Chinese New Year 2026: Where To Book The Best Reunion Dinners In Singapore

Reunion dinner is the most important meal of the Chinese New Year calendar, and also the one with the highest emotional stakes. Apart from plenty of exciting CNY events to check out, restaurants and hotels go all out with reunion menus designed for sharing, featuring generous spreads, carefully considered yu sheng, and dishes meant to symbolise prosperity, longevity, and a good start to the year ahead. 

From ceremonial Cantonese feasts to generous hotel buffets, these Chinese New Year 2026 reunion dinners are worth racing to book. Saddle up for a celebratory start to the Year of the Horse, before the best tables are gone.

The Fullerton Hotel Singapore

1 Fullerton Square

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If you want a reunion dinner that feels ceremonial with no buffet chaos, the Lunar New Year celebrations at Fullerton is as polished as it gets. Taking place on 16 February 2026, the hotel's restaurants will be offering individually-plated and buffet experience. Expect a variety of symbolic dishes, served in a calm, elegant National Monument that feels suitably grand for Lunar New Year’s Eve.

At Jade, diners can choose from six tiers of individually plated set menus, priced from $118 per person, with a vegetarian set menu available at $98 per person. Seating is split into two sessions: 6.00pm to 8.00pm, and 8.30pm to 10.30pm, ideal whether you’re aiming for an early family feast or a later, more leisurely celebration.

For those marking the occasion somewhere extra special, guests may also opt to dine at The Courtyard, set beneath the hotel’s soaring atrium, where the reunion dinner is offered as a single-seating experience from 6.30pm to 10.00pm. A buffet experience is also available at Town Restaurant.

Early planners take note: bookings made by 15 January 2026 enjoy 10% off.

Madame Fan

32 Beach Road, The NCO Club

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For families who prefer their reunion dinners with a touch of theatre and a modern Cantonese edge, Madame Fan’s Lunar New Year dining experience delivers refinement without feeling stiff. Running from 12 January to 3 March 2026, the restaurant presents a series of Lunar New Year Set Menus, designed for celebratory group dining in its art-deco-inspired dining room at The NCO Club.

Set menus start from $108 per person, scaling up to the Eminence Menu at $388 per person, which spotlights premium seafood and auspicious signatures prepared with contemporary technique. Highlights across the festive menus include the restaurant’s Hamachi Yu Sheng (available exclusively for dine-in and serving up to eight persons), Suckling Pig with Caviar, and Steamed Live Boston Lobster with Glass Noodles in Premium Hong Kong Soy.

This is a reunion dinner option that suits families looking to mark the occasion in a more polished, cosmopolitan setting, without losing the ritual and gravitas that a Lunar New Year meal deserves.

Four Seasons Hotel Singapore

190 Orchard Boulevard

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Four Seasons is covering all bases: refined banquets, big buffets, and even a contemporary Japanese-Peruvian option.

The centrepiece for reunion dining is Jiang-Nan Chun, where auspicious lunch and dinner set menus are available from 16 January to 3 March 2026, priced from $218 per person. Crafted by Executive Chinese Chef Alan Chan, the menus spotlight classical Cantonese technique in an elegant, garden-facing setting. Chef’s signature Pen Cai anchors the experience with balance, symbolism, and premium craftsmanship, while the Prosperity Yu Sheng brings together lobster, abalone, smoked salmon, and surf clams with hand-shredded vegetables and a house-made plum and pineapple dressing. À la carte and set menus are both available, making it well-suited for intimate family reunions or more formal gatherings.

For larger, more relaxed celebrations, One-Ninety Restaurant presents a Reunion Dinner Buffet on 16 and 17 February 2026, from 6.00pm to 10.00pm, priced from $168 per person, alongside a Chinese New Year Brunch Buffet on 17 February 2026, from 12.00pm to 3.00pm, priced from $128 per person. Expect a broad, seasonal spread designed for easy sharing and multi-generational dining, balancing festive Chinese favourites with international crowd-pleasers.

For something less traditional but still celebratory, Nobu Singapore joins the Lunar New Year line-up with dinner-only festive menus from 2 February to 3 March 2026, priced from $118 onwards. The highlight here is the Nobu-Style Yu Sheng, created exclusively for Singapore, alongside Nobu’s signature Japanese-Peruvian dishes for families keen to mark the season in a more contemporary way.

Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore

392 Havelock Road

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For families who want a reunion dinner that leans generous, familiar, and crowd-pleasing, Food Capital at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel delivers a celebratory feast built for big tables and easy conversation. From 16 to 18 February 2026, the hotel rolls out its Chinese New Year Reunion Special, inviting families and friends to gather over a buffet designed around auspicious flavours and festive abundance. Expect a well-rounded feast that blends Chinese New Year staples with Peranakan and international touches, allowing diners to move easily between traditional favourites and richer, more indulgent dishes. 

The reunion feasts are available for both lunch and dinner, with lunch priced at $108 per adult and $54 per child, and dinner at $116 per adult and $58 per child. Dinner is served across two seatings: 5.30pm to 7.30pm, and 8.00pm to 10.00pm. 

Children aged five and under dine for free, making this a practical option for multi-generational gatherings. Full prepayment is required, with 25% off offered for bookings with full payment made by 10 January 2025.

Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro

333 Orchard Road, Level 35, Hilton Singapore Orchard

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Refined, celebratory, and impeccably executed: these are the words you might use to describe Michelin-starred Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro. For the year of the Horse, the restaurant is delivering a Lunar New Year experience rooted in tradition and elevated with quiet luxury. For 2026, the restaurant presents an extensive line-up of dine-in set menus, available for lunch from 9 February to 3 March 2026, and dinner from 2 February to 3 March 2026, alongside an expansive à la carte menu and dedicated vegetarian offerings.

Reunion-friendly set menus range from $168 per guest, thoughtfully curated to suit both intimate family gatherings and larger celebratory tables. Each menu showcases Shisen Hanten’s signature Chūka Szechwan Ryori style, a distinctive expression of Chinese Szechwan flavours refined through Japanese technique, with an emphasis on premium seasonal ingredients.

Festive highlights include the Shisen Hanten Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng, with the option to add Osetra caviar, as well as more indulgent variations featuring madai, lobster, and abalone. Making its debut this year is the Wok-fried Glutinous Rice with Foie Gras, Chinese Sausage & Black Truffle, available as part of select set menus.

PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay Singapore

6 Raffles Boulevard

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At PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay Singapore, Lunar New Year 2026 unfolds as a multi-venue celebration designed to suit different reunion-dinner moods.

Leading the festivities is Peach Blossoms, where reunion dining leans classic, generous, and symbolic. The Happiness Reunion Family Bundle ($988 nett) brings together six celebratory dishes meant for sharing, starting with Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng, followed by Braised Pig Trotter with Abalone, Steamed Seabass with Dried Oyster in Mushroom Sauce, and Smoked Soy Sauce Chicken. The meal anchors itself with Fragrant Glutinous Rice with Abalone and Chinese Sausage, before ending on a festive note with Harvest Japanese Purple Sweet Potato Nian Gao. For families who favour a centre-of-the-table showstopper, Peach Blossoms’ Signature Blossoming Abalone Treasure Pot (Pen Cai) is available at $488 nett for six persons, layered with premium ingredients including whole abalone, sea cucumber, scallop, roast duck, dried oyster, live prawn, and vegetables. A Vegetarian Deluxe Treasure Pot ($358 nett for six persons) offers a fully plant-based alternative without skimping on abundance.

Over at Peppermint, reunion dining takes on a livelier, buffet-style format with a fully halal-certified kitchen. From 15 January to 3 March 2026, Peppermint’s Lunar New Year buffet spotlights Asian and international festive favourites, making it an easy pick for mixed groups and multi-generational families. On Lunar New Year Eve, the reunion dinner is elevated with a specially crafted menu featuring Prosperity DIY Yu Sheng, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Wok-Fried Rock Lobster with Scallion and Ginger, Crispy Sea Cucumber on Braised Crab Meat and Egg White, Black Truffle Grilled Beef Tomahawk, Snow Crab Rice with Egg White and Fish Maw, and Baked Gindara Black Cod on Hong Kong–style Turnip Cake—a spread designed to embody festive abundance and celebratory indulgence.

For a more relaxed yet polished way to gather, Portman’s Bar rounds out the celebrations with its Lunar New Year Afternoon Tea, available from 1 February to 3 March 2026. Priced from $68 per person (minimum two guests), the experience blends savoury bites like Chicken Floss Sandwich, Pekin Duck Crepe, Crab Salad Tart, and Avocado and Smoked Trout Yu Sheng Tortilla with festive sweets, freshly baked scones, and optional champagne or free-flow beverage upgrades—ideal for smaller family catch-ups that still feel special.

Together, the trio offers reunion dining options that range from traditional banquet feasts to inclusive buffets and refined daytime celebrations, letting families choose exactly how they want to welcome the Year of the Horse.

The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore

7 Raffles Avenue

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For a Lunar New Year reunion that leans unmistakably opulent, The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore offers two distinctly polished ways to gather: one rooted in Michelin-starred Cantonese refinement, the other in generous, heritage-driven feasting.

At the helm is Summer Pavilion, where reunion dining unfolds as an elegant, multi-course affair. Available from 2 February to 3 March 2026, six- to eight-course set lunch and dinner menus are priced from $168 per person. Highlights across the festive offerings include King Scallop and Salmon Roe Yu Sheng, Poached Rice with Australian Lobster Meat, and Chef Cheung Siu Kong’s signature Steamed Dong Xing Grouper with Minced Pork, Preserved Vegetable and Black Bean. 

The experience is anchored by Chef Cheung’s Pen Cai, a ten-layered composition symbolising prosperity and abundance, featuring premium seafood and meats such as sea perch, Hokkaido scallops, fish maw, and abalone. Diners celebrating within the first 15 days of the Lunar New Year receive a set of limited-edition Ritz-Carlton red packets and Mandarin oranges per reservation, while vegetarian Yu Sheng and Pen Cai are also available for takeaway.

For families who prefer a more expansive, convivial format, Colony presents its Lunar New Year Delights, spotlighting local heritage cuisines alongside festive classics. Expect dishes such as Traditional Yu Sheng with Salmon and Baby Abalone, “Buddha Jumps Over the Wall” served in a whole coconut, and Braised Truffle Longevity Noodles with Wild Mushroom, Pork Tendon and Shrimp Roe. Dinner from 16 to 19 February, and lunch from 17 to 19 February, is priced from $138 per adult, $69 per child (six to 12 years), and $42 per child (three to five years), inclusive of unlimited coffee, tea, and juices. Optional 90-minute free-flow beverage packages are available, ranging from Prosecco and house pours to Champagne.

PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering

3 Upper Pickering Street

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At PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering, Lunar New Year celebrations come in multiple formats: buffet feasting, takeaway spreads, and a one-night-only sit-down reunion dinner.

The main hub of festivities is Lime Restaurant, which rolls out Feasts of Fortune from 31 January to 3 March 2026. The Lunar New Year buffet blends indulgent crowd favourites with celebratory highlights, including Boston Lobsters, Salmon Sashimi, Claypot Drunken Prawn, Braised Seafood Treasure Soup, Roast Angelica Duck, and Roast Angus Beef. Josper-grilled specials such as Tiger Prawn Skewers, Peri-Peri Chicken, and Lamb Chops add smoky depth, while Chef Alvin Leong’s Beef Rendang brings a bold, aromatic accent. 

On Fridays, Saturdays, and select Lunar New Year dates, premium additions like Snow Crab, Lobster Pao Fan, Foie Gras Wagyu Burger, and Steamed Wagyu Char Siew Bun make an appearance. Desserts lean nostalgic, with Fried Nian Gao, Osmanthus Goji Jelly, and Cheng Tng closing the meal. A plated Golden Prosperity Yu Sheng is available as an add-on, while Lunar New Year’s Eve (16 February) sees the buffet elevated with complimentary Prosperity Smoked Salmon Yu Sheng per table and lobster-centric dishes such as Baked Lobster Thermidor, Lobster Bisque, and Assam Curry Lobster Claw.

For families who prefer a traditional sit-down affair, A Royal Reunion Feast takes place one night only on 16 February 2026 at the newly refurbished William Pickering Ballroom. This set-menu dinner begins with Smoked Salmon and Tuna Yu Sheng, followed by dishes such as Oven-Baked Otah-Stuffed Scallop with Caviar and Kumquat Mayo, Classic Prosperity Salt-Baked Chicken, and Braised Premium Yi Pin Guo with Sea Moss in Golden Sauce, featuring mini abalone, fish maw, golden oyster, and dried scallop. The evening is complemented by festive entertainment, including lion dance performances, and ends with a dessert buffet. Tables for six, eight, or ten start from $1,098 per table.

Raffles Hotel Singapore

1 Beach Road

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For families who want their reunion dinner to feel ceremonial, refined, and deeply rooted in Chinese culinary heritage, 藝 yì by Jereme Leung in Raffles Hotel Singapore delivers one of the most elegant Lunar New Year dining experiences in Singapore. From 1 February to 3 March 2026, the restaurant presents a series of Lunar New Year set menus designed as composed, multi-course journeys that celebrate abundance, longevity, and renewal.

Set menus are priced from $198 to $258 per person, with the Prosperous, Abundance, and Opulence sets offering varying degrees of luxury. Highlights across the menus include the Double-boiled Spiky Sea Cucumber Soup with Wild Termite Fungus, Sea Whelk and Hokkaido Conpoy, a crystal-clear consommé symbolising longevity, alongside meticulously prepared seafood such as Steamed Spotted Garoupa with Bamboo Shoot and Matsutake Mushroom in Premium Soy Sauce. Each dish is crafted to balance symbolism, technique, and seasonality, reflecting Chef Jereme Leung’s refined approach to provincial Chinese cuisine.

On Lunar New Year’s Eve (16 February 2026), the restaurant is open for dinner only, offering exclusively the Opulence Set Menu, with two seatings from 5.30pm to 7.30pm, and 8.30pm to 10.30pm.

For lighter celebrations, a Weekend Lunar New Year Dim Sum Set Menu is available for lunch only on 21, 22, 28 February and 1 March 2026, priced at $118 per person.

Mandarin Oriental

5 Raffles Avenue

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For families who favour refined Chinese dining with clear lineage and technique, Cherry Garden by Chef Fei located within Mandarin Oriental, presents a composed Lunar New Year reunion experience anchored in Chaoshan tradition and modern finesse. Available from 2 February to 3 March 2026, the restaurant rolls out a series of Lunar New Year set menus, starting from $238 per person for the seven-course Prosperity Menu, with a Vegetarian Longevity Menu available from $188+ per person.

A key highlight of the season is Chef Fei’s reimagined Chaoshan-style Yu Sheng, which opens the meal with a textural mix of julienned vegetables, crispy taro, Wujiang salted vegetables and radish, dressed in a house-made sauce crafted from Chaoshan sour plum with hints of lemon and chilli, finished with peanuts and pumpkin seeds. Premium versions feature centrepieces such as live Australian lobster, geoduck clam or Atlantic salmon, each chosen for its auspicious symbolism.

Across the set menus, reunion-worthy dishes lean celebratory yet restrained. Highlights include Pan-fried Lotus Root Patties stuffed with Crab Meat, Marinated Jellyfish Head with Caviar, Crispy Roasted Pork Belly, and the Charcoal-grilled New Zealand Live Abalone, which features prominently in the Fortune Set Menu. Mains such as Seared Xisha Lobster with Creamy Garlic Sauce and Crispy Fried Chicken with Flaxseed continue the theme of abundance, before desserts like Bird’s Nest with Ginger and Hetian Jujube or lemongrass jelly with peach gum close the meal on a symbolic note.

Shangri-La Singapore

22 Orange Grove Road

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For families who want scale, choice, and a sense of occasion baked into their reunion dinner, Shangri-La Singapore delivers one of the most expansive Lunar New Year dining line-ups in town, spanning grand ballroom feasts, refined Cantonese banquets, and generous buffet spreads.

At the formal end of the spectrum is the Chinese New Year Reunion Gala Dinner which will be held at the Island Ballroom on 16 February 2026. Beginning at 6.30pm, the evening centres on an eight-course set menu priced at $198 per guest, featuring celebratory classics such as Fortune Yu Sheng with Norwegian Smoked Salmon, Braised Bird’s Nest Broth, and Braised Whole Abalone, alongside unlimited soft drinks and Chinese tea. The dinner is accompanied by live entertainment, including traditional performances and a screening of CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala, making it a full-scale reunion experience designed for multi-generational families.

For a more traditional restaurant setting, Shang Palace presents six eight-course Lunar New Year set menus from 2 February to 3 March 2026, priced from $198 to $888 per person. Curated by Executive Chinese Chef Daniel Cheung, highlights across the menus include Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Braised South African Dried Abalone, Sautéed Lobster, Braised Bird’s Nest Broth with Conpoy, and Steamed Coral Trout. A dedicated Joyous vegetarian set menu is also available at $138 per person, while an à la carte selection runs alongside the festive period, including the visually striking Auspicious Golden Horse Yu Sheng, created specially for the Year of the Horse.

For families who prefer a livelier, buffet-style celebration, The Line offers opulent Lunar New Year buffets from 2 February to 3 March 2026. Expect a wide-ranging spread anchored by Prosperity Yu Sheng, Roasted Suckling Pig, Eight Treasure Duck, Braised Pork Knuckle, premium seafood-on-ice, and festive desserts, with special pricing and elevated offerings on key Lunar New Year dates, including reunion night.

Andaz Singapore

DUO Tower, 5 Fraser Street

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For families who appreciate Cantonese dining with polish, restraint, and a sense of craft, 5 ON 25 at Andaz Singapore presents a thoughtfully composed Lunar New Year reunion experience from 2 February to 3 March 2026. Framed as Handcrafted Reunions, the festive programme is guided by Head Chinese Chef Lim Hong Lih, with a strong emphasis on technique, balance, and symbolism.

Reunion dining is anchored by five handcrafted set lunch and dinner menus, priced from $108 per person, served in the restaurant’s main dining hall or private dining suites. Every set menu opens with 5 ON 25’s Signature Yu Sheng, made with sustainably sourced cured Petuna ocean trout, crisp whitebait, candied nuts, fresh greens, and a handcrafted plum dressing—designed as a clean, harmonious prelude to the meal. From there, the menus unfold with nourishing soups such as Double-Boiled Three Treasures Soup or Buddha Jumps Over The Wall, followed by seafood-driven mains including Steamed South Patagonian Toothfish Fillet and Wok-Fried Australian King Scallops with Liaoshen Sea Cucumber, enhanced with the restaurant’s signature X.O. sauce.

The meal builds to a dramatic centrepiece in the form of Koya X.O. Brandy Flambé Claypot-Baked Jasmine Rice, infused with king crab, matsutake mushrooms and truffle, and finished tableside—an intentionally theatrical moment designed for shared celebration. A six-course vegetarian set menu is also available at $98 per person, mirroring the same attention to craft and structure, with dishes such as vegetarian Yu Sheng with vegetarian bak kwa and 5 ON 25’s signature Mapo Tofu.

Momentus Hotel Alexandra 

323 Alexandra Road

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For families who want their reunion dinner lively, generous, and a little less formal, Verandah Rooftop Rotisserie offers a crowd-pleasing Lunar New Year buffet. Celebrating the Year of the Horse under the theme Bountiful Harvests and New Beginnings, the restaurant presents a grand Chinese New Year buffet featuring over 30 auspicious dishes, designed for multi-generational gatherings where variety matters.

The festive spread leans heavily into celebratory roasts and seafood. Highlights include Golden Lava Cheese Baked Lobster, Braised Eight-Head Abalone, Burnt Black Garlic Iberian Pork Char Siew, and the seasonal standout Vanilla-Scented Crackling Pork Belly, which uses vanilla pods to subtly lift the richness of the roast. Meat lovers will gravitate towards the 14-Day Shio Kombu Butter-Aged Angus Ribeye, while seafood dishes like Poached Tiger Prawns with Ginger-Scallion Dip, Steamed Scallops, and Duo of Sea Asparagus and Pacific Clams with dried oysters and black moss underscore themes of prosperity and good fortune.

On Chinese New Year’s Eve and the first day of the Lunar New Year (16 and 17 February 2026), the buffet is elevated with live-station highlights including the coveted ‘Sha Pi’ Suckling Pig, carved tableside, alongside comfort classics such as Longevity Noodles with Crab Roe and Trout Caviar and Fragrant Cured Meat ‘Lap Mei Fan’. Desserts stay firmly nostalgic, with Silky Yam Purée, Steamed Nian Gao, and Persimmon Crème Brûlée rounding off the feast.

The Chinese New Year buffet dinners run on weekends from 6 to 28 February 2026, with special seatings on New Year’s Eve and Day One, priced from $98 per adult on regular dates and $108 per adult on peak festive days. Children below eight dine for free, making this a relaxed, family-friendly reunion option for those who want plenty on the table and minimal ceremony.

Bookings for reunion dinners in Singapore fill up fast, so it pays to plan early, lock in your date, and let the professionals handle the feast. All that’s left for you to do? Show up hungry, toss the yu sheng with conviction, and hope the year ahead is as generous as the table in front of you.

Looking for more? Check out:

• Your Ultimate Guide To Chinese New Year 2026 In Singapore
• Where To Find The Best Chinese Restaurants In Singapore
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