A children birthday party at Taier Al Monal in Abu Shaghara, Sharjah costs AED 200 for wall decor, AED 150 to AED 300 for the cake depending on group size, and AED 100 for a flower bouquet, plus the buffet. Children eat for AED 22 on a weekday and AED 33 at the weekend. Adults are AED 42 and AED 65.
The AED 22 child rate is the cheapest way to feed a room full of children anywhere on the menu, and it is worth a minute of arithmetic before you pick a date.
A weeknight is much cheaper, and by more than you would guess
Both rates are lower on a weeknight: adults AED 42 against AED 65, children AED 22 against AED 33. The saving compounds with a room full of children, because the child rate is where the widest gap sits in percentage terms.
Take twenty children and five adults. On a weekday that is five adults at AED 42 and twenty children at AED 22, which is AED 210 plus AED 440, or AED 650. The same party at the weekend is five at AED 65 and twenty at AED 33, which is AED 325 plus AED 660, or AED 985. The weeknight saves AED 335 on food alone.
There is no crossover point to work out and no trade-off to weigh. A weeknight is cheaper for adults, cheaper for children, and cheaper for any mix of the two. The only reason to choose the weekend is that a Friday or Saturday is easier for guests to attend.
The full bill for a children party
Add the celebration package to the food. For twenty guests the cake is AED 200, wall decor is AED 200 and a flower bouquet is AED 100, which is AED 500 before anyone eats.
- Twenty children and five adults on a weekday: AED 650 buffet plus AED 500 package, total AED 1,150
- The same party at the weekend: AED 985 buffet plus AED 500 package, total AED 1,485
- Water and soft drinks are included in the buffet price either way
You are not obliged to take the whole package. Wall decor, cake and bouquet are priced separately, so bringing your own cake and skipping the flowers leaves AED 200 of decor on top of the food.
What children actually eat here
The buffet is the full Pakistani spread rather than a separate children menu: biryani, karahi, live tandoor BBQ, and a dessert counter with gulab jamun, kheer and fruit trifle. In practice the dessert counter and the BBQ do most of the work at a children party.
For fussier eaters, the à la carte menu runs alongside the buffet, and the appetizers section starts at AED 10 with fries among the options.
Booking it
Send the date, the number of children and the number of adults, and say whether you want the decor, cake and bouquet. Groups of twenty or more are seated in a reserved family section, with the wall set before your guests arrive. Book earlier than you would for a normal table so the room can be prepared.
A birthday for the little ones
The full celebration card, with every price, is on the events page.
Plan the Party
