Christmas Buffets 2025: Where to Feast This Festive Season
CONTENT: Yiew Kai Jie
Christmas in Singapore means lavish buffets overflowing with roasted meats, seafood towers, and decadent desserts—perfect for family gatherings or office parties. From Italian opulence to rainforest retreats, these spreads blend global classics with local twists, all priced for value and indulgence. Here are our top five standout festive buffets to book before they sell out!
Planter’s Shed, Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree
Amid rainforest greenery, Planter’s Shed’s Festive Buffet Dinner starts with premium chilled seafood (Boston lobster, snow crab, and scallops). Carvings include roasted Christmas turkey with chestnuts, honey-glazed ham, and Creole-spiced Angus OP ribs. Live lobster laksa adds a local flair. End off the meal with a wide array of sweet desserts that include panna cotta, chocolate fondue, pecan pie, and Christmas pudding, with Christmas carolers, and get the little ones to meet Santa himself on Christmas Eve and Day!
The festive set lunch is available daily at S$58++ per person from 12pm to 3pm, and the festive dinner buffet runs from now until 23 and 26 to 30 December 2025 at S$68++ per adult on weekdays (Monday–Thursday) and S$78++ per adult on weekends (Friday–Sunday).
On Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas Day brunch the buffets are each priced at S$158++ per adult, while a special Christmas Day dinner buffet is priced at S$128++ per adult.
Planter’s Shed is located at 60 Mandai Lake Road, Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree, Singapore 729979
RISE, Marina Bay Sands
RISE at Marina Bay Sands is going all‑out with two year‑end buffets that bracket Christmas and New Year in serious style. The buffet opens with Manchurian caviar over blinis with egg, onion and crème fraîche before segueing into a line of roasts: prime rib of Wagyu beef, brined stuffed turkey, BBQ black pork ribs, Kurobuta ham and a buttery Mayura Wagyu beef ribeye. A whole lamb roasted on a spit adds smoky theatre to the line‑up. Desserts lean classic European, with a rich chocolate bûche de Noël, croquembouche‑style éclairs and roasted chestnuts for a nostalgic finishing touch.
The Christmas buffet is available on Christmas Eve and Day at S$138++-$158++. (Depending on the day and package that guests order.)
RISE is located at 10 Bayfront Avenue, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 018956
Orchard Cafe, Orchard Hotel
Orchard Cafe’s massive year-end festive buffet mixes roasts like French butter & black truffle whole turkey, turkey breast with rougie duck foie gras, Moroccan black angus striploin, paillote Tasmanian salmon trout, and Spanish lechon. Seafood towers feature Boston lobster, snow crab, chirashi don, and grilled oysters. Live stations cook creamy pappardelle lamb ragout in a parmesan wheel and seafood orzo. The local highlights include wok-fried chili & pepper crab, Singapore laksa, prawn noodles, and pork trotter bee hoon with chestnuts. Desserts include cherry & chestnut Valrhona log cakes, mince pie, marzipan stollen, spiced cookies, durian pengat, and whisky-mixed fruit crispy egglets.
The Year‑End Festive Buffet runs from now until 11 January 2026 and is priced at S$94++ for lunch and S$108++ for dinner on weekdays and S$104++ for lunch and S$118++ for dinner on weekends.
Special festive dates are priced on 24 December 2025 at S$120++ for lunch and S$150++ for dinner, and on 25 December 2025 at S$138++ for both lunch and dinner.
Early‑bird promotions include 15% off reservations from 9 December onwards, plus complimentary dining for children aged five and below and 50% off for those aged six to twelve.
Orchard Cafe is located at Orchard Hotel, 442 Orchard Road, Singapore 238879
LUCE, InterContinental Singapore
LUCE’s festive buffet channels Italian warmth with global holiday flair, kicking off with seafood on ice towers of oysters, Boston lobster, and snow crab (Sunday brunch highlight). Live carving stations feature herb-crusted wagyu roast with shallot red wine jus, golden tacchino arrosto turkey with charred broccolini and giblet gravy, plus Iberico pork neck spezzatino di maiale braised in fennel and white wine.
Don’t forget to visit their live pasta stations, where tagliolini gamberi e limone are furiously tossed in a parmesan wheel, while Asian dishes like the braised pork belly with 13 spices and kung pao tiger prawns add their own flair to the buffet. Sides include roasted Brussels sprouts with pancetta, and desserts dazzle with chocolate bûche de noël (Earl Grey crémeux), mont blanc frangipane, fruity yule log cake, and a pandan kaya yule log.
The festive buffet runs from 1 to 23 December and 26 to 30 December 2025 and is priced for lunch (Monday to Saturday, 12pm–2.30pm) at S$83++ per adult and S$54++ per child aged 6–11, and for dinner (Sunday to Thursday, 6pm–10pm) at S$103++ per adult and S$64++ per child, with Friday and Saturday dinner at S$114++ per adult and S$69++ per child.
The Sunday Brunch (12pm–3pm) ranges from S$203++ per adult with free‑flow Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial and cocktails to S$143++ with soft drinks only, and from S$63++ to S$93++ per child.
Special sittings include a Christmas Eve lunch buffet on 24 December at S$92++ per adult and S$63++ per child.
LUCE is located at InterContinental Singapore, 80 Middle Road, Singapore 188966
Pete’s Place, Grand Hyatt Singapore
Pete’s Place delivers an authentic Italian Christmas with a carving-focused spread. Seafood shines in Aragosta & Gamberi Cocktail (lobster-prawn salad with salsa rosa and endive), while roasts include Italian prime rib with Tuscan rub and red wine jus, vitello tonnato (veal with capers and lemon), and cacciucco alla livornese seafood stew. Finish with Pete’s tiramisu, vanilla panna cotta, and classic panettone from the Dolce Bar. While unlimited glasses of mulled wine and eggnog add on to the festive cheer!
The festive buffet is priced for Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas Day lunch at S$150++ per adult. An additional beverage package, S$65++ on Christmas Eve and Day, adds free‑flow Moët & Chandon Impérial Brut Champagne, beers, and house wines during the buffet.
Pete’s Place is located at Grand Hyatt Singapore, 10 Scotts Road, Singapore 228211
