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Best Restaurants for Private-Dining in Scottsdale (2026)
Private rooms & buyouts · Scottsdale · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published March 18, 2024 · Updated June 17, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Scottsdale runs on the private dining room: a steakhouse with a velvet-curtained salon, a resort with a banquet team, a chef's room behind a glass wall onto the kitchen. The six below seat anywhere from a twelve-top to a hundred-plus, from Old Town to Kierland to the Camelback resorts, so a birthday, a board dinner or a rehearsal night has a room built for it.
1.Maple & Ash
The Green Room seats 18, the North room 40 behind a curtain, plus full buyout. Book it for the headline group.
Maple & Ash, the wood-fire steakhouse near 7135 East Camelback Road, runs the most flexible private dining operation in the city. The Green Room takes up to eighteen, the semi-private North Dining Room up to forty behind a velvet curtain, and the enclosed terrace or a full buyout open it up further, all with a dedicated events team. The I Don't Give a Damn tasting and prime cuts run roughly 150 to 225 dollars a head.
It is the choice when a group of any size needs a private room that simply works, twelve or a hundred, with the kitchen's wood-fire show behind it. Set a per-head menu and a room by size; the seafood tower and the dry-aged ribeye anchor the table.
2.Steak 44
Three scalable private rooms for 14, 30 and 40 from the region's top steakhouse group. Reserve for a polished mid-size board dinner.
Steak 44, the Prime Steak Concepts flagship at 5101 North 44th Street on the Camelback corridor just over the Phoenix line, is the steakhouse the Scottsdale group set crosses town for. Three private rooms scale cleanly: a Chef's Room for fourteen, a West Room for thirty and an East Room for forty, run by the same group that built Ocean 44 and is rebuilding the old Chart House site. Prime steaks and towers run roughly 120 to 175 dollars a head.
Reserve it for a board or client dinner that wants a serious steakhouse and a room sized to the headcount. The dry-aged cuts and the seafood tower carry the table; the rooms book quickly for the winter season.
3.Mastro's Ocean Club
Two rooms for 20 and 30 combine to 54, plus an outdoor Lobster Deck. Reserve for a turnkey group up north.
Mastro's Ocean Club at Kierland Commons, 15045 North Kierland Boulevard, is the dependable North Scottsdale option for a group. The North Mastro Room seats twenty and the South thirty, combining to fifty-four, with a Lobster Deck for thirty outdoors and a dedicated events director. Seafood towers, prime steaks and the warm butter cake run roughly 120 to 175 dollars a head.
Book it when the night wants a turnkey private room in the north of the city with no surprises. Set the menu and the room by size; the tower and the bone-in ribeye lead, and the butter cake closes it.
4.Bourbon Steak
Michael Mina's resort steakhouse, with the Fairmont events team scaling parties from 10 to over 100. Book it for the biggest headcount.
Bourbon Steak at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, 7575 East Princess Drive, pairs a James Beard winner's kitchen with a full resort events apparatus. Michael Mina's steakhouse, with executive chef Sara Garrant and a 4,200-bottle cellar, runs semi-private rooms while the Fairmont's banquet team handles parties from ten to well over a hundred. Butter-poached steaks and the duck-fat fries run roughly 125 to 200 dollars a head.
Reserve it when the group is large or the night is a destination, a leadership retreat or a wedding-weekend dinner. The resort sets the room and the per-head menu; the trio of duck-fat fries arrives first, and the cellar carries the rest.
5.The Americano
Beau MacMillan's Italian steakhouse, with a glass-walled Milano room for 12 and a Manhattan room beyond. Try it for a mid-size celebration.
The Americano, Beau MacMillan and Peter McQuaid's modern Italian steakhouse at 17797 North Scottsdale Road, brings three distinct private spaces to the north of the city. The glass-walled Milano room seats twelve, the Manhattan room and an enclosed terrace take larger parties, and the kitchen offers pre-set three and four-course sharing menus. Dinner runs roughly 90 to 150 dollars a head.
Book it for a mid-size birthday or team night of twelve to thirty that wants Italian rather than a fourth steakhouse. The wood-grilled steaks and the pastas share well; the sharing menus keep a group moving.
6.elements at Sanctuary
Beau MacMillan's Table XII seats 12 behind glass onto the kitchen. Reserve it for an exclusive dinner of a dozen.
elements at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain, 5700 East McDonald Drive on the Paradise Valley side of the city, holds the most exclusive small private room on this list. Table XII seats twelve behind a glass wall onto Beau MacMillan's kitchen, with the indoor-outdoor Praying Monk space for larger groups and a thousand-bottle wine corridor. The New American and Asian-influenced menu runs roughly 95 to 150 dollars a head.
Reserve it for an intimate dinner of a dozen that wants a view of the mountain and the kitchen at once. The chef's room is the draw; set a tasting menu and let the cellar follow.
Not for every group
A few Scottsdale rooms people still ask for no longer take a private booking. STK vacated its two-storey Scottsdale Waterfront flagship in 2025; the event floor everyone remembers is gone. The lakeside Chart House closed in June 2025 after forty-one years, with Prime Steak Concepts demolishing the site for a new steakhouse. And Francine at Scottsdale Fashion Square shut abruptly in May 2026.
One open room worth a caveat: Virtu Honest Craft, chef Gio Osso's Wine Spectator award room at the Bespoke Inn, is excellent, but its private wine room seats only seven to ten. Book it for a small dinner, not a company of twenty.
For a contained group of twelve to forty, take a private room at Maple & Ash, Mastro's Ocean Club or Ocean 44 rather than squeezing into a small a la carte room.
How to book a private dining room in Scottsdale
Decide the headcount and the format first, because the room follows from both. A dozen guests want a glass-walled chef's room; forty want a resort salon with audio-visual kit; a hundred want a banquet floor. Nearly every venue here runs a dedicated events team, sets a per-head menu and asks for a deposit, and books out fast for the cool-season peak from January through April.
Per-person figures here are food estimates before drinks, tax and service. For the most flexible private rooms start with Maple & Ash; for a celebrity-chef resort dinner, Bourbon Steak; for the largest banquet headcounts, the Fairmont's events team. Browse the full Scottsdale dining guide before you decide.
Frequently asked
Which Scottsdale restaurant has the largest private dining capacity?
For the largest headcount, Bourbon Steak at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess scales past one hundred through the resort's banquet team. Among standalone steakhouses, Maple & Ash and Mastro's Ocean Club combine rooms to forty and fifty-four, and Steak 44 runs three rooms to forty.
What does private dining cost per person in Scottsdale?
Expect roughly 90 to 150 dollars a head at The Americano and elements, 120 to 175 at Steak 44 and Mastro's Ocean Club, 125 to 200 at Bourbon Steak and 150 to 225 at Maple & Ash, before drinks, tax and service. Buyouts usually carry a food-and-beverage minimum rather than a flat fee.
Is there a private room for a small group of 10 to 14?
Yes. elements' Table XII and The Americano's Milano both seat about twelve behind glass with a semi-private feel, Steak 44's Chef's Room takes fourteen, and Maple & Ash's Green Room holds up to eighteen for a slightly larger table.
Did STK, Chart House or Francine close?
Yes, all three. STK left its Scottsdale Waterfront flagship in 2025, Chart House closed in June 2025 with the site being redeveloped, and Francine at Scottsdale Fashion Square closed abruptly in May 2026. None take private bookings now.
Which Scottsdale private room has a celebrity or award-winning chef?
Bourbon Steak is from James Beard winner Michael Mina, elements and The Americano are from Food Network's Beau MacMillan, and Virtu Honest Craft is from Gio Osso, a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence room, though its private space seats only ten.
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