40th birthday party; 18 ppl; below 14th street - any suggestions?

[busterfood]

We're hosting a 40th birthday party on a Saturday in January for 18 people. We prefer to be downtown but are open to other great suggestions too. We were thinking Balthazar but they won't do that large of a group on the weekend...open to all cuisine and price.

[busterfood]

We settled on Mercer Kitchen. Great long table in the back. Will report on how it is for a large party.

[busterfood]

Thank you for all of the suggestions.

[peter j]

The private dining room at Maialino would be perfect. Also consider Tocqueville and Union Square Cafe.

[chowchau]

Congee Village has private rooms with Karaoke. Party on!

[Pan]

I believe Oriental Garden also has a private room, though I haven't used it (I'm fine with having a banquet in a convivial eating room). No karaoke, though, I don't think.

[Lacrosse_Gastronomic]

The Dutch
Hearth
Jane

Del Posto, If your party size drops to 16.

[Pan]

I don't recommend Jane for dinner. I found their dinner food merely buttery, and overpriced. I did have a delicious brunch there several years ago, though.

[mushroomaffairs]

The brunch place? I used to love that place!

Ed.: Sorry, I literally stopped reading after the first sentence and just started typing. Lol. I used to go there quite a bit.

[kathryn]

DBGB has a private room that seats 18.

Public also has a semi private room about that size, which seats 20.

Il Buco has a wine cellar that seats 20 as does Bar Boulud.

Cafe Boulud has two salons that seat 18.

Gramercy Tavern's private dining room seats 22.

Eleven Madison Park has two balcony-level private dining rooms that overlook the main dining room -- one of them seats 18.

Le Bernardin has a few separate "salons."

This might help:
http://www.opentable.com/info/banquet...

[busterfood]

Thank you Kathryn!