Venue Hire

Your workshop, with better lunch.

 

Book the ramen bar for the day, with a wine bar and an outdoor space for breakaways, all in Parkmore.

Most meeting venues give you a boardroom, a projector and a sandwich platter. We'd rather give your team a room with character, food they'll talk about afterwards, and a glass of something interesting when the work's done.

 

The spaces

Space

Best for

Capacity

Obento Ramen Bar, booked exclusively

Workshops, strategy days, team lunches and private dinners

Up to 30 seated

Open Bottle, our wine bar

Breakaway sessions and post-workshop drinks. It's a section of the UrbanPadstal store, so it stays open to the public, but it's calm during the day

Up to 30 seated

Outdoor area

Fresh-air breakaways and coffee breaks

Up to 36 seated

Cocktail-style events

Launches, networking and celebrations

Up to 50 standing on the patio 

The spaces connect through a doorway but work as separate rooms. Book Obento for your main session and use Open Bottle or the outdoor area as your breakaway. The rooms can't be opened up into one larger room.

 

When you can book, and the minimum spend

When

Minimum spend on food and drinks

Tuesday to Thursday, 10:00–16:00. Other times can be arranged if needs be, please reach out to enquire.

R8,000. Or a R2,500 room hire fee, waived once your food and drinks reach R8,000.

Sunday or Monday: morning 09:00–14:00 or evening 17:30–22:00

R10,000 (morning) and R15,000 (evening) per session

Sunday or Monday, full day 09:00–17:00

R20,000

Sundays and Mondays are our closed days, so we open the whole venue just for you and shape the day around your event.

Want your full day to run into dinner? We'll quote the evening separately, so you get a proper dinner service rather than a day that runs late. Anything past your booked time without an evening booking is charged as overtime.

All prices include VAT. A 10% service charge is added to the final bill. Food and drinks are prepared and served only by our own team.

 

What's included

  • Exclusive use of Obento for your booking
  • Wifi
  • TVs in Obento, plus a TV in UrbanPadstal that's often easier for presentations
  • On-site parking
  • Our team looking after you from arrival to the last glass

Need more AV than a TV? Tell us exactly what you need and we'll let you know what we can do.

 

Make it more than a meeting

This is the bit no hotel conference room can offer.

  • A menu from Obento's kitchen: ramen, grills and Asian plates for lunch or dinner, designed around your group.
  • A hosted tasting with Raz, our sommelier: a 45-minute wind-down that turns the end of a long day into the part everyone remembers, starting from R395 per person for venue hire bookings (our full public wine tasting evening, with six wines, is R695 per person)
  • Asian food and wine pairing: the evening format we're known for, in a version made for groups. Three wines, each paired with a dish from Obento's kitchen. We pour, you taste, the room decides what works. R895 per person for venue hire bookings (our full public pairing evening, with six wines, is R1,250 per person).

 

How booking works

  1. Enquire with your date, the number of guests and what the day looks like.
  2. We'll send a quote with your menu, drinks and any add-ons.
  3. Pay a 50% deposit to secure the date. It counts towards your final bill.
  4. Confirm final numbers at least 5 business days before your event.
  5. On the day, we settle the final bill, including the 10% service charge.

 

Booking terms

  • Deposit: 50% of the minimum spend secures your date and is deducted from your final bill.
  • Minimum spend: covers food and drinks consumed at your event. UrbanPadstal goods and wine bought to take home doesn't count towards it, and neither does the service charge. If your spend falls short, the difference is added to your bill.
  • Final numbers: confirm at least 5 business days before. We charge for the confirmed number, or the number who attend if it's higher.
  • Cancelling: cancel in writing at least 5 business days before your event and we'll refund your deposit. Inside 5 business days, the deposit isn't refundable, but you can use it as credit towards an event within 12 months. If you can't go ahead because of a death in the family, hospitalisation or similar serious circumstances, talk to us and we'll refund it.
  • Overtime: R1,000 for each hour, or part of an hour, beyond your booked time on Sundays and Mondays. Tuesday to Thursday bookings end at 16:00 sharp, because we open for dinner at 17:00, so overtime isn't available on those days.
  • Food and drinks: no outside food or drinks; all catering and drinks come from our team. Our liquor licence means we can't serve alcohol to anyone under 18 or to anyone who appears intoxicated.
  • Everything else: our Terms of Service apply, including our liability and allergen notices for food from Obento's kitchen.

 

Enquire

Tell us your preferred date, guest numbers, the type of event and the time you need. We'll come back to you within 1 business day.

Fill the form or WhatsApp us on +27 73 787 5335

Looking for a hosted wine experience rather than a room? See our private tastings.