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Group Dinner In New York City

New York group dinner starts with a seated headcount and the right booking route. Compare Jack’s Wife Freda’s ten-guest events threshold in SoHo, Aurora’s Williamsburg prix-fixe and enclosed-patio formats, and Society Cafe’s Village group tables or curtain-separated room. These are different addresses and service formats. Use dinner prices, party charges and the named space to agree on a plan before asking guests to commit.

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Compare The Options

Compare seated arrangements, published group-package food prices and room minimums. Individual food-item examples are separate; tax, drinks, supplements and event charges still need confirmation.

Jack’s Wife Freda SoHo

SoHo · Mediterranean Inspired

Good For: A SoHo Dinner With A Ten-Guest Events Route

Group Size & Seating: Parties Of 10 Or More: Events Inquiry; 8 Or More: 20% Gratuity

Visit: Give the events team the SoHo address, date and final headcount for ten or more guests. Published room closing: 10 PM Monday–Thursday, 11 PM Friday–Saturday and 9 PM Sunday. Confirm the dinner kitchen cutoff, deposit, cancellation terms and any set-menu requirement.

$24.00 Dinner Chicken Kebab

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Aurora

Williamsburg · Italian

Good For: Williamsburg Prix Fixe With A Seated-Event Choice

Group Size & Seating: Prix Fixe Up To 25; Enclosed Patio Up To 50 Seated

Visit: Request the 70 Grand Street Williamsburg venue, the final seated count and the current prix-fixe menu. Private evening events are advertised from 6 PM to midnight; those are event windows, not a guarantee of ordinary dinner kitchen hours. Obtain the minimum spend, deposit, duration and cancellation conditions.

$27.00 Dinner Tonnarelli Cacio E Pepe

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Society Cafe

Greenwich Village · American

Good For: Village Group Dining With A Curtain-Separated Room

Group Size & Seating: Group Dining: 10–75 Guests; Semi-Private Room: 42 Seated

Visit: Dinner Sunday–Thursday 5–10 PM and Friday–Saturday 5–11 PM. For ten or more, use the current events page or events@walkerhotels.com. Ask whether you are booking the semi-private room, ordinary group tables or a buyout, and confirm the menu, seated layout, deposit and cancellation terms.

$23.00 Margherita Pizza

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Count Seated Guests And Choose The Booking Route

Count every guest, confirm whether the space is private or semi-private, and use the restaurant’s published party threshold. Seated dinner capacity is different from reception capacity. An event inquiry is not a confirmed reservation. Ask for the table layout and final-count deadline before inviting the group.

Agree On The Menu And Complete Quote

Specify à la carte, family-style, buffet or plated dinner before dividing the cost. Request the dated menu, food-and-beverage minimum, site fee, service charge, gratuity, tax, drinks, supplements, deposit and cancellation deadline. Ask whether a minimum is a spending commitment or a separate fee, and whether the service charge replaces an additional tip.

Plan Arrival And Payment

Agree on one arrival time and verify the dinner kitchen cutoff, not just the room’s closing time. Tell the restaurant about dietary requests without assuming allergy-safe preparation. Confirm whether separate checks or multiple cards are allowed, who pays the deposit and what happens if the guest count changes.

Choose Your Group Dinner

Food-item filters use one named regular-menu or clearly labeled pickup example. Group packages and room minimums are separate comparisons, not full-bill guarantees. Confirm event charges, tax, drinks, supplements and gratuity in the written quote; older unverified prices remain unclassified.

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A SoHo Dinner With A Ten-Guest Events Route

Choose the SoHo branch when your group wants individual dinner choices, including chicken, fish, tofu and breakfast-for-dinner dishes. Its two different thresholds matter: eight guests trigger gratuity and ten move the booking to events. Agree on the table arrangement before inviting guests rather than relying on separate ordinary reservations.

Jack’s Wife Freda SoHo: Restaurant Photograph
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SoHo

Jack’s Wife Freda SoHo

Jack’s Wife Freda’s SoHo branch serves an cafe menu shaped by Israeli, South African and New York influences. Breakfast choices include green shakshuka, a Mediterranean breakfast and a rosewater waffle. The current Lafayette Street address matters when arranging a table: select SoHo rather than the group’s other Manhattan locations.

Good For
A SoHo Dinner With A Ten-Guest Events Route
On The Menu
Chicken kebab with couscous; chicken schnitzel with mashed potatoes; mustard-seed tofu; green shakshuka on the dinner menu
Budget
Chicken kebab $24, schnitzel $29, mustard-seed tofu $22 and dinner shakshuka $16. Eight chicken-kebab orders total $192 in food, or $230.40 including the published 20% gratuity for eight or more, before tax, drinks and extras. A private-event menu or minimum requires a separate quote.

Description: Official Restaurant Menu And Visit Information · Checked Oct 14, 2026

226 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012

Food-Item Example: $24.00 Dinner Chicken Kebab. See the stated charges above.

Plan Ahead: Give the events team the SoHo address, date and final headcount for ten or more guests. Published room closing: 10 PM Monday–Thursday, 11 PM Friday–Saturday and 9 PM Sunday. Confirm the dinner kitchen cutoff, deposit, cancellation terms and any set-menu requirement.

Group Size & Booking Policy

The SoHo location welcomes walk-ins and reservations. Parties of ten or more must contact the events team. The 20% gratuity threshold starts at eight, before the events threshold. Confirm the seating arrangement and dinner menu for 226 Lafayette Street.

Group Policy Checked 2026-10-14 · Official Group Policy ↗

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Williamsburg Prix Fixe With A Seated-Event Choice

Aurora gives a Williamsburg organizer a defined small-group prix-fixe route and a separate enclosed-patio option. Use the group menu for a shared plan rather than extrapolating the cost from individual pasta prices. A seated dinner for 25 and a reception for 50 are different bookings; specify the format when requesting a proposal.

Aurora: Restaurant Photograph
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Williamsburg

Aurora

Aurora Williamsburg at 70 Grand Street serves Italian dinner with tonnarelli cacio e pepe, oxtail pappardelle, squash ravioli and branzino. Its garden and dining room offer different seating possibilities, so a table request matters as much as choosing a pasta. The Brooklyn menu and booking page belong to this venue, not the similarly named SoHo restaurant.

Good For
Williamsburg Prix Fixe With A Seated-Event Choice
On The Menu
Tonnarelli cacio e pepe; oxtail pappardelle; squash ravioli; branzino
Budget
Dinner cacio e pepe $27, oxtail pappardelle $28 and branzino $39. One cacio e pepe plus one pappardelle totals $55 in food before starters, drinks, tax, gratuity and any charges. Market-price ribeye is not a fixed-price budget example.
Service
Saturday And Sunday Until 3:30 PM; Restaurant Opens At 11 AM

Description: Top Brunch Spots Research · Checked Oct 14, 2026

70 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11249

Food-Item Example: $27.00 Dinner Tonnarelli Cacio E Pepe. See the stated charges above.

Plan Ahead: Request the 70 Grand Street Williamsburg venue, the final seated count and the current prix-fixe menu. Private evening events are advertised from 6 PM to midnight; those are event windows, not a guarantee of ordinary dinner kitchen hours. Obtain the minimum spend, deposit, duration and cancellation conditions.

Group Size & Booking Policy

The Williamsburg events page offers prix-fixe dining for groups up to 25. Its enclosed patio seats up to 50 for an exclusive reservation; the full venue lists up to 80 seated dinner guests. Reception capacities are different. Every layout and date needs confirmation.

Group Policy Checked 2026-10-14 · Official Group Policy ↗

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Village Group Dining With A Curtain-Separated Room

Society Cafe suits a Village dinner that needs a defined seated room or a coordinated menu for a larger party. Its curtain-separated room is semi-private, and the restaurant distinguishes seated groups from receptions. Compare the ordinary pizza and main-course prices with the quoted event menu before choosing the room.

Society Cafe: Restaurant Photograph
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Greenwich Village

Society Cafe

Society Cafe is inside Walker Hotel Greenwich Village at 52 West 13th Street. Its dinner menu includes pizzas, ratatouille cannelloni, chicken ballotine and sea bream. The hotel restaurant provides a bookable evening alternative to an all-day cafe, with a separate dinner schedule and a published large-party gratuity condition.

Good For
Village Group Dining With A Curtain-Separated Room
On The Menu
Margherita pizza; ratatouille cannelloni; chicken ballotine; sea bream
Budget
À la carte Margherita pizza $23, cannelloni $32, chicken ballotine $34 and sea bream $40. Six chicken orders total $204 in food, or $244.80 with the listed 20% gratuity for six or more, before tax, drinks and extras. Bespoke group menus and minimums require an event quote.
Service
Friday–Sunday, 11 AM–3 PM

Description: Top Brunch Spots Research · Checked Oct 14, 2026

52 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011

Food-Item Example: $23.00 Margherita Pizza. See the stated charges above.

Plan Ahead: Dinner Sunday–Thursday 5–10 PM and Friday–Saturday 5–11 PM. For ten or more, use the current events page or events@walkerhotels.com. Ask whether you are booking the semi-private room, ordinary group tables or a buyout, and confirm the menu, seated layout, deposit and cancellation terms.

Group Size & Booking Policy

The current events page lists group dining for 10–75 guests and a curtain-separated semi-private room for up to 42 seated guests, or 45 reception guests. Parties of ten or more contact events@walkerhotels.com. Do not use the 100-guest reception figure as a seated-room capacity.

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