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Monarch Restaurant

4.5 Steakhouses

Forty-Nine Floors Up, and Italian Rather Than Steak Monarch sits on the 49th floor of The National downtown, roughly 600 feet above Elm Street, and it is a wood-fired modern Italian restaurant from tw...

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Monarch Restaurant

At a Glance

Cuisine	Wood-fired modern Italian
Chef	Danny Grant, two Michelin stars
Location	The National, 49th floor
Address	1401 Elm St, Dallas
View	About 600 feet, toward Reunion Tower
Semi-private table	16 seated
Buyout	Up to 250 seated, 400 standing
Best for	Large corporate dinners with a view

Monarch sits on the 49th floor of The National downtown, roughly 600 feet above Elm Street, and it is a wood-fired modern Italian restaurant from two-Michelin-star chef Danny Grant. The view is the draw. The pasta is the reason you stay.

What Monarch Actually Is

It is frequently mistaken for a steakhouse because it cooks over fire and charges accordingly. The menu says otherwise.

Assumption	Reality
It is a steakhouse	Wood-fired modern Italian: handmade pastas, wood-fired meats, premium seafood
The view is a gimmick	Floor-to-ceiling glass at about 600 feet, looking toward Reunion Tower
It is a hotel restaurant	Chef-driven, from a chef holding two Michelin stars elsewhere
You go straight up	Guests are handed champagne before the elevator ride

The room opened in 2021 and remains the best skyline dining in the city, which is a claim the Dallas Morning News made at the time and which nothing since has seriously challenged. Kessaku, a sushi restaurant, shares the floor, so a group that cannot agree has an unusual out.

Large parties and buyouts

Format	Capacity
Semi-private long table	16 seated
Event spaces on the floor	5 spaces
Full buyout, seated	Up to 250
Full buyout, standing	Up to 400

This is the largest published private capacity of any room in our dining collection, which makes Monarch the default for a corporate dinner that outgrew a private room.

For a big group with a view, this is the booking. We handle the table, the floor, and the cars downstairs: ask the concierge or request a reservation.

Sources and references

Named private-room capacities are not published by the restaurant. The buyout figures above come from its venue listing and we reconfirm at booking.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Monarch a steakhouse?

No. Monarch is wood-fired modern Italian from chef Danny Grant: handmade pastas, wood-fired meats, and premium seafood. It cooks over fire, which is where the confusion comes from.

What is the largest party Monarch can seat?

Its venue listing shows five event spaces and a full buyout of up to 250 seated or 400 standing, with a semi-private long table for 16. That is the biggest published capacity in our dining collection.

Which floor is Monarch on?

The 49th floor of The National at 1401 Elm Street, roughly 600 feet up. Guests are handed champagne before the elevator ride, which tells you what kind of evening it intends to be.

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