Love Dining benefits by American Express: Hotel Dining Guide

UPDATE!

The current version of Amex Love Dining benefits written in this article may be outdated. For the latest version, kindly refer to this Amex Love Dining @ Hotels Guide instead.

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Update History:

This current post alone features  Love Dining Hotel Dining Guide for 2021.

For the Restaurant Dining Guide 2021 version, read here instead. 

For the previous 2020 version, check out this post right here.

Love Dining, by American Express: Hotel Guide

The Love Dining programme (Singapore) is a benefit that comes with one of the following cards: The Platinum Card (also known as the Platinum Charge card), The Platinum Credit Credit card, and the Platinum Reserve card.

Image source: American Express Singapore

(The American Express Centurion card  also qualifies. However, that card, as far as I know, can be applied for by-invitation only, has an annual fee of SGD 7490, and is out of reach for most).

I personally own the Platinum Charge card and absolutely love it for all its benefits – read about it right here:

Love Dining Benefits Explained

Card holders can receive up to 50% discount when they (i) Dine at participating Love Dining hotels and restaurants, and (ii) Each diner orders at least one qualifying item from the menu. E.g. if there are two diners, there should order a total of two qualifying items.

The total discount varies depending on the number of diners:

Image source: American Express love dining

In Summary:

• 1 diner: cardholder alone – 15% off
• 2 diners: 1 cardholder + 1 other – 50% off
• 3 diners: 1 cardholder + 2 others – 33% off
• 4 diners: 1 cardholder + 3 others – 25% off
• 5 or more diners (Hotel category) 1 cardolder + 4-9 others – 20% off*
• 5 or more diners (Restaurant category) 1 cardolder + 4-19 others (20% off)*

_{* 35% savings when dining with two (2) friends and 15% savings when dining alone apply to Conrad Centennial Singapore, Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel, The St. Regis Singapore and W Singapore – Sentosa Cove only.}

_{*33% savings when dining with two (2) friends and 10% savings when dining alone apply to Fairmont Singapore, Swissôtel The Stamford and Swissôtel Merchant Court.}

Love Dining Hotels

Participating Love Dining hotels include dining establishments at Conrad Centennial Singapore, Fairmont Singapore, Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel, Swissotel Merchant Court, Swissotel The Stamford, The St. Regis Singapore, Regent Singapore, Fullerton Hotel, Fullerton Bay Hotel, and W Singapore – Sentosa Cove.

Love Dining Hotel and Restaurant benefits also apply to both weekdays and weekends, however there are some blackout Dates whereby the benefits cannot be used:

• Eve of public holiday(s) and Public holiday(s) in Singapore
• Special occasions in Singapore, e.g. Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day
• 15 Days of Chinese New Year (specifically for Chinese restaurants)

~ Conrad Centennial Singapore

In an older blog post, I mentioned that Conrad Centennial Singapore, which exited the Love Dining programme in July 2019, has returned as a Love Dining Hotel.

Golden Peony

Cuisine: Cantonese

• Qualifying Food Items: À la Carte menu only
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Lobby Lounge

Cuisine: Bar and Lunch

• Qualifying Food Items: À la Carte menu only
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Oscar’s

Cuisine: International 

• Qualifying Food Items: Buffet only
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Child Dining policy at Conrad Centennial Singapore

• Children below the age of 6 are not counted as diners.
• Children of age 6 and above are counted as diners and are counted according to a communal dining concept which means that 1 child guest diner will be counter as 1 adult guest diner. This is not applicable to all buffets where children cannot be counted as guest diners and no further discount will be extended under this programme.
• Children diners for buffets will be charged as priced.

Personally, I have done a few staycations at Conrad Centennial Singapore. This includes celebrating a Wedding Anniversary there (got a complimentary upgrade from a Grand Deluxe King to a Premium Room!) and spending a very lovely Chinese New Year 2019 at the Centennial King Suite.

For all our stays, we have had the breakfast buffet at Oscar’s, and the variety and quality are both lovely.

~ The St. Regis Singapore

The Drawing Room

Cuisine: International High Tea

• Qualifying Food Items: Items from Asian Mains under à la carte menu only.
• Do note that High Tea or Afternoon tea at St. Regis Singapore does NOT have Love Dining benefits. For High Tea, the St. Regis hotel membership, Supper Club, tends to give a better deal – up to 25% off
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Brasserie Les Saveurs

Cuisine: Contemporary French

• Qualifying Food Items: Qualifying Food Items: From Plat Principaux under à la carte menu; also,  The St. Regis Business Lunch and The St. Regis Grastonomic Dinner set menu only
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Yan Ting

Cuisine: Cantonese Fine Dining

• Qualifying Food Items: Items from Barbecue Delights, Abalone and Bird’s Nest, Dried Seafood, Live Seafood, Seafood, Poultry, Beef, Lamb and Pork, Claypot Selection and Cantonese Classics under à la carte menu only.
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

LaBrezza

Cuisine: Classic Italian

• Qualifying Food Items: Pasta e Riso, Pizze, Carne e Pesce under à la carte menu, Business Set Lunch Menu and Degustation Menu only.
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

By the way – my family really loves the Pizza at LaBrezza – we think it’s the best pizza that you can find in any hotel.

Child Dining policy at The St. Regis Singapore

• Children of age 4 and below are not counted as guest diners and are entitled to dine for free at participating outlets at The St. Regis Singapore.

• Children of age between 5 to 12 may choose to order from the Kids Menu and will not be considered as a diner in the calculation of Love Dining @ Hotel savings.

• Children of age between 5 to 12 may order a qualifying food item from the adult menu at its listed price and will hence be considered as a diner in the calculation of Love Dining @ Hotel savings.

• Children of age 13 and above will be considered a diner at all participating outlets at The St. Regis Singapore in the calculation of Love Dining @ Hotel savings.

~ Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel

320 Orchard Road, Singapore 238865

Cuisine: English Afternoon Tea

• Qualifying Food Items: Quick Twenty from the à la carte menu only.
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Marriott Cafe

Cuisine: International and Local Buffet

• Qualifying Food Items:Lunch, dinner and high tea buffet only.
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Wen Hao Chinese Restaurant

Cuisine: Cantonese

• Qualifying Food Items: Abalone, Seafood, Live Fish, Live Seafood, Meat and Rice and Noodles under à la carte menu only.
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Crossroads Cafe

Cuisine: Asian/Western Fusion

• Qualifying Food Items:Salads, Pasta and Risotto, Signatures, Mains, Sandwiches & burgers and Local under à la carte menu only
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Child Dining policy at Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel:

• Children of age 4 and below are not counted as guest diners and are entitled to dine for free.

• Children of age between 5 to 12 will pay child price at Marriott Cafe only.

• Children of age 13 and above will be considered as a diner in the calculation of Love Dining @ Hotel savings at Marriott Cafe.

• Children of age between 5 to 12 may order from the Child’s menu at Crossroad Cafe, Pool Grill, Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant and Lobby Lounge and will not be considered as a diner in the calculation of Love Dining @ Hotel savings.

• Children of age 5 and above can order from the à la carte menu at Crossroad Cafe, Pool Grill, Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant and Lobby Lounge and will therefore be considered as a diner in the calculation of Love Dining @ Hotel savings.

~ Fairmont, Swissôtel Merchant Court, Singapore, Swissôtel The Stamford

Note: these three Love Dining hotels, previously had dining benefits under the Far Card membership. However, in 2019 American Express amended the terms and conditions of the Far Card membership and these hotels are now considered under the Love Dining programme.

FAIRMONT SINGAPORE

80 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189560

Cuisine: Asian Halal Buffet

• Qualifying Food Items: Buffet
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Mikuni

Cuisine: Japanese

• Qualifying Food Items: A la carte menu
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Prego

Cuisine: Italian Classics

• Qualifying Food Items: Mains from a la carte menu
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Love simple but good Italian fare?  Try Prego at Fairmont Singapore. My husband and I had pizza there once, and we enjoyed the large servings (It was real filling!). Plus, the servers will shred fresh parmesan cheese over your pizza upon request.

Szechuan Court

Cuisine: Szechuan and Cantonese

• Qualifying Food Items: A la Carte menu
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Cuisine: Afternoon Tea

• Qualifying Food Items: Afternoon Tea
• Note: As Anti:dote is considered a bar and not technically a restaurant, instead of the usual Love Dining benefits structure, diners can enjoy a 20% off your total bill for a maximum of 10 person party, per visit, per bill. 

2 Stamford Road, Singapore 178882

Cuisine: International Buffet

• Qualifying Food Items: A la carte menu
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

My family has dined at Swissôtel The Stamford’s CLOVE restaurant, and their international dinner buffet is amazing. Check out my review here! 

Even more impressive however – is SKAI – the very modern restaurant perched atop the 70th floor of Swissotel the stamford.

SKAI Restaurant

Cuisine: Contemporary Grill

• Qualifying Food Items: A la Carte menu excluding artisanal Beef Selection and Set-meals only.
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Kopi Tiam

Cuisine: Local

• Qualifying Food Items: A la carte menu
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Cuisine: Bistro Fare and Craft Beers

• Note: as The Stamford Brasserie is considered a bar and not technically a restaurant, instead of the usual Love Dining benefits structure, diners can enjoy a 20% off your total bill for a maximum of 10 person party, per visit, per bill. 

Cuisine: Vibrant Craft Cocktails

• Enjoy complimentary entry for two per day
• Note: as The Stamford Brasserie is considered a bar and not technically a restaurant, instead of the usual Love Dining benefits structure, diners can enjoy a 20% off your total bill for a maximum of 10 person party, per visit, per bill. 

Cuisine: Nightlife and Cocktails

• Enjoy complimentary entry for two per day
• Note: as Bar Rouge is considered a bar and not technically a restaurant, instead of the usual Love Dining benefits structure, diners can enjoy a 20% off your total bill for a maximum of 10 person party, per visit, per bill. 

20 Merchant Road, Singapore 058281

Cuisine: Western

• Qualifying Food Items: A la Carte menu
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Ellenborough Market Cafe

Cuisine: Peranakan, Local, International

• Qualifying Food Items:Buffet* (However, Buffet excludes special promotions.)
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total food bill

Crossroads Bar

Cuisine: Asian-Inspired Tapas and Afternoon Te

• Note: As Crossroads Bar is considered a bar and not technically a restaurant, instead of the usual Love Dining benefits structure, diners can enjoy a 20% off your total bill for a maximum of 10 person party, per visit, per bill. 

Child Dining policy at Fairmont, Swissôtel Merchant Court, Singapore, and Swissôtel The Stamford:

• Children of age between 1 to 5 eat for free at buffet restaurants.

• Only 1 child per paying adult is entitled to eat for free.

• Children of age between 6 and 12 can order from a kid’s menu at restaurants serving a la carte or enjoy children’s price at buffet restaurants and hence not considered as a diner in the calculation of Love Dining @ Hotel savings.

• In the case of a party consisting of 1 Card Member and 1 child dining, Card Member and diner will have to order a dish per person in order to enjoy the varying discounts. Children will be considered as a diner in calculation of Love Dining @ Hotel savings when they order from the adult a la carte menu.

• Children of age 13 and above will be considered as a diner in the calculation of Love Dining @ Hotel savings.

• Every Monday all Love Dining eligible Card members will enjoy 50% off their total food bill at all participating Fairmont Singapore restaurants, up to 5 adults.

~ W Singapore – Sentosa Cove Hotel

21 Ocean Way Sentosa, Singapore 098374

Cuisine: Contemporary Grill 

• Qualifying Food Items: Items from “Larger Plates” and “To Share” menu only.
• Love Dining Privileges applies to total bill excluding set menu (Grazing menu).

The Kitchen Table

Cuisine: International 

• Qualifying Food Items:Fun to Table buffet, Seafood From The Heart buffet, Sunday Cool Remix Brunch buffet, items from Go India, Closer To Home, Making It Big, Italian Job, Burgers, Sandwich N Chips and Stone Oven Pizza from the à la carte menu only.

WooBar

Cuisine: Innovative Cocktails

• Note: For a party of two (2) or more, the varying savings on “Drop The T2” cage are only applicable when a minimum order of one (1) portion of “Drop The T2” cage per diner is ordered.

Child Dining policy at W Singapore – Sentosa Cove Hotel 

• Children of age 3 and below are not counted as guest diners and are entitled to dine for free at participating outlets at W Singapore – Sentosa Cove.

• Children of age between 4 to 12 will pay child prices for buffets at The Kitchen Table.

• Children of age between 4 to 12 may order from the Kids menu at SKIRT and WOOBAR and will not be considered as a diner in the calculation of Love Dining @ Hotel savings.

• Children of age 13 and above will be considered as a diner at all participating outlets at W Singapore – Sentosa Cove in the calculation of Love Dining @ Hotel savings.

~ Regent Singapore

1 Cuscaden Road, Singapore 249715

Cuisine: Italian

• Qualifying Food Items: A la carte menu (Applicable for items under Antipasta, Zuppe, Pasta e Risotto, Pesci e Carni, Pizza, Local Favourites), Weekday Lunch Buffet, and Dinner Set menus
• (Excludes weekend Brunch Buffet)
• Love Dining Privileges apply to total food bill.

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Child Dining policy at Regent Singapore 

• Children of age 5 and below are not counted as guest diners and are entitled to dine for free at participating outlets at Regent Singapore.

• Children of age 6 and above will be considered a diner at all participating outlets at Regent Singapore in the calculation of Love Dining @ Hotel savings.

No Longer Part of Love Dining

Note: The Capitol Kempinski Hotel was previously a participant in the Love Dining programme, but has exited the programme since 15th January 2021.

~ Out: The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore

15 Stamford Rd, Singapore 178906

(I’m personally hoping that this place will make a comeback – the restaurants here were awesome and it’s a shame that they are no longer on the list)

~ Out: The Fullerton Hotel Singapore

1 Fullerton Square, Singapore 049178

(Quick Update: as of 2nd January 2022, The Fullerton Hotel Singapore is no longer part of Love Dining)

Cuisine: Cantonese

• Qualifying Food Items: À la carte menu
• Love Dining privileges apply to total
  à la carte food bill.

Town Restaurant

Cuisine: International 

• Qualifying Food Items: À la carte menu
• Love Dining privileges apply to total
  à la carte food bill.

The Courtyard

Cuisine: International 

• Qualifying Food Items: À la carte menu
• Love Dining privileges apply to total
  à la carte food bill.

~ Out: The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore

80 Collyer Quay, Singapore 049326

(Quick Update: as of 2nd January 2022, The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore is no longer part of Love Dining)

Cuisine: International

• Qualifying Food Items: À la carte menu
• Love Dining privileges apply to total
  à la carte food bill.

Lantern

Cuisine: International 

• Qualifying Food Items: À la carte menu
• Love Dining privileges apply to total
  à la carte food bill.

The Landing Point

Cuisine: International 

• Qualifying Food Items: À la carte menu
• Love Dining privileges apply to total
  à la carte food bill.

UPDATE!

There is a newer version of the Amex Love Dining @ Hotels Guide – please refer to this link.

Personal thoughts: Lovin’ the Love Dining Hotels

What I really REALLY REALLY enjoy with the benefits: when i go out for a meal with my husband AND three-year-old child, we get the 50% discount for two adults. To find out about my personal Love Dining experiences at various places, read here.

Children under certain ages (it varies depending on location – it could be between 3, 4, or 5 years old) are not considered  a ‘guest’. This is especially true for hotels with buffets – there is always a fine print that kids under a certain age get to eat for free, a long as there is 1 accompanying parent. This means that if my husband, child, and myself all go for a hotel buffet under the Love Dining Hotels or Restaurants programme, our bill is basically the cost of ONE ADULT – for all three of us to dine. Score!

Note: the above guide is for Hotel Dining. For the Restaurant Dining version of the Love Dining Guide, read more over here.

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