Private Dining & Tastings
An intimate private dining and tasting experience in Sarasota for chef-driven dinners, wine tastings, bourbon tastings, brand-hosted evenings, and special celebrations.
a private dining experience unlike a traditional restaurant
Sarasota Motor Club offers an impressive setting for outside automotive groups, car clubs, and collector communities looking to host a private showcase or display event. Whether for a Ferrari club, Porsche club, exotic car group, or collector association, the club provides a refined environment where special vehicles can be presented with the attention they deserve.
The main gallery creates a memorable backdrop for curated vehicle displays, private receptions, collection previews, and club gatherings centered around automotive passion. Instead of a standard parking lot or traditional event space, guests experience the vehicles in a luxury club setting with hospitality, lounge areas, food and beverage service, and an atmosphere designed to make the event feel elevated and exclusive.
A Private Dining Experience Unlike a Traditional Restaurant
Sarasota Motor Club offers an intimate and elevated setting for private dining, wine tastings, bourbon tastings, chef-driven dinners, and special celebrations. Surrounded by the atmosphere of a private luxury club, guests can enjoy a more personal and memorable experience than a traditional restaurant private room.
Whether hosting a small dinner, client evening, tasting experience, brand-hosted event, or private celebration, Sarasota Motor Club creates a setting designed for conversation, connection, and exceptional hospitality. With refined dining service, full beverage options, and a distinctive automotive backdrop, each gathering can be tailored to feel polished, exclusive, and unforgettable.
Special Occasions & Intimate Celebrations
Some celebrations are meant to feel smaller, warmer, and more personal. Sarasota Motor Club’s private dining and tasting experience is ideal for birthdays, anniversaries, engagement dinners, retirement dinners, family celebrations, and evenings shared with close friends.
With a refined private room, tailored dining service, and curated beverage options, each gathering can feel intentional without being overly formal. It is a setting designed for meaningful toasts, great conversation, and the kind of evening guests remember.
Private Dining & Wine Tasting Room
Some gatherings are better when they feel private, personal, and intentionally designed. Sarasota Motor Club’s private dining and wine tasting room creates that kind of setting, offering an intimate space for up to 20 guests to enjoy dinner, conversation, and curated food and beverage experiences away from the energy of a larger event.
The room is ideal for anniversary dinners, birthday celebrations, wine-focused evenings, client dinners, hosted tastings, and special occasions with close friends, family, or invited guests. With tailored dining service, thoughtful beverage pairings, and the atmosphere of a private luxury club, it offers a more distinctive way to gather than a traditional restaurant reservation.
Brand-Hosted Dinners & Luxury Lifestyle Events
Sarasota Motor Club offers an intimate setting for luxury brands, real estate firms, financial advisors, watch and jewelry brands, interior designers, and corporate hosts looking to entertain clients in a more elevated way.
These events can be designed as private dinners, tasting experiences, product previews, client appreciation evenings, or small hosted receptions, with dining service, beverage pairings, and a private club atmosphere that helps create a lasting impression.
wine tastings, bourbon tastings, and cigar pairings
Designed for guests who appreciate craftsmanship, conversation, and a little theater, Sarasota Motor Club’s tasting experiences bring together exceptional pours, curated pairings, and an atmosphere that feels intimate and elevated. From wine dinners and bourbon tastings to whiskey evenings, tequila tastings, and cigar pairings, each experience can be styled around the mood of the evening.
Whether the night is educational, social, or purely celebratory, the setting gives guests a reason to slow down, compare notes, discover something new, and enjoy the moment. It is the kind of experience that feels less like a standard tasting and more like a private evening built around flavor, atmosphere, and connection.
Chef-Driven Dinners & Culinary Experiences
A private dinner should feel considered from the first course to the final pour. Sarasota Motor Club offers an elegant setting for chef-driven dinners, tasting menus, seasonal dining experiences, and intimate culinary events supported by the club’s in-house kitchen and beverage service.
Whether planned as a formal plated dinner, a curated tasting menu, or a private evening built around a specific theme, each experience can be tailored to the occasion. Thoughtful service, refined presentation, and carefully paired beverages help create a dining experience that feels personal, polished, and memorable.
Book your Event
Ready to begin planning your automotive event? Select the Schedule Event button and complete the brief inquiry form. Our Event Manager will contact you to discuss the details of your event. From there, we will work closely with you throughout the planning process, helping guide every detail from date selection and event format to guest flow, dining and beverage service, and the overall experience. Our goal is to make the process seamless and ensure your event is thoughtfully planned, professionally executed, and truly memorable for your guests.