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As a courtesy I emailed all the shops we plan to visit, to say when we are coming, expected timings, numbers etc and just received this reply from Ozone:
"Hi Alex,
Thank you for getting in touch. We would love to accommodate your group. For a group this size you would be looking at hiring out the down stairs part of the restaurant which is available between 9am – 11am or 3pm – 5pm on a Saturday. The hire rate is £250 / hour exc of food & beverage. We could also do a little deal of two coffees and some pastries with your own personal barista for£6/head.
The only slight issue we have is where you might be planning to leave the bikes? There are a few lampposts outside Ozone, but I feel I should mention one of our baristas had his bike stolen from out there last week."
To which I replied:
"Hi and thanks for this. We were not planning on staying for long though as we are visiting approx 6 other venues and I doubt every rider will buy a coffee (otherwise, serious caffeine OD!) so not worth me reserving the downstairs area I wouldn't have thought?
I will mention the locking to the group but I anticipate some of us will be staying outside to mind the bike cluster anyhow. If I can get a more accurate picture of numbers shall I let you know?"
And NOW she says:
"The maximum sized group we usually accommodate at the weekend is 8. If you were to go ahead with the reservation it would need to be on a set menu/ coffee menu basis and the downstairs room would still need to be hired as we do not have the capacity for 30 people in any other part of the restaurant. As Saturday is one of busiest days of the week, we simply cannot accommodate 30 people turning up on a casual basis.
Let me know your thoughts"
Not sure what to do...