Get some reprieve off work with Absinthe's luncheon menu, priced at $38. Dine by the riverside and tuck into luxe French fare such as the pan-fried foie gras with warm blinis and morello cherries and grilled angus beef tenderloin with garlic mashed potatoes, spinach and shallot confit (with $15 top-up).

Pick from a generous selection of regional Indian dishes from their Sun-Fri Gourmet Lunch Buffet ($55++), or order a thali platter, palak paneer or raarha gosht from their a la carte menu if you decide to drop by on a Saturday.

Savor Mexican cuisine prepared by owner-chef Marcus Loh (who trained at the Culinary Institute of America) at El Rocho's with their set lunch specials. Mains include tacos and burritos, which come with your choice of filling. Each $16 set comes with a drink.

Tuck into a scrumptious lunch with delectable options such as dory fish fillet glazed in the house special teriyaki sauce, or the baked beef lasagne, for only $10.80. A $3 supplement gets you a choice of their soup of the day, ice cream or coffee/tea.

Get some robatayaki specialities at Tamashii Robataya, with set lunches starting from $16.80, served with complimentary dessert and coffee/tea.

The lunch sets ($12-15) at this Japanese beer specialist include items like katsu curry, hamburger steak and chicken teriyaki. All sets come with miso soup and Japanese pickles.

The set lunches at this Italian restaurant include dessert (cake or ice-cream) and coffee or tea along with your choice of main course. Options include the chef salad ($17), potato pizza ($18), penne amatriciana ($19) or the Ricciotto burger ($21).

We're keen on lunches at Katanashi for the quiet atmosphere (except for happy servers yelling greetings & goodbyes) and awesome-value sets. There are seven variations on the protien-on-rice theme, all $12. Choices include stewed beef or chicken, katsu, and sashimi tuna with a soft-boiled egg (ontama negitoro-don). Your "don" comes with a (tiny) salad, pickles and miso soup. Soft drinks are extra (but just $2.50), or you can get a lunch-sized beer for $5.

Enjoy lunch sets under $10 at selected F&B outlets including The Manhattan Fish Market, Ricciotti Pizza Pasta Grill and Morganfield's.

This yakiniku specialist offers bento boxes like the wagyu gozen ($28) with cooked wagyu beef, tempura, rice, soup, salad, pickles and rice, as well as yakiniku lunch specials you can cook yourself such as the wagyu karubi and US karubi set ($59).