River Valley Butcher Shop With 2 Nov Turkeys: Little Farms

Little Farms Market, at 491 River Valley Road #01-20, Singapore 248371, lists a butcher among the services at its Valley Point store, and the counter keeps the same long day as the shop: 7:30am to 9:30pm, Monday to Sunday. That makes it one of the few butcher shop near me answers in central Singapore where you can buy a ribeye before work or a rolled lamb leg after dinner. This season it also takes pre-orders for a 4 to 5kg Steggles whole turkey at S$139.98.

Valley Point Shopping Centre sits on River Valley Road, a short ride from Orchard Road and the Robertson Quay riverside. The store's own directions say Tiong Bahru MRT is a 12-minute walk, while the mall's site also names Havelock MRT on the Thomson-East Coast Line as close by. Buses along River Valley Road are the easiest option if you are carrying a turkey home in a cool bag.

Little Farms Cafe occupies the neighbouring units #01-21 and #01-22 in the same mall, so a breakfast or coffee stop fits around the meat run without leaving the building.

Every cut is labelled with both a pack price and a per-kilo rate, which makes comparison easy. The O'Connor Premium Grass-Fed Beef Ribeye steak, about 350g, costs S$40.42, or S$115.48 per kg. The 36 Degrees South Grass-Fed Eye Fillet, roughly 250g, is S$27.50, or S$109.98 per kg. For slow cooking, O'Connor OP Ribs come in a 1.6kg piece at S$149.57, working out at S$93.48 per kg.

Lamb is where the counter is best value. The Roaring Forties Lamb Leg, boned, rolled and netted, is S$49.48 per kilo and comes as a 1kg roast that is ready for the oven. It is the most forgiving cut here for a first holiday roast: the netting keeps it in shape, it cooks in about an hour, and it feeds four with leftovers. If you only buy one thing on a first visit, make it this.

The Steggles Whole Turkey, unbrined, weighs 4 to 5kg and costs S$139.98. According to the product page, orders opened on 18 September 2026 and the first delivery date is 2 November 2026, which comfortably covers an American Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday 26 November. The bird is delivered raw and chilled rather than frozen, and the page is clear that it must not be refrozen, so plan to cook it within a few days of arrival.

There are two rules to know at checkout. Pre-order items can only be checked out with other pre-order items in the same cart, so buy your everyday groceries in a separate order. The Welcome20 and LFFESTIVE20 promo codes cannot be used on pre-order products. Delivery slots are capacity-limited in the festive weeks, so lock in a date as soon as your guest list is settled.

Unbrined means you control the seasoning. A dry brine of salt, pepper and herbs rubbed on a day ahead is enough for a 4 to 5kg bird, and the chilled delivery spares you the two or three days a frozen turkey needs to thaw in a home fridge. The store's Festive Season FAQ, linked from the Christmas page, covers slot rules in more detail.

The Christmas butchery range lists several centrepieces with fixed prices. The O'Connor Beef Ribeye roast is S$104.98 for 1kg and the O'Connor Beef Fillet is S$109.98 for 1kg. A Grass Fed Lamb Leg on the Bone weighs 2.5kg and costs S$99.98. A Bone-in Roast Ham of about 4.5kg is S$179.98, and a 500g pack of Pigs in Blankets is S$14.98 for the side dishes.

An honest call on the beef fillet: at S$109.98 a kilo it is a lovely cut, but a 1kg piece only feeds four to five, and it has none of the fat that makes leftovers worth eating. The bone-in lamb leg at S$99.98 for 2.5kg feeds twice as many people for less money, and the meat on the bone makes excellent curry puffs or sandwiches the next day.

The 7:30am start is the counter's biggest advantage. A weekday visit soon after opening gives you time to ask for a cut to be trimmed or a roast to be tied before the lunch crowd arrives at the cafe next door. The late evening close, at 9:30pm, is the other useful window for anyone who works late. In December, pre-ordering is the way to avoid queuing for festive cuts altogether.

If the butcher counter is out of a cut, the River Valley area has alternatives within a few minutes by bus. Ryan's Grocery at Great World, 1 Kim Seng Promenade, runs its own butchery counter with dry-aged beef and lamb and has a halal turkey on sale this season. That is the natural second stop if you want to compare a grass-fed ribeye with a dry-aged one.

Head towards the river from Valley Point and you reach the Singapore River at Robertson Quay on foot. The riverside path is shaded and flat, with cafes and bakeries along the quay. Continue east along the water and you pass Clarke Quay, then the old godowns and bridges that lead to the Civic District, a good loop on a cool morning before the heat sets in.

Heading the other way, Tiong Bahru estate is a 12-minute walk south, with its 1930s Art Deco flats, independent bookshops and the Tiong Bahru Market hawker centre at 30 Seng Poh Road. A plate of chwee kueh at the market and a stroll through the low-rise estate make a good pairing with a morning shop, especially if you are collecting meat and heading home by MRT.

Address: Little Farms Market, Valley Point Shopping Centre, 491 River Valley Road #01-20, Singapore 248371. Hours: Monday to Sunday, 7:30am to 9:30pm. Nearest MRT: Tiong Bahru, 12 minutes on foot; Havelock is also close. Turkey: Steggles Whole Turkey, unbrined, 4 to 5kg, S$139.98, pre-order only, first delivery 2 November 2026, delivered chilled, do not refreeze.

Prices here come from the Little Farms online shop in October 2026: ribeye steak S$40.42, eye fillet S$27.50, OP ribs S$149.57, rolled lamb leg S$49.48 per kg, beef ribeye roast S$104.98, beef fillet roast S$109.98, bone-in lamb leg S$99.98, roast ham S$179.98 and Pigs in Blankets S$14.98. The Karpo APP can suggest a riverside brunch spot nearby for after your shop.