Restaurants, private rooms and chef's counters. Where a room is full we keep watch on the cancellations rather than telling you it cannot be done.
Reservations at the places that take them and the places that pretend not to. Private dining rooms for the evenings that need one, and chef's counters when the kitchen is the point. If a room is full we say so, then watch it. We book the table; we do not run the event.
One message. The rest happens where you cannot see it.
"Somewhere good, eight o'clock." Two or three options come back with what each room is actually like, and nothing is held until you pick one.
We do not promise what we cannot get. We put your name in, keep watch on the cancellations, and tell you the moment something moves.
Twelve for dinner, a private room, a menu agreed in advance. We arrange the table and the terms; the restaurant bills you directly.
You are always told the full cost before anything is committed, and you settle with the restaurant directly.