Private Dining - Financial District/SOMA
I am looking for a restaurant with a private dining room that can accommodate at least 40 guests for a sit-down dinner. This is for a Friday evening in mid-October. The ideal location is in the Financial District or SOMA. I would prefer to be close to The Palace Hotel if possible.
This is for a university alumni event - guests will be of various ages. I would like something that is fun, on the trendy side, but not suited for only the young/hipster crowd. Budget isn't too much of a concern but I don't want/need an extremely high-end restaurant.
I am planning this from Chicago and I am not very familiar with the area. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
By bmccadas
on Jul 26, 2007 12:20 PM
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TWO's close to the Palace and has a lot of private-dining options.
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Two
22 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105
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I would say Town Hall could accommodate, very San Francisco style place, warm interiors, brick, seasonal foods appealing to most everyone.
http://www.townhallsf.com/
Bong Su- has a lovely room, shared dishes, Modern Vietamese, fun spot-
http://www.bongsu.com/
Azie- would be another good choice-fun, semi-hip, accelectic Asian style
http://www.restaurantlulu.com/Azie_di...
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I should of gave locations all of the above are SOMA
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Thank you for these recommendations. I have already contact Town Hall and Azie and received responses back from them.
I also have a call into Perbacco.
If anyone else has any additional suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.
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How about Perbacco? http://www.perbaccosf.com/
They are in the heart of FiDi and a very short walk from the Palace
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Town Hall has a private room upstairs. It's about five blocks from the Palace Hotel.
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Town Hall Restaurant
342 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94105
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Having been in the private upstairs dining room at Town Hall, I'd have to say it's a little small for 40 people. Even though it was December, the room quickly became overheated. Also, the acoustics in that room are horrible, and I could barely hear the person sitting next to me, much less anyone else at my table.
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Lulu is next door to Azie and has a seperate room that they rent out for private parties. I've always enjoyed the food (especially the mussels) and the wine list is great.
http://www.restaurantlulu.com/LuLu_di...
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Thank you so much for all of your suggestions.I have narrowed it down to several options and I would love some honest feedback. Again, this is for a sit-down dinner for approximately 40 guests. I am looking for a location fairly close to The Palace Hotel. Most of our guests will be locals so I want to avoid any major tourist destinations.
One Market Restaurant
Restaurant Lulu
Townhall
Rubicon
Azie
Two
Thanks!
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Oops. I should have replied to your last email. Please see above regarding Town Hall - too small, too warm, too noisy.
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If I were in your group, which I'm not, I'd prefer Rubicon, then Two. I'm not a huge fan of Lulu, always feel everything is waaaaay oversalted but others seem to like it. Their private room is more like a room to the side that they partition off, if that matters. I've been by, but not eaten in, the private room at Town Hall - yuck, not very nice looking. I'm not a huge fan of their food either, though.
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Strike that...Two is the re-make of Hawthorne Lane and is relatively new - certainly newer than any of the others on your list. Though I've not been, I would like to try it so I would put it at the top of that list and suspect that several of your guests will be in a similar position.
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I'd nix Town Hall as well. Although I haven't been there in about a year, I was there once in September and do not plan to go back because my dish was so oversalted. There were a few good dishes, but I'd choose any of the other places over Town Hall.
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Thanks so much for the feedback on Town Hall. It sounds like I should remove this from my list.
What about One Market? They seem to have a great space but I haven't received any feedback yet either good or bad.
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Hotel Vitale - Americano has a back room but I'm not sure how many it holds
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Americano
8 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
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Jeanty at Jack's can handle groups that size in its third-floor room.
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Jeanty At Jacks
615 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA 94111
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