Restaurants for Private Events in Singapore

Restaurants for private events in Singapore are upscale restaurants with a private room that you can book for a milestone dinner, a family function or a private party. Most quote a minimum spend per session before GST and any service charge.

Every restaurant on this page is on our upscale price tier and has a private room. Search demand is highest for private events and function rooms at restaurants, ahead of cuisine-specific rooms.

Private Events at Restaurants in Singapore: Milestones, Family Functions and Parties

Private events at Singapore restaurants fall into a few formats, and planners pick a different menu and room for each. Agree the format first, then shortlist restaurants by room set-up.

• Milestone dinners: a 50th, a retirement or a graduation, with speeches and a plated set menu.
• Family functions: full-month lunches, longevity dinners and family reunions at round tables.
• Anniversaries: a closed room for a couple and close family, with a cake and a toast.
• Private parties: drinks, canapés and music for friends, often in a bar room.
• Daytime gatherings: a weekend brunch in a private room for a smaller group.
• Birthday dinners: a dressed-up birthday table also suits fancy restaurants for birthday parties in Singapore.

Private Room Set-Ups in Singapore Restaurants: Closed Rooms, Semi-Buyouts and Buyouts

Upscale Singapore restaurants quote a private event in three set-ups: a closed room, a semi-buyout of one section, or the whole restaurant. Ask which one the quote covers before you compare minimum spends.

• Closed private room: a door and a single table, so speeches stay private.
• Semi-buyout: one section of the dining floor screened off, priced between a room and a buyout.
• Full buyout: the restaurant closed to the public, quoted as a separate and much higher minimum spend.
• Bar room: a private room beside a bar for standing drinks rather than a seated meal.
• Smaller tables: a dinner for a handful of guests fits small private dining rooms in Singapore.

Upscale Restaurant Types in Singapore: Steakhouses, Hotel Chinese Rooms and Bar Rooms

The upscale restaurants with private rooms in Singapore are mostly steakhouses, hotel restaurants and bar-restaurants. Menu formats and house rules differ by type.

• Steakhouses: a set menu of courses with wine pairing, common around Marina Bay.
• Hotel Chinese restaurants: banquet menus by the table, with hotel parking for older guests.
• Bar-restaurants: canapés and a bar tab instead of courses, for a party format.
• Hilltop and garden restaurants: greenery and views away from the city centre.
• Tasting menus: a chef-led sequence of courses suits fine dining restaurants in Singapore.

House Rules for Private Events at Singapore Restaurants: Spend, Corkage and Music

The restaurant's management sets the house rules for a private event in Singapore, and building management adds its own limits on hours and deliveries. Ask the restaurant team to put each rule in the written quote.

• Minimum spend: the least the food and drink bill must reach; any shortfall is charged.
• "++" pricing: GST and the service charge go on top of the quoted figure.
• Corkage: a per-bottle fee for wine you bring, sometimes waived above the minimum.
• Cake-cutting fee: a per-cake charge at some upscale rooms when you bring your own.
• Music: confirm bands, DJs and volume with the restaurant team before you book a performer.
• Dietary needs: ask each restaurant about its food certification, vegetarian courses and allergies.
• Dancing and a DJ: a louder night may need private party venues in Singapore.

Private Event Calendar in Singapore: When Restaurant Rooms Book Out

Planners compete hardest for Singapore restaurant private rooms around Chinese New Year and in December. Enquire early for a private event in any of the weeks below.

• Chinese New Year: reunion dinners and lo hei lunches fill round-table rooms through the festive period.
• Valentine's week: couples book closed rooms, and some restaurants run set menus only.
• Mother's Day: family lunches fill Chinese restaurant rooms on the weekend.
• Mid-Autumn Festival: family dinners cluster around the festival.
• December: company year-end parties and Christmas dinners take rooms from mid-month.
• Partner birthdays: a dinner for two in a peak week suits romantic restaurants for birthday parties in Singapore.

Restaurant for Private Event Prices in Singapore: Minimum Spend by Set-Up

A private room or semi-buyout at an upscale Singapore restaurant costs about S$800 to S$2,000 minimum spend per session, before GST and any service charge. Full buyouts are quoted separately.

Groups who want every course fixed before the day can compare restaurants with set menus and packages in Singapore.

Private Event Checklist for Singapore Restaurants: What to Confirm

Booking a Restaurant for a Private Event in Singapore With Venuerific

• Zero booking fees: you pay the restaurant's own rate and nothing to us.
• Best price guarantee: we'll match a lower listed price you find for the same private room.
• WhatsApp the host: settle the menu, cake and seating plan with the restaurant team direct.
• Verified listings: we vet every upscale restaurant and its private room before listing it.
• Trusted by Grab, Huawei and KPMG: their teams have found event space through Venuerific, with the best price guarantee on every booking.

Send two or three restaurants your date, guest list and budget, then compare their minimum spends. A client or team dinner belongs with restaurants for corporate dinners in Singapore.