Choose the Right Private Dining Restaurant for Your Next Celebration

One of the sweetest moments in the world is when friends and family gather around to celebrate a special occasion. To be surrounded by good food, and familiar faces, in an inspiring space that echoes no other noise but the sound of laughter, and the light buzz of your guests' excited chatter. While home-hosted parties seem like a good idea, the efforts that come alongside them are not. Therefore, more and more people are choosing private dining in NYC to celebrate their life's special events.

Just like holding any other party, NYC private dining room celebrations take a good amount of research. You want to take the time and look around the potential event spaces where you can hold your party. However, finding the right one is like discovering gold in a mine—that space becomes a sanctuary to multitudes of your future celebrations! Therefore, it's important to choose the right private dining in NYC for your next event.

But how do you find the right one, you ask? Here are the questions you need to ask yourself when researching for the next private dining restaurant in NYC.

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What are we celebrating?

Rather than just an intimate dinner, there are many events to celebrate in an NYC private dining room. Event spaces in NYC can be booked for small parties, including wedding anniversaries, birthdays, or a small crowd that celebrates a special milestone. Of course, restaurants also allow their rooms to be reserved for corporate dinners, charity fundraisers, award ceremonies, or even important yearly conferences.

It's important, therefore, to know the heart of your celebration as you go along and search for a private dining restaurant in NYC, for this leads to the next question. 

How big of an area do we need?

The answer is obvious: a small table of five will not require the same efforts as a crowd of fifty. For a family-meal private dining, restaurants offer semi-private spaces—mezzanines, sample rooms, or exclusive tables shrouded by dividers to give guests extra privacy. Here at Union Square Events, we offer the Alcove, a gorgeous dining space tucked away from the main hall, seating six to twelve guests around a large, black walnut oval table.

For bigger-sized parties, those that require 20 or more guests, a more spacious private dining event space is needed. Restaurants with exclusive party rooms answer this need. It's a great choice to gather a mid-sized crowd for family dinners, baby showers, and birthday parties, tucked away from the busy floor of the restaurant. At Union Square Cafe, we have Park & Irving, a private dining room that accommodates 40 seated guests, spanning across the Parlor Bar area. And for crowds that don't fit in rooms, Union Square Events also offers a full restaurant buyout that accommodates 90 guests on the main floor—cocktails are upstairs—or 150 partially-seated guests for a cocktail-style event. 

Are we given the ability to customize?

One of the reasons why people choose private dining in NYC is the customizable options. Instead of investing in big decorations at home, you can have an event space fully decked out according to your needs. Birthdays or baptisms? Have your selected color palette fill up the space. Anniversaries, engagement parties, or wedding receptions? Have gorgeous floral centerpieces on every table. With an already-elegant space to use as a canvas, decorating a private dining restaurant is easier.

At Union Square Cafe, we offer you flexible options so you can create the celebration of your dreams. We have a professional dining team to keep up with you and help you transform the space just as you wish. Not only that, we offer consultations on the menu as well. Create the perfect dinner that all of your guests will love by considering their dietary requirements, too. Go playful with contemporary twists, or choose to go with classic dishes should you want to impress the crowd. 

What else makes things better? The extras!

No two private dining events are exactly alike, but it's good to know if the restaurant covers all of your needs. Special events like business meetings and conferences require audio-visual types of equipment. Parties will make lovely use of mood lighting and music. Does your private dining event space have changeable lighting that helps set the tone of the celebration? Or does the venue have a nearby private room that can allow specific music to be played? Are there sections for a live band to perform? If you plan to use these features, you’d want to consult your private dining restaurant if they have them. 

The Bottom Line

Holding your next important event in private dining in NYC is exciting. There's less of the effort, and more of the party. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't do the research necessary for you to compare each space. Choose a private dining restaurant that offers an array of private spaces that can accommodate different needs. Highlight the ones with customizable options and give priority to the ones that give extra features. And, above all, pick the restaurant that offers your favorite menu. After all, you dine out because of food, and the meals that they offer should be a cut above the rest.

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