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Chauffeur Cars for Client Entertaining in London
When you're hosting clients for dinner or an event, the car matters as much as the restaurant. Why firms use a chauffeur to bookend client entertaining evenings.
Published 17 Aug 2026Updated 7 Oct 20262 min read
You've booked the table at a Mayfair restaurant, sorted the wine list, briefed the team on who's coming — and then the evening nearly comes apart because a client is stuck circling Berkeley Square looking for a parking space, or standing on the pavement trying to flag a cab in the rain. The car is part of the hospitality, not an afterthought to it.
A chauffeur pickup means the client's evening starts the moment they get in the car, not the moment they arrive. No app to download, no driver they've never met asking them to confirm a name in a car park. We collect from their office or hotel, brief the driver on the destination and any timing around a second venue, and keep the car on standby if the plan involves moving from dinner to a bar afterwards.
Discretion Is Part of the Job
Client entertaining often involves conversations that shouldn't spill outside the car — deal terms, personnel changes, things said after a second glass of wine. Our drivers are used to being invisible: no chat unless invited, no phone out, no questions about where you've been. That matters more than people expect until the first time it doesn't happen with someone else.
Handling the Awkward Bits
Client entertaining rarely runs to a clean schedule. Dinner overruns, someone suggests one more drink, a client needs dropping at a hotel across town at 11pm on a Tuesday. Because pricing is fixed and agreed upfront rather than metered, a longer evening doesn't turn into an argument about the fare — we agree the scope when you book, and if plans shift on the night we sort a fair adjustment on the spot rather than let a meter run.
What It Costs
A chauffeured evening — pickup, a wait during dinner and the drive home — is booked as-directed at £75 an hour in an Executive, with a 3-hour minimum. Call 020 8742 2888 and tell us the shape of the evening — we'll quote a fixed price before anyone gets in the car.
Questions, answered.
Can the car wait outside the restaurant during dinner?
Yes. Tell us roughly how long dinner will run when you book and we'll build the wait into the fixed price, so there's no separate waiting charge sprung on you afterwards.
Can you move between two venues in one evening?
Yes, this is common for client entertaining — dinner followed by a bar or a private members' club. Give us both addresses when booking and we'll plan the timing and price it as one job.
What if the client wants to be dropped somewhere different at the end of the night?
Just let the driver know. As long as it's within a reasonable distance of the original plan we'll accommodate it and settle any difference fairly rather than leave you guessing.
Get your fixed price
Enter the journey and you see the full price before you book — airport fee, tolls and any supplement included.
Rather talk it through? Call 020 8742 2888, 24 hours a day.
P5 Chauffeurs is a TfL-licensed private hire operator (licence no. 11928). Every journey is pre-booked at a fixed price with a licensed driver in a licensed vehicle. Written by Faraz, Operations Manager, who runs our day-to-day operations.