Amphitheatre Restaurant

Amphitheatre Restaurant and Terrace — Royal Opera House

Please note, the Amphitheatre Restaurant will be closed for renovations from 9 January 2018 until autumn 2018.

The Balconies Restaurant, Paul Hamlyn Hall Champagne Bar and the Crush Room remain open.

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The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London WC2E | CWR

Covent Garden is a lively and popular area of central London, boasting a host of shops, restaurants, hotels, and attractions.

One of the area’s main attractions is the The Royal Opera House - a thriving  cultural venue and home to The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.

In fact, many of Handel’s operas and oratorios were written specifically for the venue and were premiered on its stage.

Today, the venue is a fine example of modern theatre design and offers world class opera and ballet performances in unrivalled surroundings.

The 400-seat Linbury Studio Theatre hosts smaller productions such as experimental dance and chamber operas, whilst the Clore Studio Upstairs provides an intimate stage for events.

Amphitheatre Bar — Royal Opera House

From January 2018 to autumn 2018 the Amphitheatre Bar is closed for refurbishment.

You can use the temporary replacement bar located in the Clore Studio Upstairs.

Paul Hamlyn Hall Balconies Restaurant — Royal Opera House

Once a part of Covent Garden flower market, the spectacular, glass-vaulted Paul Hamlyn Hall  has a definite ‘wow’ factor.

At gallery level, the Balconies Restaurant provides a stunning, modern space at the heart of the Royal Opera House.

Amid the energy and excitement of world-class opera and ballet productions, the Paul Hamlyn Hall Balconies Restaurant offers spectacular views, superb, friendly service and a luxurious modern European menu that, like the Paul Hamlyn Hall itself, combines the very best of old and new.

See Menu options and pricing for this restaurant.

You can add restaurant reservations to your shopping basket up to 72 hours before performances for which you have tickets.

Will this Royal Opera House redevelopment be an improvement ...

Although it excited a battery of press and public hostility during its planning stages, the major redevelopment of the Royal Opera House during the late 1990s swiftly proved a triumph for both its architects, Dixon Jones, and the ROH itself – the restored Paul Hamlyn Hall has now become one of the best-loved venues in London and the improvements and extensions to the 19th-century fabric helped to make the ROH probably more financially and administratively efficient than any comparable institution in the world.

Briefly, the scheme imagines a major reconstruction of the basement Linbury Studio Theatre (hastily added as an afterthought to Dixon Jones’ master plan); increased emphasis on the rear entrance from the Covent Garden Piazza; new glazed frontage to the ground-floor entrance below the Paul Hamlyn Hall; improvements to the Clore Studio (which doubles up as a space for ballet rehearsal and a venue for small-scale public events); a new ballet studio on the ROH’s roof, to be named for the choreographer Sir Kenneth Macmillan; alterations to the Amphitheatre restaurant, including a partial glazing-in of the popular open loggia; and reconfigurations of lavatories, cloakrooms and box office-spaces as part of a general opening up of parts of the ground-level foyer.

I don’t have any beef with the ideas for the Clore and MacMillan Studios, or the revamping of the ground level foyers and box-office area.

Nor do I much like the hard-edged modernist glazed frontage on Bow Street, which will protrude below the Paul Hamlyn Hall.

The unaddressed problem is the route to the Amphitheatre, the upper part of the auditorium which holds about half of the 2,200-strong audience and which can only be accessed from the Paul Hamyln Hall via one relatively narrow passage.

Going to London? Don't miss the theatre district

From the black-and-white Elizabethan splendour of Shakespeare's reconstructed Globe Theatre to the historic Rose Theatre, to the acclaimed National Theatre, which once counted Sir Laurence Olivier as its artistic director, London's theatre scene is arguably the world's most vibrant.

While London's 240 theatres can be found on both banks of the Thames, the greatest concentration is grouped in the West End, in the area surrounding Covent Garden.

If you can't get to Covent Garden's magnificent Royal Opera House for a performance, you can hear fledging opera stars perform arias on the piazza and, if you're here on a Saturday, you can greet the Pearly Kings and Queens in their elaborate finery, studded head-to-toe with mother-of-pearl buttons.

As befits such a dramatic part of London, Covent Garden and its environs have some pretty dramatic hotels and restaurants.

If you're looking for a good spot for a pre-theatre dinner, opt for Kopapa in Seven Dials, the Amphitheatre Restaurant at the Royal Opera House, the Ivy Market Grill on Covent Garden's piazza, and Cafe Murano, showcasing the talents of Michelin star recipient Angela Hartnett, formerly of the Connaught Hotel.

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Amphitheatre Restaurant & Bar, West End

Serving superior modern cuisine in an atmosphere of casual elegance, the Amphitheatre Restaurant offers a wide variety of freshly made dishes.

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.

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