From a neighbourhood dinner to a table worth reserving, discover places to eat across Singapore.
Typical spend per person, in Singapore dollars.
Eleven Christmas buffets, set dinners and takeaways for 2026, with prices from each hotel's own page. The first early-bird deadline is 29 November; four of the buffets are halal-certified and three options come in under S$60 a head.
Ten log cakes for Christmas 2026, cheapest first, with prices, sizes and order deadlines from each shop's own page. The cheapest is S$48.80, three are halal-certified and the first early-bird price ends on 20 November.
Eleven New Year's Eve dinners in Singapore for 31 December 2026, from S$108++ to S$598++, with seatings, what each price includes and which operators claim a fireworks view. All have published their price.
Eleven halal-certified restaurants in Singapore, each checked on MUIS's directory: nasi padang, prata, dim sum, Indonesian, Arabic grills and four hotel buffets, with prices, hours and MRT.
Ten openings worth a booking or a walk-in this month, each checked on the restaurant's own page: Moutai House, OVER, Osteria Da Su, three new Dempsey rooms, Barossa's reopening, BAO at New Bahru and Mr Cheesecake at ION.
Book Moutai House for the month's big night and Osteria Da Su for a walk-in. Hairy crab runs to 30 November, Deepavali feasts fall on the first weekend, and five of these cost under S$30.
Seven bakeries worth an early alarm, from a Joo Chiat croissant to a 1925 Katong coffeeshop's cream horns. Pick by neighbourhood and go before noon.
Chilli crab where it began, black pepper where it's claimed, white pepper at Geylang supper and hairy crab into November. Ask the price before you point at the tank.
Two-star sushi, a starred tempura counter, kappo on Scotts Road and an eight-seat ramen bar in Bedok. Book the counters weeks ahead; the ramen only needs you there at opening.
Korean food in Singapore beyond the barbecue: two-star tasting menus, Busan pork soup, Seoul's 1954 noodles and a makgeolli bar. Meta for an occasion, Mijin for lunch.
Shoukouwa for the big occasion, Ginza Sushi-Ichi's lunch for a gentler start, Tentsuru if you'd rather it was fried, and Candlenut for an omakase with a Singapore accent.
Restaurants where the food would hold up with the blinds down: the skyline from 57 floors, the Padang from a gallery roof, the sea at East Coast. Book for sunset.
Meals worth putting in the calendar, from Peranakan cooking to French dining and Singapore-led tasting menus. Settle the occasion first; the right table follows from it.
The answer when nobody agrees on lunch. Everyone browses, everyone orders their own, everyone meets back at one table; keep a second choice in case your stall is shut.
Singapore food in three registers: a hawker meal, a heritage-led restaurant or a tasting menu. If you only do one, start at the hawker centre; the others are riffing on it.
Dempsey is best done as one booked meal with time either side. Peranakan, French or an open kitchen, chosen for the company; don't rush the wander around it.
New Bahru works best if you decide what you're eating before you arrive: breakfast, Sri Lankan cooking or pizza. Book the table, then wander afterwards.
The small plan suits Tiong Bahru best: lunch at the market or a bakery stop, then a slow wander. Check which bakery branch you mean before you set off.
