The Gem Saloon takes private events of up to 300 guests across its main bar and its mezzanine bar in Murray Hill, Manhattan. The venue lists engagement parties, birthdays, showers and happy hours, and its events team builds a custom package for each request.
Rooms and capacities
The Gem Saloon, at 375 3rd Ave on the corner of 27th Street, presents itself as a modern American saloon. The ground floor is organized around a large horseshoe bar. A second bar, called Trixies, sits on the mezzanine level and is the space the venue names as available for private events.
The official site speaks of several space options within the main bar area and the mezzanine bar, with capacities up to 300 people. It does not publish a separate headcount for each area, so the first question to settle with the events team is which part of the venue fits your group and whether you want the full floor or a section of it.
The occasions the venue names are engagements, birthdays, showers and happy hours. A company drinks evening, a team celebration or an after-work gathering follows the same format as the happy hours it already runs, so these requests are a natural fit even though the site does not use the word corporate.
Catering
Food and drink are handled by the venue. The Gem Saloon offers a range of prix fixe menus and platters, and its kitchen serves bar bites alongside craft cocktails, beer and wine. The events team will coordinate a custom package tailored to the event, so the menu, the format of service and the bar arrangement are agreed at the quote stage.
When you write to the team, give the date, the number of guests, the type of event and the format you have in mind: seated dinner, standing reception or drinks with platters. The request goes through an online form, and the team replies to start the planning.
History and setting
The venue is in the heart of Murray Hill, a neighborhood of Midtown East known for its mix of offices, apartment buildings and evening bars. The Gem Saloon runs a daily happy hour, lunch specials on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., a happy hour on weekdays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., and DJ nights from Thursday to Saturday, with the DJ starting at 10 p.m. These are the regular programs of the bar, so check how a private booking fits around them when you pick a date.
Getting there
The address is 375 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10016, at Third Avenue and 27th Street. The venue can be reached by phone at the number shown on its website, and event inquiries are sent through the form on its Parties page.
