The Grand Room + Kitchen

British Maximalist Design

The Grand Room was built to feel like a Mayfair private members club with walnut paneling, limestone fireplaces, leather-bound shelves, chandeliers designed after Adolf Loos. Overhead, a hand-painted Gracie mural follows Elsa Maxwell — the original New York hostess — across New York and Paris. Perfect for luxury private dinners, cocktail receptions, brand launches, and intimate weddings, the Grand Room is designed for those who appreciate fine detail.

At the heart of the room is the Chef’s Kitchen. It's a show-stopping focal point. From a dramatic plate rack filled with Ruffoni copper cookware, to leathered marble countertops, JennAir appliances, and hand-painted shaker cabinets with patinaed brass hardware, every detail invites both culinary creativity and conversation. A custom beverage station completes the room with wine fridges and a built-in soda tap.

This makes the Grand Room a dream venue for food-focused events, and interactive tastings ideal for hospitality-forward brand experiences or bespoke gatherings.

The Layout

The Grand Room can be divided into thirds using custom curtains we had manufactured specifically for this space — built 50% thicker than standard theatre curtains, so when they close, the room genuinely transforms. You can use this to run separate supper clubs or private events simultaneously in the same room, or pull the curtains while one section is being set for dinner and stage a proper reveal when the moment is right.

The room anchors around two fireplace nooks, built for intimacy and conversation. Scott Galloway has held fireside chats in front of them while Nimesh Patel and Ronny Chang have done stand-up sets here.

For dinner, we've seated 86 in full room configuration. A more common layout is around 45 for dinner, keeping the fireplace area next to the Explorer’s Bar open as a lounge for cocktails before guests sit down, which builds the evening rather than starting it at the table. The room fits 111 for a symposium or conference format and up to 200 guests for a cocktail reception or larger party with a DJ or live music.

The Kitchen

Most private clubs keep their kitchen back of house, hidden behind swinging doors and service corridors. We put ours in the room.

The Grand Chef's Kitchen is the centerpiece of the Grand Room, fully functional and genuinely beautiful. Leathered marble countertops, hand-painted shaker cabinets with patinaed brass hardware, a dramatic plate rack lined with Ruffoni copper cookware, and luxury appliances from JennAir. A custom beverage station with wine fridges and a built-in soda tap runs the length of one wall.

What this means in practice: your guests can watch the chef plate each course in front of them. You get the feeling of a dinner cooked for you in someone's home at a scale that doesn't sacrifice anything. There's a difference between being served dinner and watching dinner be made for you, and the kitchen makes that possible.

It's also genuinely functional, which sounds obvious but isn't always true. Culinary and food brands have therefore found the kitchen particularly useful, as the kitchen lets a brand show process rather than just product. We threw a dinner for Panera where bread chandeliers hung over the table. Baked by Melissa launched their latest cookbook here, cooking live out of the kitchen. HelloFresh filmed a cook with Allison Brie here. We've hosted a six-course supper club with Sewing Tin. The kitchen can do the work of a proper restaurant pass while looking like it belongs in an editorial shoot.

Built for Brands

The Grand Room has a quality that most event spaces don't: it's already a visual. You don't need to build a set. The gallery wall can be turned into what we'd describe as the world's most elevated step-and-repeat, which we did for our Lunar New Year party with the cast of The Summer I Turned Pretty. The fireplaces, similarly, can be styled as brand displays, and even our kitchen hood itself can be vinyl-wrapped, so your branding ends up inside the scene

The Library

The Wall Street Journal called it an oligarch's library. We'll take it, though we'd prefer Mayfair private members club. The Library was built with a specific atmosphere in mind — the kind you find in the great private reading rooms of the Carnegie Mansion, the Frick, the old Mellon libraries. Floor-to-ceiling shelves, rolling library ladders, the smell of old paper and leather. There's also a secret passageway leading to the Garden Room.

The Library's bookcase wall is one of the most striking ceremony backdrops in New York — there's a reason couples keep choosing it for wedding ceremonies. It's also the right room for a panel conversation or a keynote where you need that necessary gravitas. The room does the work.

A Darker Tablescaping Opportunity

The Grand Room lends itself to a more regal tablescape and vibe. Think emerald tones, darker gold and black plates. In a room full of leather bound books and wood clad walls the Grand Room presents the opportunity to create a table that is an ode to the old world while maintaining our modern comforts.

A Private Dining Room Built for Supperclubs

The PDR to end all PDRs – we’ve fit up to 65 at one long table and 85 in the room total. The Grand Room is perfect for weddings and rehearsal dinners. Because of our kitchen it’ s favorite for supperclubs, and a perfect spot for whiskey tastings and other more traditionally masculine activities. If you are looking for your fantasy out of the gilded age, this is the room you want.

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