Berkeley/East Bay rehearsal dinner recs?

[guavagirl]

We're looking for a place in Berkeley/East bay for a rehearsal dinner--maybe something with a view and a private room? Maybe Japenese? We're doing a Chinese banquet for the wedding, so East Ocean wouldn't work--it would be a mix of Chinese and American guests.

Mahalo!

[yehfromthebay]

Places with views in the East Bay...Skates in Berkeley, Doubletree Hotel in Berkeley banquet), Chevy's in Emeryville, Jack's Bistro and Scott's Seafood (they'll do a little tent in the back...it gets cold in there, though) in Oakland Jack London Square. Yoshi's is right by the water (no view, though). I heard that there's some new restaurant where Old Spaghetti Factory used to be.

[milklady]

Trader Vic's in Emeryville has a private room with a deck and a gorgeous bay view. Their room seats more than that, but they'd probably accomodate a 50 person party (we're doing 60 in August). It's not Japanese, but does have an Asian influence.

[katya]

Our rehearsal dinner last August was at Trader Vic's. They have two private rooms. The larger one (the one we used) has a private deck with a beautiful view. The site was perfect. I just wish the food was a little better for what we paid.

Some other options we considered:
Eccolo
Downtown
Adagia
Scharfenberger
Berkeley Faculty Club
Spengers
Skate's (too small I think)

[kc72]

A view, private room and Japanese food will be hard to find.

Here are a couple of places down in that area w/ a view and private room -- but lacking in the good food dept.

http://www.tradervics.com/rest-emeryville.html
http://www.hslordships.com/banquets.html

There's also Hana Japan -- a teppanyaki(sp?) place. Don't know if they have a private room/view.

http://www.hanajapan.com/flash/index.htm

[JasmineG]

How many people?

[guavagirl]

I think maybe 50 or so? There's a lot of us and lots of out of town guests...

[JasmineG]

A relatively recent thread suggested Eccolo, but I'm not sure if you want to spend that much, and they may be too small for you: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/383191

Here's another thread where someone was looking for dinner for 50 people, though it was a little more casual: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/375187

You're probably not going to find good food and a private room and a view, but you can likely find two out of three at some of the places in those threads. What's your budget?