We recently wrote about the best buffets in Singapore, but as someone who’s constantly on the lookout for good deals, I sought to find more wallet-friendly buffet options. Rather than breaking the bank on a single buffet, I have managed to collate 15 cheap buffets in Singapore that are priced under $40++ per person. There’s a mix of sweet and savoury options, as well as different cuisines, so there’s something for different tastes.
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Lovers of K-BBQ should be familiar with Captain Kim Korean BBQ & Hotpot, as they’ve got a couple of outlets peppered around Singapore. Their buffet lunch (from $18.90++ per person) and dinner (from $28.90++ per person) draw many to their restaurants. You’ll find a slew of meaty offerings, including beef bulgogi, honey chicken, ribeye beef, and black pepper chicken, all drenched in flavourful marinades.
The best part is they’re halal-certified, so your Muslim friends can also head down and eat to their heart’s content. Also, don’t forget to leave some room for their ready-to-eat Korean delights, such as tteokbokki, japchae, and yangnyeom chicken.
Check out our Captain Kim Korean BBQ & Hotpot review!
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Captain Kim Korean BBQ & Hotpot is a halal-certified eatery.
To fulfil your comfort food cravings during gloomy rainy days, head down to Orchard Grand Court’s Crystal Café and dig into their famed Taiwan Porridge Buffet, which starts from $22.80++ per person.
The spread is sumptuous; complement your bowls of sweet potato porridge with homely accompaniments such as braised duck and pork trotters, salted eggs and veggies, and ikan bilis with peanuts. Feel free to browse their a la carte menu for more dishes to supplement your meal, as they’ve also got western fare, including Fish & Chips ($16++) and Beef Ribeye ($26.80++), if the porridge is not too filling.
Address: 131 Killiney Road, Orchard Grand Court Serviced Apartment, Singapore 239571
Opening hours: Mon-Thurs 7am to 10:30am, 12pm to 2:30pm, 5:30pm to 9pm, Fri-Sun 7am to 10:30am, 12pm to 1:30pm, 1:45pm to 3:15pm, 5:30pm to 7pm, 7:15pm to 8:45pm
Tel: 6830 2020
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Crystal Café is not a halal-certified eatery.
If you’re constantly worried about shelling out a pretty penny whenever you’re headed out for Japanese cuisine, then Irodori Restaurant’s a la carte buffet will set your mind and wallet at ease. There are over 90 items on their menu, ranging from nigiri sushi and hand rolls to teppanyaki and deep-fried offerings, including tempura, to really whet your appetite.
You’ll want to pig out on their free-flow sashimi too; they’re known for dishing out generous, thick cuts of fresh salmon, tuna, swordfish, and even octopus. While the buffet is priced at $41.70++ on paper, should you use DBS PayLah, PayNow, or NETS during their lunch buffet, you can get 15% off, bringing the cost well below $40++.
Address: 382 Havelock Road, #03-01, Four Points by Sheraton Singapore, Riverview, Singapore 169629
Opening hours: Daily 11:30am to 2:30pm, 6pm to 10:30pm
Tel: 6737 2002
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Irodori Restaurant is not a halal-certified eatery.
Voracious carnivores can make a beeline to Armoury Steaks to gorge on their Steak Buffet happening on Mondays, Tuesdays, weekends, and public holidays. For $36++ per person, you get to indulge in their sinful selection of meats, including ribeye and sirloin, all served with a splatter of black pepper sauce and cooked to medium rare.
Before the food coma sets in, stuff yourself with other bites such as onion rings, fries, grilled pork belly and shabu beef, too. There’s also unlimited servings of greens and buttered corn, in case you find the need to balance out your feast.
Address: 181 Orchard Road, #11-03/04, Orchard Central, Singapore 238896
Opening hours: Sun-Tue 11:30am to 10pm, Wed-Thu 11:30am to 10:30pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am to 11pm
Tel: 8905 2515
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Armoury Steaks is not a halal-certified eatery.
Located in the CBD area, Annalakshmi is a popular Indian vegetarian restaurant. Their motto is to serve the community with nutritious food and to give generously. Hence, they encourage their diners to pay as they wish. However, as with all kindness, it’s best not to take advantage of it, and for diners to be considerate of the business, too.
Serving up a wide range of vegetarian Northern Indian dishes, this restaurant lets you have your fill of vegetable curry with chapati and bhatoora, AKA deep-fried leavened bread. You will also get to try dishes such as red pumpkin sambar and bhindi masala here.
Do note that reservations are only available for groups of eight or more.
Address: 6A Shenton Way, #01-03, Downtown Gallery, Singapore 068815
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 11:30am to 3pm, 6pm to 9pm
Tel: 6339 9993
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Annalakshmi is not a halal-certified eatery but uses no pork or lard.
For one of Singapore’s cheapest buffets, head to ONZ! Buffet Restaurant by Bija at Grandlink Square! At just $10 per person, enjoy their lunch and dinner buffets, featuring a spread of over 10 mains, including meat and seafood. Popular picks here include the Mutton Briyani, renowned for its tender, meaty chunks of mutton in aromatic basmati rice. There’s also the Fish Head Curry, starring tender, flaky fish in a house-made curry. Approved by KF Seetoh, it’s definitely a dish to try when you visit!
If you’re craving dessert, opt for the Premium Buffet ($15 per person) instead, for local favourites including BurBur Cha Cha, Cake Lapis and more!
Read our ONZ! Buffet Restaurant by Bija feature.
Address: 511 Guillemard Road, Ground Floor, Grandlink Square, Singapore 399849
Opening hours: Daily 11am to 2pm, 5pm to 8pm
Tel: 9185 2565
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ONZ! Buffet Restaurant by Bija is a halal-certified eatery.
You won’t have to cross borders to get your lok lok fix anymore, when you can just swing by A.K Zai Lok Lok. Their main draw is undeniably their lok lok buffet, which will set you back just $19.90++ during lunch hours, and $23.90++ for dinner. It’s all-you-can-eat, so fill up your plates with skewers of fishballs, bacon-wrapped enoki mushrooms, chicken nuggets, plus seafood options including scallops and crab claws.
Choose to either dunk your skewers in soup bases, including Tom Yum, Curry, Mala, Laksa, and Pork Broth, or have them deep-fried for an extra crunch. Once you’ve had your fill, head to their cat cafe that’s one level above their restaurant, and you’ll get 15 minutes of playtime with their felines if you dine anytime from Mondays to Thursdays.
Check out our A.K Zai Lok Lok feature!
Address: 14 Smith Street, Chinatown Point, Singapore 058928
Opening hours: Daily 12pm to 4pm, 5pm to 12am
Tel: 8626 1439
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A.K Zai Lok Lok is not a halal-certified eatery.
Tanjong Pagar is known as the place to visit for Korean cuisine, but rather than heading to your typical restaurants such as O.BBa Jjajang, check out MiMi Korean BBQ for their affordable buffet. For just $32.50+, you get to enjoy a 90-minute BBQ buffet from Mondays to Thursdays, with seven types of meats, including beef short plate, beef bulgogi, soya chicken galbi and more. Alongside these, you’ll also get side dishes, vegetables, and Korean barley tea.
Check out our MiMi Korean BBQ feature!
Address: 2 Peck Seah Street, #01-01, Airview Building, Singapore 079305
Opening hours: Sun-Thurs 11:30am to 3pm, 5:30pm to 11pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am to 3pm, 5:30pm to 12am
Tel: 9114 9510
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MiMi Korean BBQ is not a halal-certified eatery.
I remember a time when mookata was all the rage in Singapore. Though it seems like we’re past that phase, you’ll want to check out Family Mookata because they have a cheap mookata Protein Buffet, priced at just $14.90 per person. There’s a variety of marinated meats, including Garlic Pork, Thai Pork, and Honey Tomato Chicken.
The buffet also comes with vegetables, mushrooms, and carbs to help cut through the heavy meat flavours. The house-made chilli dip here is really popular as well, so be sure to get that alongside your meats!
Read our Family Mookata feature.
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Family Mookata is not a halal-certified eatery.
If you love ramen, head to Kiwami: Ramen & Gyoza Bar for their all-you-can-eat ramen buffet. Priced at just $28.80++ per person, indulge in their large range of ramen, spanning eight kinds. You can’t go wrong with their Premium Kiwami Tonkatsu Ramen, made with a 10-hour pork bone broth. Otherwise, get the Premium Black Tonkatsu Ramen for a comforting broth topped with aromatic garlic oil and fried garlic bits.
Apart from their ramen, the buffet includes a delicious selection of sides, too. Enjoy unlimited servings of Truffle Edamame, Grilled Gyoza, Age Tofu and more!
Read our Kiwami: Ramen & Gyoza Bar feature.
Address: 1 Wallich Street, #B2-10, Guoco Tower, Singapore 078884
Opening hours: Daily 11am to 9:30pm
Tel: 6246 6630
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Kiwami: Ramen & Gyoza Bar is not a halal-certified eatery.
To quell those lazy Sunday dim sum cravings, look no further than Beng Hiang Restaurant’s dim sum buffet. It’s going for $28.80++ per person from Tuesday to Thursday and $32.80++ from Friday to Sunday. There are over 30 varieties of house-made dim sum to gobble up, which include classics such as siew mai, har gau, coffee pork ribs, and an assortment of buns. They’ve also got a couple of zi char dishes, such as Lychee Chicken Chop, for something more substantial.
Unlike other dim sum haunts that open for business at the crack of dawn, their buffet runs from 11.30am to 2.30pm, so you can afford to sleep in without missing out on their sumptuous spread.
Check out our Beng Hiang Restaurant feature!
Address: 135 Jurong Gateway Road, #02-337, Singapore 600135
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 11:30am to 2:30pm, 6pm to 9:30pm
Tel: 6221 6695
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Beng Hiang is not a halal-certified eatery.
Yum Cha also has an affordable yet excellent dim sum buffet to check out. With prices starting from $32.80++, you can get 60-over dishes to stuff your face with. These include the likes of Salted Egg Lotus Chip, Xiao Long Bao, Baked Mini Egg Tart and more. If you’d like more than dim sum, the restaurant also offers a wide range of a la carte dishes!
Read our Yum Cha review.
Chinatown outlet
Address: 20 Trengganu Street, #02-01, Singapore 058479
Opening hours: Tue-Fri 10:30am to 9pm, Sat-Sun 9am to 9pm
Tel: 6372 1717
Changi outlet
Address: 6 Changi Business Park Avenue 1, #01-33, UE BizHub East, Singapore 486017
Opening hours: Tue-Fri 11am to 3pm, 5:30pm to 10pm, Sat-Sun 9am to 3pm, 6pm to 9pm
Tel: 6789 1717
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Yum Cha is not a halal-certified eatery.
Popular franchise Swensen’s has its own buffet, titled Swensen’s Unlimited. Available at their Changi Terminal 2, VivoCity, and Geneo outlets, this buffet offers free-flow seafood on ice, with fresh tiger prawns, flower crabs, and mussels, along with their famous ice cream and many more. The cheapest time to visit is lunch on Monday to Friday, where the buffet goes for just $35++ per person. If you’re here for dinner from Monday to Thursday, it’s $38++ instead.
Read our Swensen’s Unlimited feature.
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Swensen’s Unlimited is a halal-certified eatery.
Located within ITE College Central and the SIM Campus, Teng Sheng Korean BBQ Buffet offers a Korean BBQ buffet for just $18 per person for weekday lunch! The barbecue buffet offers a generous selection of unlimited seafood, including prawns, squid, and fish. You’ll also find a wide array of marinated meats to enjoy, such as pork belly, beef short ribs, and spicy chicken. For a flavourful bite, grill your meat to perfection, dip it in Korean chilli sauce, and wrap it with fresh lettuce and kimchi.
Check out our Teng Sheng Korean BBQ Buffet feature!
Ang Mo Kio outlet
Address: 2 Ang Mo Kio Drive, Block F, #02-09, AMK ITE College Central, Singapore 567720
Opening hours: Daily 10am to 10pm
Tel: 6555 1696
Clementi outlet
Address: 461 Clementi Road, #A.3.02D, Food Gallery SIM Campus, SIM Global Education Block A, Singapore 599491
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 4:30pm to 10pm, Sat-Sun 10am to 10pm
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Teng Sheng Korean BBQ Buffet is not a halal-certified eatery.
Another place that offers an affordable dim sum high tea buffet is Tunglook Teahouse. Priced at just $16.80++ per person, indulge in their large array of dim sum, from classics, including Steamed Prawn and Spinach Dumpling, to mains such as Honey Pork Chop and Sweet and Sour Chicken. Don’t miss out on their desserts as well, where you can choose between four options: Lemongrass Jelly with Longan, Chilled Black Glutinous Rice, Green Bean Soup, and Mini Ice Cream Puff.
Read our TungLok Teahouse feature.
Address: 10 Sinaran Drive, #01-73, Square 2, Singapore 307506
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 11am to 10pm, Sat-Sun 11am to 5pm, 6pm to 10pm
Tel: 6893 1123
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TungLok Teahouse is not a halal-certified eatery.
Head down to one of these buffets for your next group gathering, and leave with a satisfied belly. For more buffets, read our guide to the best Korean BBQ buffets in Singapore. Alternatively, check out our guide to the best hotel buffets in Singapore.
Feature image adapted from @eat.nonstop, @joleeqh, and Orchard Grand Court.