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Esora's chef, off the leash: all-day sharing plates behind Orchard Road, truffle mochi rice stuffed into chicken wings and a terrace where dogs are welcome. Kappo precision without the hush.
- Where: Orchard
- Price: S$30–60
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Thoughtful evenings and afternoons for two.
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The Star Theatre
A 5,000-seat hall above The Star Vista mall, reached by open-air escalators. No house season: follow the promoters, book early, and eat downstairs before the show.
- Where: one-north
- Price: S$60 and above
The Lemon Stand Comedy Club
Singapore comedy finally has a room of its own on Queen Street, with shows Tuesday to Saturday. Book Wednesday’s Kumar night if you only go once; treat Tuesday open mic as a lucky dip.
- Where: Bugis
- Price: S$30–60
KC Arts Centre – Home of SRT
Singapore Repertory Theatre's 380-seat riverside home at Robertson Quay: close enough to see the actors sweat, big enough for a proper play, with a children's company for first-timers.
- Where: Robertson Quay
- Price: S$30–60
Filmhouse (formerly The Projector)
The Projector's old halls on level 5 of Golden Mile Tower, reopened as Filmhouse by the people who ran them, with better projectors. Still the place for films the multiplexes won't show.
- Where: Beach Road
- Price: Under S$30
Capitol Theatre
A 1930 picture palace on Stamford Road with a zodiac dome, two white Pegasus beside the stage and a line-up that depends on who has booked the room. The seat is the show; arrive early and look up.
- Where: Civic District
- Price: S$60 and above
Victoria Theatre & Victoria Concert Hall
Two colonial halls under one clock tower: the SSO’s home on one side, a hire theatre on the other. Book the concert hall for the music; check the theatre’s listings before assuming.
- Where: Civic District
- Price: S$30–60
Yhingthai Palace
Red walls, timber floors, a Bib Gourmand and a long Thai-Chinese menu, two lanes behind Raffles Hotel. Bring a group, book for Friday, and order beyond the phad thai.
- Where: Bugis
- Price: S$30–60
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Two-star Korean cooking from a former builder, on Mohamed Sultan Road. Book it for an occasion and ask about the Jeju abalone with rice porridge, on the menu since opening day.
- Where: River Valley
- Price: S$60 and above
Waku Ghin
One prawn dish, on the menu since 2011, is the reason to book Tetsuya Wakuda's Marina Bay Sands counter. Save it for a milestone; Five at Five, from 19 October, is the cheaper way in.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$60 and above
Summer Pavilion
The Ritz-Carlton’s Cantonese room for the parents, the milestone or the client. Order the sea whelk soup in a whole coconut, a signature since the first Michelin star in 2016.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$60 and above
The Whiskey Library & Jazz Club
Red velvet, a golden elephant and more than 1,000 whiskies in a Jacques Garcia room in Little India. Book Thursday to Saturday, when the house quartet plays.
- Where: Little India
- Price: S$60 and above
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Dates with something to talk about
The easiest date is one that arrives with its own subject. Choose something to look at or do first, then a table where the conversation can carry on.
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