Private events · Surry Hills
Ashen Decor is an independent Australian restaurant and offline poker card lounge for celebrations, team occasions and social nights shaped around modern dining, warm hospitality and time together at the table. Find us at 18 Harbour Lane, Surry Hills NSW 2010, Australia.
Offline, by design. Poker is face-to-face and venue-based: social tabletop play with a dinner-first, cards-first or mixed flow. Venue-based social tabletop play — no betting or real-money gambling.
Ways to gather
Bring a reason to gather and a sense of the mood you want. We can begin the planning conversation from there, whether the evening stays close to the dining table or makes room for shared social play.
A shared-table celebration
Mark a birthday with a table where food, conversation and relaxed face-to-face card play can sit together. The pace can be host-led rather than rigid, and the planning conversation can reflect whether the gathering feels lively, low-key or somewhere in between.
Ask about this formatFor colleagues
For a more human alternative to a standard outing, bring colleagues together over hospitality, conversation and an optional shared table activity. Let us know the group’s intended pace and familiarity, so the discussion can stay welcoming for newcomers as well as regular players.
Ask about this formatDining + tabletop time
Plan an evening in which a meal and offline poker share the itinerary. The sequence is discussed with the host in advance, so dining, conversation and face-to-face social tabletop time can find a rhythm that suits the group. It is venue-based play, not an online experience.
Ask about this formatA considered catch-up
For intimate milestone moments, catch-ups and celebratory dinners, the setting leaves space for good food and unhurried shared time. An enquiry helps us understand the occasion and discuss an arrangement that feels right for your group.
Ask about this formatFace-to-face play
Groups seeking a dedicated social card-lounge experience can ask about a private booking shaped around hospitality and face-to-face tabletop play. Regular players and first-time guests are equally welcome in the planning conversation. There is no online play or gambling framing.
Ask about this formatA social way together
Use food, conversation and approachable tabletop play to bring a team together in a relaxed setting. Tell us about group familiarity and the atmosphere you hope to create, and we can discuss a social gathering that keeps everyone part of the evening.
Ask about this formatFlexible by conversation
There is no fixed run sheet to fit yourself into. Start with the kind of occasion you are hosting, then discuss how dining, hospitality and social tabletop time might sit alongside it.
Begin with the restaurant experience: guests arrive, settle in and share time over the table. Relevant menu preferences can be raised during planning, and menu items are subject to change. For some groups, that dining-led pace is exactly the point of the evening.
After dining, a group may choose to make room for face-to-face poker or a social card-table session. Let us know how familiar guests are with poker so that conversation begins from the right place. Venue-based social tabletop play — no betting or real-money gambling.
An evening can alternate between food, conversation and tabletop time rather than follow a fixed pattern. Share the occasion, group preferences and desired atmosphere in your enquiry; final arrangements are discussed directly with the venue and remain subject to availability.
Plan a Private Event
The setting
Natural dining warmth, tactile table settings and a calm social card-lounge mood give guests room to arrive in their own way. Timber, linen, ceramic and a felt-like table texture can make the setting feel considered without distracting from company. It can hold a celebratory dinner just as comfortably as a quieter, social evening around the table.
Bring your occasion and preferred pace to the conversationFor mixed groups
A private gathering can make room for guests who know the table well and those who are simply there for dinner, company and a new social experience.
At Ashen Decor, face-to-face poker is an in-person tabletop activity enjoyed at the venue: a shared reason for a group to sit together. There is no online participation. Venue-based social tabletop play — no betting or real-money gambling.
Planning prompt
Let us know whether guests are familiar with poker, simply curious about a social card-lounge experience, or a mix of both. That detail helps shape the planning conversation while keeping beginners welcome from the outset.
Your gathering can remain centred on dining and company, with tabletop time included only where it suits the group. Guests who prefer to observe, chat or stay close to the meal can still feel part of the evening.
A clear starting point
Enquiring is a simple way to begin a conversation, not a commitment to a fixed format.
Tell us what you are celebrating or bringing together, along with a preferred date or time. A birthday, corporate social, team-building session or another gathering is a useful place to start. A preference is not a confirmation.
Discuss whether the gathering is dining-led, tabletop-led or a mix of both, including guest familiarity with poker or social games. Any tabletop activity is face-to-face and venue-based, with the flow discussed in plain planning terms.
The dining side and relevant food preferences can be part of the conversation. Ashen Decor is a restaurant, and menu items may change, so the most useful options can be discussed during planning rather than assumed in advance.
The final arrangement depends on the planning conversation and venue availability. An enquiry starts that conversation and gives us a clearer picture of what you have in mind. Start your enquiry.
Preferred dates, food options and final arrangements are confirmed directly with the venue. Menu items and availability are subject to change.
Practical details
These answers can help you prepare a useful brief before you enquire.
A private gathering can bring together restaurant dining, hospitality, face-to-face poker and social tabletop time, depending on the conversation with the venue. Rather than a guaranteed inclusions list, the right balance is discussed around your occasion, preferences and the final arrangement.
No prior experience needs to be assumed. Hosts can let us know whether guests are familiar with poker or joining a social card-lounge experience for the first time. This helps guide the planning conversation; you can also note experience levels in the enquiry form.
Yes, hosts can enquire about combining dining and face-to-face tabletop time, with the flow shaped around the group and venue availability. Poker is venue-based social tabletop play. Venue-based social tabletop play — no betting or real-money gambling.
Relevant food preferences can be raised in your enquiry and discussed during planning. Menu items are subject to change, so no particular dish or arrangement should be assumed before that conversation. You can also explore the Restaurant & Menu page.
An enquiry begins the conversation. The final arrangement is confirmed directly with the venue and depends on availability. Share the clearest brief you can, and we can discuss the next planning steps together.
A useful brief
Approximate details are useful at this stage. They help us understand the occasion and the atmosphere you are hoping to create, without asking you to settle every part of the evening before you get in touch.
Plan a Private EventPreferred dates and arrangements are confirmed with the venue.
Name the gathering: birthday, corporate social, dinner-and-poker evening, small celebration, private card lounge booking or team-building session. These are starting points for a conversation, not fixed packages.
Share an approximate group size, preferred date or time, and whether guests are regular players, beginners or a mix. Approximate information is completely fine at this stage.
Describe the balance you hope for between dining, conversation and face-to-face social tabletop play. The final arrangement is discussed with the venue.
Private-event enquiry
Use this form to start a private-event conversation. Approximate details are welcome, and preferred arrangements are confirmed directly with the venue, subject to availability.
Before you send
Ashen Decor brings together restaurant hospitality and face-to-face social card-table time for private gatherings, with the final shape discussed directly with the venue. Menu items and availability are subject to change and confirmation.
Venue-based social tabletop play — no betting or real-money gambling.
Before you enter
Ashen Decor welcomes adults to its restaurant and venue-based social card lounge. Please confirm that you are at least 18 years old to continue.
