Karaoke drink prices in Ho Chi Minh City: per bottle, with VAT, and what a table drinks

Budget 500,000₫ per person, counting guests and hostesses together. Our booking calculator uses the same figure. Four guests with four hostesses is 8 × 500,000₫ = 4,000,000₫: about 11 bottles of soju, or 2 bottles of Chivas 12.

Booking ahead takes 10% off drinks, and alcohol VAT of 10% is added to the discounted amount, so what you pay ends up almost exactly the menu price.

Left: the menu price. Right: what you actually pay after the 10% booking discount and 10% alcohol VAT.

Every other spirit and beer is on the price list.

The same 4,000,000₫ buys 11 bottles of soju or 2 of Chivas 12. If the night is games with the hostesses and glasses going round fast, soju or beer lasts longer. If you are hosting clients and want the table to look the part, opening with a bottle or two of whisky is a good way to start.

Either way, ordering a bottle at a time keeps the bill easy to predict. Ask the manager if you want an unfinished bottle kept for you.

A Korean-run karaoke sells a set (room, drinks and snacks) at one price. A local one charges the room, drinks, food and tips separately. For the same group a Korean-run venue usually works out 15–20% cheaper; people pick local for the atmosphere. The full comparison is in local vs Korean-run karaoke.