Private Dining Rooms in Eastern Suburbs

Four kitchens, four very different rooms. Izakaya cooking in Double Bay, a French bistro in Woollahra, a long-running Italian restaurant and a Latin American grill in Paddington each set aside space where a group eats apart from the main floor, whether that is a closed room or an enclosed courtyard.

Seated numbers do most of the sorting: the smallest table takes 10, the largest room 28.

Matching the room to the group:

• Ten or fewer around one cloth: upstairs at 108 Boundary Street, Paddington, Wine Cellar @ Buon Ricordo keeps the restaurant's bottles racked on every wall, from $1,000 minimum spend
• Up to sixteen with French food: The Wine Room @ Bistro Moncur is tucked into Moncur Cellars on Queen Street, Woollahra, timber shelving packed with wine all round, from $350 per person
• Fourteen seated or 25 on their feet: Private Dining Room @ Tanuki, at 37 Bay Street, Double Bay, is a courtyard room beside The Lounge, built around a tree that grows up through the glass roof, from $70 per person
• A long table of up to 28: on Heeley Street at Five Ways, The Courtyard @ Tequila Mockingbird is a covered, air-conditioned courtyard hung with greenery that looks onto the open kitchen, from $79 per person
• A slideshow or presentation: Tanuki can arrange a TV and AV setup in its room for speeches and photos on screen

Two of the rooms are in Paddington and one each in Double Bay and Woollahra, so it is easy to pick by which side of the east suits your guests.