The Martin Hotel in Winnemucca, Nevada, rents a banquet room that seats up to 70 people for luncheons, dinners, parties and business meetings. The room comes with Wi-Fi, conference calling and a screen. The same kitchen that serves the restaurant also caters breakfast, lunch and dinner, either at the Winnemucca Convention Center or at a location of your choice. The address is 94 West Railroad Street.
Seminars and company events
The banquet room is offered for business meetings as well as meals. The site lists three practical features: Wi-Fi, conference calling and a screen. That is enough for a regional team meeting, a training lunch, a board dinner or a supplier presentation with a remote participant on the line. The official site does not give room dimensions or layouts, so ask which table arrangement suits a presentation. For a larger group, the catering service can supply food at the Winnemucca Convention Center.
Weddings and receptions
The official site does not offer weddings. It lists parties among the uses of the banquet room, so a rehearsal dinner, an anniversary or a family celebration for up to 70 guests can be raised with the hotel. Ask directly before assuming that a wedding reception or a bar service for a private party is possible.
Rooms and capacities
The banquet room seats up to 70 people. That is the only capacity the site states, and the room is not named. Dinners in the restaurant itself are served in the Basque tradition, which shapes the menu for a group meal.
Catering
Food is the strength of the place. Dinners follow the Basque tradition: each plate comes with a glass of wine, homemade soup, salad, Basque beans, mashed potatoes, a Basque side dish, a vegetable, home-baked bread, hand-cut fries and the house bread pudding. Main courses on the dinner menu include lamb chops or shank, solomo, which is pork loin simmered with garlic and pimentos, chicken Marsala, sweetbreads, and Black Angus steaks including the signature Steak Martin, a rib eye. The restaurant and bar serve dine-in and take-out. The catering service covers breakfast, lunch and dinner and travels to the Winnemucca Convention Center or to your own location. Menus for a group are agreed with the hotel.
History and setting
The building has been a hotel since 1913, when two men from France, Augustine and Elisee Martin, acquired it and gave it the name. It was rebuilt after a fire in 1920 with 25 rooms and a restaurant. During Prohibition a speakeasy operated in what is now the attic. Basque families owned and managed the hotel into the 1970s, and many recipes still served come from one of them. Today the site presents the Martin as a restaurant and bar, and it does not advertise overnight rooms, so plan lodging elsewhere in Winnemucca.
Getting there
The Martin Hotel is at 94 West Railroad Street in Winnemucca. The restaurant is open Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., with closures on some holidays. Book the banquet room by contacting the hotel directly.
