Gilded Card House is a contemporary Australian restaurant and modern architectural supper club for corporate gatherings, birthdays, social dinners and private poker-focused occasions. Chef-led dining, cocktails, conversation and a dedicated offline poker and card-lounge experience can be brought together as one considered night.
Your gathering may begin with dinner, a cocktail-led arrival, a social table or a dedicated card-table session. Share what matters most to your guests, and the event conversation can shape the order around that purpose.
Every group arrives with a different reason to gather. Start with the occasion, then consider how dining, drinks and optional lounge time might hold the room together.
For teams, client hosts and colleagues looking beyond a standard meeting setting, the evening can centre on conversation and chef-led dining. Cocktails and the card lounge may be discussed as part of the flow, while the hospitality remains focused on the people at the table.
Birthdays can begin with an intentional table and unfold through shared drinks, easy conversation and, where it suits the group, a lounge moment. Tell us the feel you have in mind so the occasion can remain warm, adult and connected.
Friends, extended families and social groups can make dining the centre of gravity. Contemporary Australian food and cocktails give an ordinary catch-up more intention, with the card lounge available as an optional chapter rather than a requirement.
For groups who want card play within the gathering, private poker tables offer physical cards, thoughtful table etiquette, hosted pacing and room for conversation. It belongs beside hospitality, so it helps to share your preferred balance of dining and lounge time.
Here the table experience can become the organising ritual, supported by food, cocktails and an attentive atmosphere. An enquiry lets us understand your group’s familiarity and the social pace you would like to create.
Guests can settle into the architectural setting with conversation and a first drink. A relaxed arrival gives the group time to find a shared pace, with cocktails simply part of the hospitality rather than a prescribed opening.
Chef-led contemporary Australian dining can provide a natural centre of gravity, giving colleagues, friends and celebrants time to connect before the rhythm of the evening shifts. The meal is part of the reason to gather, not a pause between activities.
Groups choosing the card lounge may transition after dining, or make the lounge their focal point. The experience is offline, hosted and social: physical cards, considered pacing and conversation at the table, without guests needing to treat play as a performance.
The balance of dining, cocktails, conversation and card-lounge time starts with the purpose of your group. Let us know the feel you are planning, and begin the conversation from there. Start an enquiry.
The food is part of the reason to gather.
Gilded Card House begins as a contemporary Australian restaurant, not a conventional function room. Chef-led dining gives an occasion its centre: time to host, exchange ideas, mark a birthday or simply share a table with purpose. In your enquiry, begin with the kind of gathering you are planning; the restaurant side of the evening can remain central even when the lounge is part of the conversation.
Cocktails can support the room’s rhythm: a considered arrival, a pause for table conversation or a transition between dining and the lounge. They are not the occasion in themselves, but an elegant thread through a gathering shaped around people being present together.
The dedicated card lounge is a physical, offline setting built around beautifully lit poker tables, tactile cards and the pleasure of being present with the people at the table. Dark stone, warm light and the surrounding hospitality make it a shared room rather than a screen-based distraction.
A private table should feel welcoming and conversational. Hosts can set a tone that leaves room for confident regulars and curious newcomers alike, with attention to fellow guests and the shared atmosphere.
Attentive, respectful participation helps the table breathe. Stay mindful of the group, make space for others and let conversation support rather than overwhelm the ritual of gathering around physical cards.
Tell us whether you imagine a dining-led evening with a card-table chapter, or a poker-focused gathering supported by food and cocktails. That preference gives useful context for the booking conversation.
Share your planA few clear details help turn a first thought into a useful private-event conversation. These prompts are simply a way to describe your group, not a fixed event format.
Tell us whether you are planning a corporate get-together, birthday, social dinner, private poker gathering or another group milestone. The reason helps establish the tone and flow, including mixed-purpose occasions.
Let us know whether dining, cocktails, social conversation or the card lounge is the main focus, and what you would like to follow it. This makes the venue’s hybrid rhythm easier to discuss without assuming a fixed sequence.
Note whether guests are new to a social card-table setting, already comfortable with poker evenings, or likely to be a mix. The useful detail is guest comfort and atmosphere, not a measure of skill.
A short creative brief can help: polished client hosting, a relaxed long-table dinner, a birthday occasion or a conversation-led evening at the card tables. Describe the mood you hope your guests will share.
Share your preferred date and a little flexibility where possible, so availability can be discussed through the enquiry process. It is a practical starting point for tailored planning. Start your enquiry below.
For colleagues and client groups, Gilded Card House offers a restaurant-quality evening with architectural atmosphere and a social format that can continue beyond a formal agenda. Dining and cocktails form the foundation; for groups who choose it, the card lounge becomes an optional shared ritual that keeps the room connected.
An occasion can feel elevated without becoming overly formal: an intentional dinner, drinks that keep the room connected and a possible card-lounge chapter for a memorable group ritual. Tell us the tone you have in mind, from quietly celebratory to conversation-led, and begin the plan there.
Discuss your celebrationThe enquiry is a starting conversation, giving the team a clear picture of the occasion you have in mind.
Outline the kind of gathering, preferred date and the balance of dinner, drinks, conversation and card-lounge time you are considering. A few essentials are enough to start.
The booking conversation can focus on your group’s purpose and the atmosphere you hope to create, helping establish an appropriate approach with hospitality and guest comfort at its centre.
Final event details are discussed through the booking process. The next practical step is simply to send an enquiry with the context that matters to your group.
Share the essentials of your corporate gathering, birthday, social dinner or poker-focused occasion. Include any interest in the card lounge, and we will use your details to begin a private-event conversation.
Begin with the occasion you have in mind: a dinner-led group gathering, birthday, client-hosting evening or poker-focused ritual. The combination of restaurant hospitality and the offline card lounge can be discussed through your enquiry.
Your enquiry is the starting point for shaping the evening around your group.
Request a private bookingTake a closer look at the restaurant and card-lounge sides of the experience.
Before you enter
Gilded Card House welcomes guests aged 18 and over. Please confirm that you meet this age requirement.