private dining & events
We’d love to be your space. From weddings to baby showers, celebrations to corporate functions—we offer buyouts, private dining packages (RTP only), exclusive bar bookings, and more.
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Buyouts vary in price. Please see below for standard buyout information for both Cheeni Indian Food Emporium (RTP) & Cheeni Durham (Downtown).
Minimum capacity: 30 (seated, indoors) / Maximum capacity: 70 (seated, indoors)
Please contact us with questions regarding standing/seated capacity, as well as indoor/outdoor flexibility.
Full restaurant buyouts ensure that the space is private; no additional guests. Buyouts include gratuity.
Standard rates:
Weekday evenings: starting at $50/person + facilities fee*
Weekday mornings (RTP only): starting at $35/person + facilities fee*
Weekend evenings: starting at $60/person + facilities fee*
Standard rates include exclusive use of the dining room and patio for three hours, and a family-style or buffet meal featuring three entrées, two appetizers, and one side; alternatively, a passed-app format, with six passed appetizers or sides.
*Facilities fee ranges from $500-$1500 depending on event scale, date, and time.
Interested in booking a buyout?
Our private dining room, located inside our RTP location (3151 Elion Drive, Durham, NC), accommodates 10-25 guests.
Please contact us with questions regarding standing/seated capacity.
PDR bookings offer the flexibility to order and curate a menu ahead of time, making the per-person rates highly variable.
Standard rates:
PDR hourly fee (a la carte ordering): $50/hour
All PDR bookings are considered large parties. Large parties are subject to a 20% gratuity fee.