Dinner Party was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At
Metacritic, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an
average score of 74 based on four reviews. Writing for
Exclaim!, Kevin Press said "No one's at the head of the table here. Instead we get a group of friends with genuine history and the kind of outsized talent we can only marvel at. Savour this".
Spectrum Culture critic Bob Fish stated, "Everything sounds so good, a blending of genres and forces, combining the worlds of
jazz and
hip hop, they create the kind of brew that is easy on the ears".
AllMusic's Andy Kellman wrote, "The brief set overall evokes some of the same feelings as
9th's
Black Radio Recovered remix of "
Afro Blue",
Kendrick's "
These Walls", and much of
Martin's
Velvet Portraits, all connected and nutritive recordings offering solace and strength. There's no crosstalk, just completed thoughts". Caleb Campbell of
Under the Radar said, "Even when the record leaves listeners wishing for just a bit more, it is hard to be that disappointed by an album filled with lush performances from some of the best musicians in their genre". ==Track listing==