Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
Its prices- Wedding package (Wedding Brochure 2026)Printed: from RM3,888.80++ per table of 10
From RM388.88++a seat
Ang pow and cost per seat
What each seat at your banquet costs, and how guests think about ang pow
Couples ask what a seat costs them; guests ask what to put in the ang pow. The first is arithmetic on a hotel’s price or your own quote. The second is custom, so we only report what dated, published guides say, in their words.
Checked against each source on 5 October 2026
Your cost per seat
This uses only your own numbers. The starting figures are an example, not any hotel’s price. Get your all-in total from the banquet calculator.
After service charge and tax
Everyone seated, including the two of you
Each seat costs you
RM356.40
A full table of 10: RM3,564.00
One seat’s share of each printed banquet price
Every wedding banquet price the hotels print, from the same documents as the hotel prices page. A price per table of 10 is divided by 10; a price per person is already one seat. The mark stays the hotel’s own, so a “++” seat still has service charge and tax to add (how the marks work).
InterContinental Kuala Lumpur
Its prices- An Opulent Occasion (Chinese)Printed: RM3,888 nett per table of 10
RM388.80 netta seat
- An Auspicious Affair (Chinese)Printed: RM4,088 nett per table of 10
RM408.80 netta seat
- Bountiful Blessings (Chinese)Printed: RM4,588 nett per table of 10
RM458.80 netta seat
PARKROYAL COLLECTION Kuala Lumpur
Its prices- Chinese AuspiciousPrinted: RM3,088+ per table of 10
RM308.80+a seat
- Malay AuspiciousPrinted: RM3,088+ per table of 10
RM308.80+a seat
- Western AuspiciousPrinted: RM3,088+ per table of 10
RM308.80+a seat
- Indian AuspiciousPrinted: RM3,088+ per table of 10
RM308.80+a seat
- Chinese BlissfulPrinted: RM3,388+ per table of 10
RM338.80+a seat
- Malay BlissfulPrinted: RM3,488+ per table of 10
RM348.80+a seat
- Malay HarmoniousPrinted: RM3,688+ per table of 10
RM368.80+a seat
- Western BlissfulPrinted: RM3,688+ per table of 10
RM368.80+a seat
- Chinese HarmoniousPrinted: RM3,988+ per table of 10
RM398.80+a seat
- Western HarmoniousPrinted: RM3,988+ per table of 10
RM398.80+a seat
Pullman Kuala Lumpur City Centre Hotel & Residences
Its prices- Eternity Malay Wedding DinnerPrinted: RM2,500 per table of 10
RM250a seat
- Chinese Set Wedding Lunch (weekends)Printed: RM2,788 nett per table of 10
RM278.80 netta seat
- Eternity Chinese Set Wedding DinnerPrinted: RM2,988 per table of 10
RM298.80a seat
- Eternity Indian Wedding DinnerPrinted: RM2,988 per table of 10
RM298.80a seat
- EverAfter Chinese Set Wedding DinnerPrinted: RM3,388 per table of 10
RM338.80a seat
EQ Kuala Lumpur
Its prices- Indian Symphony: EmeraldPrinted: RM4,088+ per table of 10
RM408.80+a seat
- Indian Symphony: DiamondPrinted: RM4,388+ per table of 10
RM438.80+a seat
- Chinese Romance: EmeraldPrinted: RM488+ per person
RM488+a seat
- Western Elegance: EmeraldPrinted: RM488+ per person
RM488+a seat
- Chinese Romance: DiamondPrinted: RM538+ per person
RM538+a seat
- Western Elegance: DiamondPrinted: RM538+ per person
RM538+a seat
Left out: Pullman Kuala Lumpur City Centre Hotel & Residences, Eternity Western Wedding Dinner; Pullman Kuala Lumpur City Centre Hotel & Residences, Eternity International Buffet Wedding Dinner. The hotel’s own brochure gives two different units for them (per table and per person), so a per-seat figure could be ten times wrong. Ask the hotel which applies.
What guests give: what published guides say
None of these is a survey. Each is a writer’s guide, quoted exactly and dated, so you can see how old it is. They don’t agree: the newer guides give higher figures than the older ones. The newest works from each venue’s banquet packages with tax added and the result rounded up, where the list above splits the printed price per seat and adds nothing.
We don’t set a figure of our own. What a guest gives is a family and community custom.
“…” marks words we left out. Where a guide names hotels in a tier, we leave the names out: those hotels didn’t publish the figure.
Chinese weddings (ang pow)
The Wedding Notebook
Updated 4 October 2026
“In 2026, Chinese restaurants in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor work out to RM 100-600 per guest in the tables below. For four and five-star hotels in the same area, budget about RM 250-600”
How it works its figures out, in its words: “Each figure comes from the venue’s weekend Chinese banquet packages, cheapest to most expensive, with SST included and rounded up to the nearest RM 10.”
The Ultimate Guide to Wedding Ang Pow Rates 2026, read 5 October 2026
RinggitPlus
Published 14 November 2025 · Eloise Lau
“Five-star luxury hotels (…) Expected range: RM250 to RM350 per person … Standard hotels and established restaurants (…) Expected range: RM150 to RM200 per person”
How it works its figures out, in its words: “Most venues charge per table (which seats 10 people), so divide that amount by 10 to get the cost per head. That’s your minimum starting point.”
Malaysian Wedding Gifting Guide: How Much Should You Give?, read 5 October 2026
LoanStreet
Updated 29 November 2022 · Nisya Aziz
“In the Klang Valley, you’re expected to pay RM100 and above for Chinese restaurants, RM150 and above for non-5-star hotels, RM200 and above for 5-star hotels and garden weddings.”
Malaysian Wedding Ang Pau: How Much Money Should You Fork Out?, read 5 October 2026
RinggitPlus
Published 16 February 2016 · Austin Victor
“The 3 or 4-star hotel set-up on the other hand would usually sit in the range of RM100, while the over-the-top 5-star affair can dangle between RM150 and RM200.”
How Much Should You Give in a Wedding Ang Pow in Malaysia?, read 5 October 2026
Malay Mail (opinion)
Published 4 December 2024 · Cherish How, senior lecturer, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya
“Couples can help reduce social pressure by clarifying in the wedding invitation cards that angpow giving is optional and should be within guests’ financial means.”
A view on the custom, with no figure.
Weddings, wealth, and the weight of angpow, read 5 October 2026
Malay weddings
LoanStreet
Updated 29 November 2022 · Nisya Aziz
“It can start from as low as RM10 to as high as RM200 or more - this depends on how close you are with the bride/groom’s family.”
Malaysian Wedding Ang Pau: How Much Money Should You Fork Out?, read 5 October 2026
Indian weddings
LoanStreet
Updated 29 November 2022 · Nisya Aziz
“Unlike the Malay weddings, the minimum amount starts from RM51 for a temple wedding. If it’s a fancier place, it starts at RM101.”
Malaysian Wedding Ang Pau: How Much Money Should You Fork Out?, read 5 October 2026