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title: "Booking and Groups: Table Hold, Deposits, Private Room"
description: "Five notes on booking a Vietnamese restaurant: how long tables are held, deposit amounts, private room minimums, birthdays and gatherings, meal prices in 2026."
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The Bếp Rơm journal

# Topic: booking and groups

> Five notes on booking a Vietnamese restaurant: how long tables are held, deposit amounts, private room minimums, birthdays and gatherings, meal prices in 2026.

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Five notes on booking a Vietnamese restaurant: how long tables are held, deposit amounts, private room minimums, birthdays and gatherings, meal prices in 2026.

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