South Florida Venues For Your Next Corporate Holiday Party
Another year of meetings, deadlines and enough coffee to keep a small country running makes all the more reason to sit back and celebrate this holiday season. While the annual office holiday party is always an option, South Florida's hospitality scene has some better ideas.
Think champagne toasts atop scenic rooftops, drag queens bringing down the house, private gondola rides along the Intracoastal and enough sushi boats to make everyone forget about their overflowing inboxes.
Whether you're planning an intimate team dinner or a full-blown company bash, there's a venue for every headcount and level of holiday cheer. Here's where to trade the conference room for a proper celebration this holiday season in South Florida.
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BOOK EARLY & SAVE
Novotel Miami Brickell features 5,000+ square feet of flexible meeting and event space, along with skyline views, on-site dining and overnight accommodations. Those booking by October 31 can choose two perks, including 50% off venue rental, discounted guest parking, triple ALL Meeting Planner points, a complimentary two-night stay with breakfast, sparkling wine for the celebration, or 15% off AV services.
Located in Coconut Grove’s CocoWalk, Grand Public Kitchen & Bar can accommodate approximately 90 guests in either its Grand Dining Room or The Lounge. Event options range from family-style dinners to cocktail receptions with carving stations, pasta bars and seafood towers, along with DJs, photo booths and more. Events booked before November 1 receive 10% off.
BUILT-IN ENTERTAINMENT
Dinner and live jazz set the tone for the holidays at LT Steak & Seafood, located inside The Betsy, a Michelin Key-recognized hotel. The casually elegant restaurant accommodates up to 120 guests for holiday dinners featuring family-style menus from award-winning Chef Laurent Tourondel, with nightly live jazz at the adjacent Piano Bar.
R House Wynwood combines Latin-inspired dining with the restaurant’s signature entertainment, including drag performances, DJs, live musicians, dancers and cocktail-making classes. The flexible indoor-outdoor venue can accommodate celebrations for up to 300 guests, with customizable options including family-style dinners, passed bites, buffets and interactive food stations, plus open bar packages.
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CORPORATE NIGHT OUT, MIAMI-STYLE
With its glamorous waterfront setting, technique-driven cuisine, white-glove service and signature live entertainment, Delilah Miami is an option for holiday parties of varying sizes. The main dining room accommodates up to 288 seated guests, while the waterfront patio can host up to 100. Private dining spaces are also available for smaller groups of 10 or 20.
The 10,000-square-foot Sexy Fish Miami features Damien Hirst sculptures, a Frank Gehry installation and aquatic-themed interiors. Groups can toast with rare champagne beside the Rainbow Reef Room’s glowing live coral fish tank, enjoy artistic cocktails around the pink onyx bar, or reserve the entire restaurant for up to 350 guests. Bespoke menus highlight sushi, seafood and robata, complemented by signature cocktails, DJs, live musicians and mermaid dancers.
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THE HOLIDAY PARTY GOES WATERFRONT
Located directly on Deerfield Beach, Oceans 234 offers indoor and outdoor semiprivate event spaces accommodating up to 170 guests. Groups can customize celebrations with branded menus, custom cocktails, passed bites and interactive touches like sushi boats, carving stations, caviar experiences and dedicated bars. A dedicated special events coordinator can handle the details from start to finish.
Located along Fort Lauderdale’s Intracoastal Waterway, Shooters Waterfront pairs waterfront event spaces with complimentary dockage for guests arriving by boat. The 2,500-square-foot second-floor Intracoastal Ballroom accommodates up to 80 seated or 100 standing guests, while neighboring Grateful Palate offers 4,000 square feet for celebrations of up to 175 guests. Both venues can customize holiday menus, decor, lighting and entertainment options, including DJs and photo booths.
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Casa Sensei in Fort Lauderdale combines waterfront dining with Latin American and Pan-Asian cuisine. The restaurant features two private dining rooms accommodating up to 22 guests, plus a VIP space that seats up to 12 people. The dockside patio features two terraces overlooking the Las Olas waterfront with seating for up to 70. For an intimate group outing, up to six boat guests can enjoy a private dining getaway with Riverfront Gondola Tours.
FOR A MORE INTIMATE COMPANY AFFAIR
At dōma in Wynwood, groups can choose from several indoor and outdoor settings, including a private dining room for up to 14 guests, a lush Mediterranean-inspired patio for up to 45 seated guests, and the Bar & Lounge Garden for up to 75 seated guests or 115 standing. Menus and service can be customized for each event.
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Tucked away between Ocean Drive and Collins Avenue at The Betsy - South Beach, The Alley offers a 1,327-square-foot, trattoria-style event space accommodating up to 100 guests that can be customized with seasonal decor, lighting, music and personalized touches. Guests can also enjoy views of The Betsy’s signature Orb art projections, adding an artistic backdrop to the celebration.
For smaller holiday gatherings, Uchiko Miami Beach has a private dining room seating up to 16 guests, with customized menus highlighting signature Japanese dishes, tastings and hearth-grilled specialties. Chef-guided experiences, including hands-on maki rolling, and audiovisual capabilities are also available. Additional options include shared dining space for 16 guests or an outdoor patio accommodating up to 12.
Wynwood’s Uchi, known for its modern take on Japanese cuisine, offers several private event settings, including shared dining space for up to 18 guests, a semiprivate patio for 22 and a private dining room for up to 24. The private dining room can also be divided into two spaces, with customized menus, chef-led experiences such as hands-on maki rolling and audiovisual capabilities.
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Ezio’s, a new Italian steak and seafood restaurant in North Beach from the team behind New York’s Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognized Roberta’s, offers a welcoming setting for holiday parties, corporate dinners and end-of-year celebrations. The restaurant's dining room accommodates up to 150 guests, with options for seated dinners, cocktail receptions and private events featuring customizable menus and service styles. For smaller gatherings of six or more, Ezio’s is also offering a special Holiday Feast. This $100-per-person menu includes selections such as Tuna Crudo, Holiday Lasagna, Linguine Cacio e Pepe, Roasted Prime Rib and Spanish Branzino, with Pecan Pie or a Seasonal Soft Serve Sundae for dessert. Optional wine pairings are also available.
Opening this winter in Miami’s Buena Vista neighborhood, Against All Odds (aAO) is a community-driven restaurant co-founded by celebrity chef Robyn Almodovar and restaurateur Austin Gaines. Enjoy customizable menus that blend Almodovar’s Puerto Rican-Italian background with South Florida flavor in a space designed connection.
HOLIDAY PARTIES UNDER THE MIAMI SKY
The Mangrove at The Goodtime Hotel, Miami Beach is an open-air bar and lounge overlooking the hotel’s pool area. Shaded by mangrove trees, the venue offers a tropical setting for holiday parties with a private entrance accessible from Collins Court via a dedicated elevator and lobby.
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Holiday celebrations at Bossa House Miami Beach can take place in the 2,000-square-foot Hidden Garden, on the poolside Bossa Deck or at Ginga, the hotel’s Brazilian-Mediterranean restaurant offering customized menus and signature caipirinhas. For larger celebrations, Ginga can be combined with the pool deck and Copacabana meeting room to accommodate up to 150 guests. Dedicated event coordination, audiovisual capabilities and in-house catering are also available.
Vilebrequin La Plage offers a stylish, Riviera-inspired indoor-outdoor rooftop setting overlooking Miami Beach for private holiday dinners or cocktail receptions. The indoor space accommodates up to 50 guests, with additional capacity outdoors for larger gatherings.
BRING THE PARTY TO YOU
Puff ’n Stuff Catering creates customized catering menus for holiday celebrations throughout South Florida, working with venue partners such as Deering Estate, Miami Beach Botanical Garden and Bonnet House Museum & Gardens. Options range from passed hor d’oeuvres and plated dinners to interactive chef stations featuring tableside carving and fresh pasta preparation. Holiday dessert offerings include flambéed doughnut holes, dessert displays and build-your-own holiday pies.
