Ora Farmhouse can host corporate dinners, conferences, receptions and weddings for up to 450 guests seated or 700 at a cocktail, in five spaces that can be booked separately or together. It runs the Pavillon du Lac in the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, on rue Manin in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
Seminars and company events
The venue has a named contact for professional events, separate from the one for private events. Four of the spaces come with a conference layout: the ground-floor terrace seats 140 in conference format, the first floor 80, the first-floor terrace 60 and the attic room 15. A team day can therefore be split across the building, with a plenary session on the first floor, lunch on a terrace and a drinks reception in the evening. The restaurant is open from early morning to late at night, so a long schedule does not have to move elsewhere. The request form asks for the date, start and end times, the number of guests and the format: seated lunch or dinner, cocktail, conference or party.
Weddings and receptions
The official site invites couples to get in touch about weddings. The largest space for a reception is the ground-floor terrace, with 220 seated guests or 400 standing. For a smaller meal, the ground floor and the first floor each seat 75. The Guinguette, a small wooden chalet in the park, can be booked on its own for a vin d'honneur, a birthday, a children's snack or a farewell drink. Private events have their own contact person, listed on the events page.
Rooms and capacities
Ground floor (La Verrière): 75 seated, 140 cocktail. Ground-floor terrace: 220 seated, 400 cocktail, 140 conference. First floor (La Serre): 75 seated, 120 cocktail, 80 conference. First-floor terrace: 60 seated, 80 cocktail, 60 conference. The attic (Le Grenier): 10 seated, 15 cocktail, 15 conference. The spaces can be booked independently or together, which gives the 450 seated and 700 cocktail totals stated by the venue.
Catering
The kitchen is flexitarian and built around seasonal vegetables and herbs sourced from short supply chains. The cook named on the official site is Quentin Sinel. At lunch the menu comes as plates to share or not. At dinner there is an optional vegetarian tasting table or a choice from the menu. The venue also puts weight on responsible sourcing, and the site describes a published ethical approach.
History and setting
The pavilion is styled as a country house inside the city, with fabrics, wallpaper and wood. La Serre on the first floor is fully glazed and looks over the park. A fresco by Charlotte Bohn decorates it. On the ground floor, La Verrière has a bar dressed in oversized flowers. Terraces run around the building at different heights. The interior is credited on the site to Cordelia de Castellane and Sanaz Degany. On Thursdays the attic hosts a karaoke night, and a kitchen garden grows next to the building.
Getting there
The address is Pavillon du Lac, Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, rue Manin, 75019 Paris. The restaurant is open Monday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The site gives a dedicated phone line and an online form for privatisation requests.
