Acadia can host corporate dinners, presentations, cocktail receptions and holiday parties for 24 to 180 guests. The Mediterranean restaurant occupies a two-floor building just off Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan, and its second floor is set up for private and semi-private events.
Seminars and company events
The restaurant lists corporate events, business dinners, business lunches, meetings and presentations, networking events and charity or fundraiser evenings among the occasions it handles. The Reception Lounge is the most suitable room for a presentation: it is glass-enclosed, has floor-to-ceiling windows, state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment, a fully stocked bar, private restrooms and a dedicated coat check. It holds 50 seated or 80 standing.
For a working dinner, the second floor offers three private dining rooms. Each takes up to 24 guests and can be booked on its own. Combined, they form a larger room of up to 70 seated. A team that wants the whole level can buy out the second floor, which has a 70-seat dining room, a 40-seat lounge and a 10-seat bar.
Weddings and receptions
Acadia does not advertise weddings. It does host rehearsal dinners, engagement parties, anniversary celebrations, graduation celebrations and cocktail receptions, so it suits the smaller moments around a wedding rather than the ceremony itself.
Rooms and capacities
Reception Lounge: 50 seated, 80 standing. Private dining rooms: three rooms of up to 24 seated each, or one combined room of up to 70 seated. Second floor buyout: 120 seated or 180 standing, with the 70-seat dining room, the 40-seat lounge and the 10-seat bar included.
The three private rooms can be combined in different ways, so a group of 30 does not have to book the largest layout. Organisers who want to see the rooms before choosing can ask for a tour, and the restaurant publishes an events brochure.
Catering
Food is prepared by the restaurant's own kitchen under Executive Chef and Partner Ari Bokovza. The cooking is Mediterranean, from southern Italy to northern Africa, with house-made mezze, fresh pasta and flatbreads. The events team works with the host to customize the menu and the seating plan for each booking. A full bar is part of the Reception Lounge.
History and setting
The restaurant describes itself as a high-energy gathering place steps from Central Park, Radio City Music Hall and Columbus Circle. The second-floor windows face 6th Avenue and Midtown Manhattan, which gives evening events a view of the avenue. Acadia is part of a chef-driven hospitality group.
Getting there
The address is 101 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019. Columbus Circle is a short walk away, and so are the subway lines that stop there. Guests arriving from out of town can reach the area from Penn Station or Grand Central by subway. Because the restaurant is in a central part of Manhattan, hotels for visiting teams are within walking distance.
