Members only

A dinner party, not a reservation.

Dinner parties in people's homes across New York. Everyone's vetted, and everyone came to meet people.

As seen in
The formats

Three formats. Pick your pace.

Tables of 8 to 25, depending on your space.
Soirée
$
A lively evening. Light bites and conversation that runs late.
Home-cooked dinner
$$
Someone's cooking what they actually love to cook. You're sitting at their table.
Private chef
By approval
A chef you'd never book solo, in a home you've never been to. Multi-course.
How It Works

Members, in three steps.

1

Become a member

Membership covers curation, programming, the concierge, and the trust and safety screening.

2

Reserve your seat

Find a dinner in New York. Members reserve directly.

3

Show up

The feeling of friends-of-friends. The night runs itself.

Recent Events

Why members keep coming home.

Aperol Hour @ Allison'sWest Village · NYC
Soirée · April 2026
"Best Tuesday night I've had. I met the coolest group of people."
Spring Picnic @ John'sUpper East Side · NYC
Picnic · April 2026
"The kind of dinner where people are really present, really interested in you."
Mediterranean Dinner @ Tina'sNavy Yard · DC
Home-cooked dinner · March 2026
"I wish you could have heard the genuine laughter at this table."
Holiday Dinner @ Jess'sBushwick · NYC
Home-cooked dinner · December 2025
"By dessert, I had friend crushes on everyone at the table."
An Amalfi Evening @ Cindy'sHarlem · NYC
Home-cooked dinner · July 2025
"Five courses in, I'd made so many new friends I lost count."
Tacos in Tenleytown @ Chioke'sTenleytown · DC
Soirée · July 2025
"First time in years I left a Wednesday night feeling like I'd actually done something."

Five years of dinner parties.

5 yrs
Running
500+
Nights
4,000
People
Why Our Hosts Host

The dinner party you've
been meaning to throw.

You open the door. We fill the room. Closer covers the food budget, plans the night with you, and brings the guests.

Meet your city

New in town, or ready for new faces. Host once and the room comes to you.

Open your space

You have a room worth sharing. Put it to work for an event that means something.

Widen your circle

Bring the people who already follow you into a room. We fill the rest of the table.

For Hosts

You host. We handle the rest.

What We Handle

  • Food budget (or chef booking and payment)
  • Vetted guest list (members and your own friends)
  • Custom invite page for your night
  • Trust and safety screening
  • Concierge support, end to end

What Hosts Handle

  • The date
  • The format
  • The vibe
  • The menu
  • Inviting your own friends, if you want
What's covered
  • A 1:1 Closer concierge before, during, and after your event. Message us anytime.
  • Every member is trust-and-safety verified before they can book, and re-verified each year. You don't host strangers off the street.
  • Closer covers the food budget and books the chef when applicable. The host runs the night.
  • Closer fills the table. Your people can come in on discounted seats, and we fill the rest with vetted members.
  • You pick the format and the date. The rest is on us.
  • Your food budget locks 48 hours out, when the table is set.

Everything else like this, I go to for the dinner. I go to Closer for the people.

Mimi C. · Closer member
FAQ

Common
questions.

Only if you want to. The format menu has three options: a soirée with light bites, a home-cooked dinner where you cook what you actually love to cook, or a private chef night where we book the chef. You pick.

Doesn't matter. Hosts have run events in 400-square-foot studios and lofts that fit twenty-five. The format and the headcount get matched to your space, not the other way around. We figure it out with you when you apply.

There isn't one. Closer covers the food budget and books the chef when you choose that format. The trade is your home, your time, and the people you bring to the table.

Closer covers the food budget and books the chef when applicable. The host runs the night. Members pay an annual platform fee to book, and it includes the trust and safety screening, curation, programming, and the concierge.

Members. Every member passes a trust and safety screening before they can book, and re-verifies each year. Hosts can bring their own friends, who go through the same screening. You won't host or sit with strangers off the street.

The invite comes from you.