10 Best Restaurants to Treat Dad in Singapore — Steakhouses, Hotel Buffets & Cantonese Set Menus

The unfussy steakhouse pick, and the one most guides put in the wrong place. Fat Belly is at Serene Centre, #01-04, 10 Jalan Serene in Bukit Timah — nearest MRT is Botanic Gardens, not Tanjong Pagar as older listings claim. Open since 2017, its reputation is built on working with less-fashionable cuts and dry-ageing them properly, which is how the pricing stays well under the CBD names. Best for a dad who wants a serious steak without a tasting-menu ritual around it. Two things to know before you go: the kitchen also trades under the name FBG, so reviews under either name refer to the same place, and a temporary-closure flag that several aggregator listings carried through 2025 is now out of date — the official site is taking reservations and delivery orders as normal. Book on 6314 2247. The correct website is fatbellysg.com — fatbelly.com.sg no longer resolves.

The safest premium booking on this list. Meadesmoore sits on Level 2 of 21A Boon Tat Street (S069620), a short walk from Telok Ayer and Raffles Place MRT, and runs a modern steakhouse format with a full wine list and service standards that match the price. Both lunch and dinner services operate, so it works as a long weekday lunch with Dad as well as a proper evening out. Wagyu and dry-aged cuts anchor the menu, with steak-frites-style options at the lower end if you want the room without the top-tier bill. Reserve by phone on 6227 2247 or through the website; the dining room is compact and weekend evenings go early.

The best-value Chinese sit-down for a multi-generational table. Dian Xiao Er runs 19 outlets islandwide — NEX, Jewel Changi, VivoCity, Great World, Jurong Point, City Square Mall, Parkway Parade, Lot One and Downtown East among them — so there's almost always one near where the family already is. The signature is the Daling Lake herbal roast duck; the wider menu leans on claypot mushrooms, passion fruit prawns and golden corn prawns. Set menus are sized for groups rather than couples, which is the point: it's easy to scale a booking up or down as relatives confirm. Members get a free return voucher when ordering selected healthier dishes, running at all outlets from 23 June 2026 onwards, and selected outlets discount à la carte during early-bird and happy-hour windows.

The cheapest proper sit-down here, and it stopped being a limited-time promo. What ran as a Parent's Day buffet became a permanent weekend offering from 3 July 2026: every Saturday and Sunday, 2.30pm to 6pm, with a 90-minute seating limit. Pricing is S$15.90++ per adult and S$7.90++ per child aged 4 to 12, with children 3 and under free — call it roughly S$19 nett for an adult after service and GST. The spread covers zi char snacks, traditional local tea-break items, dessert and tea. Three outlets: Novena Square Velocity, Westgate and Changi Airport Terminal 3. Best treated as a long afternoon tea with Dad rather than a substitute dinner — the 2.30pm start pairs well with an evening activity after.

The landmark-hotel option, useful when different family members want different cuisines under one roof. Pan Pacific Singapore at 7 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square houses three restaurants that each stand on their own: Hai Tien Lo for Cantonese fine dining, Edge for the international buffet, and Keyaki for Japanese in a teahouse-garden setting. Being connected to Marina Square and a covered walk from Promenade MRT matters more than it sounds if you're bringing older parents along in the rain. Note that the hotel's old 'Gastronomic Delights for Dad' offer page is a long-expired archive listing and should not be used to plan — check current dining offers on the hotel's main dining pages, and book set menus one to two weeks ahead.

The premium Cantonese pick, and the strongest fine-dining room on this list. Cherry Garden sits on Level 5 of Mandarin Oriental, Singapore at 5 Raffles Avenue, and is helmed by two-MICHELIN-starred Chef Fei, whose style leans Cantonese with Teochew accents — restrained, ingredient-led, heavy on properly executed classics rather than novelty. Roast meats, dried seafood and abalone dishes are where the kitchen shows off. Weekend dim sum is the gentler way in if a full dinner feels like too much occasion; dinner is where the à la carte and set menus do the real work. Service and pacing are genuinely top-tier, which is the reason to spend here rather than the ingredient list. Book 10 to 14 days ahead for prime weekend slots.

The heritage counterpart to Cherry Garden, and the better choice if Dad would rather look at the building than the Marina Bay skyline. Jade sits inside The Fullerton Hotel at 1 Fullerton Square — a gazetted National Monument that served as Singapore's General Post Office — in a dining room done in jade tones. The kitchen covers classic Cantonese across dim sum service and à la carte dinner, so it flexes between a relaxed weekend yum cha and a proper sit-down evening. Practical advantages: it's a short covered walk from Raffles Place MRT, and the crowd skews local and business rather than tour groups, which makes conversation easier. Book ahead for weekend dim sum in particular.

The international-buffet pick, with one important caveat: the restaurant itself, on Level 32 at 12 Marina View, Asia Square Tower 2, is closed for a refurbishment running 18 May to 31 August 2026. Through that period the buffet runs as a Seasonal Tastes pop-up at Cook & Brew in the same hotel, and the pricing is better than the usual Marina Bay rate. Weekdays are a semi-buffet at S$48++ for lunch and S$98++ for dinner; weekends and public holidays are a full buffet at S$58++ lunch and S$108++ dinner, with children from S$30++. Selected bank cards get 50% off the second diner at lunch and 1-for-1 at dinner. Children 3 and below eat free. The standout for anyone treating an older dad: if he was born in 1965, the SG61 offer prices the pop-up lunch or dinner buffet at S$6.10++ every Saturday and Sunday until 10 August 2026. Bring ID showing the birth year. If you're planning further out, the Level 32 room reopens after the refurbishment with refreshed interiors, a seafood-on-ice counter and live stations, and reservations for it open on 1 September 2026 — worth booking early if the Marina Bay view is the point of the meal.

The pick for a dad who drinks whisky, and the listing where most guides are still wrong. The Auld Alliance holds one of the world's largest whisky collections at around 1,500 bottles — plus Armagnac, Cognac, rum and Calvados — and was founded by Emmanuel Dron in 2010. Crucially, after stints at CHIJMES and then the Rendezvous Hotel, the bar moved in December 2025 to 13 Stamford Road #01-62, Capitol Singapore (S178905). Anything still directing you to a Bras Basah hotel basement — or to a 15 Stamford Road unit, which several directories still list — is out of date. Drams are ordered à la carte across the list rather than as a fixed flight, which is the appeal: you can start somewhere approachable and let the staff walk you up to a serious vintage bottling at whatever pace suits. Best for the dad who has drunk whisky for years but never strays past his usual two brands. Book through their site — weekend walk-ins are a gamble.

The practical middle ground when the group is too big for Dian Xiao Er's sets and a hotel restaurant feels excessive. Crystal Jade Golden Palace is at #05-22 Paragon, 290 Orchard Road, serving Cantonese with Teochew dishes in a room that handles larger family bookings without feeling like a banquet hall. Kitchen hours are 11am to 3pm and 6pm to 10pm on weekdays, opening earlier at 10.30am on weekends and public holidays for the dim sum crowd. If Orchard is inconvenient, the wider Crystal Jade group runs different formats across the island — the La Mian Xiao Long Bao outlets are the cheaper, faster option for the same broad cuisine. Off-peak weekday lunches often take walk-ins; weekend evenings want 5 to 7 days' notice.