Inside the Private Room: A Night in Our Gaming Lounge

Behind one door at the back of Maison Almaz there is a room that does not feel like the rest of the house. The light is lower, the wall is ribbed wood with warm LED lines, the sofa is deep leather, and the screen on the wall is big enough that you stop looking at your phone. This is the Private Room, and this is how a night in it actually goes.

The room

Walk in and the first thing you see is the booth: a long L-shaped leather sofa with cushions, a black marble coffee table set with glasses, and the screen mounted straight ahead. Two consoles sit under it, a PlayStation 5 and a Nintendo Switch, both wired and ready. The wood-slat wall and the plants soften the tech; it reads as a lounge with a screen, not a gaming café.

The door closes. Whatever happens in the room stays at your volume, not the restaurant’s. That is the point.

What you can play

The PS5 handles the competitive nights: FIFA, racing, the private matches that end friendships and start them again. The Switch is for the rest of the group, the party games where nobody needs to be good. When you would rather watch than play, the screen switches to Netflix or to the match, and the room becomes a very comfortable cinema for six.

Tell us what you like when you book and the games will be loaded before you arrive.

What comes to the table

This is still Maison Almaz, so the kitchen and the bar work the room the same way they work the dining room. Order from the full menu: mezze to share, a burger between rounds, a steak if the night deserves it, caviar if it really does. Cocktails and bottles come to the booth; Moët & Chandon arrives on ice.

Shisha is prepared in the room by one of our masters, who comes back to change the coals so nobody has to leave the sofa. The shisha offers apply here too.

How a night runs

Most groups book the room for the evening, arrive around dinner, eat while the first matches start, and stay late. There is no rush: the house is open around the clock. Birthdays work well here because the room does the atmosphere for you; so do bachelor nights, work team nights and rainy-season evenings when nobody wants to move.

Booking

The Private Room is one room, and it is popular. Reserve online or message us on WhatsApp with your date and headcount, and we will hold it. See the Private Room page for photos and details.