Drouant has five private rooms for company and private events in central Paris, from a three-seat salon to a library that holds up to 50 guests. Business lunches, board meetings, seminars, study days, press conferences and corporate dinners make up the professional offer, and the same rooms host weddings, birthdays and family celebrations. The restaurant is at 16-18 place Gaillon, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, a short walk from the Opéra.
Seminars and company events
Drouant describes its professional offer as business lunches, meetings, press conferences, corporate dinners, board meetings, seminars and study days. Each project is arranged around the menu, the wine selection, the layout of the room and dedicated support from the sales team. A brochure can be downloaded from the website, and every room has its own quote request.
The format is a restaurant hired by the room, not a conference center. The largest room holds 50 guests, so the venue fits boards, client dinners, press tables and small study days rather than large conventions.
Weddings and receptions
The private events page lists weddings, anniversaries and special celebrations, along with birthdays and family lunches. Personalized menus, a wine selection and dedicated support are part of the offer. With rooms for 12 to 50 guests, it suits small weddings, wedding lunches and rehearsal dinners rather than large receptions.
Rooms and capacities
Five rooms are listed with their capacity. Salon Colette takes 3 guests. Salon Renaudot takes 3 to 12 guests and is described as private. Salon Goncourt takes up to 16 guests around its oval table. Salon Proust takes 26 guests. La Bibliothèque, on the first floor, takes up to 50 guests and has a mosaic floor and plenty of daylight.
The site does not say whether rooms can be combined or whether the main dining room can be hired as a whole.
Catering
Catering is handled in-house. The kitchen of chef Romain Van Thienen follows the seasons, favors short supply chains and reinterprets classics of French cooking. The cellar lists about 2,000 references from 400 winemakers, nearly 1,000 of them from the Rhône Valley, with more than 30 wines by the glass. Menus for private events are drawn up with the sales team.
History and setting
Drouant is known for its literary prizes. The Académie Goncourt has held its deliberations here since 1914, and the Renaudot jury has met in its own salon since that prize was created in 1926. Salon Goncourt keeps the oval table of the “Dix Couverts”, and guests dine on tableware created for the room from the Bernardaud archives. Salon Proust displays a first edition of In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, numbered 8/128 and dated November 1918, and a fresco by Roberto Ruspoli. La Bibliothèque shelves the books awarded the Goncourt Prize in their original editions. Drouant is part of the Maisons Taillevent group.
Getting there
Drouant stands on Place Gaillon, a quiet square in the 2nd arrondissement, close to the Opéra Garnier. The nearest metro stations are Opéra and Quatre-Septembre. Paris Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports both serve the city.
