Weddings

The Werkz provides the perfect setting to host your special day. Offering an unique and fully alternative wedding celebration, that you and your guests will remember forever.

We have two spacious rooms, the Courtyard with high ceilings and complimentary natural lighting and the Glass House which is adjoining, both are ideal for indoor ceremonies.

In addition, we pride ourselves in being an LGBTQIA+ friendly venue. We understand the importance of inclusion and love and provide a welcoming space for all couples to celebrate their love.

Whatever you require, there is a room that will meet your needs on the big day.

Wedding venue catering

Octopus Food, have catered hundreds of weddings in and around london since 2003. Trust is everything: From start to finish, we work with you to create a fantastic, bespoke menu.

With an experienced, loyal team of chefs and front of house staff, tried and tested menus;  tailored to meet your needs, with top quality suppliers, paying particular attention to vegetarian and vegan dishes, gluten free alternatives and tweaks to old favourites.

The Torrens Buffet

PRICE PER HEAD : £150 + VAT PER HEAD = £180 PER HEAD

Thai Menu

  • Prawn tempura
  • Vegetable spring rolls VEGAN
  • Thai green chicken curry
  • Sweet potato & cashew red curry VEGAN
  • Jasmine rice
  • Pad Thai noodles with peanuts, tofu, tamarind & spring onions (V)
  • Chinese leaf, lime, sesame, red onion coriander & chilli
  • Desserts
  • Thai coconut rice, mango, papaya & lime, coconut créme VEGAN
  • Flourless chocolate torte

School Dinner Menu

  • Cheese & pineapple sticks
  • Chicken drumsticks & thighs with garlic & thyme
  • Cottage pie OR bangers & mash with onion gravy
  • Vegan Cottage pie OR veggie bangers & mash with onion gravy
  • Peas, carrots & broccoli
  • Tray-bake treacle tart OR Apple crumble & custard
  • 70’s Fruit salad (banana, apple, orange & pineapple)

Canapés – choose 4

  • Mushroom arancini (v)
  • Mini spring rolls (v)
  • Red pepper, smoked paprika & sun-blushed tomato arancini (v)
  • Tomato & basil bruschetta (vegan)
  • Smashed avocado, cashew creme, sourdough toast (vegan)
  • Smoked salmon crostini with lemon, beetroot & horseradish
  • Roasted beef in mini Yorkshire puddings with chives and horseradish sauce Southern fried chicken wings with BBQ sauce
  • Chicken & tarragon vol-au-vent
  • Prawn tempura, served with sweet chilli sauce
  • Lamb kofte, tahini sauce

The Islington Buffet

PRICE PER HEAD: £180 + VAT PER HEAD = £216 PER HEAD

Middle-eastern Mezze Menu

  • Hummus & taramasalata with pitta bread
  • Kalamata olives & pickled chillies
  • Grilled aubergine, courgette & peppers with oregano, garlic & lemon dressing
  • Lamb kofte skewers
  • Grilled ‘Sucuk’ (Turkish sausages)
  • Chicken skewers
  • Felafel & tahini
  • Spinach & feta fillo pie
  • Tzatziki
  • Greek salad
  • Chilli sauce

Desserts

  • Home-made baklava (we don’t make ours insanely sweet)
  • Fruit skewers with lime & mint

Canapés – choose 4

  • Mushroom arancini (v)
  • Mini spring rolls (v)
  • Red pepper, smoked paprika & sun-blushed tomato arancini (v)
  • Tomato & basil bruschetta (vegan)
  • Smashed avocado, cashew creme, sourdough toast (vegan)
  • Smoked salmon crostini with lemon, beetroot & horseradish
  • Roasted beef in mini Yorkshire puddings with chives and horseradish sauce Southern fried chicken wings with BBQ sauce
  • Chicken & tarragon vol-au-vent
  • Prawn tempura, served with sweet chilli sauce
  • Lamb kofte, tahini sauce

The Werkz Buffet

PRICE PER HEAD £210 + VAT PER HEAD = £252 PER HEAD

  • Vol-au-vents with spicy prawns
  • Vol-au-vents with red onion & goats cheese (V)
  • Beef Stroganoff OR coq au vin
  • Grilled chicken breast wrapped in prosciutto with gremolata
  • Baked cod with parmesan and herb crumble topping
  • Melanzane parmigiana (aubergine & parmesan gratin with tomato & basil) (V)
  • Dauphinois potatoes
  • Broccoli, mange tout, sugar snaps & courgettes
  • Ratatouille
  • Rocket salad with balsamic & olive oil
  • Sourdough bread & baguettes served with butter

Desserts

  • Eton mess
  • Chocolate brownie & Chantilly cream
  • Melon, pineapple, mango & papaya with pomegranate, lime & mint

Canapés – choose 4

  • Mushroom arancini (v)
  • Mini spring rolls (v)
  • Red pepper, smoked paprika & sun-blushed tomato arancini (v)
  • Tomato & basil bruschetta (vegan)
  • Smashed avocado, cashew creme, sourdough toast (vegan)
  • Smoked salmon crostini with lemon, beetroot & horseradish
  • Roasted beef in mini Yorkshire puddings with chives and horseradish sauce Southern fried chicken wings with BBQ sauce
  • Chicken & tarragon vol-au-vent
  • Prawn tempura, served with sweet chilli sauce
  • Lamb kofte, tahini sauce

The Torrens

PRICE PER HEAD £200 + VAT = £240 PER HEAD

Starters

  • Tri-colore (mozzarella, avocado & tomato), served with toasted ciabatta VEGETARIAN
  • Stuffed peppers with capers, toasted sunflower seeds, roast tomato & thyme VEGAN
  • Parma ham, artichokes, olive, aioli & sour dough toast
  • Caesar salad with grilled chicken, parmesan & croutons
  • Smoked mackerel pate, horseradish, soft boiled egg, toast

Main Courses

  • Roast chicken breast with mashed potatoes & mustard sauce
  • Roast beef topside, roast potatoes, kale, red wine sauce & horseradish
  • Salmon & cod fishcake, smoked paprika aioli, fries, herb salad
  • Sweet potato & cashew red Thai curry VEGAN
  • Butternut, courgette & hazelnut-roast with quinoa VEGAN

Desserts

  • Eton mess
  • Double chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream
  • Old fashioned sherry trifle
  • Apple & blackberry crumble & custard
  • Fresh fruit salad VEGAN

Canapés – choose 4

  • Mushroom arancini (v)
  • Mini spring rolls (v)
  • Red pepper, smoked paprika & sun-blushed tomato arancini (v)
  • Tomato & basil bruschetta (vegan)
  • Smashed avocado, cashew creme, sourdough toast (vegan)
  • Smoked salmon crostini with lemon, beetroot & horseradish
  • Roasted beef in mini Yorkshire puddings with chives and horseradish sauce Southern fried chicken wings with BBQ sauce
  • Chicken & tarragon vol-au-vent
  • Prawn tempura, served with sweet chilli sauce
  • Lamb kofte, tahini sauce

The islington

PRICE PER HEAD: £220 + VAT = £264 PER HEAD

Starters

  • Truffled leek & potato soup VEGETARIAN
  • Grilled veg, pesto bruschetta VEGETARIAN
  • Ham hock terrine, piccalilly, sour dough toast
  • Chicken liver parfait, onion marmalade & toasted brioche
  • Smoked salmon, brown bread, celeriac & apple slaw, crispy capers
  • Grilled aubergine, pomegranate, artichoke, sumac & toasted sourdough VEGAN

Main Courses

  • Roast chicken breast with dauphinois potatoes & mustard sauce
  • Roast lamb, mint & caper sauce, new potatoes & greens (+£2pp)
  • Roast beef sirloin, roast potatoes, kale, red wine sauce & horseradish (+£2pp)
  • Roast salmon, ratatouille, crispy potatoes, salsa verde
  • Smoked haddock, soft boiled egg, béarnaise sauce, spiced pilaff
  • Roast vegetable lasagne & green salad VEGETARIAN
  • Wild mushroom & squash risotto, crispy sage, lemon & walnut crumble VEGAN

Desserts

  • Brioche bread & butter pudding with strawberry compote
  • Eton mess
  • Lemon tart
  • Chocolate torte with hazelnut praline & fresh berries
  • Cranachan – toasted oats, whisky cream & fresh raspberries
  • Treacle tart & clotted cream
  • Apple & blackberry crumble & custard
  • Black Thai coconut rice pudding, fresh mango & ginger VEGAN
  • Fresh fruit salad VEGAN

Canapés – choose 5

  • Mushroom arancini (v)
  • Mini spring rolls (v)
  • Red pepper, smoked paprika & sun-blushed tomato arancini (v)
  • Tomato & basil bruschetta (vegan)
  • Smashed avocado, cashew creme, sourdough toast (vegan)
  • Smoked salmon crostini with lemon, beetroot & horseradish
  • Roasted beef in mini Yorkshire puddings with chives and horseradish sauce Southern fried chicken wings with BBQ sauce
  • Chicken & tarragon vol-au-vent
  • Prawn tempura, served with sweet chilli sauce
  • Lamb kofte, tahini sauce

The Werkz

PRICE PER HEAD: £245 + VAT = £294 PER HEAD

Starters

  • Curried parsnip soup with spiced parsnip crisps VEGETARIAN
  • Courgette & ricotta roulade, parmesan, mint, red pepper VEGETARIAN
  • Foie gras terrine, smoked duck, blackcurrant vinaigrette, toasted brioche
  • Beef carpaccio, artichoke crisps, parmesan, rocket & pea mousseline
  • Smoked salmon & cream cheese roulade, potato rosti, quails egg & caviar
  • Tuna tartar with black sesame, soy & ginger
  • Grilled aubergine, pomegranate, artichoke, sumac & toasted sourdough VEGAN

Main Courses

  • HG Walter rack of lamb, herb crumb, salsify & greens (+£4pp)
  • HG Walter 28 Day dry aged fillet of beef, ox-cheek croquette, fondant potato, (+£4pp)
  • Coq au vin with cream, cepes & morels
  • Halibut, petits pois, mint new potato, chive beurre blanc
  • Monkfish & pancetta, saffron risotto, black mustard green beans & roast tomatoes
  • Sweet potato & aubergine ‘Wellington’, Jerusalem artichoke purée VEGETARIAN
  • Wild mushroom & squash risotto, crispy sage, lemon & walnut crumble VEGAN

Desserts

  • Chocolate mille feuille ‘black forest’
  • Apple tart, star anise & calvados, creme anglaise
  • Chocolate fondant, vanilla ice cream
  • Pear tarte tatin & creme fraiche
  • Red wine poached pear, chocolate & hazelnut gravel, vanilla ice cream
  • Blueberry & pecan no-cheesecake VEGAN
  • Fresh fruit salad VEGAN

Canapés – choose 4

  • Goats cheese gougères with red onion marmalade (v)
  • Tomato tarte tatin with caramelised shallot (v)
  • Babaganoush, toasted flatbread, pomegranate & pine nuts (vegan)
  • Kale cracker, roast sweet potato purée, tahini (vegan)
  • Crispy cod, tart sauce & pea purée
  • Scallop & chorizo skewers with herb sauce
  • Smoked salmon rösti, lemon creme fraiche
Mini choux-buns, crab & hollandaise
  • Roast beef wrapped around roast vegetable bundles, with English mustard
  • Jerk chicken lollipops with hot pepper sauce
  • Grilled beef skewers, suya-spice (peanuts)
  • Duck breast à l’orange, potato rösti, celeriac purée