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San Diego-area casinos’ private dining rooms serve secluded elegance

Looking for a place to hold a holiday dinner party? Casino steakhouses, like Hollywood Casino’s Final Cut, offer elegant private dining rooms.
(Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
By Michele Parente
San Diego Union-Tribune
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Like many fine restaurants, casino steakhouses have private dining rooms.

These secluded gathering getaway spots are perfect for corporate events and specials occasions, like birthday parties. And with the holidays here, where better to join friends and family for an intimate meal — and not have to worry about the prepping, cooking or clean-up?

These private enclaves, decorated as stylishly or even better than the restaurant dining room, can generally accommodate eight to 16 people and don’t charge a rental fee.

Barona: The private dining room at The Barona Oaks Steakhouse can seat 18 comfortably. No fee to book; minimum 10 guests. Guests can order off the regular menu or have a special one created.

Harrah’s: Fiore’s private dining room holds a maximum of 16 people. (Any groups larger constitute a banquet event.) No fee or per-person minimum required. Guests normally order from the regular steakhouse menu.

Hollywood: The glamorous venue here can accommodate a minimum of eight guests and a maximum of 16. Fixed-price menus are offered. A per-person minimum of $70 before tax and tip is required.

Pala: There is no fee and no minimum to rent The Oak Room’s private venue. It can seat between eight and 16. A special menu can be tailored to the clients’ wishes or guests can order off the regular menu. Need a bigger space? The full Oak Room restaurant can be booked on the nights it’s closed, Monday and Tuesday, for up to 125 people.

Pechanga: The Great Oak Steakhouse’s room is big enough for up to 24 people and there is no fee or minimum. A fixed-priced menu is served. And because Pechanga does nothing in a small way, the resort has several other private dining rooms. None charge a fee or require a minimum.

  • Journey’s End, up to 48 people; 16-24 guests are served a pre-selected menu; 25-48 guests served a buffet.
  • Paisano’s, up to 14 people; regular menu.
  • Bamboo, up to 10 people; regular menu.
  • Kelsey’s Private Dining Room, up to 15 people; menu varies

Valley View: Black&Blue’s private dining room can seat 16 people at one long table or 21 at five tables. There is no fee to reserve but a minimum 10 guests is required. Larger groups will be served a set, three-course menu; prices vary and start at $55 per person.

Viejas: The Grove’s room accommodates from 15-22 comfortably. The fee and minimum charges vary.

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Michele Parente

Michele Parente is the Dining, Wine + Lifestyle reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Her areas of expertise include the Valle de Guadalupe wine region, fashion, television, women’s issues and coverage of aging, such as the impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia and family caregiving. Michele is the former Sunday and features editor, where she oversaw profiles, special projects, such as the Legacy of WWII and in-depth reports on a variety of topics. She joined the U-T in 2003, supervising coverage areas that have included features, fashion, TV, Food, Consumer Health and Arts & Entertainment. Previously, Michele was the assistant features editor at The Oregonian, in Portland, as well as the Portland City Hall reporter. She spent 10 years at New York Newsday as a reporter on the crime, education, state legislature and New York City Hall beats. She was part of a team that won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting. A native New Yorker, Michele received her B.A. in political science and Italian Literature at UC Berkeley. In 1980, she studied at L’Università di Urbino, in Italy. One of her life’s goals is to make her way through each of the world’s great wine regions.

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