Every private dining option in Leeds. Private rooms, semi-private spaces and full restaurant takeovers, with capacities.
Private dining in Leeds covers every way of taking a room. There are dedicated rooms behind their own doors — run with hotel polish at Dakota and Malmaison, and by destination kitchens at Gaucho, The Cut & Craft and Restaurant Bar & Grill. Some rooms add the building to the occasion: dinner in Browns' old banking hall, or Brasserie Blanc's converted riverside mill. And some of the city's most sought-after dining works by exclusive hire, Six by Nico turns its tasting-menu restaurant over to a single party, with the menu and pairings built around your table.
Two new private rooms (16 and 24, combining to 40) in a Grade II-listed home, plus mezzanine and full-venue hire.
Five private dining rooms seating 8–32 — the widest choice of room sizes in the city's hotel tier.
Private dining room for up to 26 with AV, projection and built-in screen — as suited to presentations as dinners.
Private rooms in the old bank — the main room seats 20 beneath high ceilings and original features, the Manager's Office 12.
Private room for 16, semi-private Millionaire's Row for 20 across four booths, and exclusive hire to 100 seated.
Three private dining rooms seating 6–16 in the boutique hotel, plus the Salon Privé bar with terrace for standing receptions to 160.
Private and semi-private dining in a converted riverside mill, with exclusive hire to 127 seated — French cuisine.
Private dining for 65 in the Secret Bar — a hidden Victorian-style bar with its own bar, servers and space for entertainment — plus the Boardroom for 10–50 and top-floor exclusive hire to 110 seated.
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The Leeds sweet spot is 12–32: Dakota's rooms run 6–16, The Cut & Craft's new rooms take 16 and 24 (or 40 combined), Restaurant Bar & Grill seats 26, and Malmaison's five rooms stretch to 32. Below six, book a corner of the restaurant; above 40, you're into exclusive hire or our event venues guide.
A private room gives you privacy inside a working restaurant — same kitchen, same service, your own door. Exclusive hire takes the whole venue: Gaucho seats 100 that way, Brasserie Blanc up to 127, and tasting-menu restaurants like Six by Nico offer takeovers with pairings. Exclusive hire usually means a minimum spend and is markedly easier to secure midweek.
Two models. Set menus per head — typically pre-ordered for larger groups — at the accessible end averaging around £25 a head before drinks, and considerably more at the premium rooms. Or minimum spends, common for semi-private spaces and exclusive hire, where you commit to a total rather than a per-head price. Always ask which model applies and what's included before comparing venues.
For client entertaining with a working element, pick rooms built for it: Restaurant Bar & Grill's room has AV, projection and a built-in screen, and the hotel rooms at Dakota and Malmaison pair discretion with accommodation for visiting guests. For pure hospitality, the steakhouse rooms and heritage spaces do the impressing on their own.
