Meïda hosts business lunches, company dinners, cocktail receptions, group meals and birthday parties for up to 170 seated guests or 250 for a standing cocktail. The venue is a Mediterranean brasserie with a terrace on Place de la République in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, just north of Paris, run by chef Mohamed Cheikh.
Seminars and company events
The restaurant sells private hire for professional events: business lunches, team meals, afterworks, cocktail receptions and company evenings. It opens every day for lunch and dinner, so a team lunch or a dinner after a day of meetings can be planned on any day of the week. The dining room is air-conditioned.
The website does not list meeting rooms or audiovisual equipment. Meïda therefore fits the meal, the cocktail or the evening party of a program better than the working sessions themselves. A company holding its seminar in Saint-Ouen, near the Saint-Denis Pleyel business district or in central Paris can reach it quickly on metro line 14.
Weddings and receptions
Private events are also welcome, including birthdays, family meals and receptions. The private-hire page does not mention weddings by name, so ask the team whether a wedding dinner or reception fits its format.
Rooms and capacities
For a full private hire, Meïda takes up to 170 guests for a seated meal and 250 for a standing cocktail. A press article published on the restaurant's website describes a brasserie of about a hundred covers, with banquettes in the brasserie tradition and a terrace. A virtual tour of the dining room is available online. The website does not name separate rooms, so ask the team which areas can be set aside for a smaller group.
Catering
The kitchen is in-house. Mohamed Cheikh won season 12 of Top Chef in 2021, and Meïda is his first restaurant. He learned the basics of cooking with his Algerian grandmother, then worked with Jérôme Banctel at Senderens, with Yannick Alléno in Saint-Tropez and with Éric Frechon at the Drugstore, and passed through hotel kitchens including the Royal Monceau and the Shangri-La.
The menu travels around the Mediterranean, from Algeria to Crete, Italy, Morocco, Lebanon and Provence. Mezze are made for sharing, such as hummus with za'atar, eggplant caviar or merguez arancini, followed by slow-cooked dishes, grilled poultry and fish. For an event, shared mezze suit a cocktail, while long tables suit a seated dinner. The website publishes the à la carte menu, a lunch menu, a children's menu, a drinks list and a wine list, which help when planning a group menu with the team.
History and setting
The name Meïda means table in Arabic. The decor draws on the Mediterranean: a Klein blue facade, terracotta, ochre and sienna tones, Moorish rugs and cacti on the balconies. The team works in T-shirts and cargo pants and the playlist leans on Italo disco. The mood is relaxed rather than formal, which suits a team dinner, a launch party or an end-of-year evening more than a gala.
Getting there
The address is 10 Place de la République, 93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine. Mairie de Saint-Ouen metro station, on lines 13 and 14, serves the square. Line 14 runs directly to Saint-Lazare, Châtelet and Gare de Lyon, and north to Saint-Denis Pleyel. The restaurant is open every day from noon to 2:30 pm and from 7 pm to 11:45 pm.
