Odette

The tenth birthday present was a sofa at every table and a three-month closure.

Book Odette for the occasion that deserves a long tasting menu and a sofa, because since the tenth-anniversary refit every table has one. It is still Singapore's three-Michelin-star French room, now warmer in look and leaning further east in its cooking. The compromise is the obvious one: prices aren't published, so confirm the menu price when you book and budget for the very top end.

What changed at ten

Odette closed in September 2025 to update its interior and reopened on 10 December with a shortened prix fixe menu. The room, long known for pale whites and soft pinks, now has a warm, buttery colour scheme and a more intimate feel. The cooking has shifted with it. Odette describes itself as modern French, lighter, shaped by roots laid down in Asia, and the reopening brought a recalibration guided by mentors Michel Bras and Daniel Boulud, with French technique applied to Asian ingredients. Crab Contrast serves crab two ways, one of them in a mantou with chilli crabmeat: Singapore's favourite seafood joke, retold in a three-star accent. The direction was there before the refit too, in dishes such as a foie gras and abalone soup inspired by bak kut teh.

The record

It opened in the National Gallery's Supreme Court Wing in November 2015, named after Julien Royer's grandmother; Royer grew up in a family of farmers in Cantal and credits her with teaching him to live, and eat, by the seasons. Two Michelin stars came in 2016 and three in 2019. It has been number one on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list, and by 2025 had spent seven straight years in the World's 50 Best top 50, placing 25th that year as the only Singapore restaurant in the global top 50.

How to do it well

This is a tasting-menu evening, so treat it as the whole night. Tell the restaurant about dietary needs when you reserve rather than at the table, and confirm the menu price, service charge and cancellation terms at the same time. Lunch runs Tuesday to Saturday and dinner Monday to Saturday; it is closed on Sundays. If you want the National Gallery as well, do one short gallery beforehand rather than a museum marathon, and walk over from City Hall MRT with time to spare.

Good to know Dinner Monday to Saturday (last seating 8.15pm) and lunch Tuesday to Saturday (last seating 1pm); closed Sundays. Book via odetterestaurant.com and confirm menu price, service charge and cancellation terms when you reserve. Supreme Court Wing, Level 1, 1 St Andrew’s Road; City Hall MRT.

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Odette | Supreme Court Wing, Level 1, National Gallery Singapore, 1 St Andrew's Road, Singapore 178957 | Nearest MRT: City Hall