Most London restaurants cap online reservations at a small number and send bigger parties through a separate enquiry. If you are comparing a group restaurant London has on offer in the west of the city, the first thing to check is where online booking stops. With us that line sits at six guests. Everything above it goes to our events team, who plan the evening with you from your first message.
You can reserve tables of up to six online for either the main dining room or the terrace, and the terrace faces south over the Grand Union Canal so narrowboats often drift past while you eat. It is partly heated and covered so a cooler evening need not rule it out.
We'd recommend booking ahead for dinner and weekends since those are the busiest times, and our FAQs cover how reservations work if you want the detail.
On the form you can tell us the date and time along with how many of you are coming and what you're celebrating, and a member of the events team then gets back to you to go through dates and capacity and menu options.
Our vaulted brick dining room suits this size well because it feels semi-private without you having to take over the whole venue. It works for a dinner for 10 people in London that wants more room and less noise than the main floor. Our guide to private dining in west London shows the space in more detail.
Above 20 guests we move into private hire. Canal is a multi-use venue that holds up to 70 seated or up to 120 standing. Exclusive hire gives you the whole restaurant including the terrace along with a dedicated events team who look after the evening from arrival to last drink.
We host everything from a seated dinner for close friends to a full standing reception. That makes Canal a group restaurant London parties can treat as their own for the night.
Summer terrace evenings fill first. If you are planning group dining in west London for 2026 or beyond then enquire early for those dates.
Our group menu is a sample set menu you can send round to guests before anyone commits to a date. For private events we shape the menu around the occasion. That might be a plated dinner or a family-style sharing menu or canapés for a standing reception.
Sharing menus suit a long table. Everyone tastes everything and nobody waits for a dish to come back round. Pair it with our sommelier-chosen wine list or one of our signature cocktails.
Bringing something special of your own is welcome. Corkage is £50 per 750ml of wine and £75 for sparkling. A cake costs £5 per head.
Every reservation at Canal is secured with card details. If plans change then let us know at least 24 hours before your booking time. No-shows and late cancellations carry a fee of £40 per person for dinner and £20 per person for lunch.
For private hire and larger parties our events team talks you through the terms when you enquire, and it's worth passing them on to your guests early so nobody's caught out on the night.
We cater for vegetarian and vegan diets as well as gluten-free and allergy-friendly options, and you can tell us when you book or enquire or mention it to your server when you arrive.
Send your date and guest numbers and the occasion through our groups and events enquiry and the team will take it from there.
