Private events · Card room dining
Lanter Nandlot is an Australian restaurant and offline poker destination where a premium bistro, dedicated card room, poker lounge and physical poker tables meet. Bring casual and experienced players together for an intimate dinner-and-poker evening with a refined social pulse.
A connected evening
An event can begin around the bistro table, then move naturally into the poker lounge when the room is ready for a new focus. It is a change of scene without a break in the conversation: polished timber, warm light and dinner give way to green felt, cards and attentive table action.
The result is refined but relaxed. Guests can linger over a course, watch a hand unfold, return to the table and keep socialising throughout the evening rather than being separated into a meal followed by a generic function-room activity.
Poker formats
Start with the kind of table mood that best suits the gathering, then shape the evening around it.
Social Table
A hosted social table suits guests who want to settle in, find the rhythm of poker hands and enjoy conversation around cards and chips. Dealer guidance helps the room feel welcoming for varied confidence levels, while the pace remains unhurried and social rather than overly competitive.
Discuss this formatTexas Hold’em
A Texas Hold’em tournament night gives a group a clear shared focus, with a dealer, blinds, buy-in seat participation and a progressing table atmosphere. Organisers can discuss a structure that feels right for their gathering, whether guests know the game well or are joining the table for the first time.
Discuss this formatHigh Roller Table
A high roller table atmosphere creates a more considered focal point for guests who enjoy close table action and a refined poker lounge setting. It is about polished detail, intimate energy and a strong centre to the evening, without changing the welcoming character of the wider event.
Discuss this formatIllustrative flow
A well-paced event gives people time to arrive, settle into the bistro and meet over food or a first cocktail. Shared conversation can build around the table before the card-room focus begins, setting a relaxed tone for the evening ahead.
When guests are ready, the dealer sets the table rhythm. Cards are dealt, blinds are introduced where relevant, and the room settles into in-person poker hands, chips and conversation. The hosted structure gives mixed-experience groups a clear point of entry without making the evening feel formal.
Between rounds, food, drinks and the poker lounge atmosphere keep the occasion social. Share plates, desserts, cocktails and wine can carry the conversation onward, allowing guests to return to the table without the night feeling segmented.
Dinner, felt and conversation in one continuous room.
Bistro rhythm
Dining is not a pause from the card room. It gives the gathering its first shared moment and its late-evening ease.
At the bistro
Australian dishes can establish the event’s first shared moment, from substantial steaks and burgers to plates designed for conversation. The bistro setting makes room for guests to arrive at their own pace, settle into the atmosphere and enjoy a generous opening to the evening.
It is a premium, grounded way to bring a group together before cards and chips take focus: food with enough warmth and presence to feel like part of the occasion itself.
Near the felt
Share plates, cocktails and wine can stay close to the table action, giving guests an easy reason to pause, watch a hand unfold and rejoin the conversation. The physical card-room atmosphere remains present without pulling the evening away from hospitality.
That ease matters: food and drinks support the room’s social energy, whether people are following the play closely or simply enjoying the glow, conversation and company around them.
Desserts and late-night dining give the evening a final, unhurried chapter after tournament night energy or a relaxed run of poker hands. The room can soften into conversation, one last plate or a quiet look back at the table. Explore the Menu.
Premium table atmosphere
For a gathering that calls for a more concentrated centre of gravity, the high roller table atmosphere brings polished felt, close table action and a quieter sense of occasion to the poker lounge. It gives the room a distinct focal point while keeping the surrounding event open, warm and welcoming.
The emphasis is on proximity and detail: the feel of cards, the measured presence of chips and the attention drawn to a table where guests can settle into the moment together.
A dealer, clear table rhythm and considered seating help the premium table feel purposeful while the wider event remains relaxed and connected to dining. Poker hands can hold attention, but conversation still moves easily around the felt, timber, food and drinks that make up the evening.
Organiser prompts
Start by naming the kind of gathering you want to create: a social poker night, a Texas Hold’em tournament night, a dinner-led occasion with table action, or a high roller table focus. These are conversation starters, not fixed selections, and they help shape an evening that feels natural to the group.
Start an event enquiryShare the guest mix and comfort level so the event can consider casual and experienced players, dealer-led moments and an appropriate pace for poker hands.
A social table can make room for guests who are curious about the rhythm of offline poker as well as those who already enjoy close table action.
Discuss whether the group wants poker lounge table action, a Texas Hold’em structure with blinds, or buy-in seat participation as part of the occasion.
Buy-in refers here to how seats participate in the event format, giving the conversation a practical way to frame the group’s table experience.
Consider how Australian dining fits the rhythm, including steaks, burgers, share plates, desserts, cocktails, wine and late-night dining.
Think about the feeling you want around arrivals, pauses between hands and the conversations that carry the gathering beyond the table.
Bring the preferred evening, event purpose and any desired high roller table atmosphere into the conversation so the room can be shaped around the gathering.
A memorable event can be defined by its mood: an easy social table, a focused tournament thread or a premium focal point held within a warm bistro evening.
Occasion ideas
Shared evening
A team evening can trade a conventional dinner for shared Australian dishes, dealer-led poker tables and the low-pressure social energy of offline poker nights. It is an occasion concept built around being together, with the room offering conversation as readily as table action.
Shape this gatheringCelebration
A birthday or milestone can move from cocktails and share plates into a poker lounge gathering, with cards, chips and a table format that suits the group’s appetite for table action. Casual players can enjoy the mood as much as the hands themselves.
Shape this gatheringCommon thread
A host-led tournament night can give a group a common thread through Texas Hold’em structure, blinds, buy-in seat participation and the atmosphere of a refined high roller table. It is a direction to discuss when a gathering calls for a focused poker-room centre.
Shape this gatheringPrivate event enquiry
Begin a conversation about a private event where dinner, poker lounge atmosphere, offline poker tables and social table action are planned as one evening. A suitable direction can consider casual and experienced players, a dealer, blinds, buy-in seat participation and the dining rhythm that gives the gathering its own pace.
When you enquire, include the occasion, event direction, preferred poker format and the dining rhythm you have in mind.
Lanter Nandlot
Lanter Nandlot welcomes guests aged 18 and over to our offline poker room and poker nights. Please confirm that you meet this requirement.
