# Restaurants with private dining rooms in Makati and BGC

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Published: 2026-10-22

*Twelve restaurants with a closed room for a client dinner, a lauriat or a birthday, with capacity as printed and the minimum spend where the venue publishes one, checked October 2026.*

For a private dining room in Makati or BGC, book Shang Palace at Makati Shangri-La or Canton Road at Shangri-La The Fort for a big family celebration, both with nine rooms and space for up to 50. For a client dinner, Txanton in Makati has a wine room for 10 and a Cave for 8 with no phone signal, and Old Manila at The Peninsula has the Magsaysay Room. For a small group, Inatô's room seats four to six, and El Born in BGC prints its room minimums, from ₱15,000 for three hours.

Updated October 2026.

Every place below has a closed room confirmed on its own page or in 2025 to 2026 press. We give capacity as the venue prints it, and a minimum spend only where the venue or recent press prints one. Where it does not, ask when you book: minimums change by day of the week and by season. If the dinner is mainly about business, our guide to [where to take clients to dinner in Makati and BGC](https://whatsonmnl.com/blog/business-dinner-restaurants-makati-bgc) covers the dress codes and the quieter dining rooms. This page is about the room itself.

## For a big family celebration

Chinese restaurants have the most rooms, the round tables and the set banquet menus that suit a lauriat, the multi-course Chinese-Filipino feast for a birthday, an anniversary or a homecoming.

**[Shang Palace](https://whatsonmnl.com/place/shang-palace-makati-shangri-la)** at Makati Shangri-La has nine private rooms and is the clearest about cost of any place we checked. Rooms 1 to 4 seat 10, Room 5 seats 8, Room 6 seats 15, Rooms 7 and 8 take 10 to 12, all at ₱18,000++, and Room 9 takes 40 to 50 at ₱100,000++. Staying past the booked time costs ₱3,500 nett an hour. The kitchen cooks Cantonese and Huaiyang food, with handmade dim sum at lunch.
Level 2, Makati Shangri-La, Ayala Avenue corner Makati Avenue. ₱₱₱. Lunch daily 11:30am to 2:30pm, dinner 6pm to 10:30pm. Good to know: "++" means service charge and tax are added on top.

**[Canton Road](https://whatsonmnl.com/place/canton-road)** at Shangri-La The Fort is the BGC equivalent, listed in the MICHELIN Guide, with nine rooms named after Hong Kong streets. Each has its own pantry, washroom and a butler. Nathan seats 6, Granville 10, Admiralty, Austin, Kowloon and Salisbury 12, Mody 14, and Peking takes 40 to 50 and splits into two rooms of 20. Order the Peking duck for the table.
Level 3, Shangri-La The Fort, 30th Street corner 5th Avenue, BGC. ₱₱₱. Lunch daily 11:30am to 2:30pm, dinner 5pm to 10:30pm. Smart casual. Tip: the hotel does not print room minimums, so ask when you call +63 2 8820 0888.

**[Jasmine](https://whatsonmnl.com/place/jasmine-new-world-makati)** at New World Makati Hotel, across from Greenbelt, is a Cantonese room with four private rooms, two for up to 14 guests and two for up to 8. Master Chef Brandon Ng refreshed the menu in September 2026, with Imperial Peking duck served two ways and seafood lobster dumplings. The all-you-can-eat dim sum runs every day except Friday and Saturday dinner.
Level 2, New World Makati Hotel, Esperanza Street corner Makati Avenue. Lunch from 11:30am, dinner 6pm to 9:30pm. Book on +63 2 8811 6888 ext. 3800; ask about the room minimum when you book.

**[Ogawa](https://whatsonmnl.com/place/ogawa-bgc)** is the Japanese pick, and one of Manila's long-running Japanese restaurants. It reopened in April 2026 at Park McKinley West with its private rooms named after Tokyo districts: Ginza, Roppongi, Akasaka, Aoyama and Shinbashi. The main private room joins a ten-seat room for up to 30 guests and has its own teppan counter, so the grill comes to you. Our Awesome Planet puts a meal at about ₱2,000 a head.
Upper Ground Floor, The Shoppes at Park McKinley West, Lawton Avenue, BGC. ₱₱₱. Book on 0917 856 4292 or (02) 7001 8314. Tip: ask for the room with the large round window.

**[Chung Dam](https://whatsonmnl.com/place/chung-dam-bgc)** is the Korean answer for a celebration, built on hanwoo, Korea's native beef, and live king crab. The BGC branch has two private rooms, for 10 and for 20, and Philippine Primer reports there is no consumable rate on either, which is rare at this level.
Upper Ground Floor, Active Fun Building, 9th Avenue corner 28th Street, BGC. ₱₱₱₱. Sunday to Thursday 11am to 12am, Friday and Saturday to 1am. Book on +63 927 474 2167.

## For a client dinner

**[Txanton](https://whatsonmnl.com/place/txanton)** began as a wine and jamón importer, and the building on Chino Roces Avenue Extension is a set of rooms you can book. La Gran Añada, lined with wine fridges and more than 1,500 bottles, seats 10. La Sala de Cata, the tasting room, seats 14. The Cave seats 8 and has no internet and no signal, which is either the point of the evening or a reason to pick another room. It is MICHELIN Selected.
2F Alegria Alta Building, 2294 Chino Roces Avenue Extension, Magallanes, Makati. ₱₱₱₱. Daily 11am to 10pm. Book on +63 917 624 4270 or info@txanton.com.ph.

**[Old Manila](https://whatsonmnl.com/place/old-manila)** is The Peninsula Manila's French restaurant, a Manila institution since 1976, and its private room, the Magsaysay Room, is named after President Ramon Magsaysay. It is the most formal choice on this list, right on the corner of Ayala and Makati Avenues.
The Peninsula Manila, Ayala Avenue corner Makati Avenue. ₱₱₱₱. Closed Sunday. Smart casual. Book on +63 2 8887 2888 and ask for the room's capacity and minimum.

**[Singular](https://whatsonmnl.com/place/singular-manila)** is chef Fernando Alcalá's Spanish tasting menu restaurant in Uptown Bonifacio, opened in 2026, with a private room at each end of the dining room. One seats up to 10 with a minimum of 7 guests; the other takes up to 14 and can be closed off. Menus are ₱4,890 or ₱7,980 a person.
The Palace, 11th Avenue corner 38th Street, Uptown Bonifacio, BGC. ₱₱₱₱. Monday to Saturday from 5:30pm. Email info@singular.ph with your date and number of guests. Good to know: bookings are prepaid and non-refundable.

**[Blackbird](https://whatsonmnl.com/place/blackbird)** fills the Art Deco Nielson Tower, the old airport terminal in Ayala Triangle Gardens. Its private room, The Cabin, sits up in the former control tower with a view over the gardens, and Lifestyle Asia puts it at up to 22 guests, which makes it the pick here for a larger team or a board dinner.
Nielson Tower, Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati Avenue. ₱₱₱. Daily 11am to 10pm. Book on +63 2 8828 4888 or info@blackbird.com.ph.

## For a small room of 4 to 10

**[Inatô](https://whatsonmnl.com/place/inato)** holds one MICHELIN Star, and next to its eight-seat counter is a private dining room for four to six, served at a single 7:15pm seating. Chef JP Cruz cooks a menu set by the season with Filipino techniques. It is the room for a milestone birthday where the food matters more than the guest list. See [tasting menus in Manila, ranked by price](https://whatsonmnl.com/blog/tasting-menus-manila-prices) for what the menus cost.
The Alley at Karrivin, 2316 Chino Roces Avenue Extension, Makati. ₱₱₱₱. Tuesday to Saturday. Book by message to +63 945 478 0420 or reservations@inato.ph; no calls.

**[El Born](https://whatsonmnl.com/place/el-born)** is a Catalan restaurant in Mitsukoshi BGC, and it publishes its room prices, which helps when you are planning a budget. The Chairman's Room seats up to 4 at ₱15,000 consumable for three hours Monday to Thursday, ₱20,000 Friday to Sunday. VIP 2 takes 8 to 10 at ₱16,000 on weekdays and ₱20,000 on weekends, and VIP 1 takes 10 to 12 at ₱20,000 and ₱25,000. Share the arroz and the Josper chicken.
2F Mitsukoshi BGC, 8th Avenue corner 36th Street, BGC. ₱₱₱. Daily 11am to 10pm. Book on 0917 316 9129.

**[Txoko Asador](https://whatsonmnl.com/place/txoko-asador)** is a Basque grill house in Legazpi Village from the team behind Bar Pintxos. Philippine Primer lists a private room for up to 14 at ₱25,000 and a private area for up to 12 at ₱20,000. Ask whether that is a consumable minimum when you book. Order pintxos, a paella and something from the Josper grill.
G/F Erlag Building, 102 Esteban Street, Legazpi Village, Makati. ₱₱₱. Lunch daily 12pm to 3pm; on Friday to Sunday dinner runs in two seatings, 5pm and 8:15pm. Book on 0956 047 3224.

For more places to eat by kind of cuisine, see [dim sum in Manila](https://whatsonmnl.com/blog/dim-sum-manila), [Japanese restaurants in BGC](https://whatsonmnl.com/blog/japanese-restaurants-bgc) and our [eat and drink hub](https://whatsonmnl.com/eat-drink), or browse by area on the [Makati](https://whatsonmnl.com/neighborhood/makati) and [BGC](https://whatsonmnl.com/neighborhood/bgc) pages.

## Before you go

- **Book early.** There are only a few rooms at each place, and they go first for Friday and Saturday dinner, Sunday lunch and the weeks around Christmas and Chinese New Year.
- **Ask four things when you call.** The room's seated capacity, the minimum spend and whether it is consumable on food and drink, how long you can keep the room, and whether a set menu is required.
- **Read the plus signs.** "₱18,000++" means service charge and tax are added. "Nett" means they are included.
- **Corkage and cake.** If you plan to bring your own wine or a birthday cake, ask about any fee before the day.
- **Getting there.** Shang Palace, Jasmine and Blackbird are all around Ayala Center and a short ride from each other. Txanton and Inatô are further south on Chino Roces Avenue Extension, where Inatô says guest parking is limited.
- **Deposits.** Ask whether a deposit is needed to hold the room. Singular's bookings are prepaid and non-refundable.

## Questions people ask

### Which restaurants in Makati have a private dining room?

Shang Palace at Makati Shangri-La has nine, for 8 to 50 guests. Jasmine at New World Makati has four, for 8 or 14. Txanton has several rooms for 8 to 14, Blackbird's Cabin takes up to 22, and Inatô's room seats four to six.

### Is there an affordable private room in BGC?

Chung Dam BGC has rooms for 10 and 20 with no consumable rate, according to Philippine Primer. El Born's smallest room starts at a ₱15,000 consumable for three hours on a weekday, so a group of four to ten can plan around a fixed number.

### Which Chinese restaurant in Manila has a private room?

Shang Palace in Makati and Canton Road in BGC each have nine, and both take up to 50 in their largest room. Jasmine at New World Makati has four smaller rooms.

### Is there a Japanese restaurant with a private room?

Ogawa at Park McKinley West in BGC has five rooms named after Tokyo districts, and its main room joins a second room for up to 30 guests with its own teppan counter.

### Where can a group of 15 to 20 eat in Makati?

Shang Palace's Room 6 seats 15, Blackbird's Cabin takes up to 22, and in BGC, Chung Dam has a room for 20 and Canton Road's Peking room splits into two rooms of 20.