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But it also includes a private room on a mezzanine, because chef-owner Annita Potter says it's the done thing in Europe and Asia, where she's worked most of her career. Woolloomooloo restaurant Viand, which opened in March in a 1930s building, is anchored by an open kitchen that provides theatre for the Thai cooking. Topikos at Bondi Beach is a beacon of Greek coastal chic, with plenty of bright white surfaces and a menu including saganaki and loukoumades. Once the preserve of super exclusive or pricey restaurants, private dining rooms are becoming more common at venues of all shapes and sizes. She began noticing these bookings around April after the first Omicron wave had subsided.Ī small number of her guests also feel safer celebrating big occasions surrounded by those they know, rather than being in the main restaurant dining room.

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Micro-weddings are a big driver of the increase, says Rayrolles, as people decide to go ahead with nuptials that may have been delayed several times due to lockdowns. She says the space, a whitewashed former naval drill hall, 'feels like a room in your home somehow, but you've got your own private chef and service happening'. Sometimes something intimate is really special,' says Alena Rayrolles of Bistro L'heritage, the French restaurant in Mosman that's hosted christenings, 50th birthdays and engagement parties in its private room. 'People… have noticed it's not about having 100 people. Many operators sense people craving intimate or more elevated experiences after missing out on gatherings with friends and family during the worst of the pandemic.ĬBD restaurant MuMu is all about neon colours and retro touches, which carries through to its two private dining rooms. Solomon attributes this to people planning events over spring and summer, the new financial year ushering in new corporate budgets, and people adapting to the approach of 'living with' COVID. 'At Aria, private dining enquiries are up almost 70 per cent over the last two months,' says CEO Elliot Solomon.

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