A little closer. A lot more memorable.

Find your
happy place.

Rent a backyard, a rooftop or a terrace by the hour — for a birthday, a mehndi, a family gathering or a shoot.

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The kind of place you will find

Somebody’s lawn, for your evening.

Not a banquet hall. A family’s own backyard, rooftop or terrace, with the flowers they planted and the lights they hung, yours for the hours you book.

A long lawn at dusk, edged with orange and yellow marigolds and red flowers, a lit archway at the far end.
marigolds, at dusk
A narrow lawn in bright sun between a house and a boundary wall, palm trees at the far end.
palms at the far end
The same kind of lawn at night, lit from the house, with plants along a white wall.
lit for the night

See the spaces on Mehfil

Run a banquet hall? Mehfil for Venues keeps a hall’s diary, bookings and receipts. Write to support@mehfilofficial.com.

Who is behind it

Hear it from a founder.

Mehfil is built by two co-founders, Arsalan Haq and Umer Jabbar. Here is forty seconds from Arsalan, filmed in exactly the kind of backyard Mehfil is for.

Arsalan Haq, co-founder

See the whole price.

Move the rate, pick the hours. The Mehfil fee is 12% of the space and never of cleaning — and it is the only part you pay to Mehfil.

Four hours of a space at Rs 2,500 an hour. The Mehfil fee is 12% of the space and never of cleaning — and it is the only part you pay to Mehfil.

Rs 2,500
How many hours
Space
Rs 10,000
Mehfil fee 12% of the space
Rs 1,200
You pay Mehfil
Rs 1,200
You pay the host, in cash on the day
Rs 10,000
The host keeps 100%
Rs 10,000

The same arithmetic the app runs. What Mehfil charges, with worked examples.

Hosts pay us nothing. Not a paisa.

Guests pay a 12% fee on the price of the space, never on cleaning. Only the Mehfil fee is paid to Mehfil; you settle the rest with your host when you arrive. What Mehfil charges, with worked examples.

محفل mehfil: a gathering of friends, for music, poetry and good company.