Best Team Dinner Restaurants in Long Beach 2026
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The team-dinner pick in Long Beach for 2026 is 555 East, the downtown steakhouse founded in 1984, with private rooms seating 12 to 70 and projection built in. Editorial runners-up: Ammatoli for family-style mezze, Tantalum on the bay, the Sky Room atop the Fairmont Breakers, and Queensview. Book the private room early.
A team dinner needs a private room or a long table, a kitchen that can fire for a crowd, and enough noise for the group to relax. Long Beach has them, from a downtown steakhouse to a glass room over Alamitos Bay. Six seat a party. The list opens at a 1984 steakhouse and runs to a Pine Avenue bistro.
Six Long Beach Tables for a Team Dinner
The USDA Prime dry-aged ribeye comes with live piano in the next room. 555 East sits at 555 East Ocean Boulevard in downtown Long Beach, founded in 1984 and run by the Select Restaurants group. It is built for groups, with indoor and outdoor private and semi-private rooms seating 12 to 70, projection and wi-fi for a working dinner, and a 600-bottle list. About $80 to $150 a head. The strongest team-dinner room in the city.
The fresh-baked pita and a spread of mezze go down the middle of the table. Ammatoli sits at 285 East 3rd Street downtown, chef Dima Habibeh cooking Levantine plates of Palestinian and Syrian heritage with her husband Sam. A 2026 James Beard Awards semifinalist for Outstanding Hospitality, with a room that seats forty more and buyouts up to 100. About $25 to $45 a head, the value pick. Family-style by design. The easy, lively choice for a larger team.
The Asian-inflected California menu lands at tables over Alamitos Bay. Tantalum sits at 6272 East Pacific Coast Highway on the Belmont Shore waterfront, a long-running room with 1,000 feet of docking out the window. Three private rooms seat thirty-five at the table or up to forty-five for a mixer, two event coordinators on staff. About $50 to $80 a head. The lively group pick with a view, when the team wants the water.
The oysters Rockefeller and the duck a l’orange come with a sweep of ocean. The Sky Room sits atop the Fairmont Breakers at 210 East Ocean Boulevard, an Old-Hollywood supper club reopened in February 2026 after a remodel, chef Maxwell Pfeiffer cooking. Parker House rolls, hiramasa crudo, a restored private dining room for a milestone team dinner. About $90 to $150 a head. The room when the dinner is also a celebration.
The dry-aged ribeye and the Ora King salmon come with a 360-degree harbour view. Queensview Steakhouse sits on the top floor of Parkers’ Lighthouse at 435 Shoreline Drive in Shoreline Village, overlooking the Queen Mary, exec chef Jim Tate cooking under the Select Restaurants group. Established in 2011, live music, supper-club acoustics. About $60 to $90 a head. A solid corporate group room with a panorama.
The crispy Brussels sprouts and the steak frites anchor a French bistro menu. Bo-Beau Kitchen and Roof Tap sits at 144 Pine Avenue downtown, exec chef Ruben Gonzalez cooking, with a tufted-booth bistro below and an open-air rooftop beer garden above, fifty craft taps. It accommodates large parties across two levels. About $40 to $60 a head. The lively, less formal team-dinner option.
How to Book
555 East’s private rooms and the Sky Room’s restored dining room need two to three weeks for a weekend party, more in summer. Ammatoli, Tantalum, Queensview, and Bo-Beau will usually seat a group within a week with a call. For a buyout, give more notice.
Give the room the head count and say it is a work dinner. Ask 555 East for a projection-equipped private room, Tantalum for a bay-view private room, and Ammatoli for the expansion room when the team runs large.
Frequently Asked Questions
For 2026 the editorial pick is 555 East, the downtown steakhouse founded in 1984, with indoor and outdoor private rooms seating 12 to 70, projection and wi-fi for a working dinner, and a 600-bottle list. Ammatoli, a 2026 James Beard semifinalist, is the close runner-up for family-style group dining, and Tantalum offers private rooms over Alamitos Bay.
555 East has indoor and outdoor private and semi-private rooms seating 12 to 70, with projection and wi-fi, the most flexible group setup in the city. Tantalum holds three private rooms on Alamitos Bay seating up to 45, the Sky Room has a restored private dining room atop the Fairmont Breakers, and Ammatoli takes buyouts up to 100. Call each directly.
A group dinner in Long Beach runs about $80 to $150 a head at the 555 East steakhouse, and $90 to $150 at the Sky Room. Tantalum lands $50 to $80, Queensview $60 to $90, and Bo-Beau $40 to $60. Ammatoli is the value at $25 to $45 a person, family-style. Most take large parties on a week’s notice.
Tantalum sits over Alamitos Bay with three private rooms and 1,000 feet of docking, and Queensview Steakhouse looks over the harbour and the Queen Mary from the top floor of Parkers’ Lighthouse in Shoreline Village. The Sky Room offers a sweeping ocean view from atop the Fairmont Breakers. All three seat sizeable parties; reserve a view line ahead.