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vacations request an invitation
a private dining membership

always the
right room.

Rooms we know, in restaurants we love. Tell us the evening — a dinner for eight or a party for a hundred and fifty — and consider it held.

new york · est. 2026 membership by invitation
the house

We spent years in dining rooms before we ever built one. The rooms we love most were always upstairs, downstairs, behind the kitchen — the ones you had to be walked to.

Small Rooms keeps the keys to those rooms. Our people come from the restaurants themselves — chefs, sommeliers, the ones who remember your table and your bottle. There are no packages here and nothing to sign. You tell us the occasion; the house does the rest.

small rooms

dinners · 8 to 30

Each room tells you what it welcomes, so you never have to ask.

the studio

chinatown · lower level · seats 12
musicorder your own food

the counter

mitsuru · omakase · seats 8
chef's hands only

the green room

parcelle · wine bar · seats 16
musicsmoking welcomeorder your own food
photography to come

the upstairs

red hook tavern · seats 24
order your own foodburgers after ten
photography to come

lucali

carroll gardens · full buyout · seats 40
whole house onlybring your own bottle

big rooms

events · 40 to 150

For the nights that outgrow a table — the same care, more chairs.

the yard

hometown bbq · red hook · seats 80 · standing 150
live musicsmoking welcomeorder your own food

the saga rooms

saga · 70 pine · seats 60 · standing 120
musicterracefull production
music — a playlist, a DJ, or a band
smoking welcome — rooms, terraces, and yards where it's permitted
order your own food — à la carte from the kitchen, no set menu
the map

our corner of the city

Every room within twenty minutes of the next.

soho chinatown financial district brooklyn red hook the studiochinatown the counter · mitsurusoho the green room · parcelletwo bridges lucalicarroll gardens the upstairs · red hook tavernred hook the saga rooms · 70 pinebig room · fidi the yard · hometown bbqbig room · red hook small rooms big rooms
the cellar · chosen by parcelle

what we're pouring

Every room drinks from the Parcelle cellar. A few bottles we keep coming back to this month — your concierge will pull them, or something better, for your table.

Grower Champagne, blanc de noirsThe way every evening should open — a small house, all Pinot, more orchard than brioche.to start
Chablis, premier cruOyster-shell and cold stone. What we hand you at the counter without asking.for the counter
Jura TrousseauLight, wild, a little smoky — the red for people who think they only drink white.for the studio
Village Burgundy, old vinesThe birthday red. Honest Pinot from a grower we visit every spring.for the table
Nebbiolo, high in the hillsRoses and tar for the barbecue smoke — trust us on this one at the yard.for the yard

The list turns with the seasons. Sample selections shown — the current list lives with your concierge.

from the kitchens

how a menu happens here

There are no set menus — the chef writes one for your table. Two evenings, the way they recently went:

a birthday at the studio

ten guests · five courses · written that morning
Kanpachi, green apple, shiso
because the host mentioned she'd just been to Tokyo
Late-season tomatoes, burrata di bufala
the last week the tomatoes were worth it
Hand-cut tagliatelle, porcini, aged parmesan
Dry-aged duck for the table, plums, radicchio
A cake with candles, nothing written on it
no song, unless you signal
sample menu · every table is written fresh

the counter, omakase

eight seats · chef's hands only · ninety minutes
Chawanmushi, snow crab
Twelve pieces, Toyosu market that morning
the chef decides; allergies excepted, always
Hand roll, toro and scallion, still-warm rice
A5 wagyu, binchōtan, one bite
Melon, whatever is perfect that week
sample menu · every table is written fresh
at home

when the room is yours

Some evenings shouldn't leave the house. The same kitchens and the same cellar, brought to your table instead.

a chef, at yours

A chef from the family cooks in your kitchen — menu written for your table, wine pulled to match, and the kitchen left cleaner than they found it.

arranged through your concierge

catering, the house way

Full catering for gatherings at home or anywhere else — staffed, styled, and stocked from the Parcelle cellar. Twenty people or two hundred.

arranged through your concierge

the quiet delivery

Dinner from any kitchen in the family, delivered without fuss — for the nights you want the food, not the room. Wine included, if you say the word.

members only · same evening where possible
beyond the rooms

further afield

Some occasions need more than a room. These are independent houses we don't run — but we know the people who do, and your concierge makes the call.

Eleven ExperienceLodges in Crested Butte, Chamonix, Iceland — heli-skiing by day, a private chef by night. The mountains, kept quiet.the mountains
Venice Simplon-Orient-ExpressBelmond's train — Paris to Venice in a 1920s cabin, black tie at dinner. The most romantic room in the world happens to move.the rails
AmangiriStone and silence in the Utah desert. Where people go to not be seen, and are perfectly happy about it.the desert
Nihi SumbaA private wave off an Indonesian island, eleven guests at a time. Worth the flights, all of them.the islands
Boats, islands & the restYacht charters, private islands, a vineyard harvest, a table no list can reach — if it exists, ask.name it

Independent properties, arranged on request for members. We hold the relationships; they hold the keys.

vacations

tell us where, or let us choose

The concierge books the mountains, the rails, the desert, the islands — or somewhere no list can reach. Hotels and houses pay us; you pay what you'd pay anyway.

Noted. Your concierge will come back with an itinerary and a hold on the dates.
how it works

tell us the occasion

join

By invitation and referral. A numbered card, a city, and a concierge who learns your table.

ask

A room, an evening, a number of chairs. Or take a share of a table and we'll seat you with good company.

we set the room

The menu is written for your table, or order straight from the kitchen where the room allows. The wine is pulled before you arrive.

dine

A private entrance, a warm room, people who remember you. Nothing signed, nothing packaged.

membership

small, on purpose

We keep membership small in every city so that the rooms stay easy to hold and the house still knows your name. New members come by invitation, most often from someone already at the table.

now — new york
next — miami · los angeles
to follow — london
to join$5,000
each year$2,000
eveningsarranged per table, with the house
shared tablestake a few seats; we'll seat the rest
request an invitation

write to the house.

Tell us who you are, where you dine, and who sent you. We read everything, and we answer as rooms allow.

Received, with thanks. If a room opens for you, you'll hear from us.