9 Best Peranakan Restaurants in Singapore (2026) — Michelin-Starred Candlenut, a $15++ Katong Set Lunch, and Two 1-for-1s Running Through National Day

National Day week is when Singaporeans go looking for the food that actually tastes like here — and Peranakan (Nyonya) cooking is the oldest answer to that question. We checked the official sites of every restaurant on this list in July 2026 for addresses, hours and live offers, and two things stood out. First, Candlenut — the world's only Michelin-starred Peranakan restaurant — has a 1-for-1 running on its PALATE set menus for HSBC Premier cardholders on weekdays, all the way to 31 December 2026; at $108++ lunch and $138++ dinner for the Ah-Ma-Kase, that halves the most expensive meal on this page. Second, Permata's 1-for-1 halal buffet at Gedung Kuning ends 31 August. Below that, the range is wide: Guan Hoe Soon has been cooking in Joo Chiat since 1953, The Blue Ginger has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand three years running from a restored Tanjong Pagar shophouse, and Baba Chews will feed you a set lunch in Katong Square from $15++. We flag what each place does not publish, too — several of these restaurants keep prices and hours off their websites, and we would rather say so than invent a number.

For SG61, The Warehouse Hotel is leaning into its own history — the triple-span riverside building was once a godown, distillery and haunt of secret societies. From 1 to 10 August 2026, Lobby Bar pours four limited-edition cocktails, each named for a figure from Singapore's past: The Samsui Woman, The Coolie, The Hawker and The Gambler ($24++ each). Finish all four across your visits and you get a limited-edition Warehouse Hotel × Bicycle playing-card deck, while stocks last. Over at Po Restaurant, four National Day specials reimagine local flavours with modern technique — Po's Satay ($18++), Kari Ayam Kapitan ($28++), River Prawn Hokkien Mee ($28++) and Apom Berkuah with Mao Shan Wang coconut gravy ($14++). It's at 320 Havelock Road, and this is a limited 10-day run.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is running a flash deal on its signature 8-inch Chicago Cheesecake: $30.40 for the whole cake, down from $78. That is 61% off and $47.60 saved — the steepest discount the chain has put on a whole cake this year, and a neat SG61 number for the season. The part most people miss is that this is a pre-order, not a walk-in buy: you order between 20 July and 2 August 2026, then collect between 6 and 30 August, with limited quantities on each collection date. You can add a 9-piece Mini Pandan Muffins party pack for $10. Here is the full breakdown, the fine print (no changing your collection date or outlet once confirmed, and it will not stack with other offers), and whether it is worth locking in.

Full price comparison of Singapore's 10 best coworking spaces (2026): hot desks from S$300/month, private offices from ~S$1,000/seat, day passes from S$30. We compare The Work Boulevard's premium CBD workspaces plus WeWork, JustCo, The Great Room, Spaces, The Hive, Arcc Spaces, Found8, The Working Capitol and City Serviced Offices — across price, locations, member perks, and which type of professional each suits best.

The Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix is back at the Marina Bay Street Circuit from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 October 2026, and this year carries a first: Singapore hosts its debut F1 Sprint, the final Sprint round of the season, so Saturday gets a full Sprint race on top of the usual night-race weekend. Tickets run from Zone 4 Walkabout general admission (from around S$198 a day) up to premium hospitality, and some categories have already sold out. If you are not buying a ticket, there are still a handful of free spots around the bay — Marina Square, the Helix Bridge, the National Gallery's upper floors and the Esplanade among them — that catch real glimpses of the cars and all of the atmosphere. This guide covers the dates and the new Sprint format, ticket zones and prices, where to watch for free, road closures and transport, and the entertainment line-up headlined by The Killers and Lana Del Rey.

Hair removal is one of the few beauty categories in Singapore where the advertised price and the price you actually pay can differ by a factor of five — the trial rate is real, but it usually applies once, to one body part, for first-timers only, and the maintenance price afterwards is the number that decides whether the whole thing was worth it. So we did the boring part: we read the actual price lists on all seven chains' own websites on 27 July 2026, pulled Strip's live product catalogue straight off its store, and cross-checked every outlet address against each brand's own store locator rather than trusting the aggregator listicles (which, among other things, still list Only Aesthetics as having six branches when its own site shows four, and still call MODE Aesthetics by its old Lush Aesthetics name). What comes out is a fairly clear map. If you want unlimited sessions on a monthly plan, Wellaholic is the only one publishing full plan pricing with GST included. If you want the cheapest legitimate first try, Strip's AFT trials start at S$35 for a lip and S$40 for underarms, and its waxing trials start at S$18. If you want the biggest headline discount, Musee's S$50 six-part Mix and Match combo is the loudest offer running — with the caveat that it is a Japanese S.S.C. gel method, women only, and new customers only. If you want a one-and-done package that runs for a year, Only Aesthetics sells 12 months of unlimited underarm IPL for S$218. If you want the cheapest per-session laser maths of the lot, MODE Aesthetics does 12 SHR underarm sessions for S$88 plus GST. If you hate wax and lasers both, Sugar(ed) is the only dedicated sugaring studio here. And if you just want a straightforward wax at a walk-in price, Pink Parlour charges S$21 for underarms. Here is every price, every outlet, and the fine print that decides which one is actually cheap for you.

Asia's first Minecraft Experience is running at Mandai Wildlife Reserve until 13 September 2026 — a 55-minute, walk-through quest through real-life Overworld biomes at Green Canvas, 80 Mandai Lake Road. Weekday tickets start at $46 for adults and $40 for children, rising to $51 and $44 on weekends, public holidays and school holidays. The value move is the bundle: pair it with Singapore Zoo, Night Safari or the new Exploria and Mandai lists savings of up to 27% off the Exploria bundle, with WildPass members getting a further 5% off admission tickets. Entry is by timed 15-minute slot, all ages are welcome, under-12s must be with an adult, and children aged 0-2 go free. With the September school holidays and the long National Day weekend still ahead, this one has real runway — but weekend slots are the first to go.

A cinema trip with the little ones just got a lot cheaper: Golden Village is running 'Kids Watch For Free', where one child aged 6 and below watches a movie FREE with every standard adult ticket you buy — for G, PG and PG13 titles, at all GV cinemas islandwide. It's a weekday deal: valid for walk-in purchases for sessions starting before 2pm, Monday to Friday, from now till 20 November 2026. Both the adult and child must be there at the point of purchase, and you'll need to show the child's birth certificate (physical copy or a screenshot). School holidays, public holidays and the eve of public holidays are excluded. Here's exactly how it works, the excluded dates to plan around, and the fine print.

Feeding the family out doesn't have to cost a fortune — plenty of restaurants in Singapore let your little ones eat free. We rounded up 6 verified 'kids eat free' deals for 2026, each checked against the brand's own channels: Guzman y Gomez (GYG) gives 1 free Kids' Meal with every regular main on the GYG App every Sunday; Morganfield's lets kids aged 7 and below eat free with each paying adult on weekends, public holidays and school holidays; Swensen's Unlimited feeds kids 4 and below free at its buffet (5–11 at a child rate); IKEA's Swedish Restaurant runs Kids Eat Free on weekdays for IKEA Family members during school-holiday windows; Fish & Co at Waterway Point does a free kids' breakfast on weekends and PHs; and Edge at Pan Pacific Singapore lets children under 6 dine free at its international buffet. Below: exactly who eats free, when, what you need to do to claim it, and the fine print.