Atmospheric wine bar interior with warm candlelight and dark wood furnishings

Corporate Events in the City. Exceptional Wine. Since 2005.

City of London venue for corporate lunches, private hire, client entertaining, and the special events that make a room memorable.

Lunches Monday to Thursday. Open to everyone. Book a table or walk in.

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Special events, exclusive to Steam

Our programme of speaker lunches, music sessions, and one-night-only specials. Past guests include hundreds of legendary names in the archive.


Daley Thompson
Jeff Stelling
John Barnes
Ricky Hatton
Alan Brazil
Ali McCoist
Chris Waddle
Eddie Jones
Michael Vaughan
Paul Merson
Peter Beardsley
Jason Leonard
David Gower
Joe Marler
Ellen White
Daley Thompson
Jeff Stelling
John Barnes
Ricky Hatton
Alan Brazil
Ali McCoist
Chris Waddle
Eddie Jones
Michael Vaughan
Paul Merson
Peter Beardsley
Jason Leonard
David Gower
Joe Marler
Ellen White

Three reasons the City keeps coming back.

Corporate events, private hire, and a programme of curated specials.

Empty stage with a single microphone under a warm spotlight

Corporate Dining and Entertaining

Client lunches, board dinners, quiet conversations over wine. A proper City kitchen and a room that lets the meeting breathe.

Elegantly set dining table with wine glasses and warm ambient lighting

Private Hire and Events

Up to 175 standing or 80 seated across three distinct spaces. Whole venue, bar only, or the private room if the door needs to close.

Warm lights and silhouettes of wine glasses in a dark bar at night

Special Events and Quiz Nights

A curated programme of speaker lunches, live music, themed evenings, and the most competitive quiz night in EC3.

We have been coming back for years. The speaker events are genuinely world class.

Events Manager, Financial Services Verified booking, November 2025

From booking to the day itself, faultless. Already planning our next one.

Director, City Law Firm Verified booking, February 2026

Atmospheric wine bar interior with warm lighting and brick walls

A City institution since 2005.

Steps from Monument, Bank, and Cannon Street, Steam has hosted everything from intimate client dinners to sporting lunches with household names. Three distinct spaces, one unmistakable atmosphere. A 2005 venue that still feels like a private find.

175 standing, 80 seated

8 HD screens with Sky Sports

Professional sound system

Full AV for presentations

Steps from Monument, Bank, and Cannon Street

Accessibility: Steam Wine Bar is a basement venue. Please contact us to discuss accessibility requirements and we will do everything we can to accommodate.

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What's On

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Friday 15 May 2026

Blues Night

Free entry. Live blues from dusk. A first Friday residency for lovers of the genre.

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Friday 12 June 2026

An Evening with Mick Miller

Decades of stand up, still one of the funniest in the business. A proper comedy club night.

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Friday 18 September 2026

An Afternoon with AP McCoy

Twenty championships, one afternoon. The most decorated jump jockey of all time, in conversation over lunch.

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