Here's a look at the best new Atlanta restaurants, hotels, party rooms, corporate event venues, conference centers, and private rooms to open this winter. These new and renovated Atlanta venues can accommodate groups large or small for private and corporate events, meetings, business dinners, cocktail parties, conferences, weddings, and more.
JCT Kitchen & Bar, located in the Westside Urban Market, unveiled a remodeled interior in December. The changes from Smith Hanes Design included new banquettes, lighting, and a 12-foot poured concrete bar with leather-padded stainless barstools. The Southern, seasonal restaurant seats 165.
St. Cecilia is the latest restaurant from chef Ford Fry. Located in the Pinnacle Building, the coastal European eatery's design from Meyer Davis Studio emphasizes the natural light in the the 11,000-square-foot space and uses vintage details such as distressed wall mirrors and reclaimed wood flooring. The restaurant seats 160 and has three marble stone chef's tables that each seat four guests. A second-floor private room seats 40.
The haute cuisine restaurant Nikolai's Roof, located on the 30th floor of the Hilton Atlanta, reopened in January following a $1 million renovation to the 7,500-square-foot space. The redesign, from CMMI, was inspired by cold Russian winters and ice, and decor includes glass chandeliers with intertwined glass ribbons, columns finished with a decorative cracked-glass effect, and fabrics and leathers in cream and grey. The dining room seats 70, and the lounge holds 200 for receptions; it is available for buyouts as well as private dining.
After a $27 million renovation announced in February 2013, the Holiday Inn & Suites Atlanta Airport—North offers the brand's new active lobby concept with an open floor plan and signature design elements. The 330-room hotel has 12,000 square feet of meeting space, including a 3,500-square-foot ballroom. The property includes a full-service restaurant, bar, media lounge, and its new business center concept, eBar.
Cuts Steakhouse opened downtown in January, adding a Southern bent to the traditional steak house with dark wooden walls and dishes such as fried lobster tail. The restaurant has several options for groups including two private dining rooms—one seats 88 while the other seats 56—as well as semiprivate areas that are separated by beaded curtains.
Formerly a Holiday Inn, Hotel Capitol Park Atlanta became an independent hotel in January under new ownership. The hotel, located across the street from Turner Field, has 24,000 square feet of flexible meeting space including the Peachtree Ballroom, which is 5,400 square feet and holds 650 guests for receptions and 480 for banquets. It can be combined with two other rooms to hold receptions for 920 people or banquets for 680.
The Italian restaurant Osteria Cibo Rustico, located in the Toco Hills Shopping Center, opened in October. The 2,482-square-foot restaurant seats 73 inside, 28 on a patio, and 22 at the bar.
Formerly Gilbert's Cafe and Bar, the gastropub G’s Midtown opened December 7 in Midtown from the same ownership team. The renovated 1,500-square-foot space seats 36 and features design touches such as exposed brick walls, butcher-block tabletops with aluminum chairs, a concrete bar, and multiple televisions.
Chef duo Shaun Doty and Lance Gummere have opened its third restaurant, Bantam & Biddy, a casual chicken concept in Midtown. The name refers to two poultry breed sizes, and the Southern-style menu includes pastured poultry and seasonal, organic vegetables. The 2,000-square-foot restaurant seats 75 guests inside and has an awning-covered patio with seating.
Kevin Rathbun Steak added a new outdoor space called the Beltline Patio, drawing its name from the nearby Atlanta Beltline. The 926-square-foot space, which debuted late last year, has radiant heaters, a 12-foot-high wood-burning brick fireplace, and stand-up tables.
