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Holiday Parties

The office, the family, the team that has not been in one room since last winter. We have been hosting December in Adams Morgan since 2001, with a floor of our own upstairs and a kitchen that can feed all of it. December dates fill quickly, so ask us early.

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  • A private floor upstairs with its own service team, its own music and a projector.
  • Seated, standing or cocktail, whichever way your party actually behaves.
  • Free during the day, so an office lunch party does not have to wait for the evening.
  • Everything halal, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes right through the menu.

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How big is your party?

  • Up to 12 guests

    A table in the dining room, booked online in a minute. No private room needed.

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  • 13 to 25 guests

    A long table in our main dining room, with a set menu if you would rather not hand out menus on the night.

    Group dining

  • Seats 20–60 · ~110 standing

    The Gold Room, our private floor upstairs, with its own service team, its own music and a projector.

    The Gold Room

  • Up to 120 seated · ~200 standing

    The whole restaurant with the door closed to everyone else, on any day of the week.

    Full buyout

One note on the menus: the buffets start at 40 guests, and a party that size is served upstairs in the Gold Room. Every other menu works in any of the rooms.

Menus

What we put on the table

Both of these are built for a full room. For a smaller gathering the family-style Sofra menus work anywhere in the building, and every menu we cook is on the set menu page.

The Anatolia Buffet

$69 per guest

Minimum 40 guests

Meze, seafood, char-grilled entrées and sweets set out across the room for your guests to help themselves.

Meze

  • Humus
  • Dolma
  • Sigara Böreği
  • Çoban Salatası

Seafood

  • Karides Sote

Entrées

  • Köfte
  • Tavuk Kebap

Sides

  • Pilav
  • Vegetables

Dessert

  • Baklava
  • Seasonal Fruit
  • Three hours of unlimited buffet service.
  • Beverages are not included.
  • A party of 40 needs a private space, so this buffet is served in the Gold Room.

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Eleven dishes · served buffet-style. Plus tax & gratuity.

The Bosphorus Buffet

$99 per guest

Minimum 40 guests

Our fullest spread: the whole meze table, calamari and shrimp, four char-grilled entrées and sweets, set out for your guests to help themselves.

Meze

  • Humus
  • Babagannuş
  • Kuru Cacık
  • Dolma
  • Sigara Böreği
  • Mücver
  • Çoban Salatası

Seafood

  • Karides Sote
  • Kalamar

Entrées

  • Köfte
  • Tavuk Kebap
  • Şiş Kebap
  • Somon Kebap

Sides

  • Pilav
  • Vegetables

Dessert

  • Baklava
  • Seasonal Fruit
  • Three hours of unlimited buffet service.
  • Beverages are not included.
  • A party of 40 needs a private space, so this buffet is served in the Gold Room.

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Seventeen dishes · served buffet-style. Plus tax & gratuity.

Prices and the full dish list are on the set menu page, and any menu can be built around what your guests eat.

Good to know

How a private event works

No room fee
There is no room rental fee. Every private event runs on a food and beverage minimum, set for your date, your room and your guest count. If the bill lands under it, the difference is charged as a room charge.
Deposit
A deposit holds your date and is applied to your final bill. The amount follows the menu and the guest count. Your date is confirmed once the signed agreement and the deposit are both in; until then it stays pending.
Guaranteed guest count
We ask for your final guest count in writing 7 days before the event. It can go up after that, never down. If we do not hear from you, the estimate on your agreement becomes the guaranteed count.
Cancellation
The cancellation window is agreed when you sign, typically 15 days before the event. Cancel inside the agreed window and your deposit is refunded in full, within 15 days.
Decorations
You are welcome to decorate the room. Tell us what you are planning ahead of the day. Nothing may be fixed to the walls, ceilings or fixtures in a way that damages them, and confetti, glitter and open flame are not allowed.
Outside food
The food and drink come from our kitchen and bar. The one exception is a celebration cake, agreed with us in advance.

Questions

Asked most often

  • Can you take our whole office?

    Almost certainly. The Gold Room upstairs holds the large parties and a full buyout gives you the entire restaurant with the door closed; the sizes are on the room pages, and the block at the top of this page points you at the right one.

  • Our only free evening is a Monday. Is that possible?

    It can be. We are closed to the public on Mondays, and a full buyout is how the restaurant opens for a party on one. Ask us with your date and we will tell you straight away.

  • Can we do it at lunchtime instead?

    Yes. We do not serve lunch, so the upstairs floor is free during the day. Tell us the hours you need and we will hold them for you.

  • Is there an open bar?

    There is. It usually runs as a block of a couple of hours, priced per guest, and comes in three tiers from beer and wine up to the full bar. The shapes are set out on the private events page and our team will walk you through them.

Plan your event

Tell us about it

Share a few details and our events team will come back to you with menus, availability and your numbers.