Ranstead Room

Ranstead Room is a hidden cocktail bar tucked behind a black door marked with two R's on Ranstead Street, accessed through the alley next to Starr Restaurants' El Rey. Inside, the room is dimly lit and intimate, with plush booths, red lighting, and vintage portraits that evoke a Prohibition era drinking den rather than a typical bar. The cocktail program is built around classic techniques and bartender's choice drinks made to order. Because the room is small and windowless, Ranstead Room is most often booked as a full buyout for private parties, corporate gatherings, and celebrations that want an enclosed, elevated cocktail bar setting rather than a large banquet room. The space sits in Center City Philadelphia near Rittenhouse Square, one of several Starr Restaurants properties clustered in that part of the city, and event inquiries are handled through the group's events contact.