The Whole Restaurant, Just for Your Group

Most restaurants marketing private dining are sectioning off a corner of a bigger room. Here, private dining is the actual building - five tables, seats 20 in general dine-in, worked as one group of up to 15 for a private evening. No other tables to talk over, no other conversations in the background, no waiting on a shared kitchen.

The trade-off is honest: this is not the venue for a fifty-person corporate function. It is the venue for a party small enough that you actually want to hear each other, and big enough to fill a room. Office team dinners, milestone birthdays, anniversary meals, retirement dos, family gatherings, race-day groups, match-day supporters. The whole room, one party, one kitchen focused on you.

• Whole-restaurant hire: up to 15 guests as one group
• Smaller groups up to 10 across joined tables (no whole-restaurant hire needed)
• Set menu, à la carte or a mix - either works
• Dietary needs planned in at booking (halal, vegan, vegetarian, gluten free)
• BYO no corkage applies to private hire too
• No service charge added to any bill

December is the busiest month for private bookings across the whole year. Some Saturdays fill by October, and the week between the last full working week and Christmas Eve fills fastest. If a Christmas party is on the calendar, phoning early autumn is the honest advice - not because we are trying to pressure a booking, but because five tables genuinely book out.

The alternative to a chain restaurant Christmas menu is a proper set of Thai courses - starters to share, a spread of curries and stir fries, sticky rice and jasmine rice on the table. BYO works well in December too: bring the office fizz, split the cost with the food only, no corkage added. Bigger office groups sometimes need a venue that fits fifty; that is not what this is. For a team of 15 that actually wants to talk to each other, it works well.

Dietary needs handled at booking - halal meat options, an extensive vegan menu, gluten free options across curries, soups and stir fries. Tell us at booking, not on the night.

For supporters' groups, work colleagues and family parties timing a meal around a Doncaster Rovers home fixture, private hire works around Saturday 3pm kick-offs and Wednesday evening fixtures. The restaurant is a ten-minute drive from the Eco-Power Stadium via Carr House Road and Stadium Way, so pre-match lunch or post-match dinner is straightforward either way.

One honest note for fixture-day planners: we are closed Tuesday and Sunday. Any midweek Tuesday fixture does not work for a group booking, and Sunday fixtures are the same. Wednesday evening fixtures work for pre-match dinner only, since the kitchen closes at 9pm and a 7:45 kick-off leaves the room empty by half-time. Saturday 3pm kick-offs are the natural fit - the 12pm to 1:30pm window suits a pre-match group lunch, and the post-match dinner window from 6pm suits a group heading back into town after the game.

For general timing around Rovers fixtures without booking the whole restaurant, the Doncaster Rovers pre-match dining page covers individual and pair-table bookings.

Race-day private hire suits a group that wants a proper sit-down away from the racecourse hospitality queues and the busier chain venues. The restaurant is a five-minute drive from Doncaster Racecourse, or a 20 to 25 minute walk back into town along Bennetthorpe, so a post-race dinner is straightforward whether the group drives over or walks in.

One honest caveat: St Leger week is the hardest week of the year to hold a whole-restaurant booking. Individual covers fill first, because the festival draws in racegoers looking for singles and pairs, so the five-table hire needs booking well ahead - months rather than weeks. Regular Saturday fixtures are easier to book close to the date, but big race days across the summer (Ladies Day, the St Leger card itself, family days) fill up faster than a normal weekend. If you know the date, phone earlier rather than later.

For general timing around race days without booking the whole restaurant, our Thai restaurant for Doncaster Races page covers pre-race lunch and post-race dinner for individuals and pairs.

Private hire runs by phone rather than online booking - the specifics of a group evening need a proper conversation about numbers, dietary needs, drinks, timing around whatever the group is planning around, and what the room should look like when they walk in. Phone 01302 210408. Rin or one of the team will talk it through.

Deposits and any specifics are confirmed at booking rather than published as a headline figure, because a Christmas Saturday and a quiet Wednesday evening are different bookings. Ask about your specific date on the call. No service charge is added to any bill regardless.

• Phone 01302 210408 to talk through your date
• Christmas: phone in early autumn - some Saturdays go by October
• St Leger week: phone months ahead
• Rovers match days: check the fixture list, mention it on the call
• Regular Saturdays: a few weeks ahead usually works
• Midweek (Wed-Fri): shorter notice is often fine outside December