Private dining in Arlington at Mercury Chophouse – Arlington means the Boardroom: a ninth-floor room that seats 8 to 20 guests at one long table with a panoramic view of the Entertainment District, plus semi-private seating for up to 28. Menus are tailored to the group, one check is presented, and inquiries are answered within 48 hours.
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One long table on the ninth floor
The Boardroom is the private room at Mercury Chophouse – Arlington, on the ninth floor of the Brookhollow Two tower at 2221 E Lamar Blvd, Suite 910. You ride the elevator up from the lobby, pass the glass-front wine wall, and the room sits behind a frosted glass door lettered Mercury Board Room.
Inside, the room is set as a single long table that seats 8 to 20 people. Nobody ends up at a second table across the room, which matters when the whole point of the evening is that everyone is together. The window wall looks over the Entertainment District, with AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field below and the sun going down to the west. The restaurant calls it Arlington’s best panoramic view of the district, and the door closes on the main dining room so the table can hear itself.
Who tends to book it
Most Boardroom requests come from a host rather than a company: a family marking a milestone birthday, grown children taking their parents out, cousins who have not been in one room in years, or a couple bringing both families together for the first time. The restaurant lists private family dinners and special occasions among the uses the room was built for, alongside lunch meetings and watch parties.
If your group is under eight, you do not need the Boardroom. Reserve a table in the main dining room through OpenTable or by phone at 817-381-1157 and mention the occasion. If you are somewhere between 21 and 28, ask about the semi-private options, which extend the same idea to a larger circle without renting a ballroom.
How the menu works for a private table
Private dining menus are tailored to the group. Tell the events team what your guests eat, what they avoid, and roughly what you want to spend per person, and a menu comes back with the proposal. A host who wants the full dinner menu at the table can have it. A host who wants a shorter set of choices, so the kitchen can pace twenty plates together, usually gets a smoother evening.
For reference, the dinner menu runs from a 6 oz Center-Cut Filet Mignon at $62 to a Dry-Aged 36 oz Porterhouse at $175, with the Seared Sea Bass at $57 and Chicken Saltimbocca at $42 for guests who are not there for beef. Composed entrées carry a $25 split plate fee, and the kitchen asks that allergies be flagged before ordering, which is easier to do once in advance than twenty times at the table. The private dining menus page goes into the formats in more detail.
The details at a glance
| Item | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Group size | 8 to 20 seated in the Boardroom; 21 to 28 semi-private |
| Layout | One long table, windows behind, door closed |
| Billing | One check for any group in the Boardroom |
| Gratuity | 20% added for parties of 6 or more |
| Minimum | Food and beverage minimum for parties of 10 or more, quoted with the proposal |
| Deposit and cancellation | Set out in the written proposal |
| Reply time | Up to 48 hours after your inquiry |
| Lead time | Our suggestion: inquire three to four weeks ahead, longer for Friday and Saturday nights in football season |
None of the dollar figures behind the minimum or deposit are published online. They depend on the date and the size of the party, so they arrive in writing with the proposal rather than as a number on a web page.
Timing dinner to the sunset
The Boardroom faces the sunset, and hosts who care about the view plan the start time around it. In June and July the sun sets around 8:35 PM. In December it is closer to 5:25 PM, which means a 5 PM December seating watches the sky change over the first course and a 7 PM seating gets the city lights instead. Both are good. They are simply different rooms.
Dinner is served every evening the restaurant is open. Doors close at 9 PM Monday through Thursday and 10 PM on Friday and Saturday, Saturday service begins at 4 PM, and the restaurant is closed on Sundays, so a Sunday family dinner needs to move to Saturday or to the following week.
Starting the conversation
Send the date, headcount, occasion and any menu notes through the event inquiry form, and expect a reply within 48 hours with availability and a written proposal. The proposal carries everything the site does not publish: the food and beverage minimum for your party size, deposit terms, and the cancellation policy. If you want the short version of how twenty people fit at dinner here, the answer page covers it in a few sentences.
Book a Table
Reserve on the ninth floor at Mercury Chophouse – Arlington. Choose a date and time below, or call 817-381-1157.
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Open Monday to Thursday 11 AM to 9 PM, Friday 11 AM to 10 PM, Saturday 4 PM to 10 PM. Closed Sunday. 2221 E Lamar Blvd, Suite 910, Arlington, TX 76006.
Frequently asked questions
Can we have the Boardroom to ourselves with fewer than eight people?
The published range for the room starts at eight. A smaller family group is usually happier at a window table in the main dining room, which you can reserve through OpenTable or by phone. If you have a specific reason to want the door closed for six, ask on the inquiry form and the events team will tell you what is possible.
Do we order from the regular menu or from a set menu in the Boardroom?
Either, within reason. Private dining menus are tailored to the group, so you can ask for the full dinner menu, a shortened list of entrées, or a set menu with two or three choices per course. Most hosts of 15 to 20 choose a shortened list so every plate lands at the same time.
Can the check be split between the families?
No. Any group in the Boardroom receives one check, and the same applies to parties of 12 or more in the main dining room. One host settles it, and a 20% gratuity is already added for parties of 6 or more. Families who want to share the cost usually settle up with the host afterward.
Is the room quiet enough for older relatives to follow the conversation?
Yes. The Boardroom is closed off from the main dining room by a door, the table is a single long one, and the live piano in the main room stays on the other side of that door. Guests at the far ends of a table of 20 are still in the same conversation, which is the reason the room was set that way.
What should I have decided before I send the private dining inquiry?
Three things: your preferred date with a backup, a realistic headcount range, and whether you want the sunset or the city lights. Menu preferences, allergies and a rough per-person budget help the events team write a proposal you can approve on the first pass instead of the third.