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Chez Max
The dining room at Chez Max set for a group dinner

Group Bookings & Private Dining

We welcome lunch groups of 10 or more guests and dinner groups of 7 or more: French set menus, warm bistro atmosphere, one step from Dublin Castle. Request your group table below and we will come back to you within 24 hours.

Group booking

Request a group table

Three quick steps: your reservation, your details, then guarantee & confirmation. Please read the group rules first: they apply to every group booking, and a card guarantee is requested at the final step.

Booking for a date between 14 November and 31 December? Festive group tables are booked in our Christmas Bookings section, where different times, menus and rules apply.

Group rules: please read before you start

  • Lunch: groups of 10 or more guests (set menu available from 8 guests). Dinner: groups of 7 or more guests.
  • Groups of 15+ at lunch are seated at 2:15, 2:30 or 3:00 pm only, with the table allocated for 2 hours. Lunch runs from 12:00 pm and the last booking is at 3:00 pm.
  • Group dinners, any day of the week: parties of up to 19 guests are seated at 6:00, 7:00, 8:15 or 9:15 pm; parties of 20 or more at 8:15 or 9:15 pm only. Tables at 6:00 and 7:00 pm are allocated 2 hours; 8:15 and 9:15 pm bookings have no time limit.
  • Card guarantee: card details are required to secure your booking. €20 per person is charged only in case of cancellation within 48 hours or no-show.
  • Final guest numbers must be confirmed 48 hours before your booking. You can reduce your guest count with 48 hours' notice, but we can't guarantee availability if you need to increase numbers.
  • A 12.5% service charge applies to group tables.
  • Maximum 2 payments per reservation, as we're unable to split bills further.
  • Lunch bookings: 1 hour 25 minutes · Dinner bookings: 5:00 pm: 1 hour 45 minutes · 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm: 2 hours · 8:15 pm and 9:15 pm: no time limit. The seating time is based on the booking time, not the time of arrival.
  • The cloakroom is unattended; the staircase is used at guests' own risk.
  • Important notice: if you don't give us all the details requested, we reserve the right to refuse your booking.
  1. 1. Your reservation
  2. 2. About you
  3. 3. Guarantee & confirmation
Step 1 of 3: Your reservation

Groups of 15+ at lunch: 2:15, 2:30 or 3:00 pm only.

Minimum 10 at lunch, 7 at dinner.

Our group set menus

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A long table dressed for a group lunch at Chez Max

Group Lunch

2 courses €35.90 · 3 courses €40.90: Soupe à l'Oignon, Bœuf Bourguignon, Mousse au Chocolat… For parties of 10 or more (set menu from 8).

Plated French dish served at Chez Max

Group Dinner

3 courses €45.90: Poulpe à la Persillade, Entrecôte & Frites, Paris-Brest… For parties of 7 or more.

A table dressed and ready for a celebration at Chez Max

The setting

Candlelit bistro room, heated front terrace and heated patio. Browse the gallery to picture your table.

The heated patio at Chez Max, tables under festoon lights
Where you'll be seated

Indoors, Front Heated Terrace or Heated Patio

Tell us your preference in the form: the candlelit bistro room beside Dublin Castle's gates, our front terrace on Palace Street, or the heated patio at the back. We'll do our best to match it.

Chez Max · 1 Palace Street, Dublin 2 · Open today · 01 633 7215

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