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Rehearsal Dinners

The night before, when both families finally sit at the same table. You get the floor upstairs, a menu that arrives course by course so the toasts have somewhere to land, and a service team that has been doing this on 18th Street since 2001.

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  • A private floor upstairs with its own service team, its own music and a projector.
  • Plated courses, so the evening keeps its shape and nobody is queuing while somebody is speaking.
  • A room that seats both families at one table, or spreads them across several.
  • All halal, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes in every course.

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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.

The room

A look around

  • The Gold Room laid for a wedding dinner in white, tall candles on the tables and the big windows behind
  • Long white tables under a draped ceiling in the Gold Room, a brick wall on one side and the windows at the end
  • Wooden trays of wrapped favors and gold picture frames by the door, the long tables set beyond them
  • Tables in white for a wedding dinner, tall candles and sprigs of green set toward the windows
  • Place cards, folded napkins and brass candlesticks along a wedding table in the Gold Room
  • Close on a wedding table, a candle in a brass holder and a glass vase of greenery between the settings
  • One long wedding table down the wood slat wall of the Gold Room, a candle every few places
  • The welcome table for a wedding, gold framed signs and favors against a brick wall
  • The head table set against the brick wall, white candles and a black and white photograph above
  • Wedding tables along the brick wall under a banner for 25 years of Mezè in Adams Morgan

Menus

What we put on the table

A plated menu is the one a rehearsal dinner wants: the courses arrive together, the room stays seated, and the evening has a beginning and an end rather than a queue.

The Grand Tasting

$69 per guest

Minimum 20 guests

A plated four-course dinner for each guest, with a choice of opener and a choice of main from the steak, the salmon, the chicken or a vegetarian plate.

Starter

Choose one

  • Tomato & Mozzarella Salad Tomato, fresh mozzarella and mixed greens, dressed with balsamic.
  • Roasted Red Pepper Soup Roasted red pepper soup, served with croutons and cheese.

Second Course

  • Humus Chickpeas and tahini paste, seasoned with garlic and olive oil.
  • Babagannuş Grilled eggplant and tahini paste, seasoned with garlic and olive oil.
  • Muhammara Roasted red pepper spread with walnut, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.

Main Course

Choose one

  • Salmon Crust Fresh salmon seared in butter and seasoned with sumac, thyme and rosemary served with sautéed vegetables and mixed greens.
  • New York Striploin 6 oz. grilled strip steak served with mushroom sauce.
  • Spinach & Cheese Stuffed Chicken Chicken breast stuffed with spinach and cheese, topped with tomato butter sauce, served with basmati rice and vegetables.
  • Sebze Tabağı (Vegetarian Plate)

Dessert

  • Profiterol Profiterol served with fresh fruit.
  • One week's notice required.

Four courses · plated per guest. Plus tax & gratuity.

The Mezè Tasting

$49.99 per guest

Minimum 6 guests

A plated four-course menu for each guest: Humus and Babagannuş to start, soup or salad, a char-grilled main of your choice, and baklava to finish.

Starter

  • Humus Chickpeas and tahini paste, seasoned with garlic and olive oil.
  • Babagannuş Grilled eggplant and tahini paste, seasoned with garlic and olive oil.

Second Course

Choose one

  • Mercimek Çorbası Aromatic red lentil soup.
  • Çoban Salatası Shepherd's salad: diced fresh cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, green peppers and parsley, dressed with olive oil and lemon juice.

Main Course

Choose one

  • Izgara Tavuk Göğsü Dilimleri Marinated boneless chunks of chicken grilled on low heat, served with basmati rice and a side of mixed green salad.
  • Şiş Kebap Grilled seasoned tender lamb on a skewer, served with a side of yogurt sauce and basmati rice.
  • Somon Kebap Grilled fresh salmon skewers served with spinach purée and a side of mixed green salad.
  • Sebze Tabağı (Vegetarian Plate)

Dessert

  • Baklava Delicate leaves of filo layered with walnut, sticky sweet and irresistible.

Four courses · plated per guest. 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.

From a guest

How the night went

★★★★★

My husband and I had a large dinner party at Mezè to celebrate our wedding, and they really made the night perfect. Not only was Sully communicative and accommodating with everything we needed, but the service was stellar the whole night AND the food was amazing. Our friends and family are still raving about the experience.
Hannah Frantz on Google

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.
Menu changes
Menu and beverage changes are welcome in writing up to 7 days before the event.
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.

Questions

Asked most often

  • Can we see the room before we book?

    Of course. Tell us when you are in the neighborhood and we will walk you through the upstairs floor, or send the form with your date and we will come back with times.

  • Our two families eat very differently. Can the menu handle that?

    It can. Everything we cook is halal, and there are vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes in every course. Send us the allergies with your final numbers and the kitchen works around them.

  • Is there room for speeches and a slideshow?

    Yes. The upstairs floor has its own sound system and a projector on the wall, so a toast, a playlist and the photographs all have somewhere to go.

  • Do you host the wedding itself?

    We do, when the whole restaurant is yours. A full buyout closes both floors and the bar to everyone else, on any day of the week, and it has a page of its own.

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.