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Best Restaurants for Team-Dinner in Minneapolis (2026)
Team dinner · Minneapolis · 8 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 19, 2026 · Updated June 19, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Gavin Kaysen owns two of the answers to this question and disqualifies a third. His North Loop flagship and his Four Seasons room both run private spaces built for a company night; his tasting counter, twenty-one seats facing the kitchen, cannot seat a team at all. That split is the whole brief for a Minneapolis team dinner: you want a private room or a long table and a kitchen that can send a set menu to all of it, not an intimate counter or a closed favourite. The Twin Cities bench runs deep, from a James Beard steakhouse institution to a Hmong family-style feast in Northeast. We ranked them on the food first, the group logistics second. For the rest of the city's tables, see our Minneapolis dining guide.
1.Spoon and Stable
Gavin Kaysen's James Beard-winning North Loop room with two private spaces; book it for the flagship team dinner.
Spoon and Stable, in a 1906 former horse stable in the North Loop, is chef-owner Gavin Kaysen's flagship and the best team-dinner room in the Twin Cities. Kaysen won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Midwest in 2018, and the kitchen turns out a bison tartare at 23 dollars and Hokkaido scallops at 40, with entrees in the high thirties to high forties. Two private rooms handle groups: the Hennepin Salon seats up to twenty-four for dinner and the St. Anthony Parlor up to twelve, with parties of eight or more steered to private dining and the full space reaching around forty. Service is precise without being stiff. Book a private room and set the group menu with the events team.
See our full Spoon and Stable review.
2.Manny's Steakhouse
A downtown steakhouse built for groups, with cart-side service and rooms combining to 150; reserve weeks ahead for a big team.
Manny's, in the W Hotel inside the historic Foshay tower downtown, is the steakhouse purpose-built for a Minneapolis group night. The format is pure theatre, steaks wheeled to the table on a cart and the Bludgeon of Beef, a vast bone-in ribeye, as the signature, with most diners landing in the sixty-to-a-hundred-and-thirty-dollar range. Private rooms scale a party: the Bullpen seats up to twenty-eight, the Speakeasy up to twenty and the Hideaway fourteen, and they combine to around a hundred and fifty total. The location near Target Center and the convention centre makes it the natural pre-event dinner. Reserve a private room and agree the group menu in advance.
See our full Manny's Steakhouse review.
3.Mara
Gavin Kaysen's Riviera room at the Four Seasons, with private cabins and a chef's table; pencil it in for a client dinner.
Mara is Gavin Kaysen's French-Riviera concept inside the Four Seasons downtown, run day to day by executive chef Martín Morelli. The cooking is Mediterranean and shareable, wood-fired plates designed to pass around a table, with entrees roughly thirty to sixty dollars. For groups it offers private cabins with four-course dinners, a Lodge lounge that seats up to twenty for a private event or buyout, and a chef's table for a smaller VIP party. The hotel setting and a sommelier-led wine program make it the polished choice for a client-facing night rather than a raucous one. Reserve the Lodge or a cabin and lean on the sommelier for the pairing.
See our full Mara review.
4.Vinai
Yia Vang's Hmong family-style feast in Northeast, on TIME's best-places list; worth the flight for a shareable team night.
Vinai is chef-owner Yia Vang's Hmong restaurant in a former Northeast brewery, a multi-year James Beard semifinalist named to the New York Times best-of list in 2024 and TIME's World's Greatest Places in 2025. The format is fire-cooked, whole-animal, family-style feasting off a rotating menu at around 75 dollars a head, which makes it one of the most natural team experiences in the city, everyone reaching across the same spread. The catch is scale: a Family Table seats seven to twelve, and a true team of twenty needs a buyout for forty-five or more rather than a mid-size room. For a crew that wants to share rather than order solo, it is the standout. Book the Family Table or arrange a buyout for a large party.
See our full Vinai review.
5.Tullibee
A wood-hearth North Loop hotel room with a private space for forty-eight; book it for a mid-to-large team dinner.
Tullibee, inside the Hewing Hotel in the North Loop, cooks an Upper Midwest menu over a wood hearth under chef Nathan Kim, with house-smoked and cured plates leading the table. It is one of the few rooms in the city with a private space sized for a genuinely large team, seating up to forty-eight, and the hotel runs a dedicated events desk that handles corporate dinners and set menus. The location among the North Loop's warehouses puts it near most downtown offices, and the wood-fire cooking gives a group dinner some warmth and smoke. For a mid-to-large team that wants its own room, this is the practical pick. Email the events team, agree a set menu and book the private room early.
See our full Tullibee review.
6.Café & Bar Lurcat
A lively Loring Park room seating up to 180, with a fifty-seat private space; try it once for a big, loud crew.
Café and Bar Lurcat, the D'Amico group's New American room on the edge of Loring Park, is the choice for a large and energetic team. Crab cakes and lobster-style shareables anchor a lively bar menu, with entrees roughly thirty to fifty-five dollars, and the room itself seats up to a hundred and eighty with receptions to two hundred. A dedicated private dining room seats fifty with views over the park, and the events team prices full nights for groups of around fifty. It is less a chef-driven destination than a high-capacity, high-energy venue, which is exactly what some teams want. Book the private room or a buyout and aim for a park-view table at dusk.
Reserve at cafelurcat.com.
7.Murray's
A 1946 downtown steakhouse with carved-tableside cuts and private rooms for fifty; reserve early for a classic team dinner.
Murray's, family-owned and downtown since 1946, is the classic Minneapolis steakhouse for a team that wants something with history. The signature is the Silver Butter Knife Steak for Two, a 28-ounce strip sirloin carved tableside, an award the restaurant has carried since 1951, with steaks running roughly fifty to a hundred and ten dollars. Private spaces seat up to fifty with customisable menus, and the location near Target Center and the convention centre makes it another natural pre-event option. The shareable steak-for-two also suits the long tables a group falls into. Reserve a private space, pre-set the menu, and let the team split the big cuts.
Reserve at murraysrestaurant.com.
8.Khâluna
Ann Ahmed's James Beard-nominated Laotian room with an 18-seat private space; reserve ahead for a smaller team night.
Khâluna is chef-owner Ann Ahmed's Laotian restaurant on Lyndale, a 2026 James Beard semifinalist and one of the more exciting kitchens in South Minneapolis. The menu is built for sharing, tempura wings, shrimp rolls and a run of curries, with entrees roughly twenty to forty dollars. A private space called the Shop seats eighteen, doubling as a cooking studio, so a smaller team can add a demo to the dinner, with food-and-beverage minimums from 1,300 dollars on weeknights. It is the right size for six to eighteen rather than a department, and the cooking rewards a curious group. Book the Shop, agree a set menu, and ask about a cooking demo if the team wants one.
See our full Khâluna review.
Avoid for a team dinner
Wrong format: Demi
Demi is Gavin Kaysen's superb twenty-one-seat tasting counter, but the whole party sits at a single U-shaped counter facing the kitchen through a seven-to-ten-course set, around 95 to 125 dollars a head. You cannot talk across it or seat a team together flexibly; it is a couples-and-solo format, not a work dinner.
Closed: Young Joni
Young Joni, Ann Kim's James Beard-winning pizza and Korean spot in Northeast, closed permanently on September 12, 2025. It still turns up on old roundups, so strike it from any list; for Kim's cooking, look elsewhere in the city.
In transition: the original Owamni
Owamni, Sean Sherman's award-winning Indigenous restaurant, left its Water Works home and relaunched in mid-2026 as Indigena by Owamni at the Guthrie. The new room is brand new and unproven for groups, so confirm its team-dinner format directly before committing a party to it.
How to book a team dinner in Minneapolis
Most Twin Cities team dinners come down to securing a private room and a set menu, so start with your headcount and work backwards. For eight to twenty-four, Spoon and Stable's two private rooms are the strongest food-led option; for a department, Manny's combines rooms to a hundred and fifty and Lurcat seats fifty in a private room with a buyout above that. Tullibee's forty-eight-seat room and Murray's fifty-seat spaces sit in between, and both Mara and Khâluna suit smaller, more design-led groups. Book two to three weeks ahead and pre-set the menu, since these rooms run set group menus rather than full a la carte for large parties. One note for 2026: Demi cannot seat a team, Young Joni has closed, and Owamni is mid-relaunch as Indigena, so verify before you book any of the three. For more of the city's rooms, see our Minneapolis dining guide and the RFK rankings index.
Frequently asked
Which Minneapolis restaurant is best for a team dinner?
Spoon and Stable, Gavin Kaysen's James Beard-winning North Loop flagship, is the strongest pick, with two private rooms seating up to twenty-four and twelve and a full space near forty. For a larger or more classic night, Manny's Steakhouse combines private rooms to about a hundred and fifty.
Where can a large group eat in Minneapolis?
Manny's Steakhouse downtown takes the biggest parties, combining three private rooms to around a hundred and fifty. Café and Bar Lurcat seats up to a hundred and eighty with a fifty-seat private room, and Tullibee at the Hewing Hotel has a private space for forty-eight. All three handle set menus for a department-sized team.
Does Spoon and Stable have private dining?
Yes. Spoon and Stable has two private rooms: the Hennepin Salon seats up to twenty-four for dinner and the St. Anthony Parlor up to twelve, with the full space reaching about forty. Parties of eight or more are steered to private dining, so book a room and pre-set the group menu with the events team.
Is Demi good for a team dinner?
No. Demi is an excellent twenty-one-seat tasting counter where the whole party sits facing the open kitchen through a fixed multi-course menu. You cannot converse across the counter or seat a team together flexibly, so it works for couples and solo diners but not for a work group; choose a room with private dining instead.
How much does a team dinner cost in Minneapolis?
Budget varies widely by venue. Casual shareable rooms like Vinai run about seventy-five dollars a head and Khâluna's entrees twenty to forty; steakhouses like Manny's and Murray's land sixty to a hundred and thirty per person, and Spoon and Stable's entrees sit in the high thirties to high forties before a group menu and drinks.
Which Minneapolis restaurants have private rooms?
Spoon and Stable, Manny's, Tullibee, Café and Bar Lurcat, Murray's and Khâluna all have dedicated private rooms, ranging from Khâluna's eighteen seats to Manny's combined hundred and fifty. Mara at the Four Seasons offers private cabins and a lounge for twenty, and Vinai handles groups via a family table or a full buyout.
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