Adoro Lei can host business luncheons, dinners, private screenings and pizza-making parties for up to 30 seated guests, or 45 when the party is partly standing. The restaurant is a wood-oven pizza place at 287 Hudson Street in Hudson Square, New York, and its private room is called Heaven Below.
Seminars and company events
Business luncheons are named among the packages offered in the private room. The room has an HDMI screen connection, a television screen and an iPhone connection for a personal playlist, so a team can show slides or a short video during a lunch. The room is a dining space, not a conference room: it suits a working lunch or a team dinner, and it does not suit a day-long seminar. Organisers who want an activity can book the pizza-making format, in which a chef shows the group at the table how to stretch the dough and add toppings.
Weddings and receptions
The restaurant does not advertise weddings. Its private room packages include family meals, kid and adult pizza-making parties and dinners, so it fits a rehearsal dinner or a small celebration better than a wedding. The restaurant also lists a floral add-on that brightens a table or the private room.
Rooms and capacities
Heaven Below is the exclusive lower-level private room. It seats up to 30 people comfortably. With passed hors d'oeuvres and shared platters, it takes 45 people partly standing. It has a full bar, a television screen and a customizable playlist. The restaurant's main room can also be booked, and the site asks organisers to make contact for details on it. For private event inquiries, the restaurant gives the email info@adorolei.com and the phone number 646 666 5096.
A room fee applies and varies by day of the week. The restaurant publishes it on its private page, and the events team confirms it with each request.
Catering
The kitchen serves wood-oven pizzas in classic and newer styles, with a menu built to share and bar food to go with cocktails. Packages for private events include a la carte service, family-style meals and pizza or lasagna making. The Boozy Pizza Making option is a bottomless format with two hours of beer, wine and Prosecco, appetizers and desserts, and the restaurant says any size of group can join. DJs play on the main floor or in the private room.
History and setting
Adoro Lei was created by Chef Mario Gentile, entrepreneur Rick Froio and designer Michael DiBugnara. The cocktail menu was designed by mixologist Elayne Duff, a James Beard recipient. The walls carry commissioned art by Dessie Jackson, and the florals are by Lutfi Janania.
Getting there
The address is 287 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013, in Hudson Square. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner and serves brunch on Sundays. Guests arriving by subway can use the lines that serve the Hudson Square and Soho area, and the venue is a short ride from the downtown business district.
