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Where to Treat Dad in Singapore: 5 Restaurants for a Father's Day Dinner or Dad's Birthday, From a $36++ Set Lunch to a $220 Wagyu Striploin

Five Singapore restaurants worth booking for a Father's Day dinner, dad's birthday or any big occasion, with every price read off the venue's own menu or booking system on 17 September 2026. The cheapest way in is Meadesmoore's weekday set lunch at $36++ for two courses. The catch: Lawry's standing offers (kids dine free on Sunday, 20% off steaks on Wednesday, the birthday deal) are blacked out on Father's Day, and the next blackout is the F1 Grand Prix, 9-11 October. Coming up: Oktoberfest at Lime, 25 September to 4 October, from S$108++ per adult. And Esquina's 15th-anniversary specials are back, with a free carafe of house wine when you order six.

Sarah Lim20 June 20265 min readUpdated 17 Sept 2026

Five restaurants that work for a Father's Day dinner, dad's birthday or any big occasion, with prices read off each venue's own menu and booking system on 17 September 2026.

> Quick view: cheapest serious meal here is Meadesmoore's weekday set lunch, $36++ for two courses; Lawry's weekday Signature Lunch is $59++. Next up: Oktoberfest at Lime, 25 September to 4 October, from S$108++ per adult. The catch: Lawry's standing offers are blacked out on public holidays and named occasions, the next being the F1 Grand Prix, 9 to 11 October.

Lawry's The Prime Rib: tableside prime rib from a $59++ weekday set lunch, and three standing offers (Mandarin Gallery)

The default answer for a dad who loves beef, and the only place on this list running real standing offers. Lawry's has been doing one thing properly for decades: the Signature Roasted USDA Prime Rib of Beef, aged up to 21 days, roasted on rock salt and carved tableside from the silver cart, with the spinning bowl salad as the ritual opener. You do not have to pay dinner prices for it. The weekday Signature Lunch is $59++ per guest (soft rolls, the spinning bowl salad, a main and the chef's dessert special), Monday to Friday, and making the main the Signature Prime Rib costs $30 more. On Saturdays and Sundays the 4-course Weekends at Lawry's brunch runs 11.30am-3pm at $89++ per person and includes a complimentary Mionetto Spritz, alcoholic or not. Three standing offers are worth building the date around. Two of them state an end date of 30 November 2026: 20% off every prime rib and beef steak on the a la carte lunch and dinner menus on Wednesdays, and 2 kids aged 12 and under dine free on Sundays with every 2 adult mains or set menus ordered, capped at 2 free kids' meals per bill. The third, for members of the free-to-join Lawry's Privilege Circle, gives a party of two 50% off the second main course, or a group its third main course free, plus a complimentary birthday dessert during the birthday month; its terms page publishes no end date, so treat it as running until Lawry's says otherwise. Here is the catch that matters on this page: all of them are blacked out on public holidays, eves of public holidays and named occasions, and none can be combined with another promotion. The blackout list for the rest of 2026 is the F1 Grand Prix (9-11 October), Thanksgiving (26-27 November) and the whole of December, and Father's Day (20-21 June) was on it too. The one Sunday you most want the kids to eat free is the one Sunday they will not. If someone at the table carries an American Express Platinum or Centurion card, check Love Dining instead: from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 a table of two gets 50% off a la carte food with a minimum of 2 main courses, three diners 35%, four 25% and five to twenty 20%, with the same public-holiday, F1 and Thanksgiving blackouts (its Christmas blackout starts on 11 December) and no stacking. Find it at 333A Orchard Road #04-01/31, Mandarin Gallery; reserve on 6836 3333.

Lime Restaurant: the hotel buffet that solves a mixed table, from $58++ at Monday lunch (PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering)

When the celebration is really a whole-family affair, with grandparents, in-laws and fussy kids at one table, a buffet solves the everyone-wants-something-different problem. Lime sits inside PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering at 3 Upper Pickering Street, and its buffet lunch is the cheap way in: $58++ per adult on Monday and Tuesday, $68++ Wednesday to Friday, $88++ on Saturday and Sunday, with children 6-12 at exactly half those prices. Dinner is the daily Seafood Symphony buffet, 6pm to 9.30pm, from $78++ per adult and $39++ per child. Weekends add a Cheers O'Clock high tea buffet, 3pm to 5pm, at $88++ per adult and $44++ per child, with free-flow beer, house pours and cocktails alongside the spread. The next thing worth timing around is Oktoberfest, which takes over dinner from 25 September to 4 October 2026, 6pm to 9.30pm: S$108 per adult and S$54 per child from Sunday to Thursday, S$128 and S$64 on Friday and Saturday, all before service charge and GST, with children 5 and under dining free. The spread runs to rotisserie-roasted Spanferkel (suckling pig), Erdinger-infused smoked wagyu brisket and Boston lobster, there is an optional free-flow package of Erdinger Weissbier and house pours at S$35 a head, and a live band plays two sets (6.30pm and 7.30pm) from Wednesday to Saturday. The kids-dine-free week (7 to 13 September) and the Lobsterfest (6 July to 6 September) have both ended. Worth repeating: this is the Pickering property, not the Marina Bay one. The two get mixed up constantly, and turning up at the wrong hotel on a booked occasion is a bad start. Reserve on +65 3138 2251.

Meadesmoore: the $220 wagyu gets the headlines, but lunch starts at $36++ (Boon Tat Street)

If dad orders the same ribeye everywhere, this is the interesting alternative. Meadesmoore is a modern steakhouse at 21A Boon Tat Street built around unusual and secondary cuts, the bits most steakhouses never put on a menu, sourced from premium small producers including 2GR in Australia and Snake River Farms in the US, under Executive Chef Victor Loy. The headline cut is a full-blood wagyu striploin MBS 10 from Pardoo Wagyu's Takeda 10 line, crowned World's Best Grain-Fed Sirloin at the World Steak Challenge 2025 and served exclusively here in Singapore, at $220 for 400g between two. But that figure scares people off a restaurant that is genuinely affordable at lunch: the Executive Set Lunch is $36 for two courses and $45 for three, Monday to Friday, with steak frites as the main for $12 more and a twice-baked cheese souffle to start for $6 more. Both are before service charge and GST, so budget nearer $43 and $54. Even a la carte, the entry steak is an F1 Wagyu Picanha MBS 4/5 (220g) at $52 and the USDA Prime Ribeye (300g) is $92, so you do not have to spend $220 to eat here well. At the other end sits a $280 Heritage Wagyu Tomahawk of about 1.1kg from a 36-month-old cow, which is the real ceiling on the menu. Check the day before you plan: lunch runs 11.30am-3pm Monday to Friday, dinner is 5.30-10pm Monday to Thursday and 5.30-11pm on Friday, and both Saturday (5.30-11pm) and Sunday (5.30-10pm) are dinner only. Find it at 21A Boon Tat Street, Singapore 069620; reserve on +65 6227 2247.

Black Tap: craft burgers from $21, and a CrazyShake from $21 (Marina Bay Sands)

The pick when nobody wants a formal sit-down. Black Tap at Marina Bay Sands does award-winning craft burgers from $21 to $29, all served with fries. The Wagyu Steakhouse Burger ($29) took the 2021 Judge's Choice Award at the NYC Wine & Food Festival's Burger Bash, and the Greg Norman ($28) is a three-time People's Choice winner. Cheaper anchors include the All-American ($23), Old Fashioned ($24) and the Falafel Burger ($21). The other reason families come is the CrazyShake milkshakes, absurd towering things that keep kids occupied. The CrazyShake range runs $21 to $25: Brooklyn Blackout is the $21 entry, most sit at $22, and the Black 'n White CakeShake is the $25 top end. Ignore the $18 figure that gets quoted as the cheapest CrazyShake, including in an earlier version of this guide. The $18 item is the State Fair Fried PB&J, a funnel-cake dessert served with a mini classic milkshake, and it is not a CrazyShake. Classic shakes are $12 if you want the sane version. Hours are Monday to Friday 11.30am-11pm and Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 11am-11pm, with last seating at 10pm. Public holidays follow weekend hours, which matters when the occasion lands on one. Menu prices are before GST and the 10% service charge, so a $23 burger lands nearer $27.50 and a $25 shake nearer $30.

Esquina: MICHELIN Guide tapas, ordered plate by plate from $8 (Jiak Chuan Road)

The best-value special occasion on this list, because you set the budget plate by plate. Esquina is the MICHELIN Guide-listed tapas bar at 16 Jiak Chuan Road under Chef Carlos Montobbio, and its a la carte menu, dated 4 September 2026 on its own site, starts at $8: marinated Spanish olives with anchovy pesto, anchovy sticks with bottarga aioli, pan con tomate crystal bread (2pc), and the Gilda pintxo at $8 a piece. From there it climbs through $12 iberico ham croquetas and $15 organic egg with chorizo broth, to a $38 Joselito Iberico ham aged 48 months, a $35 grilled octopus, a $45 Black Angus tenderloin and a half suckling pig at $148. The 15th Anniversary Specials menu is back on the site, dated 16 September 2026: nine throwback dishes tagged with the year each first appeared, from $15 (the 2013 Mini Spanish Breakfast, or the 2019 Zuberoa Burnt Basque Cheesecake) to $45 (a Spanish carabinero prawn al ajillo). Order six of them and a carafe of house Spanish wine is complimentary; no end date is given. The short Spanish Tuna Specials menu (1 to 12 September) has finished. One catch worth planning around: Esquina is closed on Sundays and Mondays, so it does not work for a Father's Day Sunday itself. Go the Saturday before. The kitchen also splits its day rather than running straight through: lunch is Tuesday to Saturday, 12pm-2.30pm with last orders at 2pm, and dinner is Tuesday to Thursday 6pm-10.30pm and Friday to Saturday 6pm-11pm, last orders 10pm, so a mid-afternoon table is not an option. Reservations are recommended but not required, and walk-in checks go through WhatsApp on +65 8779 8223. If you are bringing a bottle to mark the occasion, corkage is $78++ per 750ml bottle, waived one-for-one for every bottle you order off their list. It is also cashless, taking Visa, Mastercard and Amex only.

The picks at a glance

Spot	Why it works	Price floor	Good to know
Lawry's The Prime Rib	Tableside-carved Signature Prime Rib, full occasion treatment	$59++ weekday Signature Lunch	Mandarin Gallery, 333A Orchard Rd; three standing offers, all blacked out on Father's Day
Lime Restaurant	Hotel buffet that solves a mixed table	$58++ Mon-Tue buffet lunch	PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering, not Marina Bay; Oktoberfest dinner 25 Sep-4 Oct
Meadesmoore	Modern steakhouse of unusual and secondary cuts, built for sharing	$36++ two-course set lunch (Mon-Fri)	21A Boon Tat St; Sat and Sun are dinner only
Black Tap	Craft burgers and CrazyShakes, the casual kid-proof pick	$21 Falafel Burger	Marina Bay Sands; Sat/Sun/PH 11am-11pm, last seating 10pm
Esquina	MICHELIN Guide tapas, ordered plate by plate	$8 per tapa	16 Jiak Chuan Rd; closed Sun & Mon; separate lunch and dinner services

The live deals right now

Lawry's standing offers. Two are dated to 30 November 2026: 20% off every prime rib and beef steak on the a la carte lunch and dinner menus on Wednesdays, and 2 kids aged 12 and under dine free on Sundays with every 2 adult mains or set menus ordered (max 2 kids' meals per bill). The third, for free Lawry's Privilege Circle members, is a birthday month deal with no published end date: a party of two gets 50% off the second main, a group gets its third main free, plus a complimentary dessert. None can be stacked with another promotion, and all are blacked out on public holidays, their eves and named occasions. Father's Day (20-21 June) was one; the ones still ahead are the F1 Grand Prix, 9-11 October, Thanksgiving, 26-27 November, and all of December.

Oktoberfest at Lime, 25 September to 4 October 2026, dinner only, 6pm to 9.30pm: S$108 per adult and S$54 per child from Sunday to Thursday, S$128 and S$64 on Friday and Saturday, with an optional free-flow Erdinger Weissbier and house-pour package at S$35 per person and a live band from Wednesday to Saturday. Prices are before service charge and GST, child prices cover ages 6 to 12, and children 5 and under dine free.

American Express Love Dining at Lawry's, 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027: pay with an eligible Amex Platinum or Centurion card and a solo diner gets 15% off a la carte food, a table of two gets 50% (minimum 2 main courses), three diners 35%, four 25%, and five to twenty 20%. It shares the public-holiday, F1 and Thanksgiving blackouts (its Christmas blackout starts on 11 December) and cannot be combined with the standing offers above, so for a couple it is usually the bigger saving.

Lime's everyday pricing, for planning around those windows: buffet lunch $58++ Monday and Tuesday, $68++ Wednesday to Friday, $88++ Saturday and Sunday; the daily Seafood Symphony dinner buffet from $78++; and a weekend Cheers O'Clock high tea, 3pm to 5pm, at $88++. Children aged 6 to 12 pay exactly half throughout. The kids-dine-free week (7 to 13 September) and the Lobsterfest (6 July to 6 September) have both ended.

Esquina's 15th Anniversary Specials are back, on a menu dated 16 September 2026 that runs alongside the regular a la carte: nine throwback dishes, each tagged with the year it first appeared, from $15 (Mini Spanish Breakfast, Japanese Sweet Potato, Zuberoa Burnt Basque Cheesecake) up to $45 (Spanish carabinero prawn al ajillo). Order six anniversary specials and a carafe of house Spanish wine is complimentary. No end date is published, and the Spanish Tuna Specials menu finished on 12 September. The standing a la carte still starts at $8, which remains the cheapest way on this list to make a meal feel like an occasion.

Booking a birthday dinner for dad

Nothing on this list is a Father's Day-only menu, which is exactly why it works the other 364 days. For a birthday dinner for dad the maths is actively better, because Lawry's birthday offer is blacked out on Father's Day but not on an ordinary birthday. Join the free Lawry's Privilege Circle and, during dad's birthday month, a party of two gets 50% off the second main course or a group gets its third main free, plus a complimentary birthday dessert and an instant photo print. Read the fine print before you plan around it: one discounted or complimentary main per table per bill, adults only, dine-in only, no stacking with other offers, not valid in December, and blacked out on public holidays and their eves.

Lawry's is also simply the best birthday room here. The tableside carving cart is the moment, and staff will bring a candle if you flag the birthday when you reserve. Meadesmoore suits a smaller, more serious table, and its sharing cuts mean one dish becomes the event. Black Tap is the one to pick for a kid's birthday or a teenager, because the CrazyShake arrives looking like a birthday cake already. Esquina works for a birthday drinks-and-snacks night rather than a sit-down. Three practical notes: most of these charge a cake plating fee if you bring your own cake, so ask; corkage on a celebration bottle is worth checking too, and Esquina's is $78++ per 750ml, waived one-for-one against any bottle you buy off their list; and weekday birthdays are far easier to book than a Friday or Saturday.

Quick tips

Mind the ++. A $88++ menu is really about $105 once 10% service charge and 9% GST land
Book the Saturday, not the Sunday. Same food, calmer room, far better availability, and Lawry's offers actually apply
Eat at Lime early in the week. Buffet lunch is $58++ on Monday and Tuesday against $88++ at the weekend
Lunch is the cheap way into a steakhouse. Meadesmoore is $36++ for two courses Monday to Friday, against $52 to $280 a la carte
Check the day, not just the date. Esquina shuts Sun and Mon and closes between lunch and dinner; Meadesmoore is dinner-only on Sat and Sun
Ask about corkage. Esquina charges $78++ per 750ml bottle, waived if you buy a bottle from their list
Don't mix up the PARKROYALs. Lime is at the Pickering property, not Marina Bay
Ask about kids. Child pricing and high chairs vary: Lime is a flat half price, Lawry's is free on Sundays outside blackout dates
No reservation? No problem. A hawker or zi char feast is a perfectly good Plan B

Frequently Asked Questions

When is Father's Day in Singapore, and how far ahead should I book?

Singapore follows the US date, the third Sunday of June. Father's Day 2026 fell on 21 June, and the next one is Sunday 20 June 2027. For a restaurant of this tier, aim to book two to three weeks out; Sunday lunch and Sunday dinner are the first slots to disappear at every venue on this list. If you have left it late, the reliable trick is to book the Saturday before instead. The food is identical, the room is calmer, availability is far better, and at Lawry's the standing offers actually work on a normal Saturday when they are blacked out on Father's Day itself. Restaurants also tend to release their Father's Day set menus around mid-May, so that is when to start watching if you want the special menu rather than the regular one. Call directly for same-week reservations; online forms are often not monitored quickly enough.

Which of these restaurants are open on a Sunday, and do any Sunday deals apply?

This matters more than people expect, because Father's Day is always a Sunday. Esquina is closed on Sundays and Mondays entirely, so it cannot host a Father's Day Sunday meal. Book the Saturday before, and note too that it runs separate lunch (12pm-2.30pm) and dinner (from 6pm) services rather than staying open through the afternoon. Meadesmoore opens on Sunday for dinner only (5.30-10pm), with no Sunday lunch, and it also skips Saturday lunch, which means its $36++ two-course Executive Set Lunch is a Monday-to-Friday thing only. Black Tap at Marina Bay Sands runs Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 11am-11pm with last seating at 10pm, so it is the most forgiving for a spontaneous Sunday. Lawry's and Lime both operate across the weekend: Lawry's swaps its weekday Signature Lunch for a $89++ four-course brunch on Saturday and Sunday, and Lime's buffet lunch jumps to $88++ per adult at weekends from $58++ on a Monday. On the Sunday deal specifically: Lawry's does run 2 kids dine free on Sundays with 2 adult mains, but it is blacked out on public holidays, eves of public holidays and named occasions including Father's Day, so on Father's Day itself you pay full price for the children. Lime has no Sunday deal, but children aged 6 to 12 pay half price every day of the week.

What does '++' mean on a Singapore menu, and how much is the real bill?

A price written as $88++ is before the 10% service charge and the 9% GST, which compound to roughly 19-20% on top, so $88++ lands near $105 per person in reality. A price written as $88 nett already includes both, and $88+ means service charge only. Hotel restaurants and buffets almost always quote ++, so a buffet advertised at $58++ is really about $70, and Lawry's $59++ Signature Lunch is nearer $71. This is the single most common budgeting mistake for a celebration meal: a table of four at an $88++ weekend buffet lunch is not $352, it is closer to $420. Black Tap is the one people misread most often: its menu looks like plain dollar prices, but they are also before GST and 10% service charge, so a $23 burger is nearer $27.50. When you reserve, ask whether the quoted figure is nett or ++, and whether anything like a cake plating or corkage fee gets added. At Esquina, for instance, corkage is $78++ per 750ml bottle unless you order a bottle off their list.

Which one should I pick for my situation?

Work backwards from the group, not the food. Big multi-generation table with grandparents and young kids, where everyone wants something different: Lime's buffet, because nobody has to compromise and children pay exactly half. Two or three serious eaters who want the meal itself to be the event: Meadesmoore, whose sharing cuts are built for exactly that size, and whose weekday set lunch at $36++ for two courses is the cheapest serious meal on this page. A dad who has ordered the same steak for twenty years and would genuinely enjoy the ceremony: Lawry's, for the tableside carving; go on a Wednesday and every prime rib and beef steak is 20% off. Teenagers or younger kids who would be bored by a formal dining room: Black Tap, where burgers start at $21 and the milkshakes do the entertaining. Want it to feel special without a three-figure per-head bill: Esquina, where tapas from $8 let you set your own budget, though remember it is shut on Sundays and Mondays.

Which of these is best for a dad's birthday dinner rather than Father's Day?

This is the one case where the calendar works in your favour, because Lawry's runs an actual birthday offer and it is blacked out on Father's Day but not on an ordinary birthday. Join the Lawry's Privilege Circle, which is free, and during your birthday month a party of two gets 50% off the second main course, or a group gets its third main course free, plus a complimentary birthday dessert and an instant photo print; a bottle of sparkling wine is $89 if you want to mark it. The fine print is real: one discounted or complimentary main per table per bill, adults only, dine-in only, not combinable with anything else, not valid in December, and blacked out on public holidays and their eves. Lawry's is also simply the best birthday room on the list, because the tableside carving cart gives the meal a built-in moment. Meadesmoore suits a small table where the steak itself is the event. For a kid's or teenager's birthday, Black Tap wins outright: the CrazyShake already arrives looking like a birthday cake, and burgers start at $21. Esquina fits a birthday of snacks and wine rather than a formal sit-down, though it is shut Sundays and Mondays. Lime's buffet is the one for a big family birthday table. Two practical things: most of these charge a cake plating fee if you bring your own cake, so ask when booking, and a weekday birthday dinner is far easier to get than a Friday or Saturday slot.

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Where to Treat Dad in Singapore: 5 Restaurants for a Father's Day Dinner or Dad's Birthday, From a $36++ Set Lunch to a $220 Wagyu Striploin

Lawry's The Prime Rib: tableside prime rib from a $59++ weekday set lunch, and three standing offers (Mandarin Gallery)

Lime Restaurant: the hotel buffet that solves a mixed table, from $58++ at Monday lunch (PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering)

Meadesmoore: the $220 wagyu gets the headlines, but lunch starts at $36++ (Boon Tat Street)

Black Tap: craft burgers from $21, and a CrazyShake from $21 (Marina Bay Sands)

Esquina: MICHELIN Guide tapas, ordered plate by plate from $8 (Jiak Chuan Road)

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