--- title: "A Private Room for 10: Minimum Spend, Menu, How Long You Sit" description: "What a minimum spend is and why few restaurants print it. The 10-person private room mâm is VND 2,440,000; Hân's 12-guest birthday priced dish by dish." canonical: https://nhahang.thenexova.cloud/en/journal/private-room-for-10-minimum-spend lang: en last-updated: 2026-10-05 --- [Booking and groups](/en/journal/topic/booking-and-groups) # A Private Room for 10: Minimum Spend, Menu, How Long You Sit > What a minimum spend is and why few restaurants print it. The 10-person private room mâm is VND 2,440,000; Hân's 12-guest birthday priced dish by dish. Nguồn / Source: https://nhahang.thenexova.cloud/en/journal/private-room-for-10-minimum-spend What a minimum spend is and why few restaurants print it. The 10-person private room mâm is VND 2,440,000; Hân's 12-guest birthday priced dish by dish. [Nguyễn Đức Thịnh](/en/team/nguyen-duc-thinh) · Reservations and private room manager · Published 18 Jun 2026 · Updated 5 Oct 2026 · 5 min read ![Round tables with white cloths in a brick-walled banquet room, fresh flowers and wooden chairs](/_astro/journal-private.Bap3qlax_1sTpM6.jpg) Our private room for 10 has a minimum spend of VND 3,000,000 at lunch and VND 3,600,000 at dinner, drinks and 8% VAT included. There is no room fee. You get three hours, a deposit of VND 1,500,000, and that deposit comes off your bill. Here is how those numbers turn into an actual meal. ## What a minimum spend is It is the lowest total your room’s bill can reach, charged instead of a room fee. If the bill is higher, you pay the bill. If it is lower, we charge the difference. At Bếp Rơm drinks and VAT count towards it, so ten coconuts in the shell help you get there. We use a minimum spend because there is one private room and one shared table: 12 seats, 14 with extra chairs. You pay nothing for the room itself. You only have to order a proper meal. ## Why few restaurants print the number We opened three pages for places with private rooms. The Foody page for [Bếp Nhà Lục Tỉnh](https://www.foody.vn/ho-chi-minh/bep-nha-luc-tinh) (District 1) says it has private rooms and states no minimum spend. The Foody page for [Quán Bụi Garden](https://www.foody.vn/ho-chi-minh/quan-bui-garden) (Thảo Điền) lists private dining rooms and recommends booking ahead, with no figure. The [Square One](https://www.parkhyattsaigonrestaurants.com/square-one/square-one-private-dining-experiences) page at Park Hyatt Saigon gives a starting rate of VND 1,950,000 per guest before service charge and VAT, and names no minimum number of guests or spend. Three pages do not describe a market. They show one thing: on the pages we read, nobody prints the figure, so you have to ask. Ours is the restaurant’s own rule, not a market norm. Square One is only there to show where the hotel end sits: for 10 guests that is VND 19,500,000 before service and VAT, against our minimum of VND 3,600,000, which is VND 360,000 a head. ## The private room rules at Bếp Rơm | Item | Rule | | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Seats | 12, up to 14 with extra chairs | | Room fee | None | | Minimum spend | VND 3,000,000 at lunch (start 11:00 to 14:30), VND 3,600,000 at dinner (from 17:00) | | Time | Three hours | | Deposit | VND 1,500,000 flat, taken off the bill | | Book ahead | At least 48 hours | | Table hold | 20 minutes after the booked time | | Cancel | Full deposit back if you cancel at least 48 hours ahead; later, we keep it | After we confirm by Zalo or phone, you get a bank-transfer QR code; if nothing arrives within 12 hours, the room is released. You can reduce your numbers up to 24 hours ahead without a penalty. ## The private room mâm for 10: VND 2,440,000 A mâm is a set of dishes laid for the whole table. This one is priced at the sum of single prices minus 5%, rounded down to the nearest VND 10,000. | Dish | Qty | Amount | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | --- | ------------- | | Chả giò tôm thịt (crispy spring rolls) | 2 | VND 176,000 | | Gỏi ngó sen tôm thịt (lotus stem salad) | 1 | VND 148,000 | | Bánh xèo tôm thịt (sizzling rice-flour pancake) | 2 | VND 276,000 | | Cá lóc nướng trui (snakehead grilled whole in burning straw) | 2 | VND 716,000 | | Gà ta nướng muối ớt (free-range chicken with chilli salt) | 1 | VND 268,000 | | Tôm sú nướng muối ớt (tiger prawns) | 1 | VND 248,000 | | Bò xào bông thiên lý (beef with jasmine flowers) | 1 | VND 178,000 | | Canh chua cá lóc (sour fish soup) | 1 | VND 158,000 | | Rau muống xào tỏi (morning glory with garlic) | 2 | VND 136,000 | | Cơm trắng (steamed rice) | 10 | VND 150,000 | | Chuối nướng nước cốt dừa (grilled banana, coconut cream) | 2 | VND 116,000 | | Single prices added up | | VND 2,570,000 | | Mâm price (5% off) | | VND 2,440,000 | That is VND 244,000 a head. But look closely: the mâm alone does not reach the minimum. At lunch it is VND 560,000 short, at dinner VND 1,160,000 short. Drinks, an extra dish or dessert fill the gap. ## Two ways to add it up for 10 guests | | Lunch | Dinner | | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | -------------------- | | Private room mâm | VND 2,440,000 | VND 2,440,000 | | 10 coconuts (VND 55,000) | VND 550,000 | VND 550,000 | | Lẩu mắm (fermented-fish hotpot, for 2 to 3) | none | VND 458,000 | | Chè bắp (sweet corn pudding, VND 48,000) | 1 bowl, VND 48,000 | 4 bowls, VND 192,000 | | Total | VND 3,038,000 | VND 3,640,000 | | Minimum | VND 3,000,000 | VND 3,600,000 | | Per head | VND 303,800 | VND 364,000 | | Left to pay after the deposit | VND 1,538,000 | VND 2,140,000 | If you order only the mâm and 10 roasted brown rice teas (VND 380,000), the bill is VND 2,820,000\. At dinner you pay VND 3,600,000, at lunch VND 3,000,000\. Any shortfall is charged, so you may as well spend it on food you want. ## An example: Hân’s 12-guest dinner Ms Đoàn Ngọc Hân (an illustrative example, with made-up figures) books the private room for 12 on a Saturday evening, for her mother’s 70th birthday. She orders two round-table mâm (2 × VND 1,290,000 = VND 2,580,000), one lẩu mắm (VND 458,000), two grilled bananas (VND 116,000), six coconuts (VND 330,000) and six roasted brown rice teas (VND 228,000). The total is VND 3,712,000, above the dinner minimum, about VND 309,000 a head. After the VND 1,500,000 deposit, VND 2,212,000 is left to pay. ## How we do it at Bếp Rơm For 9 to 14 guests we seat you in the private room only. Choose a date, time and party size on the [reservation page](/en/reserve); we confirm on Zalo and repeat back any allergens you noted. The private room mâm covers seven of our nine allergen groups (crustaceans, fish, molluscs, peanut, soy, egg, wheat). If someone is allergic, swap dishes one by one at single prices; the kitchen is shared, so we cannot promise there are no traces. Room details are on the [private dining page](/en/private-dining), smaller sets on the [set menus page](/en/set-menus), how the deposit works in [restaurant deposits](/en/journal/restaurant-deposits-how-much), and the wider picture in [booking a Vietnamese restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City](/en/journal/booking-a-vietnamese-restaurant-ho-chi-minh-city). Our reservations manager is [Nguyễn Đức Thịnh](/en/team/nguyen-duc-thinh). The minimums of VND 3,000,000 and VND 3,600,000 are the restaurant's own rule, not a market norm. Hân's story is an illustration for this demo site; the figures are made up. Updated 5 October 2026\. Prices include 8% VAT, which applies until 31 December 2026. ## Sources - [Foody, Bếp Nhà Lục Tỉnh](https://www.foody.vn/ho-chi-minh/bep-nha-luc-tinh), read 5 October 2026. - [Foody, Quán Bụi Garden](https://www.foody.vn/ho-chi-minh/quan-bui-garden), read 5 October 2026. - [Park Hyatt Saigon, Square One](https://www.parkhyattsaigonrestaurants.com/square-one/square-one-private-dining-experiences), read 5 October 2026. ## Hold a table Pick the party size, see free times, note diets and allergies in one form. [Reserve](/en/reserve) ## Sources checked 1. [Foody, Bếp Nhà Lục Tỉnh](https://www.foody.vn/ho-chi-minh/bep-nha-luc-tinh) (read 5 Oct 2026) 2. [Foody, Quán Bụi Garden](https://www.foody.vn/ho-chi-minh/quan-bui-garden) (read 5 Oct 2026) 3. [Park Hyatt Saigon, Square One private dining](https://www.parkhyattsaigonrestaurants.com/square-one/square-one-private-dining-experiences) (read 5 Oct 2026) ## Dishes in this article - [![Three charred whole snakehead fish grilled in the straw-fire style, on banana leaves beside a rice pancake, a basket of herbs and a clay pot of rice](/_astro/dish-ca-loc-nuong-trui.CB89TZpY_Z4zPmP.jpg)Snakehead fish grilled in strawA whole snakehead of about 800 g grilled in burning straw, rolled in rice paper with herbs, fermented anchovy dip.358,000 VNDMildFish](/en/menu/ca-loc-nuong-trui) - [![A turmeric-yellow bánh xèo with prawns and bean sprouts on a bamboo tray, with shredded green mango, herbs, a chilli fish-sauce dip and a sheet of rice paper](/_astro/dish-banh-xeo.5CeM49pf_1mtJuS.jpg)Bánh xèo with prawn and porkOne large crisp turmeric and coconut rice crêpe with prawn, pork and bean sprouts, wrapped in wild greens, fish sauce dip.138,000 VNDShellfishFish](/en/menu/banh-xeo-tom-thit) - [![Several spatchcocked chickens marinated golden with turmeric, grilled over charcoal until the skin is browned and blistered](/_astro/dish-ga-nuong.BQNN48s4_1Xmal3.jpg)Free-range chicken with chilli saltHalf a free-range chicken rubbed with chilli, salt and lemongrass, grilled over wood, with lime leaf.268,000 VNDMediumNone of the 9 allergen groups](/en/menu/ga-ta-nuong-muoi-ot) ## Read next - [Booking and groupsVietnamese Restaurant Prices in Saigon 2026: Dish, HeadMain dishes roughly VND 90,000 to 360,000 and about VND 150,000 to 330,000 a head, from the pages we read. 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