Private Hire Screenings Of The World Cup In London 2026

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By lauren cole Lead Editor, DesignMyNight Our Lead Editor, Lauren, has written about the UK's best restaurants, bars and experiences on DesignMyNight since 2021. Bylines in What's On Media Group. Last updated on 29th June 2026

Fancy a private screening of the World Cup in London? If you can't make it out to North America to catch all the action in person, watching from the comfort of your very own VIP area has to be the next best thing.

Seeing England play is a stressful enough experience, even before having to contend with a packed-out pub and queueing until half-time to get a pint, so you'll want some easy recommendations of private spots catered to you. From pubs with private hire spaces for up to 60 guests with pre-order food and drink packages, and semi-private areas and booths in dedicated sports bars, to full venue hire for the ultimate watch party, don't miss any of the action with our list of the very best private hire screenings of the World Cup—regularly reviewed and updated with tried and tested experiences.

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1. Belushi's and The Dugout London Bridge

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  • Location: 161-165 Borough High Street, London Bridge, SE1 1HR
  • Matches shown: most matches during opening hours
  • Private hire details: the caves is a semi-private area with sofas, a dedicated screen and private space, plus there are booths with private screens, both with bookable food and drink packages

Found right in Central London, Belushi's London Bridge is an incredible spot to watch the games. Downstairs, their sports-dedicated space The Dugout features wall-to-wall screens and a lively atmosphere you can't beat.

As for their private spaces, you can choose between their Caves (semi-private areas with a dedicated screen and sofas), a well as booths that have private screens. Don't want to have to think about food and drinks? Book one of their packages for game-day treats.

2. Boxhall City

  • Location: 29 Liverpool Street, City of London, EC2M 7PD
  • Matches shown: most games
  • Private hire details: Ticket Hall (up to 150 guests)

With 14 Kitchens, two bars and dozens of screens, BOXHALL has everything you need while you take in the World Cup. If you're looking for the private fanzone experience, round up your mates and book out the Ticket Hall. 

Packing in up to 150 of your pals, it's got screens in all directions, all the sounds of the stadium and a private bar.

3. Queen of Hoxton

  • Location: 1-5 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, EC2A 3JX
  • Matches shown: England games
  • Private hire details: Basement hire (up to 150), whole venue hire (up to 550)

Queen of Hoxton is the perfect spot to cheer on the Three Lions with your mates. This place puts on a helluva matchday experience with great Bajan grub, delicious drinks and a cracking crowd. 

Book out the Basement Club and you can create your very own fanzone. This place packs in up to 80 fellow fans if seated or up to 150 on their feet. Planning an even bigger crowd for the big game? Hire out the whole venue with up to 550 of your mates.

4. inamo Onyx Room

  • Location: Inamo, 11-14 Hanover Place, WC2E 9JP
  • Matches shown: all games within opening hours
  • Private hire details: Onyx Room (which has two wide screen TVs and an excellent sound system); exclusive hire with a minimum spend of £500 per game, ideal for 25-70 guests, or an area booking for £250, for 1-25 guests

The Covent Garden spot Inamo Onyx Room is perfect for organising your own private World Cup fan zone in London, as they'll be showing the games on their two widescreen TVs, complete with an in-house sound system for an amazing match-day atmosphere. There's also the Inamo Games Room if you need another option.

They have some top-tier World Cup packages up for grabs too. Think finger buffets ideal for groups, featuring sushi and Asian small plates, such as Sichuan chicken, Korean BBQ chicken ribs, beef tataki rolls and more. Drinks packages are also available for pre-order, featuring bottles of beers, wine, prosecco, spirits and so much more - they even have an unlimited drinks option.

5. Balls Brothers Minster Court

  • Location: Minster Court, Mincing Lane, EC3R 7PP
  • Matches shown: key games
  • Private hire details: The Dugout (up to 50 guests), The Ultra Lounge (up to 60), The Trophy Room (up to 120)

Balls Brothers Minster Court is screening all the big World Cup games live, with plenty of exclusive spots to celebrate with your mates. 

The semi-private Dugout gives you space for 50 standing, plus a 50-inch screen to watch the action. The Ultra Lounge kicks it up a notch with an 86-inch screen and space for 60. For an even bigger bash, book out the Trophy Room with its 75-inch screen and room for up 120 fellow football fans.

6. Market Halls - Top London Sites

  • Location: Oxford Street & Canary Wharf
  • Matches shown: all key games
  • Private hire details: Oxford Street - The Cavendish (up to 90 guests); Canary Wharf - The Colonnade (up to 150)

Got a serious case of World Cup fever? Market Halls' venues in Canary Wharf and Oxford Street are excellent spots to catch every second of the action - all in your own private space.

The Cavendish at the Oxford Street venue gives you a private room with its own bar, big screens and room for up to 90 fans. Over at The Colonnade in Canary Wharf, you can go larger with a private screening room packing in up to 150.

7. Long Arm Brewery & Tap Room

  • Location: 49 Chiswell Street, Shoreditch, EC1Y 4SA
  • Matches shown: England games
  • Private hire details: Bison Room (up to 50 guests), whole venue (up to 200 guests)

If your two loves are beer and ball, get down to Long Arm Sports Pub & Brewery for the World Cup. The first of its kind in the UK, it cuts out the keg to serve up its Tank Fresh™ brew straight to your glass.

Planning a big bash with your mates? Hire out the Bison Room or the whole venue to watch all the action on the big screens in your very own fanzone.

8. Balls Brothers Austin Friars

  • Location: 10-11 Austin Friars, EC2N 2HG
  • Matches shown: England games
  • Private hire details: The Green Room (up to 26 guests). Mezzanine (up to 70), VIP 180 Club (up to 35)

Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the City, Balls Brothers Austin Friars is a spacious bar with plenty of room for World Cup fanatics. Round up your mates and take your pick of three incredible exclusive areas to follow the action.

The Green Room has room for up to 26 fellow fans, the Mezzanine can handle up to 70 and the VIP 180 Club packs in 35. All give you private screens and matchday food and drink packages. 

9. Hope & Anchor

  • Location: 123 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2 5UA
  • Matches shown: all games within opening hours
  • Private hire details: private sports huts (space for up to 14 seated, minimum booking size is 5) and Rebel Room hire (space for up to 150 standing, minimum booking size is 80)

For an outdoor private screening of the World Cup in London, book out one of Hope & Anchor's 13 sports huts - which have space for up to 14 seated guests (with a minimum booking size of 5). Each sports hut at this Brixton hotspot comes with its own dedicated screen, so you won't miss a single goal.

You can expect an outdoor bar for easy pint purchases within screen view, a special match-day food menu and big atmosphere (this is one of the best places to watch the football in Brixton), as well as mega post-match energy with DJs. If you want to organise a big watch party experience, you can also book the Rebel Room, which has space for up to 150 standing - with a minimum booking size of 80.

10. Bbar

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  • Location: 43 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, SW1W 0PP
  • Matches shown: all games within opening hours
  • Private hire details: The Mezzanine; 43 Below; The Leopard Room; The Bar (space or up to 300 standing or 100 seated)

Bbar in Victoria was simply made for private World Cup screenings. They have a range of exclusive spaces up for grabs, such as The Mezzanine, The Bar (with space for up to 20), The Leopard Room and 43 Below. Overall, the venue has space for up to 300 guests standing or 100 seated, making it ideal for all group sizes.

You can also add on food and drinks packages, including a Sharing Platter With Beer & Cider package (featuring small plates and 40 bottles of beer or cider), Cocktails & Bar Snacks, and many more.

11. Pitch City

  • Location: 62 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AW
  • Matches shown: England games
  • Private hire details: Private bays from £79 per person

Pitch makes your World Cup watching even more social. Here, you can book out an exclusive bay with private screens, live DJs and games along the way.

The Watch and Play package gives you two hours of golf gameplay and a private bay to watch the big match with your mates. You'll also get three drinks each and epic sharing platters to fuel you up along the way. There's more football and golf fun and games over at Pitch Soho and Pitch Wharf too.

12. The Sterling

  • Location: The Gherkin, 30 St Marys Axe, EC3A 8BF
  • Matches shown: England games
  • Private hire details: Mezzanine (up to 40 guests), The Drawing Room (up to 30), Main Bar Booths (up to 50)

If you're on the lookout for a proper matchday atmosphere, get down to The Sterling Gherkin. As well as big screens and cold pints, this place has got plenty of private spots to watch the action with your mates. 

Up in the mezzanine, there's two exclusive spots with 70 inch screens, one packing in 20 guests and one up to 40. Planning a bigger bash to watch the ball? Book out the Main Bar booths for up to 50 people and watch the game on the massive projector screen. 

13. Simmons

  • Location: Bank, Holborn, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Monument and Shoreditch
  • Matches shown: England games
  • Private hire details: varies by venue

Looking for a super cool spot to take in the World Cup action with your mates? Take your pick of Simmons venues for private screenings.

Its spots in Bank, Holborn, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Monument and Shoreditch have private rooms available for exclusive hire, so you can follow every kick like a VIP. Even better, they will be hosting DJs until late after the match, with drink packages available for preorder too.

14. The Fox on the Green, Islington

Right in the hustle bustle of Islington, The Fox on The Green is one of the oldest pubs around. By day this place is a family friendly pub offering kids meals and child friendly drinks options. By night, the music is turned up as the place gets good and lively. 

When the World Cup rolls into town, it pulls out all the stops. Book a private room and you can follow every kick, goal and game-changing moment on the big screen with unbeatable food, drinks and matchday vibes.

15. Lockhouse

  • Location: 3 Merchants Square, Paddington, W2 1AZ
  • Matches shown: England games
  • Private hire details: the mezzanine; no hire fee, space for up to 60 guests, and a huge screen

For the ultimate private World Cup screening in London, Lockhouse in Paddington is a fantastic pub with a bookable mezzanine. Not only is there space for up to 60 guests, so you can have a full-blown watch party with your mates, but there's also a no hire fee - get in.

There are also excellent food and drink packages you can pre-order. Think nacho platters, beer pitchers, pizza, wings, sliders and fries, and ice-cold buckets of beers (of Peroni, Corona, Asahi or Estrella). 

16. The Botanist, Broadgate Circle

  • Location: Unit 5, Broadgate Circle, EC2M 2QS
  • Matches shown: England games
  • Private hire details: Soda Room (up to 150 guests)

Looking to dine as you dive into the World Cup action? Head over to The Botanist in Broadgate Circle, which is hosting some of the best private screenings of the World Cup in London.

Book into the Soda Room and you can follow every kick on two large screens as you tuck into delicious dishes and drinks from the mobile bar. Planning something bigger? Book out the whole place for an exclusive watch party.

17. Colours Hoxton

  • Location:  2-4, Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, N1 6NU
  • Matches shown: England games
  • Private hire details: Karaoke Room (up to 30 guests), Live Room (up to 300), Green Room (up to 120), full venue hire (up to 450)

If you want to book your own private World Cup watch party in London, Colours Hoxton is an excellent and trendy choice.

This super cool spot has not one, not two, but four exclusive areas up for grabs. From the smaller karaoke room to private use of the whole venue, there's a space here for you and your mates to back the Three Lions to (hopeful) victory.

18. Brigadiers

  • Location: 1-5 Bloomberg Arcade, EC4N 8AR
  • Matches shown: all key games
  • Private hire details: various (from 10 to 55 guests)

Based in Bloomberg Arcade by Bank, Brigadiers is a beautiful Indian barbecue restaurant and sports bar, packing in plenty of exclusive spots for World Cup watching. Book into a private dining room and you can follow every kick VIP style.

We're talking big screens, self-serve cocktail taps and bottoms-up beer dispensers, not to mention delicious Indian food.

19. The Rum House at Jim & Tonic East

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  • Location: 133 High Street, Stratford, E15 2RB
  • Matches shown: all key fixtures
  • Private hire details: space for up to 60 guests in The Rumhouse

The Rumhouse at Jim & Tonic offers an exclusive venue to watch the tournament this year. Situated in Stratford, this unique ground-floor cocktail bar and distillery venue is available for private takeovers throughout the entire tournament. Designed for shared experiences, it allows corporate groups, sports clubs, or large parties of up to 60 friends to enjoy the matches in their own dedicated space.

It's equipped with a large projector screen, a full draught beer setup, and a standout cocktail menu sourced from the venue's own in-house distillery. Available for evening bookings with a low £1,300 minimum spend, you can easily customise your match-day event.