RITUEL TOKYO, Singapore is running festive menus at its Takashimaya S.C., Ngee Ann City flagship from Tuesday, 17 November to Friday, 25 December 2026, with a three-course Christmas lunch at S$45++ per person. A plated Orchard Road Christmas lunch at that price is worth a closer look.
The Tokyo-born café calls this its first Christmas in Singapore. In practice, the season means a Christmas meal served on Bernardaud porcelain with Christofle silver cutlery.
What S$45++ Gets You
Here’s the lunch in plain terms. The three-course festive set lunch runs from 10am to 1.30pm and opens with Butternut and Sweet Potato Soup, which RITUEL finishes with pecans, chopped spring onions and a drizzle of cream.
For the main, you choose between the Turkey Breast, rolled around a stuffing of minced pork, chestnuts and breadcrumbs, and the Pistachio-Crusted Rack of Lamb with red wine sauce. Both mains come with mashed potatoes, roasted baby carrots and asparagus. If the whole point of this outing is the S$45++ price, the turkey is your pick, since it’s the only route that keeps the bill at the headline figure.
Dessert is the photo moment. The Chocolate and Raspberry Sponge Cake is shaped like a little Christmas present, with chocolate sponge layered with raspberry cream under a raspberry chocolate coating. Your group chat will want a picture of it before anyone picks up a fork.
The Christmas Cranberry Spritz is a sparkling non-alcoholic drink of cranberry and lemon juices with cinnamon and gingerbread syrups and a sprig of rosemary, so the drive-home friend gets something festive too!
One thing to keep in mind is that double plus sign. ++ means service charge and GST are added when the bill arrives, so S$45++ won’t be what you actually pay at the counter.
Dinner Adds One More Course
The four-course festive set dinner costs S$50++ and runs from 6pm to 8.30pm. It follows the same soup, main and present-shaped cake as lunch, and slots in a Parma Ham Salad with figs, mozzarella and pomegranate, dressed with fig balsamic vinegar.
That’s the maths that makes dinner the smarter deal. You get a whole extra course, and the evening slot. If you only have one Christmas meal with friends this year, dinner gives you the most plate for your dollar.
An Afternoon Tea Stand Each
The third option is the all-new BOUQUET de Christmas Afternoon Tea at S$50++ per person, served from 2pm to 6pm with a minimum of two guests. The detail that sets it apart is that every guest gets their own three-tier stand, so nobody has to negotiate over the last blini.
The savoury tier has Parma Ham and Asparagus with balsamic glaze, a Mozzarella Ball with pesto, tomato and olive, a Prawn and Mango Salsa Tart with avocado, and a Smoked Salmon Blini with cottage cheese and salmon roe.
The sweets lean hard into Christmas. The Strawberry Santa Hat is a little financier tart topped with a fresh strawberry, while the Reindeer Chocolate Choux hides a blackberry filling. A Gingerbread Man with blood orange ganache, a Vanilla Fig Bubble with speculoos crumble, an Earl Grey panna cotta with a chocolate spoon, and a pistachio chocolate with fresh raspberries complete the six.
Drinks are covered too. The set comes with the Christmas Cranberry Spritz plus one additional beverage of your choice per guest, so a pair of friends walks away with four drinks between them on the base price.
Which Dessert Wagon Pick?
RITUEL’s signature Dessert Wagon comes into play with the afternoon tea, where each guest picks one dessert. For the festive season, the café has added three new creations.
The Matcha Tree is a matcha financier with chestnut filling beneath branches of matcha cream and a chocolate star on top. The Hojicha Yule Log rolls roasted tea sponge around kinako cream (roasted soybean flour, a classic Japanese dessert flavour) and comes with hojicha mousse and a white chocolate reindeer.
If you’re choosing for a table, go with Winter Soleil. It’s a white chocolate shell filled with yuzu mousse, mango cream, chiffon sponge and nougatine. After six sweets on your own stand, a citrus hit sounds like a much better idea than more chocolate.
The Hojicha Yule Log is the pick for anyone who wants a Japanese spin on the most Christmas-coded cake there is. The Matcha Tree, meanwhile, wins on looks, and that makes it the obvious choice for whoever in your group runs the food account.
So, Which Set Should You Book?
Book lunch if you want the cheapest plated Christmas meal at the café and you’re happy with turkey. Choose dinner if you’re with friends after work. Afternoon tea makes the most sense for a date or a catch-up with your bestie, since it’s priced per head, needs two people, and gives each of you a full stand plus two drinks.
Whichever you pick, the table is set with Bernardaud porcelain and Christofle silver cutlery. For more festive ideas around the island, our Christmas foods round-up from 2024 and our 2023 guide to Christmas dining and takeaways are worth a scroll.
🗓️ Date: Tuesday, 17 November to Friday, 25 December 2026
⏰ Time: Open daily 10am to 9pm, last order 8.30pm. Lunch 10am to 1.30pm, afternoon tea 2pm to 6pm, dinner 6pm to 8.30pm
📍 Location: RITUEL TOKYO, Singapore, Takashimaya S.C., Ngee Ann City, Orchard Road
🍽️ Lunch: Three courses, S$45++ per person
🌙 Dinner: Four courses, S$50++ per person
🫖 Afternoon Tea: BOUQUET de Christmas Afternoon Tea, S$50++ per person, minimum two guests
➕ Supplements: Pistachio-Crusted Rack of Lamb S$8++; festive Dessert Wagon creations S$5++ each
📞 Reservations: Recommended, online or via WhatsApp at 9126 1893
The menus run until Christmas Day, and RITUEL recommends reserving ahead, so lock in your table before the December group chats start fighting over dates. You can book your festive lunch, dinner or afternoon tea on TableCheck, WhatsApp the café at 9126 1893, or follow @rituel_singapore on Instagram for a closer look at that present-shaped cake. An Orchard Road Christmas that doesn’t wreck your December budget? That’s a gift worth unwrapping!
Photos and Visuals courtesy of RITUEL TOKYO, Singapore.
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