Open House

What Open House does

Open House London Limited is an independent, privately held hospitality group operating a portfolio of four neighbourhood pubs, bars and dining rooms in central London: The Lighterman (King's Cross), The Broadcaster (White City), Boxcar (Marylebone) and The Italian Greyhound (Marylebone). Founded in 2015 and registered in the United Kingdom as company number 08511795, the group is headquartered at 101 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6XH, and operates with a headcount of 101–250 employees across its venues.

The company's core offering is in-person food and beverage service, supplemented by venue hire for private functions and events. Its technology stack is intentionally light: standard hospitality point-of-sale and table management systems, with the SevenRooms platform used as a unified reservation and booking layer across all four venues. Customers can book tables directly through SevenRooms or contact individual venues via dedicated phone lines and email addresses. There is no proprietary software, mobile application, or public API; the digital footprint is centred on the openhouselondon.com website and per-venue microsites.

Commercially, Open House is a direct-to-consumer, transaction-revenue operator with a single revenue stream (food and beverage sales) split across dine-in covers, bar sales, and function bookings. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; customers are directed to venue-level contact channels for private-hire and function reservations. The group is privately held, has no disclosed institutional investors, and raised approximately $5.73M in a single 2019 funding round. Marketing is conducted via the corporate website, customer email newsletters, and the SevenRooms booking platform, with customer data retained for direct CRM purposes under a UK-GDPR-aligned privacy framework last updated in April 2025.

Name

Open House

Legal name

Open House London Limited

Website

https://openhouselondon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Open House London is an independent hospitality group operating four neighbourhood pubs, bars and dining rooms in central London (The Lighterman, The Broadcaster, Boxcar, The Italian Greyhound), serving local diners and private-event bookers via direct on-premises sales and a SevenRooms booking platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Services

NAICS

Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Pubs & Gastropubs (CRANACAB)

Keywords

• Neighborhood pubs
• Bar and restaurant operations
• Private dining events
• Hospitality venues
• London dining rooms

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: Primary revenue from selling food, drinks, and hospitality services across four London venues. Revenue generated through dine-in customers, bar sales, and function bookings.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Open House London is an independent hospitality company that owns and operates a portfolio of four neighbourhood pubs, bars, and dining rooms across central London — The Lighterman (King's Cross), The Broadcaster (White City), Boxcar (Marylebone), and The Italian Greyhound (Marylebone). The company generates revenue primarily through dine-in food and beverage sales and accepts venue hire bookings for private functions and events via the SevenRooms reservation platform.

Product overview

Open House London is an independent hospitality company operating a portfolio of neighbourhood pubs, bars, and dining rooms across London. The company comprises four named venues—The Lighterman (King's Cross), The Broadcaster (White City), Boxcar (Marylebone), and The Italian Greyhound (Marylebone)—each functioning as a distinct establishment while sharing the Open House brand identity. The company offers table reservations through the SevenRooms booking platform and handles enquiries centrally through the parent company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Lighterman: Pub and dining venue located at 3 Granary Square, King's Cross, London N1C 4BH.
• The Broadcaster
• Boxcar
• The Italian Greyhound

Products and services

• The Lighterman A neighbourhood pub, bar and dining room located at 3 Granary Square, King's Cross, London N1C 4BH, serving food, drinks, and venue hire for local diners and event bookers.
• The Broadcaster A neighbourhood pub, bar and dining room located at 89 Wood Lane, White City, London W12 7FX, serving food, drinks, and venue hire for local diners and event bookers.
• Boxcar A bar and restaurant located in Marylebone, London, offering food and beverage service to local diners.
• The Italian Greyhound A bar and restaurant located in Marylebone, London, offering food and beverage service to local diners.
• Private Function and Event Hire Venue hire service offered across the Open House London portfolio for private celebrations, corporate events, and special occasion bookings, enquired via central contact.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SevenRoomscoreTechnology or IntegrationSevenRooms provides the online reservation and booking management platform used across all Open House London venues. Customers can book tables at The Lighterman, The Broadcaster, and other venues through the SevenRooms platform.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Fuller, Smith & Turner: Long-established London brewer and pub operator with a high-quality managed house estate. Overlaps with Open House in premium London neighbourhood pubs and dining rooms, with substantially larger scale and brewing integration.
• Soho House: Global hospitality membership club operating premium venues including in London. Comparable premium London hospitality customer base and F&B-plus-events model, though differentiated by its membership layer.
• Mitchells & Butlers: Major UK pub and restaurant operator (All Bar One, Harvester, etc.) with extensive London exposure. Comparable end-market (London pub and casual dining customers) but operates at materially larger scale and via franchise/managed formats.
• Young's Pubs: London-headquartered pub operator and brewer with hundreds of sites across the South East. Larger and broader than Open House but a key incumbent competitor for premium London pub sites, staff, and customers.

Direct peers

• ETM Group: Independent London operator of bars, pubs, and restaurants with multiple sites in the City and West End. Comparable scale and model: differentiated sub-brands, neighbourhood and after-work clientele, central London real estate.
• D&D London: Multi-venue London restaurant, bar and event group operating premium concepts across the city. Closely comparable business model to Open House — distinct sub-brand venues under one operating umbrella, primarily central London real estate, F&B plus private hire.
• Drake & Morgan: London-based bar and restaurant operator with a portfolio of full-service venues in prime business districts. Similar concept breadth (all-day dining, cocktails, private events) and comparable footprint to Open House's four sites.
• Corbin & King (The Wolseley Hospitality Group): Independent London hospitality group operating a small portfolio of iconic all-day dining rooms and cafés (The Wolseley, Brasserie Zédel, The Delaunay). Comparable multi-venue central London model with strong private-hire and events revenue.
• Geronimo Inns: London independent pub group operating a portfolio of high-quality neighbourhood pubs. Directly comparable sub-segment focus (premium neighbourhood pub model) with similar venue count and central/north London footprint.

Regional players

• Peach Pubs: Independent UK pub and dining operator with a portfolio of high-quality neighbourhood sites, primarily outside London. Comparable independent premium pub operator profile, but geographically complementary rather than directly competitive in Open House's central London footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/open-house-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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