Near 22 Duchess Mews: restaurants, hotels and things to do in Marylebone

This is a practical guide for anyone organising or attending an event at 22 Duchess Mews: where to get coffee before an early start, where to send delegates for lunch or take a client for dinner, what to do after the last session, and where to stay if the conference runs over more than a day. Everything below is within a short walk of the front door at W1G 9DT, and the walking times were measured from the venue entrance.

22 Duchess Mews is a quiet cobbled mews off Duchess Street, one block east of Harley Street and two minutes from BBC Broadcasting House and The Langham on Portland Place. It is Marylebone's edge of the West End: Oxford Circus and Great Portland Street stations are both five minutes on foot, Regent's Park is seven, and Marylebone High Street's restaurants are seven. Our other West End venue, 44 Hallam Street, is four minutes north if you need breakout space for a larger event, and the two are regularly booked together.

Walking times from 22 Duchess Mews at a glance

Restaurants near 22 Duchess Mews: where to take clients

Catering at 22 Duchess Mews is in-house, so most conferences eat on site. For the dinner afterwards, the speaker lunch or the small group that wants to carry on, these are the restaurants we would book within walking distance, nearest first.

• The Jackalope, 43 Weymouth Mews – 1 min. A three-room pub in the next mews along, with a good cask list and Liu Xiaomian's Sichuan noodle bar downstairs. The closest place to eat and drink. Closed Sunday.
• Clipstone, 5 Clipstone Street – 4 min. Fitzrovia's standout restaurant: inventive, seasonal, with a good-value early-evening set menu. Closed Sunday and Monday.
• Portland, 113 Great Portland Street – 4 min. Relaxed fine dining with a set lunch; the obvious client lunch between sessions. Closed Sunday and Monday.
• Caravan Fitzrovia, 152 Great Portland Street – 4 min. All-day restaurant and bar, brunch to dinner, with room for a table of ten.
• Orrery, 55 Marylebone High Street – 7 min. French fine dining with a roof terrace; a Michelin star in waiting.
• Fischer's, 50 Marylebone High Street – 7 min. A Viennese grand café, open from 7.30am, so it doubles as a breakfast-meeting venue.
• St John Marylebone, 98 Marylebone Lane – 8 min. The nose-to-tail pioneers' Marylebone restaurant, open from 9am.
• Lita, 7–9 Paddington Street – 9 min. Live-fire Mediterranean cooking; one of Marylebone's best.
• Trishna, 15–17 Blandford Street – 10 min. Michelin-starred Indian with a seafood focus.
• Cavita, 56–60 Wigmore Street – 6 min. Modern Mexican from Adriana Cavita, with the Maya cocktail bar underneath.

Pubs, bars and coffee near 22 Duchess Mews

For the pint at the end of the day, these are the nearest.

• The Jackalope, 43 Weymouth Mews – 1 min. The local: cask ales, a quiet mews, noodles downstairs.
• The Horse & Groom, 128 Great Portland Street – 4 min. Traditional pub with room for a group.
• The Yorkshire Grey, 46 Langham Street – 3 min. Classic Fitzrovia pub two minutes from Broadcasting House.
• Artesian at The Langham, 1C Portland Place – 2 min. One of London's best-known cocktail bars; the Palm Court next door does afternoon tea.
• The Hart, 56 Blandford Street – 10 min. Marylebone's pub-restaurant from the team behind The Pelican and The Hero.
• GAIL's Bakery, 125 Great Portland Street – 4 min. Coffee and pastries; Black Sheep Coffee at Great Portland Street station is the alternative.

After the event: things to do near 22 Duchess Mews

• BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place – 2 min. The Art Deco landmark to give taxi drivers; public tours run most days.
• The Langham, Portland Place – 2 min. London's first grand hotel, opened 1865; afternoon tea in the Palm Court.
• RIBA, 66 Portland Place – 3 min. Free architecture exhibitions, a public library and a quiet café.
• Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street – 5 min. Lunchtime and evening chamber concerts.
• Oxford Street – 5 min. Now car-free from Selfridges to Great Portland Street; see what the pedestrianised Oxford Street means for your delegates.
• Regent's Park – 7 min. The Park Square gate; Queen Mary's Rose Garden and the Open Air Theatre a further ten minutes in.
• Harley Street – 1 min. The medical district starts at the end of Duchess Street; relevant for healthcare and life-sciences organisers.

Hotels near 22 Duchess Mews

For two-day conferences, residential training and speakers travelling in, these are the hotels closest to the venue, nearest first. All take direct bookings; for a delegate block of ten rooms or more, ask us when you book the venue and we will put you in touch with the hotel's groups desk.

• The Langham, 1C Portland Place – 2 min. Five-star, two minutes from the mews; the natural choice for keynote speakers.
• Gem Fitzrovia Hotel, 20–28 Bolsover Street – 5 min. Mid-range and close.
• Holiday Inn London – Regent's Park, Carburton Street – 6 min. Business hotel with a gym; good for delegate blocks.
• Meliá White House, Albany Street – 9 min. Four-star, beside Regent's Park.
• Sanderson London, 50 Berners Street – 10 min. Design hotel on the Soho side of Fitzrovia.
• hub by Premier Inn Goodge Street, Torrington Place – 13 min. The budget option for large groups.

Practical: printing, pharmacy and cash

• Fitzrovia Pharmacy & Post Office, 210 Great Portland Street – 6 min. Pharmacy and post office counter under one roof.
• Future Pharmacy, Great Portland Street – 5 min. The nearest chemist.
• Kall Kwik, 55 Great Titchfield Street – 6 min. Same-day printing for name badges, agendas and signage.
• Ryman, 54–56 Great Portland Street – 5 min. Stationery, printing and parcels; cash machine outside.

Getting here

Oxford Circus (Central, Bakerloo and Victoria lines) and Great Portland Street (Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan) are both five minutes on foot; Regent's Park on the Bakerloo line is seven. Marylebone, Euston and King's Cross St Pancras are each a ten-minute taxi ride; Paddington, with the Heathrow Express, is ten minutes by taxi. Full step-by-step directions from each station, and details for anyone arriving by car, are on the venue page.

Frequently asked questions

Which Tube station is closest to 22 Duchess Mews?

Oxford Circus (Central, Bakerloo and Victoria lines) and Great Portland Street (Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan) are both a five-minute walk. Regent's Park on the Bakerloo line is about seven minutes.

Is 22 Duchess Mews near Harley Street?

Yes. Duchess Street meets Harley Street at its western end, a one-minute walk, which makes the Cavendish Conference Centre a regular choice for medical, pharmaceutical and life-sciences meetings.

How many people does the Cavendish Conference Centre hold?

The tiered auditorium seats up to 250, with four further rooms for breakouts, catering and board meetings.

Where can we take clients for dinner after an event at 22 Duchess Mews?

Clipstone and Portland in Fitzrovia are four minutes away; Marylebone High Street, with Orrery, Fischer's and St John Marylebone, is seven; and the Artesian bar at The Langham is two minutes for a drink first.

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