Private Dining Birmingham

Where your group will dine: booth, section or whole venue

Start with your headcount, because that decides almost everything else. A family birthday dinner or a client meal usually sits comfortably in a birdcage booth on one of the banqueting set menus. A larger celebration, where you want everyone to dine together but do not need the building to yourselves, works in a sectioned area. Exclusive hire makes sense once your numbers and budget can carry a whole restaurant and bar for the session.

Tell us the number when you enquire and we will say plainly which of these is realistic for your date. We will not squeeze a group into a space that does not fit it, and we will not sell you exclusive hire if a booth would do the job.

• Smaller groups: a gold birdcage booth, semi-private, set menu per head
• Larger groups: a sectioned area of the restaurant, set menu or bespoke menu
• Up to 120 seated or 150 standing: exclusive hire of the whole venue, from £2,000

The three banqueting set menus and what they cost

Group dining at Siamais runs on three published set menus, each three courses and priced per person, so you know the food bill before anyone sits down. Taste of Siam is £44.95pp: Thai chilli chicken wings, prawn rolls, chicken satay, Thai fish cakes and spring rolls to start, then sweet and sour chicken, chicken red curry, beef in oyster sauce and lamb in chilli paste with rice.

The Siam Feast is £49.95pp and moves up to Thai fried calamari, golden bags and tempura prawns, followed by green curry chicken, stir fried duck in tamarind sauce, lamb in chilli paste and chicken Pad Thai. You can add a lobster middle course to The Siam Feast for £9.50pp, served as one lobster between four. Grounded in Siam, at £41.95pp, is fully vegetarian and vegan, with sweetcorn cakes, mango and papaya salad, vegetable massaman curry and tofu in choo chee paste. Bespoke menus are available for private hires.

Minimum spend, deposits and what exclusive hire costs

Exclusive hire of the whole venue starts from £2,000, and the figure moves with the day of the week and the time of day. A Tuesday lunch and a Saturday night are not the same ask. A minimum spend applies to every private hire, and all the food and drink Siamais supplies counts towards it. Your guests' dinner and cocktails are what meet the figure.

To confirm a private hire we take a 50% deposit. It is non-refundable, and it is deducted from your bill on the day, so it is money towards the event and not an extra charge. Ordinary table bookings work differently: those carry a £5 per person deposit, also taken off the bill. If you are unsure which applies to a group your size, ask when you enquire and we will confirm it before you pay anything.

See the room first, then make a booking enquiry

You can walk through Siamais online before you commit to anything. The 3D virtual tour shows the teal velvet seating, the hanging birdcages and lanterns, the hexagonal tiled floor, the long back-lit bar and the heated, covered terraces, so you can judge for yourself how private a birdcage booth feels. The events brochure is available as a PDF and covers the hire options in one document you can forward to whoever is paying.

When you are ready, send the enquiry form with your date, guest numbers and the occasion, call 0121 643 3993 or email birmingham@siamais.co.uk. The more we know about the group, including allergies and dietary needs, the more useful our first reply will be. Chicken and lamb dishes are halal, and there is a full vegan set menu, so mixed tables are straightforward to cater for.