The cheapest real KTV in Singapore in 2026 is Teo Heng, which charges by the room, not by the head. A small room for four is S$13 an hour before 7pm, so a daytime hour split four ways works out to about S$3.25 each. Their promo rooms at White Sands and Bukit Timah CC drop to S$8 an hour until 31 July 2026, or S$2 a head across four people. The opposite end is a polished mall chain like K.Star, where a room starts at S$25 an hour before service charge and GST. The money point is simple. Two groups can sing the same songs in the same kind of room on the same night and one pays triple the other, purely because of how the venue prices the room and how many people show up. This guide gives you the verified 2026 prices, explains the per-room versus per-pax trap, shows the real all-in cost once GST and minimum spend are added, and lays out how to get a full session for almost nothing.
If you want the lowest cost per person, the formula is the same every time. Pick a venue that charges per room rather than per head, go during off-peak daytime hours before 7pm, and bring enough people to fill the room. Teo Heng is the clearest example. A small room for four people is S$13 an hour before 7pm, which is S$3.25 each if four of you show up. Fill a large room for ten at S$17 an hour and you are paying S$1.70 a head per hour, cheaper than a kopi.
The trap is the per-pax model. Chains that charge per person, often bundled with free-flow drinks and a minimum number of guests, look fun on the poster but scale badly. A S$12 per pax three-hour package for six people is S$72 before service charge and GST. The same six people in a Teo Heng large room for three hours is S$51 total, all in, with no minimum spend. The per-pax deal only wins if you would have spent that much on drinks anyway.
Time of day matters as much as the venue. Almost every KTV runs a cheaper happy-hour or daytime rate and a steeper night rate. Teo Heng's small room jumps from S$13 before 7pm to S$19 after. K.Star and most mall chains charge their lowest rates on weekday afternoons. If your group is flexible, a Saturday 2pm session is far cheaper than a Saturday 10pm one for an identical room.
Singapore KTVs use two pricing models and the difference decides almost everything. Per-room venues charge a flat hourly rate for the room regardless of how many people are inside, so the cost per head falls as your group grows. Teo Heng, HaveFun and K.Star price this way at their core rates. Per-pax venues charge each person a fixed amount, usually for a fixed block of two or three hours and usually with free-flow soft drinks thrown in. Cash Studio, Candy K-Bar and Chao K Party run this model.
The maths flips depending on group size. For a duo, a per-pax happy-hour deal around S$9 to S$13 a head can beat renting a whole room. For four or more, a per-room venue almost always wins because you are spreading one fixed cost across more people. Run the simple opportunity cost check before you book: divide the room rate by the number of people coming, then compare that to the per-pax price plus its service charge and GST.
There is a second hidden lever in per-pax deals: the minimum pax. A deal advertised at S$10 a head might require a minimum of three or four guests, so a no-show quietly raises everyone else's effective cost or triggers a top-up charge. Per-room venues do not care if one friend bails. If your group is unreliable, the per-room model is the safer bet for your wallet.
| Scenario | Headline price | Total for the group | Per person |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teo Heng large room (10 pax), 6 people, 3 hrs daytime | S$17/hr per room | S$51 | S$8.50 |
| Teo Heng small room (4 pax), 4 people, 3 hrs daytime | S$13/hr per room | S$39 | S$9.75 |
| Per-pax happy-hour deal, 6 people, 3 hrs | S$12/pax | S$72 + svc + GST | ~S$14 all-in |
| K.Star room (per room), 4 people, 3 hrs daytime | S$25++/hr per room | S$75 + svc + GST | ~S$22.50 all-in |
Prices below are current as of June 2026 and reflect off-peak or starting rates, which is the lowest you will pay. Night and weekend rates run higher at almost every venue, and per-pax deals add a service charge and GST on top of the headline number. Use these as the floor, not the final bill.
Teo Heng is the value benchmark and one of the few chains that does not split weekday and weekend pricing, only day and night. Its published happy-hour rates (12pm to 7pm) run from a Mini K room for two at S$8 an hour, through a standard small room (4 pax) at S$13, medium (6 pax) at S$15 and large (10 pax) at S$17, up to an extra-large room (15 pax) at S$19 and a VIP room (20 pax) at S$32. After 7pm every tier steps up: the small room becomes S$19, the large S$25 and the VIP S$40. The promo rooms at White Sands and Bukit Timah CC, valid until 31 July 2026, undercut the lot at S$8 an hour for a small room, S$11 for a medium and S$14 for a large before 7pm. All Teo Heng prices already include GST, and there is no service charge or minimum spend.
Per-pax chains cluster around S$9 to S$28 a head depending on day and time. Cash Studio starts near S$8.80 plus charges per person for a two-hour weekday block with free-flow soft drinks. Candy K-Bar at TripleOne Somerset starts from about S$9.90 for two hours with a drink on weekday afternoons. K.Star, a more polished mall chain, starts from S$25 a room per hour at off-peak and climbs steeply at night. Watch every per-pax sticker for the ++ symbol, which means service charge and GST are not yet included.
| Venue | Pricing model | Starting price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teo Heng (promo, White Sands / Bukit Timah CC) | Per room | S$8/hr small, S$11 med, S$14 large (before 7pm) | Cheapest legit KTV; promo valid till 31 Jul 2026; GST incl. |
| Teo Heng (standard) | Per room | S$13/hr small, S$15 med, S$17 large (before 7pm) | Day/night rates, no weekday/weekend split; GST incl. |
| Cash Studio | Per pax | ~S$8.80++/pax, 2 hrs weekday | Free-flow soft drinks; ++ adds svc + GST |
| Candy K-Bar (TripleOne Somerset) | Per pax | ~S$9.90/pax, 2 hrs + 1 drink (wkday PM) | Weekends from ~S$12.90 |
| Jewel Music Box | Per pax | From ~S$12/pax, 3 hrs (min 3 pax) | Free-flow drinks and snacks; SAFRA and HomeTeamNS clubs |
| HaveFun Karaoke | Per room | From ~S$20/room per hr | Themed rooms; opens till 6:30am |
| K.Star Karaoke | Per room | From ~S$25++/room per hr (off-peak) | Mall chain; ++ adds svc + GST; steep night rates |
The advertised price is almost never what you pay at a per-pax KTV. Three add-ons inflate the bill. First, GST. Singapore's GST has been 9% since 1 January 2024, and any GST-registered venue must charge it. A S$72 group tab becomes S$78.48 with GST alone. Read more on how the rate works in our GST glossary entry.
Second, the service charge. Many sit-down KTVs with food and drink service add 10% service charge before GST, so the order matters: S$72 plus 10% service is S$79.20, then plus 9% GST is S$86.33. That ++ on a menu means your real cost is about 19% above the sticker. A S$10 per pax deal is closer to S$11.90 all in. The ++ is exactly why two venues with the same headline price can land very differently at the counter.
Third, minimum spend and peak surcharges. Some venues, especially the nightlife-leaning ones, set a minimum spend per room on Friday and Saturday nights, or a per-pax cover charge after a certain hour. A room that is S$20 an hour at 3pm can effectively cost far more at midnight once a minimum spend kicks in. Always ask two questions before you commit: is the price nett or ++, and is there a minimum spend. Budget the real all-in figure as a line in your monthly budget, not the poster price.
Heartland and community-centre KTVs are the value pick. Teo Heng dominates here with outlets in malls, CCs and Changi Airport T3, charging per room with GST included and no minimum spend. The CC promo rooms at White Sands and Bukit Timah are the cheapest in the country until 31 July 2026. K Voice at Our Tampines Hub and Yio Chu Kang CC, and various community-club karaoke rooms, sit in a similar low band at S$14 to S$15 an hour. You give up themed rooms and a full bar, but you keep the most money.
Family studios such as Cash Studio, Candy K-Bar, Chao K Party and Sing My Song are the mid tier. Some, like Cash Studio and Candy K-Bar, sell per-pax packages with free-flow soft drinks, typically S$9 to S$18 a head for a two or three-hour block; others, like Sing My Song, charge per room (from about S$10 a room an hour off-peak). The per-pax deals are genuinely good value for two to four people who would have bought drinks anyway, but watch the minimum pax and the ++ pricing, so do the all-in maths before you assume it beats a plain per-room rental.
Premium and nightlife KTVs such as K.Star, ZPLUS, RAVE and HaveFun's themed concepts anchor the top. You are paying for decor, themed rooms, late opening hours and a fuller drinks menu, often with a minimum spend on weekend nights. These make sense for a birthday or a special night out, not a regular weekly sing. Treat them as an occasional treat and watch for happy-hour windows, where even these venues drop to S$20 to S$28 a room for the early afternoon slot.
If you are still in school or under 21, a few venues price specifically for you, and the savings beat even a split per-room rate. 7th Heaven at SAFRA Tampines runs a student rate of about S$15 for a three-hour weekday block with free-flow drinks for anyone 21 and under, which works out to S$5 an hour with drinks already in the price. It also stamps a loyalty card and gives the sixth session free after five paid ones, so a regular group is effectively getting a sixth visit at no cost. Bring a valid student card, since these rates are checked at the counter.
Weekday daytime is where the youth-friendly deals cluster, because that is the dead time venues most want to fill. Chao K Party prices a two-hour block from around S$10 a head between 12pm and 6pm, and Kommune by 82 Soho gives a walk-in discount before 2pm. These are not advertised as student deals, but they line up perfectly with a free afternoon between classes. The same logic applies to per-pax studios generally: the cheapest sticker is almost always the early-week, early-afternoon one.
A student budget is the place where the cheap-versus-pricey gap bites hardest, since the dollars are tighter to begin with. Singing at a S$5-an-hour student rate instead of a S$25-a-head weekend night is the difference between a habit you can keep and one you quietly drop. If you are juggling other ways to stretch a student budget, our roundups of student meal promos and discounts and cheap things to do in Singapore cover the same off-peak, show-your-card playbook for food and outings.
When a venue opens and closes tells you almost as much about the price as the room rate does. The cheapest heartland operators keep daytime-into-evening hours. Teo Heng runs roughly 12pm to 1am on weekdays and Sundays, and 12pm to 2am on Saturdays and holiday eves, so the whole afternoon sits inside its cheaper before-7pm band. If your goal is the lowest cost, you are aiming squarely at that daytime window, not the late slot.
The venues that stay open longest are also the ones that charge the most. HaveFun at 313@Somerset runs until about 6:30am, and several mall and nightlife chains such as K.Star, Chao K Party, RAVE and ZPLUS close between 3am and 5am. Those late hours come with the steepest rates and, on Friday and Saturday nights, the minimum-spend rules covered earlier. A 2am room is rarely a bargain; you are paying a premium for the only places still open.
The practical takeaway is to match the hour to the budget. An afternoon or early-evening session at a per-room heartland venue is the cheap, no-surprises option. A late-night themed room is a treat you pay extra for, so go in knowing the rate climbs after 7pm and the minimum spend can kick in at night. Decide which night you are having before you book, and keep the all-in figure as a line in your monthly budget either way.
The cheapest sing is the one you barely pay for. Start with splitting. A per-room venue is a fixed cost, so every extra person lowers the per-head price toward zero. A Teo Heng large room for ten at S$17 an hour for two hours is S$34 total, or S$3.40 each across ten people for the whole session. PayNow the organiser before you go in so nobody dodges their share, and the maths stays honest.
Stack the right payment method. Karaoke usually codes to entertainment or drinking-establishment merchant categories, where several cashback cards pay 5% to 8%. If you put the group tab on one card and collect everyone's share by PayNow, the cardholder pockets the cashback on the full amount. Check our roundup of the best cashback credit cards in Singapore and confirm the card's eligible categories first, since some exclude nightlife spend. For how merchant categories decide what earns rewards, see our guide to MCC codes.
Use free money where it exists. Some heartland and community-centre operators accept CDC vouchers; in 2026 each Singaporean household received S$300 in CDC vouchers in January and a further S$500 in June, with half of each tranche usable at participating heartland merchants. Check the merchant list at vouchers.cdc.gov.sg before you assume a venue takes them, since mall chains generally do not qualify. Our CDC vouchers guide covers what counts. The cleanest free option of all is a home karaoke setup, which turns a recurring spend into a one-off; see our home karaoke system guide for what a decent rig costs.
KTV is a discretionary social spend, so the value question is about frequency, not the single bill. One S$3 to S$10 daytime session a month is a rounding error in most budgets. A weekly per-pax night at S$30 a head with drinks is S$120 to S$150 a month, which is the kind of recurring cost that quietly eats into savings without you noticing. The fix is not to quit, it is to decide the number in advance and route the rest to where it grows.
A useful rule is to treat entertainment as a fixed slice of your spending plan rather than an open tab. Under the 50/30/20 rule, wants sit inside the 30%, and KTV competes with everything else fun in that bucket. If you cap KTV at, say, S$40 a month, you can sing twice at a heartland venue and still have room for other plans. Keeping the habit cheap by going off-peak and splitting per-room means you get the same nights out for a fraction of the money.
The opportunity cost is the real story. The S$100 a month difference between a frugal KTV habit and an expensive one is S$1,200 a year. Parked in a low-risk option that returns around 3% to 4%, that compounds into real money over a decade. None of this means you should stop singing. It means the cheap version gives you the same enjoyment and leaves the gap available to invest. Run the numbers yourself with our compound interest calculator and decide where you want the difference to go.
Teo Heng is the cheapest mainstream KTV because it charges per room, not per person. A standard small room for four is S$13 an hour before 7pm, and its promo rooms at White Sands and Bukit Timah CC drop to S$8 an hour until 31 July 2026. Split four ways, that is roughly S$2 to S$3.25 a head per hour. All Teo Heng prices already include GST and there is no minimum spend.
For three or more people, per room is almost always cheaper because one fixed hourly rate is spread across the whole group. For a duo, a per-pax happy-hour deal around S$9 to S$13 a head with free-flow drinks can win. Always divide the room rate by your group size, then compare it to the per-pax price plus service charge and GST before booking.
Yes. GST has been 9% since 1 January 2024 and any GST-registered KTV must charge it. Teo Heng quotes GST-inclusive prices, but many per-pax venues show ++ figures, meaning a 10% service charge and 9% GST are added on top. A S$10++ per pax deal is about S$11.90 all in, so always ask whether the price is nett or ++ before you sit down.
It ranges widely. A daytime per-room session split among a full group can be S$3 to S$10 a head all in. A typical per-pax evening package with free-flow drinks is S$12 to S$28 a head once service charge and GST are added. A premium nightlife KTV on a weekend night with a minimum spend can push past S$40 to S$50 a head.
Sometimes, at heartland and community-centre outlets that are enrolled as participating merchants. In 2026 each household received S$300 in CDC vouchers in January and S$500 in June, with half of each tranche usable at heartland merchants. Mall-based chains generally do not qualify. Check the merchant list at vouchers.cdc.gov.sg or look for the acceptance sticker before you assume a venue takes them.
Weekday afternoons before 7pm. Almost every KTV runs a lower happy-hour or daytime rate and a higher night rate for the same room. Teo Heng's small room is S$13 before 7pm and S$19 after, and mall chains like K.Star are cheapest on weekday afternoons. Weekend nights are the most expensive and may add a minimum spend or cover charge.
A cashback card that includes entertainment or dining categories is usually best, since karaoke often codes to drinking-establishment or entertainment merchant categories that earn 5% to 8% cashback. Put the group tab on one card and collect shares by PayNow to earn rewards on the full amount. Confirm the card does not exclude nightlife or bar spend, as some cashback cards do.
A karaoke or family karaoke room is a private room you rent to sing, usually drink-light and priced per room or per pax, like Teo Heng or Cash Studio. A KTV leans more towards a night-out venue with a fuller drinks menu, themed rooms and later hours, like K.Star or RAVE. A karaoke bar is a bar where singing is part of the scene. For the cheapest sing, you want a plain family karaoke room, not a KTV or bar, because the drinks-led venues carry service charge, higher rates and weekend minimum spend.
Yes, a few venues price for students and youth. 7th Heaven at SAFRA Tampines runs a rate of about S$15 for three hours with free-flow drinks for ages 21 and under on weekdays, and stamps a card that gives a sixth session free after five. Other studios like Chao K Party offer weekday-afternoon blocks from about S$10 a head that suit a student schedule. Bring a valid student card, since these rates are verified at the counter.
HaveFun at 313@Somerset is among the latest, running until about 6:30am. Several mall and nightlife chains such as K.Star, Chao K Party, RAVE and ZPLUS close between 3am and 5am, with later closing on Fridays and Saturdays. The trade-off is cost: these late-opening venues charge the highest rates and often add a weekend minimum spend, so a late-night room is rarely the cheap option.
This is general financial information for Singapore, not personal financial advice. Figures change — verify current rates against the official sources above before acting. See our full disclaimer.