Odem
Singapore's first craft makgeolli bar, in New Bahru: 20-plus small-brewery rice wines, flights to work through and anju from a Daegu chef built to match.
- Where: River Valley
- Price: S$30–60
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Gwanghwamun Mijin
Seoul's 1954 buckwheat noodle shop at Far East Square: chilled noodles with a kettle of seafood broth you pour yourself. Order the signature set or the Singapore-only salmon version, and book.
- Where: Chinatown
- Price: Under S$30
Um Yong Baek
Singapore's Busan pork soup specialist: four kinds of dwaeji gukbap at S$22++ until 3pm, then Jeju-style pork barbecue. Three outlets, all in town; none in Jurong.
- Where: CBD
- Price: S$30–60
Nae:um
Louis Han's one-star Telok Ayer counter turns his childhood into a tasting menu: buckwheat noodles with fried dumplings, Jeju abalone, a jujube tuile under black truffle.
- Where: Chinatown
- Price: S$60 and above
The Dragon Chamber
A kopitiam front on Circular Road where the drinks fridge is the door to a secret-society dining room. A group dinner with a party trick; check the current menu and hours first.
- Where: Boat Quay
- Price: S$60 and above
Teppei Japanese Restaurant
A dinner omakase at Orchid Hotel priced for people who don’t do omakase, with six appetisers before the sushi. Getting a seat is the hard part: watch its Facebook page.
- Where: Tanjong Pagar
- Price: S$60 and above
Kenji Sushi
A small omakase counter at City Gate with no sign to speak of, a chef from the Hashida and Sushi Jiro kitchens and his own soy sauce. Priced for a habit rather than an occasion.
- Where: Beach Road
- Price: S$60 and above
Tentsuru
An omakase counter at The St. Regis that fries instead of slicing: deep-fried sea urchin, A5 wagyu with truffle. Ask for a middle seat; the ends see little of the frying.
- Where: Orchard
- Price: S$60 and above
Wakuda
Tetsuya Wakuda's cooking at a kinder price: book the 12-seat Omakase Room counter, Wednesday to Sunday evenings, and let the Ohmi wagyu and porcini gelato make the case.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$60 and above
Ginza Sushi-Ichi
A Tokyo sushi counter at the top of Orchard Road: one Michelin star, a 300-year-old cypress counter and Hicho bluefin. Go at lunch, the gentlest way into starred sushi.
- Where: Orchard
- Price: S$60 and above
Shoukouwa
Eight seats at a hinoki counter, fish from Toyosu daily and two Michelin stars held since 2016. Singapore's most serious sushi counter, and priced for the occasion.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$60 and above
Kinki Restaurant + Bar
A Japanese restobar at Customs House where the lift is wrapped in kintsugi, the rooftop is sprayed by ANTZ and a geisha in a fox mask glares at Marina Bay. The least corporate thing in Raffles Place.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$30–60
Restaurants by type
Restaurants worth planning around
Meals worth putting in the calendar, from Peranakan cooking to French dining and Singapore-led tasting menus. Settle the occasion first; the right table follows from it.
- 6 picks
Food centres
The answer when nobody agrees on lunch. Everyone browses, everyone orders their own, everyone meets back at one table; keep a second choice in case your stall is shut.
- 4 picks
Restaurants by cuisine
Singapore flavours
Singapore food in three registers: a hawker meal, a heritage-led restaurant or a tasting menu. If you only do one, start at the hawker centre; the others are riffing on it.
- 5 picks
Restaurants by neighbourhood
Eating in Dempsey
Dempsey is best done as one booked meal with time either side. Peranakan, French or an open kitchen, chosen for the company; don't rush the wander around it.
- 3 picks
Eating at New Bahru
New Bahru works best if you decide what you're eating before you arrive: breakfast, Sri Lankan cooking or pizza. Book the table, then wander afterwards.
- 3 picks
Tiong Bahru cafés and market
The small plan suits Tiong Bahru best: lunch at the market or a bakery stop, then a slow wander. Check which bakery branch you mean before you set off.
- 3 picks