# Suhoor Majlis

> The other Ramadan event. Eleven at night, floor seating, a qanun playing, and the conversation nobody has at an iftar because everybody is hungry.

Package I-06 from Offsyte, corporate recreation in the UAE · [Ceremony](https://offsyte.ae/catalog/corporate-parties-and-celebrations/) · Web page: https://offsyte.ae/packages/suhoor-majlis/

- **Duration:** 3 hrs
- **Ideal start time:** 22:30 — after taraweeh, before suhoor proper
- **Departure window:** 22:00–23:30
- **Group size:** 30 min — 150 max
- **Emirate / venue:** Dubai, Sharjah or Abu Dhabi — hotel terrace, garden or the client's own outdoor space
- **Season:** Ramadan only. Ramadan 2027 runs approximately 8 February – 9 March
- **Booking lead time:** 28 days — every Ramadan supplier in the country is committed by the first week

## Price per person, excluding 5% VAT

| Group size | Per person | Billed for at least |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 30–59 people | AED 530 | 42 people |
| 60–99 people | AED 470 | — |
| 100+ people | AED 420 | — |

A group smaller than a band's "billed for at least" figure is still served, and is invoiced for that many people.
Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 54–59 are billed as 60 people at the rate for 60–99 people; groups of 90–99 are billed as 100 people at the rate for 100+ people.

Payment: 50% advance on signature. 100% cleared 3 working days before the event. Numbers lock 7 days prior.

## Why this is not the retail version

The comparison is our own **I-02 Iftar Together at AED 440** — the corporate iftar, and the right package for most companies in most years. This exists because **an iftar and a suhoor are different events that happen to fall in the same month.**

At an iftar, everybody has been fasting for fourteen hours. The first forty minutes are people eating, and the room does not talk properly until the plates go. It is a good event and it is not a conversational one.

**A suhoor at half past ten is the opposite.** Nobody is hungry, nobody is in a rush, and the format is built for it — **floor seating with no stage, no seating plan and no top table.** Two hundred years of majlis design says that a room where everyone sits at the same height talks differently, and that is the entire product.

**The practical argument is the calendar.** Ramadan working hours end early and the evenings are committed to family and prayer. A company trying to put an event in that month is competing with both. **A 22:30 start competes with neither** — and for a workforce that is fasting, being asked to do something at eleven at night is considerably more welcome than being asked to do it at six.

**Sell both.** A company can run an iftar for the whole business and a suhoor for a department in the same Ramadan, and the second is not a substitute for the first.

## Timeline

- **16:00** — Build begins — tented majlis, lanterns, floor seating, carpets
- **22:30** — Arrival. Gahwa, dates and jallab at the entrance. Qanun playing
- **22:50** — Guests settle. No stage, no seating plan, no top table — the majlis is deliberately flat
- **23:15** — Brief word from the senior leader — five minutes, seated, not from a lectern
- **23:30** — Suhoor buffet opens
- **00:30** — Backgammon, cards and conversation. The qanun continues
- **01:00** — Karak and sweets service
- **01:30** — Close

## Included

- Ramadan majlis setup — tented structure, floor seating, carpets, lanterns, low lighting
- Venue — hotel terrace or garden, evening (or the client's own space at a AED 4,000 reduction)
- Suhoor buffet — full late-night service with dietary coverage
- Gahwa, dates, jallab and karak throughout
- Live qanun or oud, three hours
- Backgammon and card tables
- MC for the arrival and the leader's word
- Full custom branding — entrance, majlis, signage
- Photographer, half day, and an edited 90-second reel within 5 working days
- Two event coordinators on site

## Not included

- Alcohol — not served at any Ramadan event we run
- Shisha (see add-ons, licensed venues only)
- Transport
- 5% VAT

## Weather and backup plan

- **Trigger:** Rain or wind above 25 knots — the majlis is a tented outdoor build.
- **Fallback:** Every contracted venue for this package holds an indoor function room of the same capacity, and the majlis build is designed to transfer — carpets, floor seating and lanterns go indoors in under two hours. This is a condition of the venue contract, not a per-booking check.
- **You are told by:** By 14:00 on the day, before the outdoor build commits.

## Customisation options

- Shisha station (licensed venues only): AED 1,400
- Henna and calligraphy stations: AED 2,400/event
- Quran recitation or a short religious talk: AED 2,200/event
- Upgrade to a premium suhoor with live stations: AED 70/person
- Ramadan gifting — dates, perfume, prayer beads: AED 60–180/person
- Extend to 03:00 with a second karak service: AED 45/person
- Family format — partners and children: Priced per person
- Combine with an [J-04 Ramadan Giving](J-04-ramadan-giving.md) daytime session: Priced on J-04

## Questions about Suhoor Majlis

### How much does Suhoor Majlis cost per person?

AED 530 per person for 30–59 people; AED 470 per person for 60–99 people; AED 420 per person for 100+ people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. A group below a band's minimum chargeable size is billed at that minimum: 42 people in the 30–59 band. Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 54–59 are billed as 60 people at the rate for 60–99 people; groups of 90–99 are billed as 100 people at the rate for 100+ people.

### How long does Suhoor Majlis take, and when does it start?

3 hrs. Ideal start: 22:30 — after taraweeh, before suhoor proper. Departure window: 22:00–23:30.

### What is not included in Suhoor Majlis?

Alcohol — not served at any Ramadan event we run; Shisha (see add-ons, licensed venues only); Transport; 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.

### What happens to Suhoor Majlis if the weather turns?

Trigger: Rain or wind above 25 knots — the majlis is a tented outdoor build. Fallback: Every contracted venue for this package holds an indoor function room of the same capacity, and the majlis build is designed to transfer — carpets, floor seating and lanterns go indoors in under two hours. This is a condition of the venue contract, not a per-booking check. You are told: By 14:00 on the day, before the outdoor build commits.

### How far in advance do we need to book Suhoor Majlis?

The booking lead time is 28 days — every Ramadan supplier in the country is committed by the first week. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

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