Date: Tuesday 20th October 2026
Age range: 20s, 30s and 40s
Cost: Please see ticket page for current availability and pricing
For enquiries: rdv@maclynninternational.com
Dress code: Smart and stylish, dress for a night out
The experience: An evening of drinks and conversation at The Italian Greyhound, with a carefully curated group of successful singles and thoughtful introductions from the Rendezvous x Maclynn team.
The Sort of Room That Gets People Talking
September brings that lovely moment when London wakes up again. Holidays are over, diaries fill up, and suddenly everyone seems ready to go out.
For our first Rendezvous evening at Pavilion Club Knightsbridge, the setting couldn’t have been better. The September sun was still doing its thing, the room was glorious, and behind the scenes our team had been working hard to ensure the room had the balance we always promise.
A room with a sense of occasion
Set within the beautifully restored former Danish Club, Pavilion has an elegance that doesn’t need to shout. High ceilings, a mezzanine, and abundant light give the room a wonderful sense of space, while the enormous central bar became the natural heart of the evening.
It worked brilliantly. People could move around it easily, drifting between conversations and making those little introductions that are so much easier when nobody is pinned to a table.
One guest described the room simply as “beautiful, elegant” and particularly liked how the circular layout made it easy to move around.
A little something from the bar
Pavilion’s drinks offering kept things suitably summery: Chandon Spritz with pink fruit soda and Virgin Mojitos, alongside SAS beers and Terrazas Malbec.
The canapés were equally well judged: butternut squash and sage arancini, grilled chilli prawns with avocado mousse, and duck leg croquettes with quince jam.
A special thank you to Pablo and Margot for bringing the evening together so beautifully, and to our friend Elaine, whose original suggestion introduced us to Pavilion in the first place.
And then the conversations began
We brought together the Rendezvous community, Maclynn’s members and Pavilion’s guests, and the room quickly became one large conversation rather than three separate groups.
For some, it was their first discovery of Pavilion. Several guests told us they had no idea the club was there, tucked away in Knightsbridge, and were intrigued to find out more about membership.
And then there was the usual Rendezvous magic: people arriving not knowing quite who they would meet and leaving with conversations they wanted to continue.
One guest summed up the evening rather nicely: “The place was nice, people seemed to like it. Elegant.”
We rather agree.
And as ever, the real measure of a Rendezvous evening is what happens afterwards. New conversations continuing, details being exchanged, and people already wondering when they’ll see each other again.
A very good reason to keep saying yes to September.
Date: Tuesday 6th October 2026
Age range: 45+
Cost: Please see ticket page for current availability and pricing
For enquiries: rdv@maclynninternational.com
Dress code: Elegant Smart
Included in your ticket: A special welcome cocktail or mocktail on arrival, access to our private room at Archer Street, and an evening with a carefully curated mix of single guests.
Seated dinner · 20s & 30s · 22 guests · Private dining room, Chelsea
Twenty-two people, all there to meet someone new, one beautifully private dining room and a table that could be effortlessly rearranged between courses, exactly what you want when the aim is to encourage new conversations.
There was our own private bar for the welcome, where a classic Margarita proved a very effective way to take the edge off those first-meeting nerves, before Manuel gave the table a wonderfully authentic introduction to the ethos and spirit of the restaurant.
Then dinner began with guacamole, pico de gallo and totopos to start, followed by yellowfin tuna tostadas, Ensenada tacos and smoky adobo short rib with pineapple salsa. Crispy potatoes and a fresh radicchio and pear salad accompanied the main, before tres leches cake, cinnamon custard and strawberries, cleverly served to share between two.
The room did what a good Rendezvous x Maclynn dinner should: made it easy to move, mingle and discover who you hadn’t quite finished talking to.
And by the end of the evening, there were plenty of decidedly interesting conversations still going.
Hosted dinner · Private Room · 50s & 60s · 20 guests · King’s Road
Twenty guests gathered at The Trafalgar on the King’s Road for our first Rendezvous hosted dinner, and from the moment everyone sat down, the evening had an easy, slightly conspiratorial feel.
The private dining room had been transformed beautifully. Little table lamps made the long tables glow, while flowers marked exactly where the enormous, shared mezze platters would land. It was thoughtful, romantic and, importantly, felt like a proper dinner rather than an event squeezed into a restaurant.
The food was excellent. Generous platters arrived laden with colourful dishes, and Alex and August looked after everyone with the sort of cheerful, attentive service that made us wonder whether we’d accidentally wandered into a five-star hotel.
The gentlemen changed seats between courses, which meant conversations kept shifting and everyone had the chance to meet someone new. It worked. Afterwards, the messages started arriving.
“I had a really fabulous evening, and everyone I met was fascinating in their unique way.”
“It was a fun event, with great food and interesting people too.”
And one gentleman was particularly keen to be introduced to a lady he had met but had taken down her number incorrectly. Another gentleman was already asking about membership.
Perhaps the best feedback came from someone who described it simply as a “great venue, delicious food and excellent company.”
A huge thank you to Kim and the Trafalgar team for making us feel so wonderfully looked after. The room, the food and the attention to detail made our first hosted dinner together exactly what we’d hoped it would be.
Great food, beautiful room, interesting people and conversations worth continuing. Exactly as it should be.
There was something wonderfully relaxed about our Summer & Sociability evening at 12 Hay Hill. With some guests already back from summer holidays and others counting down the days until theirs began, conversations quickly turned to favourite destinations, long lunches and plans still to come.
Despite another 33-degree day in London, the beautifully cool surroundings of The Bar at this historic Mayfair private members’ club offered the perfect retreat. Guests arrived to elegant long glasses of Tidal Rum cocktails, crisp, refreshing and unmistakably summery, before the room gradually filled with the warm hum of people meeting for the first time.
Our guests certainly embraced the dress code. Sharp, stylish and impeccably turned out, they looked every bit at home beneath the marble, soft lighting and beautiful interiors. Several guests even commented on how refreshing it was to arrive at an event where everyone had made such an effort.
The canapés, beautifully prepared by the team at 12 Hay Hill, were a real talking point throughout the evening. The Severn & Wye smoked salmon blinis with keta caviar and crème fraiche were a sophisticated twist on a classic, the Devon crab brioche rolls with avocado and pickled fennel were wonderfully fresh, while the truffle and parmesan arancini with black garlic emulsion proved dangerously moreish.
As always, it’s the messages we receive afterwards that tell the real story.
“Thank you for a super evening.”
“Meeting people this way is far nicer than dating apps.”
“A first-class event.”
“Thank you for being such an attentive hostess.”
What particularly delighted us this time was hearing from so many of the gentlemen afterwards. Several took the time to write simply to say thank you, others asked to join us again, and several guests left hoping to see each other again. We took that as a rather good sign that we’d assembled exactly the right crowd.
A huge thank you to Greta and the exceptional team, Botond, Dominic and Taylor, at 12 Hay Hill. From the flawless organisation to the warm hospitality behind the bar, every detail was delivered with effortless professionalism and helped create the relaxed, welcoming atmosphere our guests enjoyed so much.
Judging by the messages we woke up to the following morning, quite a few conversations continued long after the evening had come to an end. Some evenings finish when the bar closes. The best ones carry on long afterwards.