Exotic Details, Dramatic Balcony Views
At the entrance, French doors welcome you into a European-style lounge replete with Turkish carpets and elegant, comfortable chairs and settees. There is no waiting in a separate area before your event or reception begins. Your party is underway, and the elegance of our Mahogany bar quickly steals the attention, that is until the balconies come into view. Alabaster pendants illuminate the warm red and wood tones on the balconies. Views open onto the vistas of candlelit tables, 28 feet below onto our plaza level of natural greens and the earth tones of variegated marble.

A Sweeping Staircase, Plaza Level Dining, and Supper Club Ambiance
Our marble and wrought iron staircase is impossible to resist, and the descent to our plaza level for dinner, where you will find yourself in an intimate supper club setting with tables surrounding our dance floor. We do not have linear rows of tables. Each guest can see every other guest in the room. As a result, everyone is inspired to participate in the festivities. In other words, there are no clock-watchers at your event. This is not to say, however, that you won't spend the hours as magically atop our cozy, lively balconies.

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart—Pablo Casals

A man strikes a resonant note at the top of the stairs, on our Mahogany Hallet-Davis baby grand piano. The sound is soul-filling without amplification, and makes for an unforgettable reception or night of cocktails and conversation.

The Renaissance features an acoustically designed space, generated with the latest Yamaha, JBL, Rane, Crown, Cerwin-Vega, Mackie and Shure technology. All audio and video is controlled from a private media-mixing room. Whether your event highlights a band or deejay, you can be assured that the sound will be extraordinary, and that the space as you see it is the space as it will look on the day of your occasion. There is no need for complicated, unruly rentals or set up of equipment. The Renaissance is quickly becoming the premier stage for some of the world's finest musicians, and your event will benefit from the same studio-quality sound elegance our space and technology
provide.

Let us dance!
The plaza level features an intimate central dance floor with surround-style seating. Lighting columns with kinetic options add more color to an already atmospheric setting, to a space that stands on its own without embellishment.

May we present…
The Renaissance features an elevated performance and speaking stage, equipped with 24 x 24 foot screen and bi-level television monitors, DVD and VHS ready, for broadcasting wedding montages, corporate information sessions, film screenings, or any other kind of presentation key to your event.

Location, Location, Location
The Renaissance is conveniently located to Manhattan, Roosevelt Island and all boroughs via the Queensborough, Triboro and Whitestone bridges. We are also near to Laguardia Airport and all Astoria/Long Island City museums and galleries. Come discover us, just five minutes out of Manhattan, within walking distance of Socrates Sculpture Park and Astoria Park, both which feature waterfront views.