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Best Restaurants for Private-Dining in Dublin (2026)
Private dining · Dublin · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published March 1, 2026 · Updated June 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
A private dining room earns its keep on two counts: the room itself, its size, its door, its sense of occasion, and the kitchen behind it. Dublin runs the full range, from a two-Michelin-star cellar that seats ten to a Victorian supper room above the Lord Mayor's garden that takes sixty. These six, ranked, pair a genuine private room with a kitchen worth booking it for.
1.Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen
Two Michelin stars and a private Midleton Room for ten; book it for the milestone celebration dinner.
Mickael Viljanen runs Chapter One at 18-19 Parnell Square North, the two-Michelin-star room confirmed at that level in the 2026 Guide and widely held to be Dublin's finest table. The cooking is seafood-forward classical technique, with tasting menus running roughly 185 to 215 euro at dinner and a lunch from 135 euro, plus wine pairings.
For a private occasion it offers two rooms: the Midleton Room, which seats up to ten and houses a full Midleton Rare whiskey collection, and the smaller Demi Salle in a former cellar. Book the Midleton Room well ahead for a milestone dinner; this is the city's top private table.
2.Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud
Ireland's longest-standing two-star flagship with a 30-seat private room; book the Roderic O'Conor Room for a formal board dinner.
Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud, beside the Merrion Hotel at 21 Upper Merrion Street, has held its place since 1981 as Ireland's longest-standing fine-dining flagship, confirmed at two Michelin stars in the 2026 Guide. The kitchen runs contemporary Irish cooking on French classical foundations, at the top of the city's price range.
Its private dining room, the Roderic O'Conor Room, seats up to thirty against an 80-seat main dining room, which makes it the formal choice for a large board dinner or a significant celebration. Reserve through the restaurant; the room carries the gravity that a two-star institution implies.
3.FIRE Steakhouse
A Victorian supper room for sixty inside the Mansion House; book the Glass Room Suite for the big celebration.
FIRE Steakhouse occupies the historic Mansion House on Dawson Street, with culinary director Richie Wilson running a kitchen built on Irish Hereford Prime beef and wood-fired jumbo tiger prawns; a steak feature runs around 90 euro and a set menu about 115 euro a head.
Its private space is the most dramatic on this list: the Glass Room Suite, three rooms dating to the 1864 Lord Mayor's supper room that open into one for up to sixty seated, with vaulted ceilings, stained glass and a terrace over the Lord Mayor's garden. Book it through the events team for a large, occasion-led celebration.
4.Suesey Street
A velvet-draped Georgian suite for up to forty; book the Suesey Suite for a private celebration with its own bar and entrance.
Suesey Street runs from a Georgian townhouse at 26 Fitzwilliam Place, with head chef Richard Stearn, formerly of Dax, cooking a seasonal modern-Irish menu. It is built as much for events as for the main room, with bespoke private-dining menus a core part of the offer.
The Suesey Suite is separated from the main room by a velvet drape and suits fifteen to thirty guests, up to around forty for a seated meal, while the Garden Room takes a similar number and the full venue hosts about a hundred. Book the suite through the events team for a private party that wants its own bar and door.
5.One Pico
A first-floor private room with its own bar and entrance for 34; book the Polo Room for a discreet group dinner.
Eamonn O'Reilly runs One Pico from a quiet laneway at 5-6 Molesworth Place, just off St Stephen's Green, a long-running modern Irish-French room. The Slaney Valley lamb rump, the grilled mackerel with daikon and truffle ponzu and a passion-fruit souffle headline a confident a la carte; the room is Michelin-listed rather than starred.
Its private dining room, the Polo Room, sits on the first floor with its own bar and separate entrance, seating a minimum of twelve and up to thirty-four. Book it through the restaurant for a group of twelve or more that wants a discreet, self-contained dinner steps from the Green.
6.Fade Street Social
A 42-seat upstairs room above a buzzy Creative Quarter kitchen; book the private floor for a sociable celebration with sharing plates.
Fade Street Social sits in the Creative Quarter on Fade Street, a long-running modern-Irish and tapas room now run by Eclective Hospitality after founder Dylan McGrath's exit in late 2025. The kitchen spans sharing plates, a wood-fired room and a gastro-bar, and it emerged from a 2025 restructuring under new ownership.
Upstairs, a private room seats forty-two, with the main restaurant around a hundred and a rooftop cocktail terrace alongside, which makes it the sociable, large-group pick rather than the hushed one. Book the private floor through the events team for a celebration built on sharing plates and a livelier room.
Not for private dining
Famous, but no longer the room for it
Shanahan's on the Green. The St Stephen's Green steakhouse whose Oval Office private rooms, complete with a JFK rocking chair, hosted decades of Dublin's important dinners closed until further notice in late 2024 with no confirmed reopening. Do not try to book the private rooms; FIRE and Suesey Street now hold the large-celebration trade.
The Greenhouse. Mickael Viljanen's former two-star room on Dawson Street has been permanently closed since the 2020 pandemic and is no longer in the Michelin Guide. The chef and his cooking moved to Chapter One, so book the Midleton Room there instead of chasing a room that no longer exists.
How to book private dining in Dublin
Dublin's private rooms cluster in the Georgian and city-centre core. Parnell Square holds Chapter One; Merrion Street and St Stephen's Green carry Patrick Guilbaud and One Pico; Dawson Street has the grand FIRE suite in the Mansion House; Fitzwilliam Place holds Suesey Street; and the Creative Quarter has Fade Street Social. All are walkable from the centre, which suits a group arriving from different hotels.
Match the room to the occasion and the count. For a small milestone dinner of up to ten, Chapter One's Midleton Room is the top table; for a board of up to thirty, Patrick Guilbaud's Roderic O'Conor Room; for a large, occasion-led celebration of forty to sixty, the FIRE Glass Room Suite or Suesey Suite. Most rooms carry a minimum spend, so confirm numbers and menu format with the events team when you book.
Frequently asked
What is the best private dining room in Dublin?
Chapter One's Midleton Room is the top pick, a private room for up to ten inside Mickael Viljanen's two-Michelin-star restaurant on Parnell Square, lined with a Midleton Rare whiskey collection. For a larger formal dinner, Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud's Roderic O'Conor Room seats thirty; for a grand celebration, the FIRE Glass Room Suite takes sixty.
Which Dublin restaurant has the biggest private dining room?
FIRE Steakhouse in the Mansion House on Dawson Street has the largest, the Glass Room Suite, three Victorian rooms that open into one for up to sixty seated, with a terrace over the Lord Mayor's garden. Fade Street Social seats forty-two upstairs and Suesey Street up to around forty, while the Michelin two-star rooms run smaller and more formal.
How much does private dining cost in Dublin?
It varies widely by room. At the two-star rooms, Chapter One runs dinner tasting menus around 185 to 215 euro a head and Patrick Guilbaud sits at the top of the city's range, while steakhouse and modern-Irish rooms like FIRE, around 115 euro for a set menu, and Suesey Street are more moderate. Most private rooms also carry a minimum spend, so confirm it when booking.
Do Dublin's Michelin-starred restaurants have private rooms?
Yes, the two two-star rooms both do. Chapter One on Parnell Square offers the ten-seat Midleton Room and the smaller Demi Salle, and Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud on Merrion Street has the thirty-seat Roderic O'Conor Room. One Pico off St Stephen's Green has the Polo Room but is Michelin-listed rather than starred, so do not book it expecting a star.
How far ahead should I book private dining in Dublin?
Several weeks, and longer for the Michelin rooms and peak dates. Chapter One's Midleton Room and Patrick Guilbaud's private room book out well ahead, especially around the holidays, while the larger celebration suites at FIRE and Suesey Street need lead time to confirm numbers, menu and minimum spend with the events team. Book early and lock the headcount.
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