BIXI is an Asian fusion restaurant and cocktail bar at 2164 Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem, New York. It hosts private parties in three setups: the lounge, the heated back patio, and the entire venue. The whole venue holds up to 90 guests at a cocktail party. The official site frames the offer as cocktail parties and intimate dinners.
Seminars and company events
The site does not describe corporate or seminar packages. Its party page presents the spaces for a cocktail party or an intimate dinner, which can serve a team dinner or a client evening. There are no stated meeting facilities or audiovisual equipment, so a day of presentations is not what the venue sells. A party request goes through the Parties page.
Weddings and receptions
The official site does not offer weddings. The cocktail party and dinner formats are the closest match for a small reception or a celebration.
Rooms and capacities
The party page lists three spaces. The lounge, the bar and dining lounge, holds 30 seated or 50 cocktail style. The heated back patio holds 25 seated or 40 cocktail style. The entire venue holds up to 90 guests at a cocktail party. The home page also mentions a rooftop bar and a private bungalow among the venues, but the party page does not give figures for them. The restaurant describes warm lighting and saturated red walls in the room.
Guests choose between a seated format and a standing format, so the same space can serve a plated dinner or a mingling reception. The seated figures are lower than the standing ones, and organisers planning a dinner should use them.
Catering
BIXI serves its own Asian fusion menu, shaped by chef Serena Bass, with small plates such as yam tempura, pork bao, crab rangoon and lemon sesame chicken. A specialty cocktail program is run by co-owner Kwame. The site does not detail group menus or minimums, so organisers should ask when they inquire. Happy hour runs from 5 PM to 8 PM, and the restaurant offers live music on some Thursdays and DJ nights on Saturdays.
The restaurant also keeps its regular programming, with a happy hour and weekly music nights, so organisers should confirm the date they want is free for a private party. Requests are handled by the team after an inquiry on the Parties page.
Getting there
The restaurant sits on Frederick Douglass Boulevard in central Harlem. Two sister restaurants stand very close: Lido, an Italian restaurant, and The Fox, a gastro pub and global sports bar. The site does not give subway or parking details, so organisers should check access with the team.
