Firefly at Hotel Madera hosts private dinners, receptions, small board meetings and intimate weddings for groups from five guests up to 120 people. The restaurant sits inside Hotel Madera, a boutique hotel at 1310 New Hampshire Avenue NW in Dupont Circle, Washington, DC. Organizers can book one room, the lounge, the patio or the whole restaurant.
Seminars and company events
The hotel positions itself for small, private business gatherings. Its meeting page lists board meetings, incentive dinners, training sessions and networking dinners. Because the hotel is independent and small, a group books the space on its own and does not share it with other events. The team states that it handles catering, room blocks and audiovisual needs for business groups.
For a working day, the first-floor event space is the most direct choice. It measures about 400 square feet and is described as light-filled. Groups that want a dinner format can move to the private dining room or the lounge. A restaurant buyout suits a company party or a client reception that needs the full floor.
Weddings and receptions
Hotel Madera presents its weddings offer as small and intimate, for the couple and up to 25 guests. The spaces named for weddings are the first-floor event space, the lounge, the private dining room and a full buyout of Firefly. The hotel also sells room blocks for wedding parties. Its page lists suite upgrades for 20 percent of the block and valet parking for 20 percent of the guests, with waived urban amenity fees and complimentary Wi-Fi.
Rehearsal dinners, bridal showers, baby showers and farewell brunches are also listed among private events, for groups of five to 120.
Rooms and capacities
The official site gives these figures for Firefly:
- Private dining room: up to 20 seated guests, with sliding wooden doors that open onto the dining room or close for privacy.
- Lounge: 34 seated or 40 standing for a cocktail reception.
- Dining room: 60 seats.
- Outdoor patio: 25 seated or up to 50 for a cocktail reception.
- Full restaurant buyout: 110 seated or up to 120 standing, patio included.
- First-floor event space: about 400 square feet, with natural light.
Accommodation
Hotel Madera has guest rooms and suites, several with balconies. The site shows a Premium King room with west-facing windows and a King Studio Suite with a balcony, plus an accessible version of the studio suite. The number of rooms is not stated on the pages read. Organizers can ask for a room block in the same request as the event.
Catering
Food and drink come from Firefly's kitchen. The menu is contemporary American comfort food built on seasonal and locally grown ingredients, with cocktails, selected wines and local beers. Menus can be adapted to a budget, to dietary restrictions and to the event. Guests in the dining room can see the chefs at work in a kitchen behind a stone wall. The room has reclaimed barnwood tables and large street-side windows that open.
History and setting
Firefly is the restaurant of Hotel Madera, in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The hotel describes the area as close to Embassy Row and to The Phillips Collection, with the Dupont Circle fountain a few steps from the door. The decor is casual and light, in contrast with a hotel ballroom.
Getting there
The address is 1310 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036. The phone number listed by the hotel is +1 202 296 7600. Requests for events go through the hotel's request for proposal form, which asks for the event dates, the number of attendees and whether guest rooms are needed.
