The Alb

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About The Alb

Make this year’s Christmas party unforgettable at The Alb, a vibrant tapas bar and restaurant located in the heart of Shrewsbury. Combining historic charm with a modern twist, The Alb is the ultimate destination for festive celebrations offering flexible spaces, indulgent food, and a warm, buzzing atmosphere. Whether you’re hosting an intimate dinner or a cocktail soirée, The Alb has the perfect setup to suit your group.

With five unique spaces available for private hire, The Alb caters to groups of all sizes. For smaller gatherings, The Snug - a secret room tucked behind a bookcase - offers privacy and charm, seating up to 12 guests. The Conservatory, with its lush greenery and relaxed vibe, seats up to 20 and is ideal for informal celebrations. The Bar area, featuring large booths and a lively atmosphere, is perfect for groups who want to toast the season in style. For larger parties, the upstairs Restaurant and Cove can host up to 60 people standing or 45 seated guests, combining cosy booths with a festive party vibe.

The Alb’s usual menu is indulgent and full of crowd favourites, so you can expect a festive menu to match, offering flavourful dishes perfect for sharing and celebrating. The team are also known for their creative and quirky cocktails like the Mary Jane with Mango Absolut, limoncello, chartreuse, lime, mango, cream and Oreo Crumb, so we have our fingers crossed for some new Christmas specials. Plus, if you want to add some extra fun and an interactive element to your party, you can also book a cocktail making class for up to two hours with two cocktails per person, for up to 22 guests. 

Plus, if you have colleagues, friends or family coming from out of town to celebrate, The Alb is actually attached to a historic hotel, and boasts a selection of rooms which can be added to your booking. Handy!

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Venue Facilities
Accommodation on Site
Dogs Accommodated
Garden or courtyard
Outside Area

The Alb details

Venue Style
Spacious
Venue Type
Bar or Pub, Hotel, Restaurant
Budget
Moderate
Venue Atmosphere
Cool, Creative, Fun, Lively, Relaxed
Themes
Other theme, Traditional Christmas
Venue Extras
Dance Floor, Live music or DJ included

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The Alb Rooms

The Conservatory

Dining capacity: 20
Our Conservatory (which is more of an Orangery) is situated on the ground floor with easy convivence all of our facilities. It will seat a total of 20 persons on high and low seating in a less formal space. Most of the furniture is unmoveable and so you will be seated on separate tables. Please note: You are not able to close off this space as it is a through route for the garden and kitchen.

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Restaurant

Dining capacity: 32
Standing capacity: 50
Our restaurant is situated up a flight of stairs; there is no lift availiable, however we do have a single unisex toilet on the same floor. Across 2 booths and table seating we can seat a total of 32 persons (which can be 50 standing) most of this furniture is unmoveable and so you will be seated on separate tables.

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Restaurant combined with The Cove

Dining capacity: 45
Standing capacity: 60
If you combine this with the Cove which is on the same floor (separated by a wall) you can seat up to 45 people comfortably (60 standing). We are able to offer table service to guests for drinks and food.

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The Snug

Dining capacity: 12
Our Snug is a secret room behind a bookcase on the ground floor. You get the room to yourself for the entirety of your booking. We seat up to 12 guests in this room.

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The Bar

Dining capacity: 20
Our Bar area is made up of Booths - four large ones! You can book any multiple of these as you see fit. We suggest that 5 can sit on each book, but with a squeeze you are able to get up to 7 on the large ones.

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The Cove

Standing capacity: 18
We call the corner of our building the Cove - We mostly use this room for teaching cocktail classes. Out of the teach class time slots we do offer it for you to use for your function or event. You can reserve this for between 10 and 18 persons for food or drink - Please note this room is not availiable on the weekends.

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The Garden

Standing capacity: 32
Out back we have a covered area - It features a covered room (which is no-smoking) You are able to reserve benches to your self at no cost - They seat 8 persons so to ensure to get the space to yourself you need a minimum of 32 persons. ?

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Location for The Alb

Albert Hotel, 14 Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury , Shropshire, SY1 1PB

01743 367 600

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