Private Room for 12

[Jimmy100]

Looking for a nice private room for around a dozen people for dinner. Something like one of the rooms at The Rosewater Supper Club would be perfect. Definitely looking for really good food in a nice space. Unfortunately nothing too exotic, don't want to surprise the grandparents. Thanks in advance for the help 'hounds.

[salad lad]

If they like steak, there are is a private room at Jacobs and Co. (the new steakhouse in town). It's moder decor, but high end, old schoolesque (except for the wagyu) cuisine. Your grandparents might like the piano bar there, too.

[TorontoJo]

Chiado and Adega both have private table service in their wine cellars. It's a great atmosphere and the food is fantastic at both places, but it is downstairs, which may or may not be a problem for your grandparents.

[Snarf]

There's a big table in the wine cellar at Biagio. You have to ask nicely.

[laurelmcg]

Veni Vidi Vici on College has a great back room and excellent service!

http://venividivici.sites.toronto.com/

[chutchut]

One more:

The Miller Tavern
http://www.themiller.ca/dining_room.html

[chutchut]

We had corporate events in the private rooms of these restaurants: Azure, Canoe, Senses, Biff's, Bymark, Susar, Far Niente, La Maquette, Canyon Chop House, reds Bistro, Pangaea Restaurant, North 44, Bardi's Steak House, Morton's Steak House, Wayne Gretzky's Restaurant. Not sure which one would fit your family event.

[merlot143]

Joy bistro has a room upstairs that they rent out, provided they cater. I don't know how the food is these days, but it used to be good.
Oro also has a few lovely rooms, and the food was quite good when we were there 2 years ago.

[millygirl]

Mistura has a great room off the side for private groups.

[orangewasabi]

bymark has private rooms that would suit 12

[JamieK]

Mimosa has a semi-private room that seats up to 12 people.
http://www.mimosabistro.com

Bravi does group functions but not sure how private -
http://www.bravi.ca/private.html

Quince has private dining areas but perhaps too large for your needs -
http://www.quincetoronto.com/index2.html

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Quince
2110 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4S 2A5, CA

Bravi
40 Wellington St E, Toronto, ON M5E1C7, CA

Mimosa
2497 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4P2H6, CA

[OnDaGo]

You should contact Chef Gallery ( [e-mail] ) their dining room only seats 12 and is a victorian parlour. Since you are the only dinners the service is very attentive as is the kitchen. They only open by reservation and tailor the menu to the people and is surprisingly affordable.

[nicopop]

Do you remember roughly how much this cost?
This sounds perfect for a Christmas dinner I am planning for 10-12 friends.

[OnDaGo]

For our party it worked out to $150 per person (10 people) but that included a 5 course menu each course paired with a different wine (full glasses not tasting size), pre-dinner cocktails, Taxes AND Tip. Also because you are the only guests you do no feel rushed we started around 7 and left at midnight.

We gave them our (fixed) budget and they developed the menu and the wine pairings for us to approve. They were very good with suggestions and changes as there were some specific wines we wanted included.

The owner mentioned that the next week they were doing a birthday party that was more traditional 3 courses with beer or wine so they are very flexible.

[nicopop]

Thanks for the info. How far in advance did you book?

[OnDaGo]

We only booked about two weeks in advance but they still had many dates open for us to choose.

[JamieK]

Another company that does something similar is The Chef Upstairs
http://www.thechefupstairs.com

http://www.chowhound.com/topics/435667

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The Chef Upstairs
516 Mt Pleasant Rd, Toronto, ON M4S, CA

[chutchut]

Which part of the town is their dining room located? I just checked http://www.chefgallery.ca/index.asp and wasn't able to find their address.

[OnDaGo]

It is not a restaurant but a private event space and is located in Leslieville.

[millygirl]

Pretty vague website IMO

[Otonabee]

Beer Bistro has quite a nice private back room.

[xtal]

I was in the BeerBistro back room recently for a small party, and it was fantastic. Completely separate from the main space, including a private washroom. The food was all apps and served family style, which was quite nice.

[Recyclor]

I don't know how many it sits and the atmosphere might not be right, but, Gio's has a back room in a vault that looks like a fun palce to dine...