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New restaurants in Singapore: November 2026

Edited by Jamie   8 November 2026

Dempsey got three new dining rooms in a month, which is either a trend or a landlord.

This is the permanent page for what has just opened: refreshed in place every month, with every entry checked on the restaurant's own site or feed, this time on 7 November 2026, and the ones we could not confirm left out. Updated 7 November 2026. The month's shape: the serious booking is Moutai House, Imperial Treasure's Huaiyang and Guizhou room in the Fullerton Waterboat House; the table you can still walk into is Osteria Da Su, which keeps half its seats for people who did not plan; and Dempsey has three new rooms at once, Petra, Casa Mori and SHAO, which makes it the hill to take the visitors to this month.

Cheap and short-lived: Barossa's S$12 wagyu steak at VivoCity until 15 November, 100 a day, walk-ins only; BAO's seven-week Taiwanese fast-food test lab at New Bahru from 11 November; and Mr Cheesecake's Japanese cheesecake pop-up at ION from the same day until 30 December. Two we would have listed but could not confirm on a primary page we could open on 7 November: Tanica, the Singapore EDITION's herb-and-spice restaurant on Cuscaden Road, whose hours the hotel does publish, and Xiao Jiao Tian's second Sichuan room at Wisma Atria, which its site marks as now open; both will go in once we can confirm them. For the rest of the month's eating, the where to eat this month guide ranks the whole field, old and new; the things to do this month page has the markets and shows; the Christmas guide and the Christmas markets page have the festive sets as they appear; New Year's Eve is the night to book early; and the free things to do list is what you do after the bill.

Questions people ask

What is the most talked-about new restaurant in Singapore right now? Imperial Treasure's Moutai House at the Fullerton Waterboat House: 45 seats, one private room, Huaiyang and Guizhou cooking, open daily for lunch and dinner. Book it.

Where can I eat without a reservation? Osteria Da Su on Telok Ayer Street keeps a section of seats for walk-ins and holds reservations for 15 minutes; Barossa's S$12 steak is walk-in only; BAO at New Bahru and Rawr Cafe on Jalan Besar are counters.

What is new on Dempsey Hill? Petra, a Mediterranean-Levantine room at 40C Harding Road; Casa Mori, Willin Low and José Alonso's Singaporean-Spanish dining room at 11 Dempsey Road; and SHAO's modern Teochew flagship at 9 Dempsey Road, in soft launch.

Which openings are only for a few weeks? Barossa's steak offer ends on 15 November; BAO's New Bahru test lab runs to 28 December; Mr Cheesecake's pop-up at ION runs from 11 November to 30 December.

Valid Sunday 1 November 2026 – Monday 30 November 2026 · Refreshed monthly

The roundup

  1. Curry prawns with golden buns at Imperial Treasure Moutai House

    Imperial Treasure Moutai House, Fullerton Waterboat House

    Daily 11am–3pm and 6–10pm · Boat Quay · Confirmed

    The month's big booking, and the one to make now: Imperial Treasure's partnership with the baijiu house puts Huaiyang and Guizhou cooking in a 45-seat room on the third floor of the Fullerton Waterboat House, with a wine cellar, one private room and the river outside. Open daily 11am to 3pm and 6pm to 10pm. Dinner is a special-occasion bill; lunch is the way in, with the Yangzhou fried rice with sea cucumber and conpoy as the dish that explains the kitchen. A family table wants the private room and the earliest call.

    CouplesFriendsFamilies
    Admission
    À la carte; special-occasion prices at dinner
    Venue
    #03-01 The Fullerton Waterboat House, 3 Fullerton Road
    Getting there
    Raffles Place MRT
  2. OVER's Jett Barbecue collaboration burger with beef cheeks and onion rings, on a red promotional background

    OVER, Tras Street

    Reopened 28 October 2026; hours on the restaurant's Instagram · Tanjong Pagar · Confirmed

    Competitive eater Zermatt Neo's first restaurant sold out its kitchen within days of opening and came back on 28 October. The idea is that every dish comes in three sizes, from a normal plate to a challenge platter, so the nanban chicken curry rice and the shoyu clams can be dinner or a dare. It is a Tras Street shophouse, so the room is narrow and the queue forms outside; go early in the week and order the small size first, whatever the table says.

    Friends
    Admission
    À la carte; every dish in three sizes
    Venue
    54 Tras Street
    Getting there
    Tanjong Pagar MRT
    Official site
  3. Pasta, steak and antipasti on the table at Osteria Da Su

    Osteria Da Su, Telok Ayer Street

    Tue–Wed 5.30–10pm · Thu–Sat 11.30am–2pm and 5.30–10pm · CBD · Confirmed

    The table you can still get. The group behind one-star Nae:um has opened a Korean-accented Italian osteria next door at 163 Telok Ayer Street, handmade pasta with Korean ideas inside it rather than on top, and the house rule is that a section of seats is always kept for walk-ins. Open Tuesday and Wednesday for dinner, Thursday to Saturday for lunch and dinner; reservations open 30 days ahead, are held for 15 minutes, and parties of four or more are told to book. Corkage is S$50 a bottle or one-for-one.

    CouplesFriends
    Admission
    À la carte; corkage S$50 or one-for-one
    Venue
    163 Telok Ayer Street
    Getting there
    Telok Ayer MRT, five minutes on foot
    Official site
  1. Barossa's grilled steaks on cast-iron pans with tomatoes and rosemary, from Barossa Steak & Grill's own photos

    Barossa Steak & Grill, VivoCity (reopened)

    S$12 steak 2–15 November 2026, walk-ins only, 100 a day · Telok Blangah · Confirmed

    Not a new restaurant, a revamped one, and on this list for the arithmetic: to mark the reopening, Barossa's Australian F1 wagyu oyster blade steak, normally S$68, is S$12 for walk-in diners from 2 to 15 November, 100 portions a day, one per person, tables of up to ten, dine-in only, service charge and GST on top. That is a steak for about S$14 after service and GST at a harbour-front table if you arrive when they open. After the 15th it is a steakhouse with a refreshed menu and a Christmas one already up.

    FamiliesFriends
    Admission
    S$12++ for the steak until 15 November; à la carte otherwise
    Venue
    #01-161/162 VivoCity, 1 HarbourFront Walk
    Getting there
    HarbourFront MRT
    Official site
  2. A flame-glazed fried chicken drumstick under a heat lamp, from BAO Fast Foods' own photos

    BAO Fast Foods test lab, New Bahru

    Wed–Mon 11am–10.30pm, 11 November – 28 December 2026 · River Valley · Confirmed

    The London bao team's Taiwanese fast-food shop, BFF, lands at New Bahru for two months from 11 November as a self-described test lab: serving, testing and dropping dishes and products as it goes, with talks on the side, Wednesday to Monday 11am to 10.30pm. The point is fried chicken with the skin treated as the craft, scalded, fried or flamed, and the menu will change under you, which is the reason to go twice. It is a counter; do not dress for it.

    FriendsSolo
    Admission
    Counter prices; menu changes through the run
    Venue
    #01-10 New Bahru, 46 Kim Yam Road
    Getting there
    Fort Canning or Somerset MRT
    Official site
  3. The dining room at Petra on Dempsey Hill, with arched lamps, a wine wall and banquette seating, from the restaurant's own images

    Petra, Dempsey Hill

    Opened 24 October 2026; hours and menu on the restaurant's site · Dempsey · Confirmed

    Mediterranean-Levantine cooking in a bright room at 40C Harding Road, with executive chef Anas Shami and consultant chef Dawid Nowosadzki, who ran kitchens for Ottolenghi, behind it: wood-fired seafood, grilled meats, bread from its own oven and a patisserie counter. It opened on 24 October and is built for the long lunch, which on Dempsey means a Sunday with people who share plates. The menu is a PDF on its site and reservations are online; book the lunch, not the dinner, for the light.

    CouplesFriendsFamilies
    Admission
    À la carte, sharing plates
    Venue
    40C Harding Road, Level 1, Dempsey Hill
    Getting there
    Buses along Holland Road to Dempsey, or a taxi
    Official site
  4. Casa Mori's seafood fideuà in a paella pan with prawns, clams and mussels, from the restaurant's photos

    Casa Mori, Dempsey Hill

    Mon–Fri 11.30am–2.30pm and 5.30–10.30pm · Sat 11am–10.30pm · Sun and PH 11am–10pm · Dempsey · Confirmed

    Willin Low, who gave Singapore mod-Sin, and José Alonso have opened a dining room at 11 Dempsey Road where the two cuisines are folded together rather than served side by side: a Hokkien mee fideuà, Ibérico sate secreto, mochi churros. Lunch and dinner on weekdays, straight through from 11am at weekends to 10.30pm on Saturday and 10pm on Sunday. It is the one of the three new Dempsey rooms to take a visiting parent to, because the menu reads as a joke and eats as a meal.

    FamiliesCouplesFriends
    Admission
    À la carte
    Venue
    #01-17, 11 Dempsey Road
    Getting there
    Buses along Holland Road to Dempsey, or a taxi
  5. The dining room at SHAO @ Dempsey, with pendant lamps, a long bar and banquettes, from SHAO's photos

    SHAO @ Dempsey

    Soft launch; hours on the restaurant's site · Dempsey · Confirmed

    The modern Teochew group from Frankel, Holland Village and Rangoon Road has opened what it calls its flagship at 9 Dempsey Road, in soft launch when we checked: a garden-setting room for its barbecue crab, which starts from the Teochew cold crab and goes somewhere smokier, and premium seafood built for sharing tables. Soft launch means the menu and hours may move; the site takes reservations and the Dempsey line is +65 8823 7733. Go in a group of six; this is not a food for two.

    FamiliesFriends
    Admission
    À la carte, sharing dishes; seafood at market prices
    Venue
    #01-09, 9 Dempsey Road
    Getting there
    Buses along Holland Road to Dempsey, or a taxi
  6. Rawr Cafe's nasi lemak chicken burger, laksa pasta and brunch plates on a terrazzo table, from Wunderfolks' photos

    Rawr Cafe, Jalan Besar

    Daily 9.30am–9pm · Jalan Besar · Confirmed

    Wunderfolks, the tea-cake people, have opened a tiger-themed café inside the Wink hostel at 134 Jalan Besar: a kaya toast pandan latte, a nasi lemak chicken burger, laksa cream halibut and a counter of their own cakes and ice cream, daily 9.30am to 9pm. It is brunch with Singapore flavours done as a bit, and the bit works for a weekday breakfast before Jalan Besar's hardware shops open. Skip the weekend queue of people who came for the tiger.

    FriendsSoloFamilies
    Admission
    Counter prices; lattes and mains à la carte
    Venue
    134 Jalan Besar, inside Wink Hostel
    Getting there
    Jalan Besar MRT
  7. A slice of Mr. CHEESECAKE on a stone plate beside a split coconut, from the brand's Singapore launch post

    Mr. CHEESECAKE, ION Orchard

    Wed 11 November to Wed 30 December 2026, daily 10am–10pm · Orchard · Confirmed

    Chef Koji Tamura's Japanese cheesecake arrives at ION Orchard on 11 November, announced on its own Singapore feed on 30 October. It is a pop-up on Level 3, open daily 10am to 10pm until Wednesday 30 December; the brand has not published Singapore prices.

    CouplesFriends
    Admission
    Prices not yet published by the brand
    Venue
    ION Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn, Level 3, #03-32/33
    Getting there
    Orchard MRT

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