Christmas Dinner

[bertine]

Hey,
Christmas day is the day before our wedding which means we will have a ton of people to feed and hangout with. Both our place and my parent's place isn't big enough so we have decided to have Christmas dinner at a Chinese restaurant. I need suggestion for a place that can hold 30 or so people that is good and isn't in the hi-lake shopping center. It can either be a buffet or sit down place.

Any suggestions?

Comments

[lisianthia.livejournal.com]

There is a buffet place on Lake Street. They also have beer and wine. I think the Sunday price is about $11-12 a person. I'm not sure if they are open on Christmas though.

There are also yummy places on Eat Street.

[annablume.livejournal.com]

http://www.shuangchengrestaurant.com/

So yummy. They were open last year on Christmas and they have a newly remodeled banquet room.

[433.livejournal.com]

Shuang Cheng is always open on Christmas, but they're usually busy.

I would recommend University Buffet on University at Marion or Little Szechuan at 422 University Avenue (at Western).

[annablume.livejournal.com]

Any place on Christmas for 30 people will likely require a reservation.

[433.livejournal.com]

True, but we've done both Shuang Cheng and Little Szechuan on Christmas Day before, and the latter has never been more than 1/4 full.

[springbok1.livejournal.com]

Ditto this. Shuang Cheng usually won't even take reservations on Christmas, because they're so busy. Little Szechuan takes reservations and is a larger space.

[polyranger.livejournal.com]

Grand Buffet on Robert has a party room that can accommodate this.

China Delight in Inver Grove Heights has a party room too.

[beg-jon13.livejournal.com]

If they're open Rainbow Chinese.

[elphabachan.livejournal.com]

Peking Garden in Saint Paul is my favorite. They have a massive space for seating.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

They are closed on Christmas!!!

[springbok1.livejournal.com]

My family's all about the traditional Jewish Christmas, and we've always gone to either Shuang Cheng or Little Szechuan. When we've needed to eat at a specific time, we've always gone with Little Szechuan, because they'll take reservations and the timing is just in general more predictable. With a new banquet room, Shuang Cheng might be more willing to take a reservation, but they're going to be able to fill that space without a large group, and with turn over might make more money by doing so, so they might not be willing to accomodate you on Christmas Day.

If you and Zach have a Chinese restaurant you particularly like, I'd suggest calling them up and seeing if they'd be willing to do a customized buffet for you on Christmas Day. With 30 people, you actually might have the leverage to do that, even if they're not planning to be open on Christmas Day otherwise. My brother and sister-in-law did something similar at an Indian restaurant for their 'groom's dinner'.

Another, non-Chinese food option: I know that Common Roots is also open Christmas Day, and has a back room that's reservable.