursault “Les Cras” 1er Cru Louis Boillot ‘07· 135 Chassagne–Montrachet “Les Caillerets 1er Cru” V Morey ‘08· 145 Chablis “Vaillons 1er Cru” F Raveneau ‘09· 195 Meursault “Genevrières 1er Cru” Comtes-Lafon ‘01· 330
Please note wine prices and vintage may be subject to change WINES
VIN ROUGE
Touraine Cabernet Franc Clos Roche Blanc ‘12 33 Morgon “La Voûte St–Vincent” Desvignes ‘11 35 Côtes du Rhône “Nature” Perrin et Fils ‘12 36 Médoc Château Labadie ‘10 40 Lussac–St–Emilion Château Croix de Rambeau ‘09 42 Rasteau “L’Andéol” Perrin et Fils ‘10 44 Haut–Médoc Château du Retout ‘04 45 Sancerre Rouge “Les Espailles” Sautereau ‘11 45 Pinot Noir “Les Jardins” L Boesch ‘11 50 Pernand–Vergelesses “Ile de Vergelesses” Rollin ‘10 56 Gigondas “La Bastide St. Vincent” G Daniel ‘11 59 Santenay “En Bievau” Bart ‘09 59 Graves Château Villa Bel Air ‘10 59 Saint–Aubin Derriere La Tour, 1er Cru, J C Bachelet ‘11 65 Chinon Clos de Turpenay Coulaine '09 67 St–Emilion Château Haut–Segottes ‘07 70 Pauillac Lacoste Borie ‘09 74 Margaux Château Deyrem Valentin ‘09 76 Gevrey–Chambertin Benjamin Lelous ‘10 99
VIN DE ReSERVE Bandol “La Migoua” Tempier ‘10 125 Pauillac Château Batailley ‘98 125 Corton Grand Cru Follin–Arbelet ‘08 130 Margaux Château Durfort–Vivens ‘01 · · · · · · · · · 135 Beaune “Les Aigrots 1er Cru” M Lafarge ‘06 145 St Julien Duluc de Branaire Ducru ‘01(magnum) 190 Clos De Vougeot Grand Cru Vougeraie ‘07 250
Please note wine prices and vintage may be subject to change COCKTAILS
spiced apple cup· 9.50 Golden Rum, Lime, Honey and Homemade Spiced Apple Juice sloe gin fizz· 9.50 Sloe Gin, Lemon, Sugar, Egg White and Soda Water roast chestnut sidecar· 9.50 Cognac, Chestnut Liqueur, Lemon and Orange midnight hour· 9.50 Old Tom Gin, Elderflower, Blueberry, Citrus Juices and Violet Sugar rose rouge · 9.50 Vodka, Pink Lemonade, Dark Cherry and Rose Petal Liqueur
Balthazar Mulled Wine 8.50 Red Wine, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Dried Citrus, Dark Berries and Peychaud's Bitters
Please note this is a sample menu; our Bar Manager, Adrian is happy to discuss custom-made cocktails for your event. COCKTAILS
Festive Punches
Originating in the early seventeenth century, punches are a fanatastic way to start the party. Our Bar Manager, Adrian has created below seasonal favourites - all served in elegant antique punchbowls, serving approximately ten guests each.
regent punch Golden Rum, White Brandy, Cherry, Pineapple, Green Tea Sugar and Sparkling Wine
covent garden punch Dry Cider, Cognac, Sherry and Citrus Sherbet
Cosmopolitan claret punch Port, Bordeaux Wine, Crème de Noyaux and Crème de Curaçao
New York punch Sauternes Wine, Golden Rum, Dry Sherry and Sparkling Wine
All at £75.00 DRINKS MENU GENERAL INFORMATION
Service Times »»Breakfast 7.30am – 10.30am »»Lunch 12 noon – 5pm »»Dinner 6.30pm – 12.30am (Monday to Thursday) (1am Fridays and Saturdays) (11.30pm Sundays)
Capacities Seated Long table set up - 1 long table seating 30 Round table set up - 9 round tables seating 50, with two banquettes seating 5 per banquette, 60 in total Standing 80 standing for drinks and canapés
Extras »»Menus and place cards are included »»Flowers are provided between the banquettes and an arrangement in the window, plus four small table arrangements. Extra table arrangements are available on request at an additional cost »»Candles are provided in the room »»No live music is available; however there is a music system in place and guests are welcome to bring their own music, all android/ipod devices can be played »»There is no dance floor »»The private room has a lift and disabled access »»Complimentary WiFi available »»Private cloakroom available »»AV equipment is available to order at an additional cost »»Private side entrance available »»Exclusive use of Private Dining Room toilets for all guests
Contact Joanna Tomlin email: [email protected] telephone: +44 (0)20 3301 8855