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Minimum spend in Bali clubs, explained in plain words

Minimum spend in Bali clubs and beach clubs: what the term means, what it is not, why it changes from night to night and table to table, and why FirstBali never quotes a figure.

Updated November 8, 2026 · 4 min read

A minimum spend in Bali is the amount a venue asks a table to order in food and drinks over the night; it is attached to the table, not to each guest, and the venue sets it per night. At Savaya and Zumana the table maps state that it "Includes Food & Beverage Credit": what you order counts towards it. It is not an entry ticket, and it is not something FirstBali can quote before the venue answers for your date.

This page explains the term itself, in words. For how bottle orders work at the table, see the bottle service guide; for how a group shares one, splitting a table.

What a minimum spend is

When you reserve a table at a club or beach club, you reserve a physical space for the night — a daybed, a booth, a spot near the dance floor. A table is the only reserved space at Savaya, Zumana and Desa Kitsuné. The venue attaches a minimum spend to that space: the group orders against it through the night, from the menu and the bar.

What it is not

Most confusion comes from mixing it up with something else. A minimum spend is not:

  • An entry ticket. Tickets and guestlists are how people get in without a table; the table and its minimum are a different thing. Savaya says its tickets are primarily for standing room only.
  • A deposit. A deposit, when the venue asks for one, follows the venue's own terms. It is not a confirmation: the table is yours once the venue confirms it.
  • A price per person. It belongs to the table and does not change with how many of you sit at it.
  • A fixed number. It changes, as below.

Why it changes

The venue sets the minimum, and it sets it per night. In words, what moves it:

  1. The night. A headliner weekend at Savaya, Ritual of the Sun on a Saturday at Zumana or a garden party at Desa Kitsuné are different evenings, and the venue prices its tables for each.
  2. The table. Each area on a venue's map is its own product; the flyer's Table button on the events calendar opens the venue's own table map for that night.
  3. The venue. Each club decides its own terms.

That is why a number from a friend, an old message or a forum is not a number for your night. FirstBali does not publish one, by rule: the concierge asks the venue and passes on its answer for your date and your table.

What "food and beverage credit" means

On the Savaya and Zumana maps, the minimum "Includes Food & Beverage Credit". Read plainly, the food and drinks your table orders are counted against it. What exactly falls inside, and how the venue handles the end of the night, are the venue's terms — worth asking before you agree, and the concierge asks them for you. See the questions to ask before booking a table.

When you do not need one

If you only want to be inside for the music, you do not need a table. The venues' guestlists are free to join: each guest registers on the night's page and receives a digital ticket by email; entry is complimentary before the cutoff shown on the night's page, and registering does not guarantee entry. Some nights are ticketed only, with official tickets through the venue's own channel. See guestlist or ticket.

What a table adds is somewhere that is yours for the night. At Savaya and Zumana, it is also the only way to re-enter after stepping out.

The coming nights

Savaya, on the Uluwatu clifftop: Last Light on Mondays, international headliners at weekends.

Zumana, at Sunset Bay in Kuta: Ritual of the Sun on Saturdays, headliners on Wednesdays and Fridays, Zumana Sunday.

Desa Kitsuné, in Canggu: garden parties every Tuesday and Friday, rain or shine.

How to ask

Send the concierge the date, the venue, how many of you, and the kind of table you have in mind. The concierge asks the venue for that night and comes back with its terms; you decide. Nothing is booked until the venue confirms. An assistant answers at any hour; the team works through the Bali day and evening.

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Questions we get asked

＋What is a minimum spend at a Bali club?

It is what the venue asks a table to order in food and drinks over the night. It belongs to the table, not to each guest, and the venue sets it per night.

＋Is the minimum spend an entry fee?

No. At Savaya and Zumana the table maps say it includes food and beverage credit. Getting in without a table is done through the venue's guestlist or tickets.

＋How much is the minimum spend at Savaya or Zumana?

The venue sets it per night and per table, so there is no single figure. The concierge asks the venue for your date and passes on its answer.

＋Is the deposit part of the minimum spend?

How a deposit works is set by the venue's own terms; the concierge asks them for your night. Paying it is not a confirmation of the table.

＋Does Desa Kitsuné have a minimum spend?

A table is the only reserved space there, as at Savaya and Zumana, and its terms are set by the venue for each night. The concierge asks for your date.

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Want us to arrange it?

Tell the concierge what you have in mind — a table, a guestlist, a villa, a driver. The assistant answers at any hour; the team takes over from 9am to midnight Bali time.

This week's nights on WhatsApp

Ask for the programme and the concierge sends you the week's nights, with the guestlist links.

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