Martha can be hired in full for a private dinner, a cocktail evening or a daytime meeting of up to 25 guests. It is a wine cellar and restaurant on Rue Sainte-Marthe in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, and the whole room is handed over to the host. For a small group that wants a table rather than a hotel ballroom, it is a direct option.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells two formats. In the evening, the full privatization seats 25 guests. During the day, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., it can be taken for a working session or a lunch with a lower minimum spend than the evening format. That daytime slot suits a leadership offsite lunch, a client breakfast, a team workshop followed by a meal or a press tasting. The room is not equipped as a conference center, so plan for a conversation around a table, a short presentation on a laptop or a tasting led by the host rather than a plenary with projection.
Weddings and receptions
Martha does not present itself as a wedding venue. The privatization suits a rehearsal dinner, an engagement dinner, a birthday or a small private reception for up to 25 people. Larger groups need another address.
Rooms and capacities
There is one room, a cave à manger, which is the venue's own description: a wine cellar where people eat. The official figure is 25 guests for a full privatization. The site does not give layouts, so ask whether the 25 are seated at tables or whether standing formats change the number.
Catering
Food and drinks come from the house. The venue describes itself as a cellar of living wines, which points to natural and low-intervention bottles, and the website has separate pages for eating and for drinking. The hire fee is waived, and the booking is instead tied to a minimum amount of food and drink consumed, with a different threshold for a daytime event. Confirm the current thresholds and the menu formats for groups when you send your request.
History and setting
The street sits in the northeast of Paris, in a neighborhood of small restaurants, wine bars and independent shops around the Hôpital Saint-Louis and the Canal Saint-Martin. The place is small and informal, which is the reason to choose it: guests are close to each other and to the bottles, and the host can set the pace of the evening with the team.
Getting there
Martha is at 5 Rue Sainte-Marthe, 75010 Paris. The closest métro stations are Goncourt on line 11 and Belleville on lines 2 and 11, both a short walk away. The Gare de l'Est and Gare du Nord stations are about 2 miles from the venue for guests arriving by train. The venue is open Tuesday to Saturday for regular service, so an event on another day is a matter to settle with the team.
