University City mainstay White Dog Cafe offers several of its colorful themed rooms for private parties. The options include a fully enclosed downstairs wine cellar, the purple-and-blue-accented living room decorated with neon dog paintings, the window-lined oak room with a marble dining table that seats up to 12, and the solarium with its whimsical floral-print booths and hanging plants. The private event menu changes seasonally.

University City’s chic Walnut Street Cafe offers a semi-private upstairs space for parties of 10 to 35. The restaurant can host groups for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and cocktail parties.

Greg Vernick’s new boutique wine shop next door to Vernick Food & Drink in Rittenhouse doubles as a private event space for sit-down dinners or cocktail parties. It fits up to 32 for a seated meal.

Lacroix at the Rittenhouse hotel has two private dining rooms: Lily's can accommodate up to 32 people and La Serre works for smaller events and dinners. The hotel’s Mary Cassatt Tea Room and its courtyard are also available to buy out. The food, bar, and dessert menus are endlessly customizable.

Hosting an event at the Love’s private upstairs space is like throwing a dinner party in a gorgeous, welcoming home without any of the clean up or cooking. Kick things off in the cozy lounge that features its own bar and couches and then settle in around the 20-person farm table for a seasonal brunch, lunch, or dinner (when an $85 three-course prix fixe is offered).

Dine in a former bank vault complete with a massive vault door at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse in Center City. With 10 private dining areas, the restaurant can accommodate parties of 14 to 150.

Feel like a VIP walking up the private staircase to the private second-floor dining room at Marc Vetri’s landmark Italian restaurant Vetri Cucina. The space fits up to 18 guests for a seated meal around the dining table or 45 for a cocktail reception.

From the looks of Barbuzzo’s narrow ground-floor dining room, you wouldn’t guess that the upstairs can comfortably fit 60 guests for a private dinner. There’s a fully functioning refurbished piano in the airy space and hosts have the option to serve mini-budinos for dessert.

Overlooking the towering gold Buddha and buzzing dining room, party guests will enjoy sipping Asian-influenced cocktails and bites like edamame dumplings on Buddakan’s mezzanine, which feels both private and part of the scene. It holds 55 for a seated meal and 65 for a reception.

Modern American favorite Fork offers a fully private room that can accommodate 40 guests or be divided up for parties of 13 and 20. Menus are tailored to fit a variety of budgets and the room has A/V capability.

Just off South Street, Southern restaurant Twisted Tail offers a few private dining options accommodating parties of 20 all the way up to 120. The upstairs Juke Joint bar is well situated for a private dinner with two long tables.

The second-floor parlor room at Nick Elmi’s Royal Boucherie in Old City is outfitted with vintage furniture, candelabras, mirrors, and its own eight-seat mahogany bar. Up to 40 people can fit for a seated meal, and up to 60 for a cocktail party.

With its soaring ceilings, curved bar, and long red banquette, Old City’s Han Dynasty is a looker. The Sichuan restaurant has space for private soirees in its upstairs room, which seats 30 and overlooks the main dining room, or in its downstairs space that fits 50.