If this isn’t the best/handiest list for schmucks like me, I don’t know what is!!!  :)

A Handy Guide to Private Dining Rooms in Los Angeles

The holidays are always a time when big groups like to get together and enjoy a festive meal, which is why private dining isn’t just popular, it’s essential. Many restaurants take special care to have a part of the restaurant reserved for office parties and communal gatherings, often with special menus to streamline service, and customized beverage pairings. Here below, just in time for Christmas and New Year’s, a compilation of some of the best private dining rooms in Los Angeles.

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Lovin’ this….oysters on the westside!

Classic Tables: Water Grill  

A downtown institution for seafood comes to Santa Monica  

Long before a fascination with retro seafood dishes rolled over the city like a salty wave, Downtown’s Water Grill was the hands-down favorite for elegant surf-and-turf: chilled shrimp Louie salad ($26), bowls of garlicky cioppino ($32) brimming with shellfish and an impeccably fried plate of fish and chips ($26).

It’s no coincidence that L.A.’s two most prominent seafood chefs, Michael Cimarusti and David LeFevre, both spent time running Water Grill’s kitchen over the years before opening their own projects (Damon Gordon is currently at the helm).

Twenty-four years after its original debut, Water Grill has added a ritzy second location along Santa Monica’s Ocean Avenue, complete with panoramic seaside views, a burnished copper raw bar, puffy leather booths and schooner-inspired wall hangings.

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