Yaya La Défense hosts business lunches, afterworks and company dinners for up to 250 seated or 500 standing guests, inside and on its terrace, on the La Défense esplanade. It is a Greek restaurant by chef Juan Arbelaez, and group bookings start from 16 people.
Seminars and company events
The restaurant presents its group offer around three company uses: business lunches, lunches between colleagues, and afterworks or festive dinners for companies. It adds that it adapts to a relaxed afterwork as well as a group privatisation in the evening. The location in the heart of the business district, with direct access to the esplanade, makes it a short walk from many offices.
The team asks organisers to use a quote form for private hire. Group bookings are accepted from 16 people. The website does not describe meeting equipment such as screens or microphones, so a seminar with presentations should be checked with the team first.
Weddings and receptions
The official pages describe business and festive group events, and also private evenings. Weddings are not mentioned, so organisers planning one should ask the team whether it is possible. A group dinner or a party in the evening is the format the restaurant describes.
Rooms and capacities
The privatisation page gives a full set of figures for the La Défense address. In total the restaurant takes 250 seated guests or 500 for a cocktail. The inside area takes 100 seated or 200 for a cocktail, and the terrace takes 150 seated or 300 for a cocktail. The home page describes the terrace as able to receive more than 100 guests, sheltered or not, with long sails stretched above it.
Catering
The cuisine is Greek with Mediterranean inspirations, signed by Juan Arbelaez and prepared by a Greek brigade. The website mentions Cretan specialties such as mezze, grilled vegetables with honey, Cretan pasta with feta, beef keftedes and Greek yogurt. The restaurant is part of the Eleni Group and also has addresses in Paris Secretan and Lille.
History and setting
The name Yaya is the Greek nickname for grandmothers. The design takes its cues from the Cretan city of Chania, with warm colors and several spaces. The restaurant is in the Westfield Les 4 Temps shopping centre, on the La Défense esplanade, Puteaux, and it opens Monday to Friday from noon to midnight and on Saturday in two services.
Getting there
The address is 15 Parvis de la Défense, in the Westfield Les 4 Temps centre. The nearest metro and RER stop is La Défense (metro line 1 and RER A).
