Kakaako only. Sunday to Thursday for most formats
Private
dining
Three formats in one building, from a fourteen-seat counter with the chef talking through each bowl to a fifty-five person reception with the roll-up door open onto Auahi.
- Smallest
- 12 guests
- Seated maximum
- 34 guests
- Standing maximum
- 55 guests
- Notice
- 14 days
Three rooms, three minimum spends
What you can take over
Minimums are food and drink before tax and gratuity, and they are sample figures for this demo. Dates outside those windows are possible; ask and we will tell you honestly.
The Noren Room
Kakaako, behind the counter wall
- Seated
- 18
- Standing
- 30
One long table of 18, or three sixes
A separate room with its own door, a hanging noren and a service hatch straight from the pass. The long table is 13 ft of solid monkeypod and does not move, so an 18-top is the room's natural shape.
- Birthday dinners
- Team dinners of 12 to 18
- Tasting flights of four sakes
$900 food and drink, Sunday to ThursdayEnquire
Counter buyout
Kakaako, main counter
- Seated
- 14
- Standing
- 14
Fourteen stools along the pass
The whole fourteen-seat counter, with the kitchen cooking in front of you and Shun talking through each bowl as it lands. Runs as a five-course set rather than a la carte.
- Client dinners
- Chef's counter experiences
- Groups who want the kitchen explained
$1,100 food and drink, Sunday to WednesdayEnquire
Whole shop, Kakaako
Kakaako, the entire bay
- Seated
- 34
- Standing
- 55
Counter, five four-tops, communal eight, plus the Noren Room
Every seat in the building plus the roll-up door open onto Auahi. We can run it seated for 34 or as a standing reception for 55 with a ramen bar at the back and tsumami passed.
- Receptions to 55
- Product launches
- Wedding rehearsal dinners
$3,400 food and drink, Sunday and Monday onlyEnquire
Same rooms, different shapes
Six layouts and what each one seats
The long table is bolted to the floor, so eighteen in a line is the Noren Room's honest maximum. Everything else moves.
| Layout | Capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Long table | 18 | The Noren Room's natural shape. One 13 ft monkeypod top that does not move. |
| Three sixes | 18 | Same room, split into three rounds of six. Better for mixing than talking across. |
| Counter set | 14 | Fourteen stools facing the pass, run as a five-course set rather than a la carte. |
| Seated buyout | 34 | Every seat in Kakaako: counter, five four-tops and the communal eight. |
| Standing reception | 55 | Tables cleared, ramen bar at the back, tsumami passed. Roll-up door open. |
| Reception plus room | 55 + 18 | Standing in the main bay with the Noren Room held for a seated core group. |
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What happens once you enquire
How a private booking runs
- 01A call, not a form letterWe ask what the evening is for, how many, and what anybody cannot eat.
- 02A menu written for the nightUsually four or five courses drawn from what the box brought that week.
- 03Allergens confirmed in writingEvery dietary need matched to a specific dish before you sign anything.
- 04A deposit and a date holdTwenty-five percent, refundable up to fourteen days out.
- 05One person on the nightThe service lead runs your room and nothing else.
Tell us about the evening
Fourteen days notice for the Noren Room, twenty-one for a whole-shop reception. Dietary needs are easier the earlier we hear them.