Best seats in the house: Where to feast, toast and watch the NDP 2025 fireworks, Lifestyle News
At Baia, the sprawling rooftop bar on the fourth floor of the Esplanade, you can watch the fireworks unfold in style for a minimum spend of $78 per person.
Champagne lovers can ask for the special package that comes with a bottle of bubbly, a Majulah Food Platter with things like Hyogo oysters, hot salami pizza, pita chips, avocado hummus and chicken morsels for $218 (feeds up to three people). Lantern
At this high-spirited bar at Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore, a table package starts from $888 for four people on Aug 2 and 9, from 5pm till 9pm. The experience comes with a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne, a bottle of house spirits, and a National Day snack platter.
Alternatively, pay the $138 cover charge that includes two glasses of champagne, wine, beer or non-alcoholic beverages, then sit back and take in the lights and action of the Parade's aerial display and fireworks. Level 33
On National Day, Level33 will team up with Singaporean pastry chef Janice Wong to present the SG60 National Day Cacao Experience ($328 per person). Graze across the restaurant's numerous live stations that make up a nine-course menu by LeVel33's executive chef Jake Kowaleski, laced with local flavours and cacao.
The spread includes dishes like spent grain spaghetti with laksa emulsion and grilled tiger prawns, raw tuna tostada, and chocolate-aged wagyu with cacao and chilli soy glaze.
Chef Wong will present a "live" dessert installation while you reach for sweet treats like chocolate bonbons with chilli padi and chendol, and jackfruit Snickers with burnt caramel parfait. The evening comes with a free flow of freshly brewed craft beers, house pour wines, 47 Anno Domini Prosecco, and Cacao Slings. Monti
Monti's waterfront location is the perfect spot from which to gawp at the fireworks. On Aug 9, the restaurant will be serving a three-course ($168 per person) or five-course ($288 per person) dinner, with the option of free-flow prosecco and house pours for an additional $60. Expect wood-fired wagyu tenderloin and Acquerello lobster risotto among its Italian-skewed offerings. ParkRoyal Collection Marina Bay Singapore
At this hotel's Skyline Bar, a front-row view of the fireworks and the Red Lions' aerial performance comes with a buffet of local delicacies ($138 per adult, $69 per child below 12 years old). Seriously, you don't get more patriotic than first schlepping it to City Hall to partake in the festivities before eating endless servings of Singaporean dishes, and tearing up to your favourite National Day songs.
ParkRoyal Collection Marina Bay's SG60 Celebration Package offers 10 per cent off all room rates on National Day, which is a great excuse to book a room so you can head back to its comforts and forget about jostling with the rest of Singapore for your precious place on the bus or MRT. Sospiri
Southern Italian cuisine is the order of the day at the immensely popular Sospiri, whose unbeatable location has turned it into a CBD darling. Tuck into a four-course set meal ($88) featuring dishes like insalata di granchio (jumbo lump crab salad) and grilled red snapper with Datterini tomato sauce and Sicilian caponata, before heading out to the bar to catch breathtaking views of the fireworks. The minimum spend for firework days (July 5, 12 and 26, Aug 2 and 9) is $100, which you'll rack up easily once you order a cocktail with your meal. The Whisper Room
Perched on the top floor of CapitaGreen, The Whisper Room has floor-to-ceiling windows and a trio of National Day Cocktails to fuel your evening.
For $60, you get three glasses of your choice between the Merlion Collins with fermented pineapple and roselle, the Glenfiddich-based SG60, and the refreshing Red Dot with elderflower citrus and raspberry. If you're in for a serious night out, ask for the bottle pairing package priced at $400 for two bottles of spirits like Hendrick's Original and Glenfiddich 12.
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