Why Monday belongs to the hotels in Singapore
Singapore's standalone tasting-menu rooms keep restaurant-industry hours, and Monday is the day many of them go dark. Odette, the three-star French room at the National Gallery, closes Sunday and Monday. Burnt Ends, Les Amis, Meta and Zén all rest at the start of the week. The result is a real gap on a Monday at the top end, filled almost entirely by two kinds of room: the hotel restaurants, which serve every day because their guests are in the building, and the marquee names inside Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World that run a seven-day operation by design. In practice that makes a Monday in Singapore a strong night for Chinese fine dining, since the city's best Cantonese and Szechuan kitchens sit inside hotels. The order below leads with the integrated-resort steakhouse, then the Michelin-starred Szechuan room and four of the city's best hotel Chinese restaurants. Hours are checked against each restaurant's published schedule. Every name links to its full review. For the rest of the week, start with the Singapore dining guide.
The Monday list
Modern steakhouse · Marina Bay Sands · S$150–300 pp
Monday hours: Monday, from 16:00
Wolfgang Puck's only Asian steakhouse sits in the Marina Bay Sands gallery and opens Monday from four, when much of the city's fine dining is dark. The kitchen runs USDA prime and Australian wagyu over a binchotan and hardwood broiler, with the bone-in ribeye and the steak tartare cut to order as the markers. It carries a place in the MICHELIN Guide and a wine list that runs deep. Plan on S$150 to S$300 a head once you move past the appetisers. It is the strongest Western Monday booking in Singapore and the room to take a client when the independents are closed. Reserve a window table on the bay.
Michelin-starred Szechuan · Hilton Singapore Orchard · S$90–200 pp
Monday hours: Monday, 12:00–15:00 and 18:00–22:30
Chen Kentaro cooks a refined Chūka Szechuan menu on the 35th floor of the Hilton Singapore Orchard, the third generation of a family that brought Szechuan cooking to Japan, and the room holds a Michelin star. Monday is a full day of service, lunch and dinner. The mapo tofu and the chilli prawns are the dishes to order, balanced rather than blunt, and the set lunch is the value entry point at around S$90 before the à la carte climbs higher. It is the best starred kitchen open on a Monday in Singapore, and the view down Orchard Road is part of the draw. Book the dinner sitting ahead.
Michelin-starred Cantonese · Conrad Singapore Orchard · S$80–160 pp
Monday hours: Monday, 12:00–14:30 and 18:30–22:30
Summer Palace at the Conrad Singapore Orchard, 1 Cuscaden Road, is a Michelin-starred Cantonese room that serves Monday lunch and dinner, dim sum at midday and a deeper banquet menu at night. The double-boiled soups, the roast meats and the handmade dim sum are the order, plated with the polish a hotel kitchen of this rank brings. A Monday meal runs S$80 to S$160 a head depending on how far into the seafood you go. It is the Monday booking for classic Cantonese in a calm, business-grade room, and the set lunch is a strong-value way into a starred kitchen. Reserve a private alcove for a working lunch.
Cantonese · The Fullerton Hotel · S$70–150 pp
Monday hours: Monday, 11:30–15:00 and 18:30–22:30
Jade occupies a corner of the Fullerton Hotel, the restored 1928 General Post Office on the river, and opens Monday across lunch and dinner. The setting is the draw as much as the food: high colonial ceilings and a quiet, grand room that few Monday options can match. The kitchen turns out classic Cantonese with strong dim sum at lunch and seasonal seafood at night. Expect S$70 to S$150 a head. It is the Monday pick when the room needs to do some of the work, for a celebration or to impress a visiting guest, and the riverside windows are the seats to request. Book the midday yum cha ahead.
Contemporary Cantonese · Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay · S$80–160 pp
Monday hours: Monday, 12:00–15:00 and 18:30–22:30
Executive chef Edward Chong cooks a modern, design-led Cantonese menu at the Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay, open Monday for lunch and dinner. This is the most inventive of the hotel Chinese rooms, where the dim sum arrives sculpted and the chef's tasting menu rethinks the canon without losing the technique. The plant-filled atrium setting is among the prettiest dining rooms in the city. A Monday meal runs S$80 to S$160 a head, more for the full tasting. It is the Monday booking for diners who want Cantonese with a contemporary edge rather than a traditional banquet, and the tasting menu is the way to see the kitchen.
Classic Cantonese · Sheraton Towers · S$90–180 pp
Monday hours: Monday, 11:30–15:00 and 18:30–22:00
Li Bai at Sheraton Towers on Scotts Road is one of the city's longest-running fine Cantonese rooms, a Monday-open institution that built its name on roast meats, double-boiled soups and a deep tea program. It serves Monday lunch and dinner in a clubby, dark-wood room that has hosted Singapore's business class for decades. The barbecued pork and the braised seafood are the order, with a meal landing between S$90 and S$180 a head. It is the Monday pick for traditional Cantonese done at a high level, without the resort surcharge, and the private rooms suit a quiet deal over lunch. Reserve ahead for groups.
How to book a Monday table in Singapore
Monday is an easy booking in Singapore once you know to look at the hotels. The integrated-resort and hotel rooms take reservations on Chope and their own sites, and Monday is one of the quieter nights, so even CUT at Marina Bay Sands is reachable inside a few days for a table to impress a client. For a Monday business lunch, the dim sum rooms are the move: book Jade at the Fullerton or Summer Palace for the midday yum cha, both strong for a team lunch. The Michelin-starred Shisen Hanten is the call when the cooking is the point. Eating alone on a Monday, the counter seats at CUT are the easiest solo-dining option, since the city's independent counters are closed. Service charge of 10 percent and GST are added to the bill by law, so further tipping is not expected.
Frequently asked questions
Which upscale restaurants are open on Monday in Singapore?
Monday in Singapore belongs to the hotel and integrated-resort rooms, which run seven days, because the city's independent tasting kitchens close at the start of the week. The reliable Monday picks are CUT by Wolfgang Puck at Marina Bay Sands, the Michelin-starred Szechuan room Shisen Hanten, and the hotel Cantonese rooms Summer Palace, Jade at the Fullerton, Peach Blossoms and Li Bai. All six are confirmed open Monday for lunch and dinner.
Is Odette open on Monday in Singapore?
No. Odette, the three-Michelin-star French room at the National Gallery, closes Sunday and Monday, and most of Singapore's independent fine-dining kitchens follow the same pattern. Les Amis, Burnt Ends, Meta and Zén all rest on a Monday or over the early week. For a Monday at the top end, the hotel restaurants are the answer, led by CUT at Marina Bay Sands and the Michelin-starred Shisen Hanten.
Where can I get dim sum on a Monday in Singapore?
Several of the city's best Cantonese rooms serve dim sum at Monday lunch. Jade at the Fullerton Hotel opens 11:30am to 3pm, Summer Palace at the Conrad Singapore Orchard runs noon to 2:30pm, and Li Bai at Sheraton Towers and Peach Blossoms at Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay both open for Monday lunch. Book ahead, as the hotel yum cha rooms fill with business lunches even on a Monday.
Are most fine-dining restaurants in Singapore closed on Monday?
The independents largely are. Singapore's standalone tasting-menu kitchens close Sunday and Monday to rest their teams, so the Monday options skew toward the hotels and the Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World dining halls, which open seven days by design. That is why a confirmed Monday list matters here: the rooms that stay open are mostly the Chinese restaurants and the integrated-resort marquee names.
What is the best Michelin restaurant open on Monday in Singapore?
Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro is the Michelin-starred pick that opens Monday, a refined Chūka Szechuan room on the 35th floor of the Hilton Singapore Orchard, serving Monday lunch and dinner. Summer Palace at the Conrad Singapore Orchard is the Michelin-starred Cantonese option the same day. For a starred-quality Western Monday, CUT by Wolfgang Puck at Marina Bay Sands is the call.
Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of May 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.