Singaporeans have an insatiable appetite for Japanese cuisine, and amidst the abundance of Japanese eateries, the real bang for your buck comes from Japanese buffets.
Although dining at mid- to high-range Japanese restaurants can be costly, opting for a buffet proves to be a more economical choice, offering a generous variety of food. Picture unlimited servings of sashimi, grilled meat, sushi, and an endless array of salad bar ingredients that guarantee a satisfyingly full experience with each visit. Yum.
Here’s our list of the top Japanese buffets in Singapore under $60++.
Best Japanese buffet restaurants in Singapore (2024)
| Japanese buffet restaurant | Weekday price | Weekend price |
| Shabu Sai | $18.99++ to $25.99++ | $22.99++ to $27.99++ |
| Tenkaichi Japanese BBQ restaurant | $21.90++ – $85.90++ | $29.90++ to $89.90++ |
| Hamburg Steak Keisuke | $22.90++ | Same as weekday |
| Suki-Ya | $22.90++ to $38.90++ | Same as weekday |
| Rocku Yakiniku | $24.90++ to $62.90++ | Same as weekday |
| Kiseki | $29.90++ to $47.90++ | Same as weekday |
| Shaburi & Kintan Buffet | $24.80++ to $32.80++ | $34.80++ to $42.80++ |
| Irodori Japanese buffet restaurant | $39.80++ | Same as weekday |
| Shin Yuu Japanese Restaurant | $41.90++ to $59.90++ | Same as weekday |
| Ikoi Japanese Restaurant | $50++ | Same as weekday |
| Kushi Japanese Dining | $52.80++ to $56.80++ | Same as weekday |
| Mitsuba | $56.90++ to $99.90++ | Same as weekday |
| En Dining | $58++ | Same as weekday |
| Tajimaya Yakiniku | $59.90++ to $69.90++ | Same as weekday |
| Shin Minori | $62.90++ | Same as weekday |
*Prices listed are for adults and the lowest prices.
Shabu Sai
Wallet-friendly prices especially for lunch and all-you-can-eat shabu shabu, Shabu Sai is a popular choice among many, with over 8 outlets islandwide.
Choice of meat includes pork belly, pork collar, chicken, regular beef and wagyu beef, premium seafood items such as king tiger prawn, scallop, and baby abalone, as well as an assortment of vegetables for a well-rounded meal.
Lunch:
- $18.99++ (Mon – Fri)
- $22.99++ (Sat, Sun, PH)
Dinner:
- $25.99++ (Mon – Fri)
- $27.99++ (Sat, Sun, PH)
Address: Outlets at Causeway Point, Orchard Central, Changi City Point, Suntec City, Westgate, Tampines One, NEX, Northpoint City, Compass One
www.facebook.com/shabusai.sg
Tenkaichi Japanese BBQ restaurant
Meat lovers rejoice you can get an ultimate all-you-can-eat feast at Tenkaichi, known for its wagyu beef. Using high-quality wagyu from Kagoshima, Tenkaichi’s buffet offers different grades. Of course, it doesn’t just serve beef. There are appetisers, chicken, pork, sushi and sashimi. Grill the meat to your heart’s content and balance it with the seafood.
| Standard buffet | Deluxe buffet | Premium buffet | |
| Adult | LUNCH: Mon – Fri: $21.90++ Sat- Sun & PH: $29.90++ DINNER: Mon – Thu: $32.90++ Fri – Sun, Eve & PH: $34.90++ |
LUNCH: Mon – Fri: $49.90++ Sat- Sun & PH: $54.90++ DINNER: Mon – Thu: $54.90++ Fri – Sun, Eve & PH: $59.90++ |
LUNCH: Mon – Fri: $85.90++ Sat- Sun & PH: $89.90++ DINNER: Mon – Thu: $89.90++ Fri – Sun, Eve & PH: $95.90++ |
| Student | $18.90++ (Mon-Fri lunch) | – | – |
| Child (90-120cm) | $15.90++ | $22.90++ | $32.90++ |
Standard buffet comes with free drink. Deluxe and Premium buffet comes with free drink and ice cream.
Address: Marina Square, #03-129, 6 Raffles Boulevard, Singapore 039594
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 11.30 am – 2.30 pm, 5.30 pm – 10 pm / Sat, Sun, PH 11.30 am – 10 pm
Tel: 6250 8918
Tenkaichi.com.sg
Hamburg Steak Keisuke
If you like Japanese-style hamburg—think hefty, juicy beef patties, Hamburg Steak Keisuke is the place for you. While the buffet part only applies to its free-flow salad bar, fret not because the salad bar has a huge variety of food for you to whet your appetite.
If you’re not careful, you may end up eating too much of the salad bar food and may not have space for the main dish!
Each set you order entitles you to the free-flow salad bar and egg buffet. Prices start from $22.90 for the Keisuke Prime Beef Hamburg Steak Set. Other delicious hamburg sets include the Triple Cheese Prime Hamburg Steak Set ($24.90), and Foil Wrapped Prime Beef Hamburg Steak Set ($24.90). It’s also got sizzling chicken dishes cooked on a hot plate.
Address: 72 Peck Seah Street S079329
Opening hours: Daily, 11.30 am – 3 pm, 5 pm – 10 pm
Tel: 6908 4348 [Walk-ins only]
www.keisuke.sg/hamburg-steak-keisuke
Suki-Ya
Styling itself as an all-you-can-eat sukiyaki and shabu shabu restaurant, Suki-Ya offers a variety of sumptuous soups and fresh vegetables to go along with its premium meat.
You’ll be spoilt for choice with the variety of broths such as the classic Sukiyaki, a blend of sugar and bonito soup added to brewed soy sauce, Shabu-Shabu made of simmered kelp and kombu soup, as well as kimchi, miso, tomato and pork-based soups. Have fun cooking with a selection of beef, pork or chicken and seafood in your broth.
Regular menu
Lunch
- Adults: $22.90++
- Children: $15.90++
Dinner
- Adults: $27.90++
- Children: $18.90++
Premium menu
Lunch
- Adults: $32.90++
- Children: $22.90++
Dinner
- Adults: $38.90++
- Children: $28.90++
Address: outlets at Bugis+, Bukit Panjang Plaza, Heartland Mall, Kallang Wave Mall, Marina Square, Plaza Singapura, and VivoCity.
www.suki-ya.com.sg
Rocku Yakiniku
Gather your mates and eat your heart out at Rocku Yakiniku. The restaurant offers a modern and convivial dining experience with live Korean, Japanese and Mandarin Pop-Rock music playing amidst a graffiti-style interior that’s reminiscent of a hip joint in New York. Look out for the performances at certain times as well with cosplayers and dancers heating up the night.
Tuck into premium cuts of meat such as wagyu beef brisket, Australian sirloin, and short ribs, as well as pork, appetisers, vegetables, seafood, and desserts. Staples include udon, garlic fried rice and regular rice.
Regular buffet
Lunch
- Adults: $24.90++
- Children: $15.90++
Dinner
- Adults: $29.90++
- Children: $18.90++
Premium buffet
Lunch
- Adults: $52.90++
- Children: $18.90++
Dinner
- Adults: $62.90++
- Children: $21.90++
Address: Bugis+, 201 Victoria St, #04-06, 188067
Opening hours: Mon-Thu 11.30 am – 10 pm, Fri-Sat 11.30 am – 10.30 pm
Tel: 6634 3313
www.rocku.com.sg
Kiseki Japanese buffet restaurant
Eat your fill of delicious sashimi, sushi, maki rolls, cold seafood and appetisers, nimono, tempura, agemono, teppanyaki, yakimono, nabemono, Japanese mini bowls, western, kushiyaki and desserts. The lunch is the most value-for-money as you get a variety of options and if you go on the weekend, the restaurant sometimes offers aburi salmon, beef, unagi, and maguro sashimi.
Its menu items change so you can look forward to something different each time you go. On top of the delectable spread, you also get to dine with a view of Orchard Road, especially if you take the alfresco area.
Lunch
- Adult: $29.90++
- Child: $16.90++
Dinner
- Adult: $47.90++
- Child: $19.90++
Address: 181 Orchard Road, #08-01/02/03, Orchard Central, Singapore 238896
Opening hours: Daily, 11.30am – 3pm, 6pm – 10pm
Tel: 9817 5259
www.kisekirestaurant.com.sg
Shaburi & Kintan Buffet
As its name suggests, Shaburi & Kintan Buffet offers both shabu shabu and yakiniku, but you can only choose one when you’re dining in.
The shabu shabu buffet course offers three tiers—Regular Shabu, Special Shabu, Premium Wagyu Shabu. Each features beef, chicken and pork, with the addition of more premium items such as wagyu and abalone the more expensive you go.
Similarly, the grilled buffet course has three tiers—Regular Buffet, Kintan Buffet, Premium Kintan Buffet—with more variety (52 items for the Premium menu) and premium cuts of meat.
Regular Shabu menu
Weekday lunch
- Adult: $24.80++
- Child: $9.80++
- Senior: $21.80++
Dinner and weekend
- Adult: $34.80++
- Child: $14.80++
- Senior: $31.80++
Regular Kintan menu
Weekday lunch
- Adult: $32.80++
- Child: $9.80++
- Senior: $29.80++
Dinner and weekend
- Adult: $42.80++
- Child: $16.80++
- Senior: $39.80++
Address: 50 Jurong Gateway Road #03-11&12, Singapore 608549
Opening hours: Daily, 11.30 am – 10 pm
Tel: 6262 4329
http://shaburi-shabu.com/
Irodori Japanese buffet restaurant
Located in Four Points by Sheraton Singapore, Irodori offers a sumptuous spread featuring fresh seafood and ingredients from Australia, New Zealand, Norway & Europe. Look forward to signature dishes such as a green tea tofu made from silken tofu, a selection of fresh sashimi including maguro and hamachi, sushi, vegetables and meat croquette, grilled prawn with mentaiko mayo, beef shogayaki, tempura, yakimono and many more. Adding to the experience is a wide range of sake and shochu, including Hakkaisan Jumai Ginjyo.
Lunch and dinner
- Adult: $39.80++
- Child: $24.80++ (below age 10)
Address: 382 Havelock Road, Four Points by Sheraton Singapore. Riverview #03-01 Singapore 169629
Opening hours: Daily, 11.30am – 2.30pm, 6pm – 10.30pm
Tel: 6737 2002
https://irodorirestaurant.com.sg
Shin Yuu Japanese Restaurant
Tucked away in the backroads of Bukit Timah, Shin Yuu serves an assortment of sashimi, makimono, nigiri sushi, yakimono, temaki, teppan, nimono, agemono, appetisers and rice, noodles and soups.
Each category comprises around 6-10 items and if you have a big appetite, you can share and try all the items available. Many reviews praise the quality of food, generous servings and reasonable prices.
- Lunch: Adult $41.90++ / Child $25.90++
- Dinner: Adult $59.90++ / Child $33.90++
Address: 16 Greenwood Ave, Hillcrest Rd, 289209
Tel: 9688 2996
www.facebook.com/SHINYUUatGREENWOOD
Ikoi Japanese Restaurant
Find this lively, homey Japanese restaurant in the lobby of Hotel Miramar to get your fill of value-for-money fresh sashimi, sushi, grilled dishes, tempura, sides, udon, soba and curry rice.
Its price remains reasonable for its offerings and there’s always a crowd who already know about this hidden gem.
- Adult: $50++
- Child: $30++
Address: 401 Havelock Road Hotel Miramar Singapore #01-01 Singapore, Singapore 169631
Opening hours: Tue – Sun, 11.30 am – 2.30 pm, 6 pm – 10.45 pm
Tel: 6887 3788
www.facebook.com/ikoijapaneserestaurant
Kushi Japanese Dining
Get your sashimi fix at this established Japanese restaurant which flies most of its sashimi from Tokyo’s renowned Tsukiji market. Choose from the freshest tuna, salmon, white tuna, octopus, squid, swordfish and yellowtail. Beyond sashimi, there’s a variety of sushi, makimono, temaki, agemono, tempura, grilled items, cooked food and appetisers.
Lunch
- Adult: $52.80++
- Child: $36.80++
- Senior: $47.80++ (age 60 and above)
Dinner
- Adult: $56.80++
- Child: $38.80++
- Senior: $51.80++ (age 60 and above)
Address: 601 MacPherson Road, Grantral Mall @MacPherson, #01-27/28, 368242
Opening hours: Daily 11.30 am – 2.30 pm, 6 pm – 10 pm
Tel: 6904 0728
kushidining.sg
Mitsuba
Hit the buffet at Mitsuba for its signature thickly cut sashimi, nigiri sushi, temaki, maki, ippinmono, yakimono, agemono, teppanyaki, and ice cream! You get a selection of popular sashimi favourites including salmon, tuna, yellowtail, white tuna, octopus, and swordfish.
For those who like meat, there are some grilled pork and beef dishes, as well as chicken that comes grilled or deep-fried.
If you also like your carbs, there’s a selection of soba, udon, ramen and rice.
Regular buffet
- Adult: $56.90++
- Child: $27.90++
Premium buffet
- Adult: $99.90++
- Child: $49.90++
Address: 6 Eu Tong Sen Street, The Central, #03-88 S059817
Opening hours: Daily, 11.30 am – 2.30 pm, 6 pm – 10 pm
Tel: 6227 0388
https://mitsuba.com.sg
En Dining
With over two decades of history behind it, En Dining is a popular spot for many looking for quality Japanese cuisine and drinks. Beyond just the standard Japanese fare, however, it also offers Okinawan dishes.
Try traditional Okinawa-style dishes such as the Moyashi Champuru, pan-fried beansprouts with pork, Negi Chashu, braised cha siu with leek and spring onion, Rafute, braised pork belly, and Goya Champuru, pan-fried bitter gourd with pork.
Of course, there are also the regular items such as sashimi, makimono, sushi, appetisers, salads, agemono, and delicious carbs such as unagi fried rice, crab fried rice, beef garlic fried rice, noodles, as well as shabu shabu.
- Adult: $58++
- Child: $28++
Address: 168 Robinson Road, #01-10, Capital Tower, Singapore 068912
Opening hours: Mon – Sat, 11am – 10pm
Tel: 6423 0110
https://endining.com.sg/
Tajimaya Yakiniku
Another place for meat lovers, grill a variety of wagyu grade beef on the charcoal grills of Tajimaya. Its got premium Australian wagyu beef in a variety of cuts including short ribs, prime ribs and oyster blade, as well as a variety of hot and cold appetisers, vegetables, seafood, salads and desserts.
To top it off, pair your meal with a selection from the restaurant’s wide range of quality sake and shochu. Check its website regularly for promotions.
Lunch
- Adult: $59.90++
- Child: $30.90++
Dinner
- Adult: $69.90++
- Child: $35.90++
Address: Great World City, 1 Kim Seng Promenade #B1-115 Singapore 237994
Tel: 6970 5976
Address: VivoCity, 1 Harbourfront Walk #01-102/103 VivoCity Singapore 098585
Tel: 6377 0070
Opening hours: Mon – Thu: 11.30 am – 3.00 pm, 5.30 pm – 10 pm / ri – Sun, PH, eve of PH: 11.30 am – 10 pm
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Shin Minori
We couldn’t help but throw in this familiar name in the Japanese buffet scene, Shin Minori. Opened in 2007, the restaurant offers over 220 dishes comprising a variety of fresh sashimi, various sushi types (including Aburi sushi, Inari sushi, etc), Ippinmono (appetisers), Mushimono (steamed dishes), Teppanyaki dishes, Agemono (Deep-fried dishes), Yakimono (Grilled dishes), Gohan & Men (Rice & noodles dishes), Nabemono (Mini hot pot) among others.
It regularly offers a lot of promotions including welcome offers, birthday treats, 1-for-1 promos and more.
- Adult: $62.90++
- Child: $49.00++
Address: UE Square, 81 Clemenceau Ave, #03-15/16, Singapore 239917
Opening hours: Daily, 12 pm – 2.30 pm, 3 pm – 6 pm, 6.15 pm – 10.15 pm
Tel: 6733 2272
www.shinminori.com.sg
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The list is not exhaustive and there are way more Japanese buffet restaurants in Singapore, but we’ve sussed out the ones that are for the budget-conscious and money-smart, who want to eat their money’s worth.
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