Mid-Autumn Festival 2026 fell on Friday, 25 September, and every hotel mooncake season on this list has now closed. Next year's festival is Wednesday, 15 September 2027. We re-checked the shops on 3 October: Mandarin Oriental lists all six of its Mid-Autumn boxes as unavailable, The Fullerton's mooncake page shows nine boxes sold out, Fairmont's and Pan Pacific's Mid-Autumn offer pages have gone, and Kempinski's mooncake page now redirects to its restaurants page. What stays useful is how 2026 ran. The deepest early birds, 30% to 35%, closed between 22 July and 22 August, a month or more before the festival, and the final week was decided by stock rather than price: Xin Cuisine's 1-for-1 sold out a week early. This guide keeps each hotel's 2026 range and prices as a benchmark for 2027.
Mid-Autumn Festival 2026 was on Friday, 25 September, and every hotel mooncake season below has closed. Next year's is Wednesday, 15 September 2027.
> Quick view (re-checked 3 Oct): all ten 2026 ranges have ended. The deepest early birds (30% to 35%) closed between 22 July and 22 August, so for 2027, order in July. Best value in the final week was Andaz, $45 for a box of two with a bank code.
When is Mooncake Festival 2026?
Mooncake Festival 2026, also called the Mid-Autumn Festival, 中秋节 or Zhongqiu Jie, falls on FRIDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2026. That is the date in Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan alike, because the festival follows the lunar calendar rather than any one country's holiday list: it is always the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, the night of the full harvest moon.
| Mooncake Festival 2026 | Details |
|---|
| Date | Friday, 25 September 2026 |
| Lunar date | 15th day, 8th lunar month |
| Public holiday in Singapore? | No, it is an ordinary working Friday |
| Usual celebration | Reunion dinner, mooncakes and tea, lantern walks that evening |
| Next year | Wednesday, 15 September 2027 |
Because 25 September 2026 was not a public holiday in Singapore, most families gathered that Friday evening after work, or on the weekend of 26 to 27 September. Mid-Autumn 2027 falls on a Wednesday, also a working day. The ten picks below keep each hotel's 2026 range, prices and discounts as last verified on 19 September 2026, six days before the festival, so you have a benchmark when the 2027 collections open. Each hotel's season has since closed, re-checked on 3 October 2026.
How the 2026 season ended (re-checked 3 October)
Every hotel on this list stopped taking Mid-Autumn orders by 25 September 2026. Here is each one's last offer, and what its page shows now.
| Hotel | Last 2026 offer | Status on 3 Oct 2026 |
|---|
| Xin Cuisine (Holiday Inn Atrium) | 1-for-1 sold out before 19 Sep; flat 30% to 21 Sep | Window ended 21 Sep under its own terms |
| Wan Hao (Marriott Tang Plaza) | Up to 30% with two codes plus self-collection, pre-orders to 22 Sep | Promotions page no longer lists mooncakes |
| Fairmont Singapore | 5% with MC26PB5, or 10% for Accor+ Explorer and AMEX Platinum, to 25 Sep | Mid-Autumn offer page returns "page not found" |
| Andaz Singapore | Flat 25% by bank code, to 25 Sep | Window ended 25 Sep under its own terms |
| Hai Tien Lo (Pan Pacific) | Up to 25% by member or bank code, to 25 Sep | Offer page returns "page not found" |
| Hilton Orchard × Old Seng Choong | Hilton Honors up to 25%, to 25 Sep | Collection ended 25 Sep under its own terms |
| Raffles Hotel | 20% online on six bank cards to 22 Sep; 10% at the booth to 25 Sep | Both windows ended |
| The Capitol Kempinski | $99 Lacquer Box and 35% off one Musical box to 20 Sep; 15% to 20% to 23 Sep | Mooncake page redirects to the restaurants page |
| Mandarin Oriental (Cherry Garden) | MOON25 for 25%, MOON30 for 10 boxes or more, to 25 Sep | All six Mid-Autumn boxes listed as unavailable |
| The Fullerton Hotel | Flat 20%, to 25 Sep | Nine boxes marked sold out |
When to order for Mid-Autumn 2027 (Wednesday, 15 September)
The 2026 calendar is the best guide to 2027, and three patterns held across this list.
1. The deepest early birds close a month or more before the festival.
| Hotel | 2026 early bird | Closed | What followed |
|---|
| The Fullerton | 30% | 22 Jul | 25% to 24 Aug, then 20% to 25 Sep |
| Hai Tien Lo | 30% | 27 Jul | Up to 25% to 25 Sep |
| Hilton Orchard × Old Seng Choong | 25% | 6 Aug | Hilton Honors 25% for Gold and above, 10% for Base and Silver, all season |
| Andaz Singapore | 35% | 9 Aug | Flat 25% by bank code to 25 Sep |
| Raffles Hotel | 30% (UOB) | 9 Aug | 20% online to 22 Sep, extended from 18 Sep |
| Fairmont Singapore | 35% | 22 Aug | Up to 30% to 11 Sep, then 5% to 10% to 25 Sep |
2. A missed early bird shrinks; it rarely disappears. Every hotel above cut its discount rather than ending it. Wan Hao even ran backwards: up to 35%, down to 15% on 1 September, back to 35% by 10 September, then 30% to the end. Fairmont, which looked finished on 10 September, was discounting again by 19 September.
3. The last week is about stock, not price. By 19 September, six days out, Xin Cuisine's 1-for-1 had sold out, Wan Hao had sold every baked box, Kempinski every snow-skin, and Mandarin Oriental and Hilton were down to one box each.
So for 2027: start watching from June, since The Fullerton's first tier closed on 22 July 2026; order any box you have your heart set on by late August; and for corporate gifting, the bulk tiers (20% from 50 boxes at Hilton, 25% from 50 at Kempinski) beat waiting for a late discount.
Baked vs snow-skin: pick by the recipient
- Baked (traditional): golden crust, lotus or red-bean paste, salted yolk. Richer, keeps 1 to 2 months, the safe classic gift. In 2026 that meant The Fullerton (low-sugar white lotus, and a $54.40 letterbox of 2 in the final week), Hilton × Old Seng Choong (heritage bakes, $95 double yolk) and Mandarin Oriental ($68 two-piece boxes).
- Snow-skin (modern): soft, chilled, mochi-like, with boozy or fruity fillings. The novelty crowd-pleaser: Raffles (whisky truffle), Hai Tien Lo (Mao Shan Wang durian), Andaz (cempedak coconut), Fairmont (Dubai Chocolate) and Wan Hao. Kempinski's snow-skins had all sold out by 19 September, so order those early.
- Savoury, for the person who has everything: Wan Hao's black truffle with dry-aged Parma ham and single yolk ($99) was the one genuinely surprising box of 2026, and it sold out before the final week. If it returns in 2027, order it first.
- Not sure? Most hotels sell mixed boxes so you get both in one gift.
Buying tips for next season
- Order early for the discount, and earlier still for the box you want. In 2026 the deepest 30% to 35% tiers closed between 22 July and 22 August, and the most-wanted boxes (Xin Cuisine's 1-for-1, Wan Hao's baked range, Kempinski's snow-skins) sold out before the festival week.
- Check a brand again even after you have written it off. In 2026 Wan Hao went from up to 35%, to a flat 15%, and back to 35% inside ten days. Fairmont started discounting again after we had reported no discount left, and The Fullerton's $54.40 letterbox sold out in late August and came back. An expired discount or an empty shelf usually means the next tier is coming, not that the price is final.
- Read the shelf, not the banner. Hotels leave sold-out ranges on display. In 2026 Hilton's own page kept featuring a Botanical Four Collection that its ordering system had switched off. A discount on a box you cannot add to a cart is worth nothing.
- Stack the card discount. Several tiers were deepest for specific cards: Hilton Honors at Hilton, any of six banks at Raffles, eight bank codes at Andaz, and Accor+ Explorer or AMEX Platinum at Fairmont. Check which card or free membership you already hold before you pay.
- Watch delivery minimums. In 2026 delivery was charged per location, from $35 at Wan Hao and $40 at Xin Cuisine and Kempinski to $50 at Raffles and $60 at Hilton. Free delivery started at 50 boxes at Wan Hao, Kempinski and Raffles, 60 at Hilton, and $500 nett at The Fullerton. Mandarin Oriental was the outlier, free from 2 boxes. For one or two boxes elsewhere, self-collection is almost always the cheaper answer.
- Durian and cream snow-skins are perishable. Keep them chilled and gift them the same day.
- Need halal? Two options here: Fairmont's baked mooncakes are halal-certified, and so are Andaz's, with Andaz the cheaper entry at $60 in 2026. For every other hotel, verify the current certification directly before ordering.
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