The house · 5 min read
Why we sell the room, not the table
A twenty-eight seat room cannot win on volume. So we stopped trying, and sold the evening instead.

The arithmetic of a small room
Twenty-eight seats is not enough to make money the ordinary way. Two turns on a good night, a reasonable average spend, and the numbers still do not clear what a hundred-seat dining room clears.
So the model is different. We do not sell covers. We sell the evening — the whole room, for a few hours, to one group of people who wanted somewhere that was theirs.
No hire fee, on purpose
Most venues charge for the room and then charge again for the food. We took the room charge out.
Spend S$380++ on food and drink across 3 hours and the place is yours. Nothing else. It is a simpler conversation, and it puts every dollar on the table rather than in a hire agreement.
What you actually get
A full bar with its own service. A full-size pool table in the middle of the room, not tucked in a corner. A screen that will take whatever you bring. A sound system that runs your playlist and does not get faded down at ten.
And a kitchen cooking for your table only — no other orders on the pass, all night.
Come and see
Twenty-eight seats in one-north. Spend S$380++ and the room is yours.
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