The best Christmas dinners in Singapore for 2023

December 24 and 25

Get a closer look at Santa’s sleigh in the sky at Andaz’s contemporary steak restaurant on level 38. The team has prepped a four-course menu ($198) with shio-koji aged Wagyu striploin as the centrepiece, or the grilled wild turbot if you prefer fish. Other luxe items such as smoked Tasmanian oysters, wagyu tartare, amberjack crudo, and an intriguing Gold Rocher dessert round off the menu. Vegetarians can enjoy a separate meat-free menu featuring equally exciting dishes such as applewood-smoked sunchokes, maple-glazed root celery, and oven-roasted chestnut risotto. For an additional $88, get four glasses of wine specially curated to pair with your food.

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December 1 to 31

Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel’s Lobby Lounge is doling out an elegant Christmas-themed high tea with dainty bites during the entirety of December. Nibble on French-style Mont Blanc desserts filled with chestnut paste, brandy-spiked fruit cake, and champagne jelly verrines – as well as savoury bites like crab rolls with mullet roe and cured salmon and prawn toast. On weekdays ($48), enjoy your spread with free-flow TWG teas and coffee, or visit on a weekend ($58) for some bonus cured oyster ceviche and a flute of champagne.

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November 21 to January 1, 2024

Tablescape’s five-course set menu ($88) will whisk your taste buds away on a winter trip to Europe. Begin with poached lobster tail served with white asparagus, avruga caviar, and dill lime sauce. Then, proceed to Angus beef carpaccio with porcini mushrooms and pine nuts before moving on to eel, a must-have tradition on any Italian Chtistmas table. The eel is slow-roasted in a Josper grill and enhanced with thyme and spices. For your main, choose between the steamed pork jowl served with spinach spatzle, and Atlantic cod with slow-cooked lentils and salsa verde. Made up of sweet peach sorbet, Morello cherry mousse, and vanilla meringue, the dessert is intriguingly shaped like a Christmas tree bauble.

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November 15 to January 2

A proper Christmas feast deserves a massive roast or two, and no one does it better than Morganfield’s. The restaurant has fired up the grills to receive your holiday party with three mouth-watering roasts. Slice into a juicy herb-roasted stuffed turkey ($169), dig into a glistening leg of gammon ham ($189) glazed with sweet orange marmalade, or sink your teeth into the roast beef ribeye ($209) that has been slow-roasted to satisfying tenderness. Morganfield’s Spare Ribs Feast for five ($169) is perfect for those who want to try a bit of everything. Besides cranberry spare ribs, pork belly chops, succulent ham, sausages, and a bevy of vegetable sides, it also includes a new menu item: slow-cooked ribs drenched in a rich toffee nut sauce finished with the satisfying crunch of toasted almonds.

Festive takeaway and delivery menus are also available. Make your bookings and reservations here and use the code TIMEOUT for free mac and cheese.

From November 13

voco Orchard Singapore is delivering a whole host of festive specials in December including a festive brunch (from $128), a Christmas Eve buffet dinner ($148), and a four-course dinner ($198 for two) at Opus Bar & Grill. While you revel in perfectly roasted meats at brunch, look out for the balloon sculptor and roving magician who are bound to keep the kids entertained from 12.30pm to 2.30pm on 24 and 25 December. For a chicer affair, opt for the four-course dinner where you’ll be met with elegant creations such as yuzu kosho oysters, smoked pumpkin and chestnut velouté, a spruced-up surf and turf platter, and caramel milk chocolate champagne yule log. Opus Bar has also crafted three festive cocktails ($15 each) including a dangerously easy-to-drink twist on mulled wine. As a bonus, Citibank, OCBC, DBS and IHG One Rewards members enjoy a 20% discount on festive buffet dining on December 24, 25 and 31 if they pay before December 10.

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December 1 to 30 (excluding December 24 and 25)

Vegetarians and vegans need not be sidelined this holiday season amid all the meat-heavy centrepieces on the Christmas table. Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa’s meat alternative restaurant Casserole has designed three inventive plant-based dishes – available daily for dinner in December. Begin with celeriac ‘mille-feuille’ ($22), a celebration of the root vegetable in three ways – salt-baked, pickled, and pureed. It’s served on a bed of vegan truffle beurre blanc sauce and garnished with toasted hazelnuts and basil oil. Then, move on to ‘salmon’ coulibiac ($30), featuring plant-based fish wrapped in layers of flaky pastry and paired with chestnuts and charred brussels sprouts. Wrap up with a slice of vegan mini white chocolate and raspberry log cake ($20) made with carrot cake encased in pink raspberry chocolate and served alongside chocolate sorbet. Pair your meal with organic wines, and unique cocktails garnished with herbs that are grown in-house. 

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December 24 and 25

The Italians know how to do Christmas well and it shows in Amo’s festive menu (from $68). Available for both dinner and lunch on Christmas Eve and Day, the spread begins with cured meats, burrata campana, and truffle pizza. We love the idea of having pasta before our Christmas meats, and the choices at Amo include caserecce with brown crab and mascarpone, and trofie with artichoke and Siclian almond pesto. For your main, choose between swordfish belly and beef – both which are served with truffle mash and charred baby corn. Finish with the restaurant’s famed tiramisu or the panettone soufflé with Moscato sabayon. The lunch and dinner menus differ slightly; check the restaurant website to find out more.

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December 1 to 31

If you’re after a homestyle English Christmas feast, look no further than this four-course menu available during the whole of December. Begin with a retro-style cappuccino lobster bisque, and turkey and potato cakes. The starters include options such as deep-fried turkey beancurd roll, wild cod dumpling, and black pepper scotch beef ball. In keeping with the rustic theme, take your pick from mains such as pork belly with crackling, roast fillet of lamb with mint sauce, and grilled salmon with lobster sauce. Finish with a classic Christmas pudding with brandy sauce or Marco Pierre White’s famed tiramisu. To satiate a diverse group of diners, a separate vegetarian menu is available with baked aubergine and spinach ravioli. 

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December 1 to 31

Whether you want to impress a client, date, or tourist friend, this is where you should be for a sophisticated Christmas experience while savouring the Singapore skyline. The restaurant offers a series of set menus throughout the whole month, culminating in a special five-course dinner ($238) on Christmas Eve and Day. Whether it’s the mushroom paté with chestnut and foie gras, the turbot with kaluga caviar, or the Wagyu sirloin with truffle and spinach, you’ll be sure to have a stylish affair from start to end. The equally alluring festive set lunch ($75) features dishes like corn-fed chicken with chestnut and Parmesan, sirloin with truffle and foie gras, and blackberry trifle with orange, pistachio, and ginger. All of SKAI’s festive menus come with the option of wine flights. 

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December 24 and 25

Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, you deserve a luxurious Christmas dinner – preferably with a view of luxury yachts resting on the cove. Well, that’s exactly what Skirt presents us, with its well-designed set menu (from $168) this festive season. Begin with a cheese and truffle tart, Japanese swordfish with burnt buttermilk caviar, as well as monkfish liver miso paté. Pick between miso beef short rib, dry-aged rainbow trout, and filet mignon as your main – or a celeriac showstopper if you’re vegetarian. And finally, end with chocolate mille feuille with gingerbread and spiced ice cream. The menus are available in both four- and five-course options, as well as a wine pairing choice for an additional $140.

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