Mahjong Social Fridays and weekday high tea: two offers, two windows

Yum Cha publishes two separate afternoon offers at its Chinatown outlet, and each listing states something different. The events page lists Mahjong Social Fridays at $38++ per person — the mahjong social game, a dim sum high tea set menu, complimentary dessert and tea, and one $10 dining voucher — and describes the activity as non-gambling. The Chinatown high tea sheet prices a weekday buffet at $32.80 for adults and $16.80 for children aged 5 to 12, Monday to Friday excluding public holidays, 3.00pm to 6.00pm with last order at 5.30pm. ^{[1] [2]}

The useful answer is what each listing covers, and what neither one settles. The buffet sheet describes food; the session listing adds a game and a dining voucher. CNA reported on 8 October 2026 that the Chinatown restaurant has hosted the sessions in its quieter post-lunch hours since August, with October sessions fully booked and bookings stretching into November. On Fridays the two windows overlap, and nothing in the pages reviewed says whether a high tea table can also take part in a session. That is a question for the restaurant rather than a rule to assume. ^{[3] [1] [2]}

Two offers, two afternoon windows

Start with the clock, because the two windows do not match. CNA places the mahjong sessions in the post-lunch lull from 2pm to 6pm. The weekday high tea sheet gives a shorter sitting: 3.00pm to 6.00pm with last order at 5.30pm, weekdays except public holidays, and a minimum of two diners. For a reader fitting an afternoon around work or an after-school run, that difference decides which listing is worth reading first. ^{[3] [2]}

The conditions differ as much as the clocks. The high tea sheet states that prices are subject to 10% service charge and GST, that the promotion cannot be used with other vouchers or promotions, and that food wastage is charged at à la carte pricing. The session listing carries its own inclusions, including a $10 dining voucher that the CNA report does not mention, but does not itemise what sits inside the dim sum high tea set menu. If the composition matters to you, ask. Both listings are for the Chinatown outlet at 20 Trengganu Street, #02-01, on 6372 1717, and when executive director Melody Tan spoke to CNA938 on 3 September 2026 she said no end date had been set for the sessions. ^{[2] [1]}

One worked charge example, clearly hypothetical

Singapore menus often print '++', signalling charges added at the table. Quentin's Sentosa states plainly that all rates marked ++ are subject to 10% service charge and 9% GST, which is a clear explanation of the convention from another restaurant. Apply those two assumed rates to the mahjong fee as an illustration only: $38 x 1.10 x 1.09 = $45.562, or about $45.56. That figure is a hypothetical calculation built on rates borrowed from a different venue's page, not a quoted price from Yum Cha and not a settled bill. ^{[4] [1]}

Two limits are worth holding on to. The illustration covers the assumed service charge and tax only, not anything else a restaurant may charge. And the high tea sheet names a 10% service charge and GST without printing a tax rate, so the exact line on any bill has to come from the restaurant itself. The method is still the useful part: take the headline figure, add the charges the venue states, and check the result against the bill when it arrives. ^{[2] [4]}

Ask about the offer you intend to book

One editorial suggestion, and it is short: before paying, send the restaurant a single message naming which offer you are booking — Mahjong Social Fridays or the weekday high tea buffet — and ask for the inclusions, the actual charge line including tax, and the notice needed to hold or release a table. Naming the offer matters, because the two have different windows, prices and conditions. If you are hoping to do both on a Friday, put that question in the same message. ^{[1] [2]}

The events listing reviewed here sets out the participation fee and what it includes; it does not print a deposit, minimum spend or cancellation window. That is a gap in that page, not proof that no such term exists elsewhere in the restaurant's arrangements. So the decisive step is small: choose the offer that matches your afternoon, and get that offer's charge line and booking terms in writing before money moves. ^{[1] [2]}

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Sources

1. Private Events & Dining | Yum Cha Restaurant Singapore Venue
2. YCC_Dim Sum Buffet Menu 030926
3. Mahjong, art fairs: F&B businesses look beyond food to attract diners – CNA
4. Quentin's Sentosa | Eurasian Restaurant, Bar & Event Venue at The Mess Hall – Quentin's Singapore

BUTLER Magazine Editorial · AI-assisted research and writing, reviewed by our automated editorial team. Sources checked 2026-10-10. Featured image: AI-generated editorial illustration.