Updated 4 November: every deal re-checked against the brands' own pages. Surrey Hills Grocer's Dinner Club, our former top pick, ended on 29 October, so Holiday Inn Orchard's no-card 1-for-1 crab and lobster buffet takes its place, running to 22 November. KFC's $10.95 Chicken Tuesdays has its last run on 10 November, McDonald's from-$5 breakfast meal is back on its site, and YAYOI's lunch sets from $10 still stand. Here is where to eat well for less this month, and which deal runs on which day.
Six value dining deals worth planning a meal around this November.
> Quick view: Holiday Inn Orchard's crab and lobster buffet is the pick: a no-card 1-for-1 at S$168++ for two, Thursday to Sunday until 22 November. The rest run from $5 to about $51++ a head. Several are dine-in or takeaway only, so check before you order delivery.
The straightest 1-for-1 left on this list, and it needs no bank card, app or code.THE DEAL: until 22 November 2026, Holiday Inn Orchard's Crab & Lobster Buffet Dinner is S$168++ for two adults, about $84++ a head or roughly $101 nett, Thursday to Sunday, 6pm to 10pm. Prices are already after the discount, so S$168++ is the final pre-tax figure rather than a number you halve again.WHAT IS ON: chilli crab with mantou, black pepper, salted egg, kam hiong and nyonya curry crab, a BBQ live station with mud crab, scampi, lobster, scallop and abalone, a seafood bar with prawns, mussels, clams, gong gong and oysters, plus sashimi, sushi and maki.CHILDREN: ages 6 to 12 are $40++, and under-6s eat free with each paying adult, up to three children per paying adult before standard child rates apply.GROUPS: six or more get a complimentary bottle of house red or white wine, or soft drinks by the glass for the whole table instead.FINE PRINT: direct bookings only, and no stacking with other discounts, loyalty points or special offers. 9% GST and 10% service charge go on top, and a deposit applies to large groups and selected festive dates.WHERE TO BOOK: Window on the Park, Level 2, 11 Cavenagh Road, a short walk from Dhoby Ghaut and Newton MRT. Reserve on +65 6733 8333 or WhatsApp +65 9298 0019.
Photo: Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre official
Two free-flow desserts for the price of one main, at the riverside restaurant inside M Social (90 Robertson Quay, Level 1, about 5 minutes from Havelock MRT). The Friday deal is the famous one: order any main course and $9.90++ per person unlocks all-you-can-scoop tiramisu, served scoop by scoop until you give up. Since a single tiramisu slice runs $8 to $12 at most cafes, free-flow at $9.90++ is one of the cheapest dessert buffets in town. On weekdays there is also an all-you-can-scoop ice cream offer that comes with any a la carte main at weekday lunch, 12pm to 2.30pm, with no separate dessert charge listed. If you want the meal itself cheap, the weekday set lunch is a 2-course starter and main at $26++, served 11.30am to 2.45pm with last order at 2.30pm, and dessert is a $6++ add-on. Trays are limited and it is first come, first served, so book ahead on Friday nights. The rest of the week has its own cheap evenings, all on the hotel's own offers pages: happy hour runs 11.30am to 7.30pm every day, a $45++ Happy Hour Free Flow buys two hours of free-flow red wine, white wine and beer from 6pm Monday to Thursday, Ladies Night puts Mimosas, Prosecco and Rossinis at $10++ from 6pm on Wednesdays, and Pop & Pour Thursdays is a 750ml bottle of Montelvini Prosecco DOC Extra Dry at $30++. All six offers were still listed on M Social's own offers pages on 4 November. Full details on the tiramisu deal →
Photo: M Social Singapore official
Three separate deals, with three different sets of rules.CHICKEN TUESDAYS: 5 pieces of Original Recipe or Hot & Crispy for $10.95 (U.P. $22.50), with no choice of chicken parts, and the last run is Tuesday 10 November. It is dine-in and takeaway only, limited to 2 sets per transaction while stocks last, and not sold at Jurong Spring Express, Punggol Oasis, Sentosa, Singapore Poly or the Zoo.WEEKDAY MEALS: the standing '$5 Real Deals' menu runs Monday to Friday, and every meal comes with a regular side and a drink. Only one of the six is actually $5 as of 4 November: the BBQ Tenders Burger Meal. The Cheesy Tenders Twister Meal, Famous Bowl Meal, Curry Macaroni Bowl Set and Spicy K Mac N' Cheese Bowl Set are $5.50, and the Mac 'N Cheese Bowl Meal is $6.50.THE CATCH: these weekday deals are for dine-in and takeaway only and are not available on KFC Delivery, GrabFood, foodpanda or Deliveroo, so ordering in costs you the discount. KFC's own terms add three more limits: only after 11am, not on weekends or public holidays, and not at KFC Sentosa, Singapore Zoo or Jewel Changi Airport.ONE FOR ONE: the one genuine 1-for-1 on KFC's menu right now sits in its Limited Time Offers: 1-for-1 Japanese Nanban Chicken Bites (6 pcs) at $6.95 (U.P. $13.90). KFC publishes no end date, so treat it as while-it-lasts.APP DEALS: Monday App Deals cut one dish a week and name the exact Monday they are valid (the next is a $6.50 Famous Bowl with Chicken Meal on 9 November), and a rotating Flash Deals section adds cheap drinks and snacks for a few days at a time. Both are worth a look in the app before you order, but the from-$5 weekday menu is the part you can count on week to week.
Photo: KFC Singapore official
The $5-off-everything promo that ran through July and August has ended, but the Japanese teishoku chain's new weekday lunch menus, running since 12 October, make it one of the cheapest sit-down lunches on this list.WEEKDAY LUNCH: at Northpoint City and Pasir Ris Mall, lunch specials start at $10 with salad included: Pork Yakisoba $10, Pork Sukiyaki Jyu and Yakitori Jyu $11, Beef Curry and Chicken Omu Curry $12, and Mala Miso Tori Katsu Teishoku $13. At 100AM and United Square they start at $12 with hot or iced tea included, up to $15 for the Seafood Ankake Ramen. Both run on non-public-holiday weekdays from opening till 4pm.STUDENT MEALS: students pay from $9 (Pork Yakisoba or Yakitori Jyu; Pork Sukiyaki Jyu and Sausage Curry $10, Mala Miso Tori Katsu Teishoku $11) at The Star Vista, Northpoint City and Pasir Ris Mall, same weekday hours.TAKEAWAY ONLY: Northpoint City and Pasir Ris Mall sell a Mala Pork Jyu at $8 and Seafood Yakisoba at $9 for takeaway all day, before GST.TEA TIME AND HAPPY HOUR: tea-time pairings from $5++ (tiramisu and hot coffee) run weekdays 2pm to 5pm at The Star Vista, United Square and Northpoint City, and all day on weekdays at 100AM and Pasir Ris Mall. A 250ml Asahi draft or 90ml house sake is $4.50 (a 500ml Asahi is $7), 3pm to 8pm daily at 100AM, The Star Vista and United Square, while Northpoint City and Pasir Ris Mall pour bottled Sapporo at $7.50, or five for $35.FINE PRINT: the promotional menus do not combine with other discounts, and every offer is outlet-specific, so check the branch before you go. The $6 Tori Katsu Jyu we listed earlier has never been on YAYOI's site and is not on the new Northpoint and Pasir Ris lunch menu, so ask before counting on it.
Photo: YAYOI Singapore official
The reliable fallback, and these offers sit on McDonald's own site rather than in a four-day app flash.BREAKFAST: the Breakfast McSaver Meal from $5 is back on McDonald's homepage and its own page: a McMuffin, a Hash Brown or Corn Cup, and coffee or tea, any day of the week during breakfast hours (before 11am on weekdays, 12pm on weekends and public holidays). It is not available on delivery or at Mandai Wildlife East, Lido, Gardens by the Bay and Changi Airport (Jewel, T2, T2 Transit, T3). The Breakfast Wrap McSaver we quoted at $6.50 no longer has a price on the site, so check the kiosk.AFTER BREAKFAST: Chilli Lime McSaver meals are a chicken, fish or beef burger with chilli lime sauce, as a single or a double, while stocks last. McDonald's own McSaver page prints no price, so check the kiosk or app. McSaver prices are not available on delivery or at the Lido, Gardens by the Bay and Changi Airport (Jewel, T2, T2 Transit, T3) outlets.DELIVERY: the anchor is the Delivery Special 4pc Saver Meal from $9.90: a burger with 1pc McCrispy Fried Chicken, fries and a drink. The burger is not free choice: it is a Filet-O-Fish, Double Cheeseburger or McSpicy. McDelivery's minimum order is $8, with a small order fee between $8 and $11.99.JUST ENDED: two offers run out on 4 November unless McDonald's renews them: free 4pc Chicken McNuggets with any Double McSpicy or Double Bulgogi Feast, and the free Iced Lemon Tea (S) at the Drive-Thru when you quote 'car decal' with a minimum $10 spend. McDonald's $2 Happy Treats page has also been taken down, so we no longer list those. The app also runs rotating limited-time deals that change every few days, so open it before any McDonald's run rather than paying menu price. Every McDonald's app deal worth knowing →
Photo: McDonald's Singapore official
For a treat-yourself meal, this is the one to book. Seasonal Tastes, on Level 32 of The Westin Singapore (12 Marina View, Asia Square Tower 2), runs a card deal on both buffets: every second adult diner enjoys 50% off when you pay with a DBS/POSB, OCBC, UOB, Citibank, Bank of China, Maybank, Amex or JCB debit or credit card. DBS dates its version to 30 December 2026. The Lunchtastic Buffet is $68++ per adult Monday to Thursday and $78++ Friday to Sunday, children aged 4 to 12 are $34++, served 12pm to 2.30pm until 22 November, and every guest now gets a complimentary glass of house wine. The Seafood Dinner Buffet changed in our 3 October check: it is now $98++ per adult from Sunday to Thursday with a glass of house wine, and $128++ on Fridays and Saturdays, when lobster on ice and free-flow house and sparkling wine are included. Children are $55++, 6pm to 10pm. Do the maths before you book: two adults at weekday lunch pay $102++ in total, so about $51++ each; a Sunday-to-Thursday seafood dinner works out to about $73.50++ each, and a Friday or Saturday one to $96++ each. Lunch is still where the value is. The discount is for adults aged 13 and above, needs an advance reservation (up to 10 per booking) and does not apply on the eve of or on public holidays or special occasions. The '++' means service charge and GST on top. From 23 November to 3 January the festive buffets take over with the same half-price second diner: lunch stays $68++ Monday to Thursday and $78++ Friday to Sunday (children $39++), and dinner is $108++ Sunday to Thursday and $128++ on Fridays and Saturdays (children $55++). Christmas Eve dinner, Christmas Day lunch and New Year's Eve dinner are separate $168++ buffets, 15% off if paid in full by 14 December. If you dine here often, the hotel's LiveWell membership takes 25% off the total bill instead, but it cannot be combined with the card deal.
Photo: Seasonal Tastes official
| Deal | What you get | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Holiday Inn Orchard | 1-for-1 Crab & Lobster Buffet Dinner, S$168++ for two adults (about $84++ each), no card needed | Thu to Sun, 6pm to 10pm, to 22 Nov |
| Beast & Butterflies | Free-flow tiramisu $9.90++ with any main; free-flow ice cream at weekday lunch; $45++ free-flow wine and beer; $10++ cocktails; $30++ prosecco bottle | Fridays; weekdays 12pm to 2.30pm; Mon to Thu, Wed and Thu from 6pm |
| KFC | Chicken Tuesdays, 5pc at $10.95; weekday meal deals from $5 (dine-in and takeaway only); 1-for-1 Nanban Chicken Bites (6 pcs) $6.95 | Tuesdays to 10 Nov; Mon to Fri, after 11am; 1-for-1 limited time |
| YAYOI | Lunch sets from $10 (from $12 at 100AM and United Square); student meals from $9; tea-time sets from $5++; $4.50 happy hour, or $7.50 Sapporo at Northpoint City and Pasir Ris Mall | Weekdays to 4pm; 2pm to 5pm; 3pm to 8pm daily |
| McDonald's | Breakfast McSaver from $5 and Chilli Lime McSaver meals (neither on delivery); 4pc Saver Meal from $9.90 (delivery) | Breakfast hours; after breakfast; standing |
| Seasonal Tastes @ The Westin | Every second adult 50% off, 8 card issuers (about $51++ each at weekday lunch; seafood dinner from $98++ Sun to Thu) | To 30 Dec (DBS) |
Several of these are day-specific, so the cheapest night out depends on when you go.
| Day | What is on |
|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | KFC weekday deals from $5, plus a cut-price Monday App Deal; YAYOI lunch sets from $10 until 4pm; Beast & Butterflies free-flow ice cream at lunch and $45++ two-hour free-flow wine and beer from 6pm; Seasonal Tastes Lunchtastic at $68++ per adult, seafood dinner $98++ |
| Tuesday, on top | KFC Chicken Tuesdays, 5 pieces at $10.95, last run 10 November |
| Wednesday, on top | Ladies Night at Beast & Butterflies, $10++ Mimosas, Prosecco and Rossinis from 6pm |
| Thursday, on top | Holiday Inn Orchard 1-for-1 crab and lobster buffet from 6pm; Pop & Pour at Beast & Butterflies, a 750ml Montelvini Prosecco DOC Extra Dry at $30++ |
| Friday | Holiday Inn Orchard 1-for-1 buffet from 6pm; Beast & Butterflies free-flow tiramisu $9.90++ with any main; KFC weekday deals from $5; YAYOI lunch sets from $10; Seasonal Tastes lunch at $78++ per adult |
| Saturday | Holiday Inn Orchard 1-for-1 buffet from 6pm; Seasonal Tastes lunch $78++ or seafood dinner $128++, second diner 50% off |
| Sunday | Holiday Inn Orchard 1-for-1 buffet from 6pm; Seasonal Tastes lunch $78++ or seafood dinner $98++ |
| Any day | McDonald's Breakfast McSaver from $5 in breakfast hours; YAYOI happy hour 3pm to 8pm |
If lunch is the meal you are trying to cut, the order is straightforward. YAYOI's lunch sets from $10, salad included, are the cheapest proper sit-down plates at Northpoint City and Pasir Ris Mall (from $12 with tea at 100AM and United Square, and from $9 for students), served on weekdays until 4pm. KFC from $5 is cheaper still and available after 11am at almost every outlet (not Sentosa, the Zoo or Jewel), as long as you eat in or take away rather than ordering delivery. Only its BBQ Tenders Burger Meal is exactly $5; the rest run $5.50 to $6.50. Beast & Butterflies at $26++ buys you two courses plus free-flow ice cream, which is the best value if you want a real restaurant lunch. Seasonal Tastes at about $51++ each for two is the splurge, and it is the only one of the four that is a full buffet.
Book Holiday Inn Orchard first, because it stops on 22 November and is the only full 1-for-1 buffet here that needs no bank card. Groups of six or more also get a free bottle of house wine. Book Seasonal Tastes if you hold an eligible card, and book weekday lunch rather than dinner: the second-diner discount is the same either way, but weekday lunch is $30 a head below the $98++ Sunday-to-Thursday dinner and $60 below the Friday and Saturday one, which is where the actual saving lives.
Every deal above was re-checked on 4 November 2026 against the brand's own website, app menu or official social post, not against deal aggregators. All six Beast & Butterflies offer pages on msocial.com, YAYOI's lunch, student, tea-time and happy-hour posts, KFC's weekday terms, McDonald's $9.90 delivery Saver Meal and every Seasonal Tastes price were unchanged. A few things did change. Surrey Hills Grocer's own Instagram marks the Dinner Club as ended on 29 October, so it has left this list and Holiday Inn Orchard's 1-for-1, read off the hotel's own offer page, replaces it. KFC has brought back Chicken Tuesdays until 10 November, added a sixth meal to its Real Deals menu and dropped 25% off the Famous Bowl from its Limited Time Offers. McDonald's has put its Breakfast McSaver from $5 back on its homepage, so that replaces the Breakfast Wrap as the breakfast deal to count on. Its $2 Happy Treats page now returns a 404, and its free McNuggets and Drive-Thru tea run out on 4 November. YAYOI's anniversary prize wheel ended on 30 October. The details of everything that has ended are in the FAQ below.
*Deals, outlets, timings and prices are set by each brand and can change at any time, so always confirm on the official channels before you head down. Details compiled from each brand's own website and official social channels. Cover image: Seasonal Tastes at The Westin Singapore, the restaurant's own official buffet photograph (seasonaltastessingapore.com). Item photos: each brand's own official images.*
Holiday Inn Orchard's Crab & Lobster Buffet Dinner is the clearest 1-for-1 running in November 2026: S$168++ for two adults (about $84++ each), Thursday to Sunday, 6pm to 10pm, until 22 November, with no bank card needed. It is for direct bookings only, and the price already includes the discount. The cheapest 1-for-1 is KFC's limited-time 6pc Japanese Nanban Chicken Bites at $6.95 (U.P. $13.90). If you hold one of eight eligible cards, Seasonal Tastes at The Westin takes 50% off every second diner, which lands around $51++ a head for two at weekday lunch. Always confirm timings and terms on each brand's official channels, as they can change.
No. The Dinner Club ended on 29 October 2026, and Surrey Hills Grocer's own Instagram post now reads 'PROMO ENDED'. Its last version had already changed: from 20 October it gave free sides rather than free mains, so order 2 mains, get 2 sides free, at Raffles City, VivoCity, One Holland Village and The Woodleigh Mall. No replacement has been announced. SAFRA members and servicemen (11B) still get 10% off the subtotal for dine-in and takeaway on weekdays and eves of public holidays, running to 31 March 2027. The ION Orchard outlet closed on 4 October, and on 30 October the brand said a new home is coming in Orchard, with no address or opening date yet.
Three of them work as buy one get one free. Holiday Inn Orchard's crab and lobster buffet is a straight 1-for-1 at S$168++ for two adults. KFC's limited-time 1-for-1 on 6pc Japanese Nanban Chicken Bites ($6.95, U.P. $13.90) is the cheapest. Seasonal Tastes at The Westin is the half-price version, where the second diner pays 50% rather than nothing, on DBS/POSB, OCBC, UOB, Citibank, Bank of China, Maybank, Amex and JCB cards. The rest are flat discounts or free-flow add-ons rather than buy-one-get-one: KFC's weekday sets from $5, YAYOI's lunch sets from $10, McDonald's Breakfast McSaver from $5, and the free-flow tiramisu and ice cream at Beast & Butterflies.
Four of them are weekday-lunch deals rather than dinner deals. YAYOI's lunch sets are the cheapest sit-down option: from $10 with salad at Northpoint City and Pasir Ris Mall, or from $12 with tea at 100AM and United Square, on non-public-holiday weekdays until 4pm, and students pay from $9. Beast & Butterflies serves free-flow ice cream with any a la carte main from 12pm to 2.30pm on weekdays, and its 2-course set lunch is $26++. KFC's weekday meal deals from $5 run Monday to Friday after 11am for dine-in and takeaway. Seasonal Tastes' Lunchtastic Buffet at $68++ per adult Monday to Thursday becomes about $51++ each for two once the second diner takes 50% off.
It varies, and getting it wrong is the usual reason people miss out. Seasonal Tastes is card-linked, so you need an eligible DBS/POSB, OCBC, UOB, Citibank, Bank of China, Maybank, Amex or JCB card plus an advance reservation made under the promotion. Holiday Inn Orchard needs no card, but you must book direct with the hotel. McDonald's runs its rotating offers through the app, though the $9.90 4pc Saver Meal is a delivery special and the from-$5 Breakfast McSaver is not sold on delivery. KFC's weekday deals and Chicken Tuesdays need no coupon at all, but they are dine-in and takeaway only, so ordering through a delivery platform loses you the price. YAYOI and Beast & Butterflies are straightforward in-store deals: turn up in the right window at a participating outlet and order.
Since our 20 October check: Surrey Hills Grocer's Dinner Club ended on 29 October, YAYOI's 15th-anniversary prize wheel finished on 30 October, McDonald's free McNuggets with Doubles and free Drive-Thru Iced Lemon Tea both run out on 4 November, McDonald's $2 Happy Treats page has been taken down, and KFC's 25% off Famous Bowl has left its Limited Time Offers. From earlier versions of this page: Kei Kaisendon's 9th-anniversary 1-for-1 sashimi don finished in late August, the 1-for-1 dinner buffet at the Cook & Brew pop-up ended on 31 August (Seasonal Tastes has since reopened on Level 32 of The Westin with a second-diner-50%-off deal instead), YAYOI's $5 off with no minimum spend ran 1 July to 31 August, and McDonald's Pre-Payday app deals expired on 21 August. KFC's $5.50 Nashville chicken bites set has also left the menu. We remove ended deals from this page rather than leaving them up.
