If you’re looking for a unique, elevated experience for a celebration or event, consider booking a private dining room. Private dining allows you to enjoy your meal and company in a separate room or area in a restaurant. It’s the perfect setting for family gatherings, corporate events, birthday parties and more.
Read over the private dining benefits outlined below to find out why it’s such a popular option.
1. Exclusive Use of the Room
One of the main reasons people choose private dining is because it offers exclusive access to a secluded space. Restaurants usually feature open seating plans where you eat your meal alongside others. It can get loud and busy, making it hard to chat with and give your full attention to others.
When you book a private dining experience, you get a dedicated area or room away from others for the duration of your event. You’ll have full privacy for you and your guests, ensuring others can’t overhear private discussions and interactions. The privacy also creates an intimate setting with minimal noises, distractions and interruptions, allowing you to focus on your guests.
2. Customizable Experience
Private dining also offers more customization options than you’d normally find in a typical restaurant setting. Being able to customize various aspects helps you create an event to your liking and meet the needs of your guests. Most private dining services allow you to customize the following elements:
- Ambience: In a more private room at a restaurant, you can control the ambience of the space. For example, you can change the lighting and play music to shape the overall mood of the room. Restaurants typically control the ambience when you book a table in the main area.
- Table layout: Most private dining restaurants allow you to customize the arrangement of the tables and chairs in the room. When booking a standard table at a restaurant, you can usually only choose tables in set locations and layouts. Optimizing the table layout is important for bigger groups of guests.
- Decor: Some private dining venues may allow you to bring decorations so you can make the space your own. You could bring balloons, flowers and table decor like tablecloths, centerpieces and place cards. You have the freedom to make the room look how you want, regardless of what the rest of the restaurant looks like.
- Menu: When you book a private dining room, you may also have the option to customize the menu available for guests during the booked time. You could request specific dishes for the restaurant to serve when you’re there, so guests don’t have to order on the spot. You could also organize a set menu, which can help you control your expenses.
- Equipment: Private dining restaurants may allow you to set up equipment for your event, like lighting, cameras, projection screens and speakers. Equipment can help you customize your dining experience even more than you could in the main restaurant area.
3. Personal Service
Private dining often comes with personalized, dedicated service. If you book a table at a restaurant, you’ll be assigned a staff member to take and deliver your order. However, they also often serve multiple tables at once, and you may have to wait before they can attend to you.
For private dining, most restaurants assign dedicated staff to the room. They’ll focus solely on your event and guests, so you may receive more attentive, prompt service. Having access to a dedicated team also ensures the event runs smoothly and that you have quick access to help if something goes wrong.
4. Minimal Decor Work
If you want to host an event with minimal effort, private dining rooms are the perfect choice. While you may have the option to bring your own decor to a private dining room, it’s often unnecessary as most restaurants provide a beautifully decorated space. They already have the basics, saving you the expense of purchasing decorations.
If you do want to decorate the space to match your specific theme or event, make sure to check with the restaurant about their decor restrictions before you make a purchase.
5. Immediate Seating
When you book a private dining room, you and your guests can find your seats immediately upon arrival. If you’re a large group, finding seating at normal restaurant tables can be tricky. The staff might need to combine tables to make room for everyone. If you don’t have a reservation, they might not even be able to accommodate you.
Paying for a private dining experience guarantees a spot for every person in your group. You also won’t have to worry about waiting for a table and dealing with late guests. You can start your event on time and stick with your event schedule as planned.
6. Improved Communication
Private dining allows for more intimate dining experiences that make communication easier. Sometimes, it can be hard to hear other people in noisy restaurant settings. You also have to respect other diners around you and not make too much noise.
Dining in a private area means everyone can hear and understand each other better, improving communication. It also creates a more comfortable and relaxed setting where people can open up. Private dining is even more essential for business meetings when people need to hear each other well. People can listen to presentations and easily network and collaborate without distractions or noise.
Experience Private Dining in Baton Rouge
If you’re in the Baton Rouge area and want to try out private dining yourself, visit Tallulah Crafted Food and Wine Bar — the best-kept secret in town. Located inside the Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel, Tallulah is a casual, upscale restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. You can make a traditional reservation with us or book our private dining option for an intimate experience.
For private dining, we can accommodate between 15 and 32 people in a private room, by the pool or on the terrace. If you have under 15 guests, you can order from our regular a la carte menu featuring indigenous Louisiana cuisine. Groups of over 15 can select one of our delicious preset dining menus. Additionally, your guests will have access to our beer, wine and cocktail menus.
With Tallulah private dining, you’ll also get to:
- Choose from three different table arrangements.
- Use our complimentary wireless internet.
- Access your room one hour before the contracted start time.
- Occupy the room until closing time or longer at an additional charge.
- Request our full-service audiovisual equipment for a fee.
Submit a contact form online or call us at 225-388-5695 to reserve a private room at Tallulah.
