A session for 10 people at Hai Pixel, the first interactive LED-floor venue in Chisinau, costs 1300 MDL an hour Monday to Thursday before 16:00, 1640 MDL on a weekday evening and 1860 MDL at the weekend. That is the total for the whole group, not a per person rate: it works out at 130, 164 and 186 lei each. Two hours cost 2410, 3030 and 3440 MDL respectively. Add anti-slip socks at 30 lei per person if nobody brought their own, and you have the full figure before you make a single call.
What follows is the same arithmetic for groups from 6 to 24 people, an explanation of why the per person price falls as the group grows and where it stops falling, plus answers to four questions no table can hold: how to collect money from ten people, what happens to the total if the group size changes, whether everyone plays at once, and who pays for the socks. The full price list for every group size is on the pricing page, and groups of 2 to 24 players book on the booking page.
What one hour and two hours cost for ten people: the full table
There are three pricing windows and they are straightforward: weekdays from 10:00 to 16:00, weekdays from 16:00 to 22:00, and the weekend, which includes all of Friday and not just Saturday and Sunday. The prices below are the total for a group of exactly ten players.
| When | 1 hour | Per person | 2 hours | Per person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon-Thu, 10:00-16:00 | 1300 MDL | 130 MDL | 2410 MDL | 241 MDL |
| Mon-Thu, 16:00-22:00 | 1640 MDL | 164 MDL | 3030 MDL | 303 MDL |
| Fri-Sun, all day | 1860 MDL | 186 MDL | 3440 MDL | 344 MDL |
The gap between the cheapest and the most expensive hour for ten people is 560 lei, which is 56 lei per head. That is less than most people expect, and the practical conclusion matters: if a group of ten cannot line up its calendars, it is not worth forcing everyone into a Tuesday morning. A difference of 56 lei each rarely justifies the risk that two people cannot come at all.
Socks are counted separately and per person. The floor is played on in socks, your own clean socks are perfectly fine, and anti-slip socks are sold on site at 30 lei a pair. If all ten buy socks there, the weekday daytime hour goes from 1300 to 1600 lei, which is 160 each, and the weekend hour from 1860 to 2160, which is 216 each. That figure, not the one on the price list, is the one that lands on the bill, so tell the group about it from the start.
Why the per person price falls, and where it stops falling
The price list does not work as a flat rate per head. It works as a staircase. Every group size has its own total, and every additional player adds less to that total than the people already on the booking pay on average. That is where the falling per person price comes from. The size of the step changes at two points, and both are tied to how many play floors switch on.
| Which player is added | Mon-Thu daytime | Mon-Thu evening | Fri-Sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 9th (a second floor opens) | +170 MDL | +140 MDL | +170 MDL |
| The 10th to the 16th | +50 MDL | +60 MDL | +90 MDL |
| The 17th (a third floor opens) | +40 MDL | +70 MDL | +60 MDL |
| The 18th to the 24th | +80 MDL | +90 MDL | +120 MDL |
Three useful things follow from that table for whoever is rounding up the group. First, the eleventh person added to your ten costs 50 lei on a weekday daytime, 60 on a weekday evening and 90 at the weekend. That is less than each of you is paying on average, so inviting one more person is good for the whole group, not only for the person invited. Second, the only place where the per person price rises instead of falling is the step from eight players to nine. Up to eight people one floor is enough, from the ninth a second floor opens, and the ninth player costs more than the others. Eight people on a weekday pay 135 lei each, nine already pay 139.
Third, and least obvious, the saving runs out at around sixteen players. On a weekday, a group of sixteen pays 100 lei per person, and a group of twenty four, half again as many people, pays 92. Eight extra people save everyone eight lei. If you are deciding whether to invite five more friends for the sake of the price, the honest answer is that past sixteen this is no longer about price, it is about whether you want to play in a crowd that size.
What if there are not ten of us? Prices for groups of 6 to 24
Ten is a convenient reference point, but real groups rarely come out round. Below are the hourly totals for the sizes that get booked most often, with the per person price rounded to the nearest lei.
| Players | Mon-Thu daytime | Each | Mon-Thu evening | Each | Fri-Sun | Each |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 840 | 140 | 1080 | 180 | 1200 | 200 |
| 8 | 1080 | 135 | 1440 | 180 | 1600 | 200 |
| 9 | 1250 | 139 | 1580 | 176 | 1770 | 197 |
| 10 | 1300 | 130 | 1640 | 164 | 1860 | 186 |
| 12 | 1400 | 117 | 1760 | 147 | 2040 | 170 |
| 15 | 1550 | 103 | 1940 | 129 | 2310 | 154 |
| 16 | 1600 | 100 | 2000 | 125 | 2400 | 150 |
| 20 | 1880 | 94 | 2340 | 117 | 2820 | 141 |
| 24 | 2200 | 92 | 2700 | 113 | 3300 | 138 |
Every figure is in lei, for one hour, for the entire group. For two hours, multiply by 1.85: two hours do not cost double an hour, they cost roughly 85 percent more, because the second hour is cheaper than the first. For a group of ten at the weekend that looks like this: the first hour is 1860, the second hour adds 1580, the total is 3440.
One trap catches people constantly. A phrase like "from 1250 lei" on a price list means the price for exactly nine players, not a starting rate you can divide by however many people you have. Never divide a smaller group's total by a larger headcount: every size has its own row and the row has to be read whole. The complete table with no sizes skipped is on the pricing page.
What the price includes and what it does not
The totals in the tables cover the time on the play floors, the games themselves (there are more than thirty), the staff member who runs the session and picks games to suit your group, the score wall, and the table seating for anyone sitting a round out. The venue is 360 square metres, so a group of ten has room both to play and to sit down.
- Socks, 30 lei a pair, per person. Play happens in socks only. Your own clean socks are fine, anti-slip pairs are sold on site.
- Food and drink are counted separately and are not part of the session price.
- Companions who never step onto the floor do not count as players, but they do not use the floor either.
The practical takeaway for an organiser: quote your group the figure with socks, not the figure from the price list. For ten people at the weekend that is 216 lei each, not 186. The difference is small, but this is exactly the kind of gap that turns into an awkward conversation at the counter.
How to split the bill between ten people
The most common failure of a group booking is not the price, it is collecting the money. One person pays for everyone and then spends three weeks reminding the rest. The approach that works looks like this: work out the full total including socks in advance, round it up to a convenient number, collect before the session rather than after, and let one person pay for the whole group.
Here is the example with real numbers. Ten friends, Friday, one hour. The session costs 1860 lei. All ten take socks, which is 300 lei. The total is 2160.
| Item | Amount | Per one of ten |
|---|---|---|
| Session, 1 hour, Friday, 10 players | 1860 MDL | 186 MDL |
| Anti-slip socks, 10 pairs | 300 MDL | 30 MDL |
| Total | 2160 MDL | 216 MDL |
Ask for 220 lei per person. That collects 2200, closes the bill and leaves 40 lei for water or change. If part of the group brings their own socks, take 190 from them and 220 from the rest: charging for what people actually use is fairer than spreading other people's socks across everyone, and in a group of ten the difference is noticeable.
If you book two hours the arithmetic is identical, the numbers are just bigger: 3440 for the session plus 300 for socks is 3740 lei, which is 374 each. At that total it is worth comparing the session against a package, and that comparison is below.
What if the size of the group changes?
The price is set by the group size you put on the booking. Ten players is what the total is calculated from, it is what opens a second play floor, and it is what holds a slot nobody else can take during that hour. So book the number you are confident about rather than the number that promised to come, and if that number changes, tell us in advance so we can recalculate the total and re-check the slot.
The difference between two bookings is visible straight from the price list. Weekday evening: a booking for ten people is 1640 lei, a booking for eight is 1440. Those two extra places on the booking are 200 lei, which is 25 lei each across eight people. At the weekend the same two places are 260 lei: 1860 against 1600. The sums are small, which is exactly why it is worth pinning the number down before the session rather than at the door.
Adding a person is almost always cheaper than holding a place you are not sure about: an eleventh player costs between 50 and 90 lei depending on the window, while an extra place is charged on the full row for the larger group size. If the group grows the day before, call +373 79 238 617 and ask whether there is room: adding people depends on whether the next floor is free in that slot. If the group shrinks, the same call is worth making even earlier.
Do all ten play at the same time or in turns?
At the same time. This is not an attraction with a queue and it is not one machine per group: the number of play floors grows with the group. Up to 8 players one floor runs, from 9 to 16 players two, from 17 to 24 three. Ten people means two floors, and all ten are on them at the same moment.
A round lasts 2 to 3 minutes, and that detail matters enormously for a group. The games are short, the score appears on the wall immediately, and the line-up reshuffles between rounds: you can play as ten against the floor, or split into two teams of five facing each other across the two floors. In an hour a group gets through many different games rather than one long one. Anyone who decides to sit a round out sits at the table and rejoins three minutes later, not an hour later.
What a group of ten actually does with an hour here is covered in detail in the guide to large groups of 10 to 24 people.
One hour or two: what a group of ten should choose
The second hour costs roughly 85 percent of the first, so per minute it is cheaper. In numbers, for ten people: on a weekday the first hour is 1300 and the second adds 1110; on a weekday evening 1640 and 1390; at the weekend 1860 and 1580. No other lever lowers the per minute price for a group of ten by anything like that much.
Cheaper per minute does not automatically mean better, though. An hour is sustained effort with no long pauses, and most groups of ten adults leave after an hour wrung out and happy. Two hours are worth booking in three cases: if the group mixes children and adults with different stamina and you will alternate playing with sitting at the table; if you are travelling in from out of town and an hour does not justify the trip; if the evening is the main event rather than one item on a longer programme. If you are unsure, book an hour: extending on the spot depends on a free slot, whereas money paid for an unused second hour does not come back.
When a group of ten should wait or pick a different format
An honest answer is more useful than a flattering one. There are three situations in which a group session is not the right call, and it is better to know about them in advance.
If there are fewer than six of you and the budget is tight. Two people pay 440 lei for a weekend hour, which is 220 each, the worst rate in the entire price list. Four people also pay 220 each. Six pay 200, ten pay 186, twelve pay 170. If the group is forming for the price rather than for a specific date, wait until there are at least ten of you: the difference between four and twelve on a weekday is 220 lei against 117 per person, almost double.
If half the group has no intention of moving. This is a physical activity, not a place to sit and talk. A group that mainly wants to catch up will pay for the floor and not use it. That group is better served by a different kind of evening, and the options are collected in the guide to a night out with friends in Chisinau.
If you need a fixed total with a private area. For ten people, the Grand Party package costs 5000 lei as a single flat figure on any day of the week and includes 2 hours of LED-floor games with the table area plus roughly 2 more hours in the private celebration area, so about 4 hours on site. Compare that with the session: two weekend hours for ten is 3440 plus 300 lei of socks, so 3740, but with no private area and no second block of two hours. The package is 1260 lei more expensive and gives you double the time and a separate space. For a birthday, a graduation or a company party of ten, it often works out better value. The packages have no age limit, so an adult group can book them exactly as a children's group does.
If there are more than 24 of you. Groups of 2 to 24 players book online. For 25 to 60 people the format is put together individually by phone: it is no longer a standard session, and the price is calculated separately.
How to book a session for a group
Groups of 2 to 24 players book online on the booking page: you choose the date, the time, the length and the number of players, and the system shows the total for your group size itself, so there is nothing to work out by hand. Groups of 25 to 60 people and corporate formats are arranged by phone on +373 79 238 617.
- Address: Grand Hall, bd. Constantin Negruzzi 2/4, second floor, Chisinau.
- Hours: daily, 10:00 to 22:00.
- Languages: the team speaks Romanian, Russian and English.
- Rating: 5.0 on Google.
Book ahead, especially for weekends and evening slots: a group of ten needs two play floors free at the same time, and that narrows the choice of hour more than a booking for four does. The full price list for every group size is on the pricing page.
If you are planning further ahead, keep reading: what an hour on the LED floor costs, the one hour versus two hours comparison, the 8 per floor rule and the three floors and when it is cheaper, weekday or weekend.
Frequently asked questions
How much does an hour for 10 people cost in Chisinau?
1300 MDL Monday to Thursday before 16:00, 1640 MDL on a weekday evening and 1860 MDL at the weekend, Friday included. That is the total for the whole group. Anti-slip socks, if they are needed, add 30 lei per person.
What does that come to per person?
130, 164 and 186 lei respectively, or 160, 194 and 216 lei if everyone buys socks on site. For two hours the figures are 241, 303 and 344 lei per person before socks.
What if the size of the group changes?
The price is set by the group size on the booking, so book the number you are confident about. The gap shows up straight away in the list: a weekday evening for ten people is 1640 lei and for eight it is 1440. If the number changes, call +373 79 238 617 in advance so we can recalculate the total and re-check the slot.
Do all ten play at the same time?
Yes. Up to 8 players one play floor runs, from 9 to 16 two, from 17 to 24 three, so ten people play on two floors simultaneously. Rounds last 2 to 3 minutes, so teams reshuffle freely between games.
Does everyone have to buy socks?
The floor is played on in socks only, but buying them is not required. Your own clean socks are perfectly fine, and anti-slip pairs are sold on site at 30 lei. Budget for this per person rather than per group.
Can we come with a group larger than 24?
Online booking goes up to 24 players. Groups of 25 to 60 people are organised as a custom event by phone on +373 79 238 617, and their price is calculated separately from the standard list.
