President's Dining Room President's Dining Room The President's Dining Room is a dining room located in the northwest corner of the second floor of the White House. It is located directly above the Family Dining Room on the State Floor and looks out upon the North Lawn. The Dining Room is adjacent to the Family Kitchen, a small kitchen designed for use by the First Family, and served by a dumbwaiter connected to the main kitchen on the ground floor. The space was originally occupied by a bedroom suite known as the Prince of Wales Room. From 1929 to 1948, this suite was
Park Hyatt Washington the working kitchen extended into the dining room. The 106-seat dining room's décor was in the American Craftsman style, and designed by Tony Chi. This changed the atmosphere for dining, moving to informal black walnut tables from formal, linen-covered rounds. The cuisine also changed, to modern American cuisine from international fare with a French feel. The new kitchen featured a $180,000, , Molteni commercial cooking range, which took several cranes to lift into position. The range was the only commercial Molteni in the D.C. area. Tom Sietsema, "The Washington Post" food critic, had high praise for the food at Blue