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Best Restaurants for Private-Dining in Austin (2026)
Private dining rooms · Austin · 7 venues ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published March 12, 2024 · Updated September 5, 2025 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
A real private dining room is a different proposition from a big table in the corner, and Austin has both. The strongest rooms run from Jeffrey's, a 1975 Clarksville fixture with two enclosed private spaces, to chef-driven kitchens like Comedor and a Michelin-starred hearth at Hestia, to steakhouses built to host a hundred. We ranked seven that are open now, ordered on the quality of the food and the flexibility of the private space. For the rest of the city, see our Austin dining guide.
1.Jeffrey's
Austin most iconic special-occasion room, with two enclosed private spaces; book the Apartment for up to 30 guests.
Jeffrey's has been the Austin room for a milestone since 1975, and under MML Hospitality it runs the city most polished private-events program. There are two genuinely enclosed spaces rather than a curtained-off table: the Napoleon Room, around 175 square feet, seats up to 12, and the Apartment, roughly 450 square feet, seats up to 30. The kitchen is old-guard French-American, tableside chateaubriand and a serious wine list, the kind of cooking that justifies the occasion. This is the gold standard for a celebratory or VIP private dinner in Clarksville. Book the Apartment for a larger group, the Napoleon Room for an intimate one, and go through the events team.
Email the MML Hospitality events team or call 512-477-5584 after 10am.
2.Comedor
Chef Philip Speer modern Mexican in a Tom Kundig room; the clearest pricing in town, group menus from 85 dollars.
Comedor is the most pricing-transparent private dining in Austin, which matters when a planner needs a number. Chef Philip Speer, a four-time James Beard nominee, cooks chef-driven modern Mexican in a downtown room designed by architect Tom Kundig. Group menus start at 85 dollars a head, and the buyout scales in three clear tiers: 10 to 30 guests for large-group dining, a partial buyout of the dining room and patio up to 50, and a full restaurant buyout up to 150. It is Michelin-listed. The combination of a striking space, a named chef and published per-person pricing makes it the easiest serious room to plan a corporate dinner around. Pick a tier and a menu, then book through events.
Contact events via the restaurant site or OpenTable private dining; three set-menu tiers.
3.Hestia
Chef Kevin Fink Michelin-starred wood-fire room, with a 30-seat private space by the garden; premium without a full buyout.
Hestia earned a Michelin star in November 2024, and it does it all over a custom 20-foot hearth, where chef Kevin Fink cooks everything on live fire. The downtown room, open since December 2019, pairs a 90-seat main dining room with a dedicated 30-person private dining room set beside the garden, so a group gets a real enclosed space rather than a screened corner. Pastry comes from Tavel Bristol-Joseph, and Fink is a James Beard finalist. This is the pick when you want a Michelin-starred kitchen and a true private room without committing to a full buyout. Contact the events team for the private room, and let the hearth menu lead.
Contact the Hestia events team for the private dining room.
4.Olamaie
A Michelin-starred Southern room in a clapboard house; buyouts run up to 200, and the off-menu biscuits are essential.
Olamaie holds a Michelin star as of 2025 and is the Southern institution on this list. Founder and executive chef Michael Fojtasek opened it in August 2014, with chef de cuisine Amanda Turner, a James Beard Emerging Chef semifinalist, on the line. The signature is the warm buttermilk biscuits with whipped honey butter and sea salt, ordered off-menu, and the cooking around them is refined Southern rather than rustic. The charming clapboard house near downtown does large-party reservations and full restaurant buyouts up to 200 guests, which makes it the strongest pick for a large celebration. Book a buyout for a big group, and make sure the biscuits are on the table.
Contact via OpenTable or the restaurant site for a buyout.
5.Perry's Steakhouse & Grille
The biggest private capacity here, up to 100; order the famous pork chop and let the sales manager run the banquet.
Perry's is built for the large corporate banquet, with private dining for up to 100 guests, the highest single-room capacity on this list. There are two Austin locations, downtown on West 7th and in Domain Northside, each with a dedicated sales manager who runs the event end to end. The signature is Perry's Famous Pork Chop, cut seven fingers high, pecan-wood rotisserie-roasted and carved tableside, a piece of theatre that lands well with a big group. It is a turnkey, predictable steakhouse program rather than a chef-driven room, which is exactly what a hundred-person dinner needs. Call the sales manager at the location you want, and let them build the banquet.
Call the location sales manager: Downtown 512-474-2272, Domain 512-270-5561.
6.The Capital Grille
The most turnkey corporate rooms downtown, up to 30 across two spaces; a wine-kiosk backdrop and dry-aged steaks.
The Capital Grille is the dependable, turnkey choice for a downtown business dinner. It runs multiple private rooms, one seating up to 14 and another up to 10, with combined private capacity up to 30, set against a floor-to-ceiling wine kiosk holding several thousand bottles and a list of more than 350 selections. The kitchen does dry-aged steaks and the predictable, polished service a corporate group expects, with room minimums set by space. It is the most planner-friendly room here: published floor plans, a dedicated sales team and no surprises. Book through the private-dining profile, pick the room that fits your headcount, and let the wine list do the talking.
Book via the OpenTable private-dining profile or the in-house sales team.
7.Red Ash Italia
Chef-owner John Carver wood-fired Italian, with an upstairs mezzanine for groups; more personality than the chain rooms.
Red Ash is the chef-owned alternative to the steakhouse rooms downtown. Chef-owner John Carver cooks wood-fired handmade Italian, grilled meats and pastas from an open kitchen, in a two-level space in the Warehouse District that consistently ranks among the city best Italian rooms. Large parties are seated on the upstairs mezzanine, which gives a group some separation from the main floor; parties of eight or more must book by phone. It carries more personality than the chain steakhouses, which is the reason to choose it for a group that wants a real chef behind the dinner. Call ahead, ask about the mezzanine for your headcount, and let the wood-fired menu lead.
Call 512-379-2906; parties of 8 or more by phone, mezzanine and events by request.
Set expectations before you book these
No dedicated private room
Uchi Austin on South Lamar. The sushi is world class and the James Beard pedigree is real, but its own private-rooms page confirms it has no dedicated enclosed private dining room. It can do large-group seating or a partial-to-full buyout only. Steer a client who needs a true private room to a buyout, or elsewhere.
A buyout, not a reservable room
Eberly Cedar Tavern on South Lamar is often pitched as a private space, with a buyout up to roughly 125, but the Cedar Tavern bar runs walk-ins only on its own menu and is not a conventional reservable private room. The buyout is event-only, which makes a standard private group dinner awkward. Confirm the exact terms first.
Closed, do not list as open
Olivia, the pioneering South Austin fine-dining room, is closing, and Elementary shut its South Lamar location. Both still surface in older private-dining lists; neither is a live option for 2026, so do not book a group into either.
How to book a private room in Austin
Austin private dining divides into two booking paths. The chef-driven rooms, Jeffrey's, Comedor, Hestia, Olamaie and Red Ash, run through an events contact and set per-room minimums or set menus, so email or call the events team and ask for the specific space by name. Comedor is the most pricing-transparent, with group menus from 85 dollars a head and three buyout tiers up to 150 guests. The steakhouses, The Capital Grille and Perry's, have dedicated sales managers and turnkey rooms, the easiest path for a corporate dinner; call the location sales manager directly. Confirm capacities in writing, since a few venues market a buyout rather than a true enclosed room. For the rest of the city, see our Austin dining guide and the RFK rankings index.
Frequently asked
Which Austin restaurant has the best private dining room?
Jeffreys in Clarksville is the gold standard, with two enclosed rooms, the Napoleon Room for up to 12 and the Apartment for up to 30. For a Michelin-starred kitchen with a true private space, the Hestia 30-person room by the garden is the strongest alternative.
Where can I host a large group dinner in Austin?
For the biggest headcounts, Perrys Steakhouse handles private dining up to 100, and Olamaie does full buyouts up to 200. Comedor scales in tiers up to a 150-guest full buyout, with the clearest published pricing of the group.
How much does private dining cost in Austin?
Comedor is the most transparent, with group menus from 85 dollars a head and tiered buyouts. Most other rooms, including Jeffreys, Hestia, Olamaie and the steakhouses, set per-room minimums quoted by their events teams rather than a fixed published price.
Does Uchi Austin have a private dining room?
No. Per its own private-rooms information, Uchi Austin has no dedicated enclosed private dining room; it offers large-group seating or a partial-to-full buyout by request. If you need an enclosed room, choose Jeffreys, Hestia or The Capital Grille instead.
How do I book a private room in Austin?
The chef-driven rooms, Jeffreys, Comedor, Hestia, Olamaie and Red Ash, book through an events contact with set minimums or menus. The steakhouses, Perrys and The Capital Grille, have dedicated sales managers you call directly, the easiest path for a corporate dinner.
Which Austin private room is best for a corporate dinner?
The Capital Grille downtown is the most turnkey, with two private rooms up to 30 combined, published floor plans and a dedicated sales team. Perrys is the pick for a larger banquet up to 100, with a sales manager at each location.
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