Cé La Vi says it is open “12pm till late daily” and leaves it there. No closing time, no dress code, no age policy and no booking terms appear anywhere on its own site. For a rooftop on the seventeenth floor of a Renzo Piano building, that is a remarkable amount of nothing, and it is why people turn up unsure whether they will be let in.
The booking platforms fill some of the gap. OpenTable lists the restaurant as midday to midnight on Monday to Wednesday and Sunday, and midday to 1.30am from Thursday to Saturday, with a smart casual dress code. Those are the numbers to plan around, with the caveat that they come from the booking platform rather than the venue.
We read the venue’s own pages on 11 October 2026.
Golden Hour: daily or three days?
The venue’s Sky Bar page says Golden Hour cocktails, two for one as the sun sets, run Monday to Wednesday. Press coverage and listings describe the same offer as daily. The venue’s own page is the one to trust, which means the two-for-one is a start-of-week offer rather than a weekend one. No start or end time is published for it either, so it moves with sunset.
Where it actually is
Levels 17 and 18 of 1 Paddington Square, W2 1DL, reached by a private external glass lift on the outside of the building. Not Bishopsgate, and not the City: this is Paddington, above the station.
Level 17 holds the restaurant and the bar, arranged around an open central bar. Level 18 has a lounge bar and a private dining room for up to 14. The food is modern Asian built for sharing, with miso seabass and lobster noodles as the signature dishes.
Lunch and brunch
A set lunch runs Monday to Friday, and Sky High Brunch runs every Saturday with 90 minutes of free-flowing drinks. Neither price is published on the website: both menus sit behind PDF links, and the brunch is listed as a winter menu, so expect it to change with the season. The phone number is 020 4630 7888 if you need a figure before booking.
What to check before you go
Three things are worth a call rather than a guess: whether under-18s are admitted at the hour you are coming, what the dress code actually is on a Friday night, and what happens to your deposit if you cancel. None of the three is published, and all three vary between the restaurant, the bar and the private spaces at venues of this kind.
Cé La Vi London
- Address
- Levels 17 and 18, 1 Paddington Square, London W2 1DL, reached by a private external glass lift
- Nearest
- Paddington
- Hours
- The venue says only open midday till late daily. OpenTable lists midday to midnight Monday to Wednesday and Sunday, and midday to 1.30am Thursday to Saturday
- Booking
- Through SevenRooms for the restaurant and bar. No cancellation or deposit terms are published
- Price
- Not published on the venue site. Set lunch and Sky High Brunch menus are PDF links without prices
- Standing
- A modern Asian restaurant and sky bar on the top two levels of the Renzo Piano building at Paddington Square, with a private dining room for up to 14
How to get in
The venue publishes no dress code, no age policy and no booking terms. OpenTable gives the dress code as smart casual. Golden Hour two for one cocktails run Monday to Wednesday on the venue's own page, although listings describe them as daily
Where to go next
Rooftop bars covers the rest of the view, and The Lookout and the Sky Garden are the ones you can reach without a reservation.
Questions we get asked
Where is Cé La Vi in London?
On levels 17 and 18 of 1 Paddington Square, W2 1DL, above Paddington station, reached by a private external glass lift on the outside of the building.
What are Cé La Vi London's opening hours?
The venue says only midday till late, daily. OpenTable lists midday to midnight on Monday to Wednesday and Sunday, and midday to 1.30am from Thursday to Saturday.
Is there a dress code at Cé La Vi London?
The venue does not publish one. OpenTable lists the dress code as smart casual, and event listings for the space have described it as smart and stylish.
When is Golden Hour at Cé La Vi?
The venue's own Sky Bar page says Monday to Wednesday, with two for one cocktails as the sun sets. Some listings describe the offer as daily, so the venue page is the safer guide. No fixed times are published.
Is Cé La Vi London over 18s?
No age policy is published anywhere on the venue's site. Given the hours run past midnight at the end of the week, ring 020 4630 7888 before bringing anyone under 18.
What is Sky High Brunch at Cé La Vi?
A Saturday brunch with 90 minutes of free-flowing drinks alongside brunch dishes. The price is not published on the website, and the menu is listed as a winter menu.
Written by Robert J Wills, no. 451 in the guide.
Last checked 11 October 2026 against the venues' own published information. Nobody pays to appear here and we take no bookings.
