TGIT (Thank God It’s Thursday) office lunch — 7 pax group lunch at $68.90. Office group lunch with the team.

We ordered:

Group lunch spread — $68.90 (for 7 pax = ~$9.80 per person)

The “TGIT” (Thank God It’s Thursday) framing captures the end-of-work-week energy that starts building on Thursday before the proper Friday TGIF mood. The 7 pax group lunch suggests the proper office team lunch occasion — possibly the team-building format, the project-closing celebration, or just the regular group lunch outing.

The $68.90 total / 7 pax = ~$9.80 per person pricing tier is the proper mid-tier group lunch format. Different from the budget hawker lunch (under $7 per person) or the destination group dinner ($25-50 per person), the $9.80 per person tier sits in the casual sit-down restaurant or upper food court range.

Common Singapore group lunch venues:

Sit-down Chinese restaurants (Crystal Jade, Imperial Treasure casual) — set lunches around $10-15 per pax
Japanese izakaya lunch sets ($12-18 per pax)
Korean BBQ lunch sets ($15-25 per pax)
Thai casual restaurants ($10-15 per pax)
Italian casual restaurants ($15-25 per pax)
Hotel coffee shop sets ($15-25 per pax)
Mall food court combined orders ($8-12 per pax)

The group lunch format runs differently from solo or pair dining. The 7-pax group:

Multiple dishes ordered for sharing
Different dietary preferences considered (some vegetarian, some halal, some no-spicy)
Conversation-friendly seating arrangement (round table preferred)
Pacing matches the slowest eater
Bill-splitting becomes the post-meal logistics task

The Thursday office team lunch is part of the proper professional dining rituals. Different from the casual peer-to-peer lunch (which leans the convenience-eating direction) or the client business lunch (which leans the proper restaurant format), the office team lunch sits in the middle.

The team lunch dynamic captures multiple workplace social functions:

Team bonding outside the meeting room context
Informal information sharing (the proper office grapevine)
Recognition of work milestones (project completion, hires, departures)
Pre-weekend mood building (TGIT/TGIF energy)
Cross-team relationship building

The 7-pax format is the proper team-size for group dining. Different from the larger group (10+ which becomes logistics-heavy) or the smaller group (3-4 which lacks the proper team-bonding diversity), the 7-pax size hits the proper sweet spot for office team lunch.

Overall: 4.5 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Solid TGIT office group lunch. Would re-do regularly.

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