One booking. Two happy parents. Zero family drama. Here is why a joint celebration makes sense, and the best dining options across Singapore.
Mother’s Day falls on 10 May this year. Father’s Day is on 21 June. That is six weeks apart, two separate restaurant bookings, two rounds of convincing the whole family to show up, and, if you are not careful, two very different price points that someone will definitely notice.
Five Reasons for Joint-Celebration
There is a quiet logic to treating both parents on the same occasion. Here are five reasons the joint-celebration approach is worth considering.
1. Better value, better meal. Two mid-range dinners add up to roughly the same as one genuinely good one. Pool the budget, and Mum and Dad both eat better.
2. One gathering, not two. Getting all members of a busy family to agree on a date is hard enough. Asking them to do it twice in six weeks is optimistic at best.
3. Nobody feels shortchanged. Parents notice these things. If Dad’s steak dinner looks considerably more impressive than Mum’s high tea spread, there will be comments. Possibly for years.
4. Roles have blurred. The idea that mothers cook and fathers buys supper belongs to a different era. Many families have parents who share caregiving, breadwinning, and everything in between. Celebrating them jointly reflects that reality.
5. You skip the peak-day crowds. Mother’s Day Sunday and Father’s Day Sunday are among the busiest restaurant days of the year. Book on any other weekend in May or June, and you will likely get better service, better attention, and possibly a better table.
Several restaurants in Singapore have already anticipated this thinking. Some offer menus that run from May through June, spanning both occasions. Others have curated explicitly multi-generational feasts. The options below cover a range of budgets and cuisines.
Restaurants to Take Mum and Dad Out Together
Red House Seafood – A Heritage Meal for Parents
Available: 1 May to 30 June 2026 | Clarke Quay and Grand Copthorne Waterfront
Red House Seafood turns 50 this year, which lends extra weight to a menu designed around family togetherness. The restaurant presents a 7-course Parents’ Day set at $50++ per person, available for both lunch and dinner across its Clarke Quay and Grand Copthorne Waterfront outlets throughout May and June.
The set is served family-style, which suits a multi-generational table well. It opens with Ice Plant Salad and Grilled Marinated Squid, then moves through Signature Creamy Custard Sauce Prawns, Spicy Seafood Combination, and a Seafood ‘Pao Fan’ , a rice porridge-style dish built on a broth slow-cooked for 15 hours. The chilli crab course arrives with golden crab-shaped mantou, a detail that tends to go down well with younger family members.
The meal ends with Crispy Bubur Cha Cha, and parents receive a complimentary Molten Lava Longevity Bun, a peach-shaped steamed bun filled with salted egg yolk custard.
For tables of six or more, the restaurant adds a complimentary Lemongrass-Smoked French-Bred Chicken. Families wanting a more centrepiece moment can pre-order a Whole Roast Pig Stuffed with Crab Roe and Glutinous Rice at $688++, with three days’ advance notice required.
Red House Seafood Grand Copthorne
392 Havelock Road, Level 2, Singapore 169663
Tel: +65 6735 7666
Red House Seafood Clarke Quay
3C River Valley Road, #01-02/03, Singapore 179022
Tel: +65 6442 3112
Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant – Cantonese Comfort for Multi-Generational Tables
Available: 1 May to 21 June 2026 | Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium
Xin Cuisine’s Parents’ Day set menus lean into the strengths of Cantonese cooking – nourishing broths, considered ingredient pairings, and dishes that read as celebratory without being fussy.
The first menu, starting from $588++ for five persons and $1,088++ for ten, begins with a complimentary lobster salad and moves through a double-boiled chicken soup with bamboo pith, fish maw, and wanton served in a claypot. Further highlights include tea-smoked roasted duck, pan-seared marble goby, stir-fried venison with XO sauce mushrooms, and braised sea cucumber. The meal closes with longevity noodles with crab meat, red bean soup, and complimentary longevity buns.
A premium set at $1,388++ for ten persons adds a complimentary suckling pig and moves into more ceremonial territory, with 16-head South African abalone and braised pumpkin broth with crab meat.
Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant
Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium, Level 4, 317 Outram Road.
Tel: +65 3138 2531. WhatsApp: +65 9114 0281.
Yaowarat Seafood – Thai-Chinese Feasting with a Symbolic Touch
Available: 10 May to 21 June 2026 | Lavender Street
Yaowarat Seafood approaches the occasion from a distinctly Thai-Chinese angle, and frames it around its upcoming 12th anniversary. The restaurant presents two set menus designed explicitly for the period spanning Mother’s Day through Father’s Day.
The ‘Unspoken Love’ Feast at $388++ covers 8โ10 persons across 12 courses, the number chosen to represent year-round appreciation. The menu draws on Thai-Chinese comfort cooking: golden spring rolls, mango or papaya salad, shark’s fin omelette with lettuce wraps, chilli crabs, Hong Kong-style steamed tiger garoupa, Thai green curry chicken, pineapple fried rice, and red ruby dessert.
The ‘Ultimate Love’ Feast at $688++ adds premium ingredients including Australian lobster with longevity noodles, live mud crabs, and a choice of Korean ark cockles or Japanese oysters to start.
Both menus include a $12 red packet for parents (up to two per table) as a nod to filial piety and the restaurant’s anniversary.
Yaowarat Seafood
320 Lavender Street, Singapore 338820
Tel: +65 6858 5988
Sheraton Towers Singapore – Three Venues, One Long Window
Available: Various dates from May to June 2026 | Scotts Road
Sheraton Towers covers the full span of both occasions across three of its dining outlets, making it practical for families who want flexibility in timing or format.
Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant runs separate 6-course set menus โ one for May ($158++ per person) and one for June โ with dishes including baked abalone tart, double-boiled abalone soup with morel mushroom, stewed wagyu cheek with red wine, stir-fried rice vermicelli with Alaskan king crab, and double-boiled almond cream with bird’s nest. The quality of ingredients places this firmly in the celebratory tier. Reservations: (65) 6839 5623.
The Dining Room offers a heritage-inspired buffet on Sunday lunches on 10 May and 21 June, priced at $118++ for adults and $48++ for children aged 6 to 12. Friday and Saturday dinner buffets are available from 2 May to 28 June at $108++ per adult. Signatures include Sheraton River Scampi Laksa, Slow-roasted Rendang Wagyu Rump, and Banana Leaf-baked Otah Otah with barramundi.
Lobby Bar runs its Citrus Grove afternoon tea from 1 April to 30 June at $58++ per person. The selection spans citrus passion meringue tartlets, key lime macarons with coconut ganache, chilli lime prawn on rye bread, and lobster cake with yuzu butter sauce. This suits a lighter, mid-afternoon gathering for families who prefer not to commit to a full sit-down lunch or dinner.
Sheraton Towers Singapore
39 Scotts Road, Singapore 228230
Gilmore & Damian D’Silva – Heritage Eurasian Cooking Through June
Available: 1 May to 30 June 2026 | National Gallery Singapore
Chef Damian D’Silva’s restaurant at the National Gallery presents four ร la carte dishes rooted in Eurasian home cooking, available for the full two-month window that bridges both parents’ occasions. The dishes are available for dinner on weekdays and for both lunch and dinner on weekends and public holidays.
The Smoked Pork Knuckle Dhalcha at $80++ takes a lentil-based stew and builds it around smoked pork knuckle, with dry spices, garlic, onion, ginger, cinnamon, star anise, and cloves simmered to tenderness. The Chicken Vindaloo at $32++ draws on the Portuguese vinha d’alhos tradition, and uses over 30 wet and dry ingredients including galangal, lemongrass, rice vinegar, and calamansi. Pop’s Sambal King Prawn at $56++ for two king prawns uses a slow-fried sambal with belacan, dried chillies, tamarind, and calamansi. Green Mango Sambal at $16++ rounds out the selection with a fresher, more palate-cleansing note.
Gilmore & Damian D’Silva
1 St Andrew’s Road, #01-02/03, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore 178957
Barossa Steak & Grill – Sharing Platters Through Mid-May
Available: 4โ17 May 2026 | VivoCity
Barossa Steak & Grill runs its Mother’s Day promotion for nearly two full weeks, which gives families more room to pick a date that suits everyone. The restaurant presents two sharing platters, both designed for the table rather than individual portions.
Set A at $168 brings together a Mexican achiote spice Josper-roasted whole chicken, Marmite and garlic shoyu glazed St Louis pork ribs, and a Black Angus ribeye, alongside creamed spinach, fries, and house sauces. Set B at $238 upgrades to a trio of Australian wagyu cuts alongside the signature pork ribs, finished with garlic confit and a bordelaise red wine sauce.
Barossa Steak & Grill
1 HarbourFront Walk, #01-161/162, VivoCity, Singapore 098585
Tel: +65 6255 1855
Bangkok Jam – Value Thai Set Throughout May
Available: Throughout May 2026 | Great World
Bangkok Jam keeps its Mother’s Day promotion running for the full month of May, which makes it one of the more flexible options for families working around different schedules. The set for four at $68++ covers a straightforward spread of Thai sharing dishes.
The menu includes Thai fish cakes, red curry chicken with apple, steamed fish, grilled pork collar, stir-fried broccoli, olive fried rice, and red ruby dessert. At $17++ per person before taxes, it sits at the accessible end of the price range in this list โ useful for larger extended family groups where budget is a consideration.
Bangkok Jam
Great World City, 1 Kim Seng Promenade, #02-127, Singapore 237994
Tel: +65 6732 4523
Fat Cow – Wagyu Sukiyaki Set in May
Available: 1โ31 May 2026 | 1 Orchard Boulevard, Camden Medical Centre
Fat Cow offers its monthly lunch set in May as a de facto Mother’s Day and Parents’ Day option. The Sukiyaki Set Lunch at $78++ per person runs from 12pm to 3pm throughout the month.
The set centres on Akune Gold A5 Wagyu from Kagoshima, paired with Hanwoo beef โ the Korean cattle breed known for its clean umami. Both are cooked at the table in a sukiyaki broth built from seasonal dried mushrooms, mizuna, tomato, and kelp. The meal includes salad, chawanmushi, miso soup, and dessert.
On Mother’s Day, 10 May, every mother who dines at Fat Cow receives a complimentary glass of sparkling rosรฉ.
Fat Cow
1 Orchard Boulevard, #01-01/02, Camden Medical Centre, Singapore 248649
Tel: +65 6735 0308
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