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Inside the Private Dining Rooms at the World's Most Celebrated Restaurants

By Tal Dekel-Daks on January 13, 2020

Planning something special? When a communal table just won't cut it, reserve a room at these out of the ordinary spaces. 

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Whether it's a birthday bash, rehearsal dinner, work party, or just a good catch up, finding a place for the perfect special occasion group dinner can be a tough task. There are so many things to consider, from the atmosphere, to the space, to whether or not the food will actually be good and suit everyone. 

Related: There’s a French Restaurant Hidden Behind a Painting in New York City

Enter: the world's most unique private dining rooms, hidden in plain sight among some of the most exciting restaurants. Bringing everyone together calls for something out of the ordinary and these restaurant's private dining rooms deliver, minus the crowds. The rooms combine the best bits of your favorite restaurant (menu, service, interiors) with the privacy of a dinner party at home, and a sprinkling of something special. 

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For the maximalists, there's Jaipur's kaleidoscopic Bar Palladio 12-seater room and Wing Lei's gold-leaf studded "The Imperial" room in Las Vegas seating 13 for Michelin-star Cantonese, Shanghai, and Szechuan cooking. New Yorkers and Londoners have plenty of sophisticated options when it comes to great private dining rooms in the city's most in-demand restaurants, here we pick some of the most unique of the lot, from a Pie Room in Holborn to a theatrically hidden room in a new seafood restaurant in Gramercy Park. 

 
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Bar Palladio, Jaipur

Step into a peacock-blue dreamscape in Jaipur's 12-seater Bar Palladio dining room. The hand-panted room mixes Italian Renaissance design with Mughal architecture and serves Italian fare and aperitivo cocktails. 

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The Pie Room at Holborn Dining Room, London

Dedicated to one of Britain’s most loved dishes, this unique private dining room inside Holborn Dining Room sits 10 and serves spruced up savory pies (no pecan or cherry here, folks). Come hungry to sit in this enchanting setting and pick from two menus specially tailored by Executive Head Chef Calum Franklin, including a five-course Pie Tasting Menu available from $130 per person or $195 per person with pairing wines.

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Wing Lei at the Wynn, Las Vegas

When in Vegas, it's time to do over-the-top dining. And Wing Lei's private dining room "The Imperial" is the place to do it if you're craving Chinese flavor. Expect extra decadence in the private dining room for 13 that's tucked inside the first Chinese restaurant in the U.S. to earn a Michelin star.

Courtesy Mister Paradise

The Red Room at Mister Paradise, New York

Hidden inside East Village cocktail bar Mister Paradise, The Red Room is a secluded space saturated in...red. Come to this playful, colorful space for inventive cocktails (we're partial to the "party lobster" made with blanco tequila, mezcal, Campari, watermelon, lime, fermented habanero, and garlic) and some of the best burgers in town.

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The Platinum Arowana Room at Scott's, London

For a very special occasion, make for the recently opened Platinum Arowana Room inside London's second oldest restaurant and supposed famed site of Ian Fleming’s discovery of the dry martini “shaken, not stirred”. Everything about the new space which sits six to eight people is decadent. The floor features green, semi-precious stones and artworks hung on the wall are by none other than Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Joan Miró, Émile Bernard and Marc Chagall. 

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Ristorante Cracco, Milan

We've waxed poetic about why Michelin-starred chef Carlo Cracco's Ristorante Cracco has taken Milan’s dining scene by storm. Set in historic Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, right next to the Duomo Cathedral, the restaurant's private room has its own exclusive entrance from the courtyard and oozes theatrics—and an impressive 1920s Levanto marble bar counter. 

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Lumaca, New York

Wander behind a large, unmarked oak door at the far end of HGU New York's lobby to find Lumaca. An elegant dining room serving relaxed coastal Italian cuisine with a cozy Calacatta marble fireplace, black and white photographs by American photographer, Anton Perich, and an original 1905 beaux-arts plasterwork ceiling from when the hotel was first built.

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Noma, Copenhagen

Gathering 19 of your closest friends might be your ticket into this notoriously tricky reservation in Copenhagen. Noma's adjacent private dining room has room for 20 and is just as light and open as the rest of the restaurant. 

Related: A Dinner Party at Home With Nadine Redzepi of Noma

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Sketch, London

Central London's popular all-pink-everything space Sketch (one of our favorite afternoon tea's in the city) is also the place to go for an aesthetically-pleasing (and three-Michelin-starred) private dining experience. The new private dining space, Millicent Fawcett, is decorated in rich reds and pinks and sits eight people inside The Lecture Room & Library, it's named after suffragist who gave a speech there in 1869. 

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é by José Andres at The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas

One of the toughest and most coveted reservations in Las Vegas, é by José Andrés sits nine and can be booked up to three months in advance. The intimate restaurant is tucked away in a small private room adjacent to Jaleo’s bustling bar and paella grill inside The Cosmopolitan hotel. 

Related: The Best Hidden Bars and Restaurants in Las Vegas—and How to Find Them

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Oceans, New York

Newly opened Vancouver-transplant Oceans serves sustainable seafood in an airy 220-seat dining room near Union Square Market. But head beyond the raw bar and swing open a nondescript door and you'll come across the eight-person private dining room. 

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