2025 Festive Dinners: Must-try Festive Menus to Wind Down the Year

CONTENT: Yiew Kai Jie/ Michelle Ng

With so many solid food options all year round, it can be hard to decide on one especially when Christmas is one of the busiest dine out seasons here. Buffets can be a bit overwhelming and sometimes a festive dinner menu curated with seasonal ingredients and festive flavours hits all the right notes. Here are our top picks for this season’s festive season.

Mandarin Oriental, Singapore

Write your own Tale of Wonders at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore, where chapters of indulgence and lavish feasting are in store. Elevate your festive home tables with The Mandarin Oriental’s selection of gourmet roasts – think Traditional Roasted Christmas Turkey with cranberry sauce and giblet gravy and a Honey-Glazed Bone-In Christmas Ham with pineapple sauce, as well as refreshingly delicious trio of festive Cakes from The Mandarin Cake Shop – the Celadon Santa is a lemon pain de genes layered with sweet and zesty apple-dill and yuzu Chantilly, or go classic on a twist with an Enchanted Pinecone of tiramisu and marsala mascarpone mousse and coffee cream.

If you’re looking for a fuss-free yet equally enjoyable good time, the celebratory buffet at embu will also see a takeover of classic holiday favourites like turkey, ham, and Yuletide desserts like traditional German Christmas Bread and Panettone. The Lobby Lounge will also have a Holiday Reverie-themed afternoon tea just for this festive season, inspired by fig, a signature note in Diptyque’s iconic fragrances, and also has the unique pairing of the quintessential French delicacy with gingerbread spice in the Foie Gras.

Mandarin Oriental, Singapore is located at 5 Raffles Avenue, Singapore 039797

Courtyard by Marriot Singapore Novena

The Festive Semi-Buffet Dinner at Sky22 on Fridays and Saturdays are the perfect way to enjoy a hearty dinner without overindulging, with an appetizer live station with a soup-salad bar, choice of a main course, and then finish off with festive sweet treats. Look forward to poached prawns, chocolate fondue with fresh seasonal fruits, as well as Christmas Puddings and cakes, while the main course highlights includes a Chicken Roulade with Foie Gras and Chestnut Stuffing, Lobster Thermidor, and Steak Frites.

If you’re looking to impress on the weekends, the Sky22 Festive Seafood Buffet will be a delight for seafood lovers as it also has a free-flow seafood spread of oysters, snow crab, scallops and more in additional to live station and even more desserts – if you can squeeze in more Gingerbread Pudding and Black Forest Bru in after all that seafood!

Courtyard by Marriott Singapore Novena is located at 99 Irrawaddy Road, Singapore 329568

Publico Ristorante

Lean into the warmth of a traditional Italian Christmas this year with Publico’s Christmas Sharing Set sharing menu (S$128++ per person for a minimum of four guests) that’s designed for lingering catch ups over generous plates and plenty of wine. Built around convivial abundance, starting with antipasti and house made pastas before culminating in a golden crusted porchetta served family style. The star of the table is that show stopping roast: juicy rolled pork with crackling, plated with citrus tossed asparagus, roasted potatoes and a bright chimichurri that cuts through the richness, while the tortellini—stuffed with confit duck and perfumed with black truffle—delivers a luxurious, wintry comfort that feels tailor made for festive gatherings.

To match the food, Publico has created three Christmas exclusive cocktails that turn every toast into a little celebration in itself. Clover Sparks (S$22++), built on vodka, raspberry liqueur and sparkling wine, drinks like a grown up berry soda with a festive fizz, ideal as an opener to the evening. Quay Pine (S$22++) leans tropical and playful, mixing tequila with maraschino, melon liqueur and triple sec for a pineapple and citrus accented sip that feels like Christmas on the Riviera rather than in the snow. For something stronger, Bramble Bliss (S$22++) layers Bombay Sapphire gin, crème de cassis, fresh berries and ginger beer, giving you a rich forest fruit profile lifted by spice and bubbles—perfect to linger over once the porchetta platters are down to their last slices.

Taken together, the sharing feast and cocktail trio make Publico a cosy, riverfront choice for groups who want their Christmas dinner to feel both celebratory and comfortably, deliciously familiar.

Publico is located at InterContinental Robertson Quay, 1 Nanson Road, Singapore 238909

JAAN by Kirk Westaway

JAAN by Kirk Westaway gives us a reason to go all out, and the intimate restaurant set at the 70th floor of Swissotel The Stamford boasts panoramic views of the city at night. On highlight occasions, you can also look forward to fireworks on New Year’s Eve. Over three nights, Christmas Eve starts with an elevated indulgent gastronomic experience with expressions of king crab, white truffle and Kristal Caviar. On Christmas Day, tuck into six courses of modern British Cuisine, with the signature Sweet Leek and Potato Soup as well as rich winter ingredients like langoustine and Kagoshima beef. Or if you want to start the new year on a high note, the New Year’s Eve menu features treats like Scottish blue lobster, juniper crusted venison, and a Champagne sorbet.

JAAN by Kirk Westaway is located at Level 70, Swissotel The Stamford, 2 Stamford Road, Singapore 178882

Butcher’s Block

Celebrate the end of the year with a fiery touch at Butcher’s Block with their Festive IMUA Menu. Only serving up on 24, 25, and 31 December 2025, Chef Jordan Keao embodies the meaning of moving forward with strength and spirit, where his new dishes celebrate togetherness and the start of a new year. This year, expect dishes such as Lomi Lomi Kombu Cured Big Eye Tuna, Kalua Pork Confit, Huli-Huli Dry-Aged Duck paired with heirloom beets, and the highlight–Smoke Stone Axe Wagyu Beef Wellington, where each course showcases the flavours of ingredients through Chef’s whole animal philosophy where every part of the animal doesn’t go to waste.

Butcher’s Block is located at 328 North Bridge Road, #02-02 Raffles Arcade, Singapore 188719