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Best Restaurants in Singapore (2026)

Eating well in Singapore is easy at every budget, and the hawker centres are the place to start. At Maxwell Food Centre, Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice has served its signature dish since 1987, while Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle on Crawford Lane earned one of the first Michelin stars for street food. Lau Pa Sat, the Victorian market hall in the financial district, turns Boon Tat Street into a satay strip every evening. Heritage restaurants add more local flavours: Zam Zam has made murtabak opposite Sultan Mosque since 1908, Komala Vilas serves South Indian vegetarian meals on banana leaves, and Song Fa Bak Kut Teh cooks peppery pork rib soup near Clarke Quay.

For a sit-down feast, JUMBO Seafood at Riverside Point is a reliable choice for chilli crab. Peranakan cooking is worth seeking out, from True Blue Cuisine beside the Peranakan Museum to Candlenut, the first Peranakan restaurant with a Michelin star. At the top end, Odette holds three Michelin stars, Labyrinth reinterprets Singaporean dishes in a tasting menu, and Burnt Ends cooks over wood in Dempsey. Book fine dining well ahead, expect queues at famous hawker stalls at lunchtime, and carry tissues to reserve a seat as locals do.

12 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 restaurants in Singapore

  1. Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice Hainanese chicken rice (hawker stall), ChinatownBib Gourmand hawker stall at Maxwell Food Centre, serving Hainanese chicken rice with poached chicken, fragrant rice and house-made chilli since 1987.
  2. Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle Bak chor mee (hawker stall), LavenderFamily-run hawker stall on Crawford Lane, dating back to the 1930s, whose vinegar-laced bak chor mee earned one of the first Michelin stars for street food.
  3. Lau Pa Sat Hawker centre & satay street, Raffles PlaceA historic cast-iron market hall in the financial district, turned food centre, where Boon Tat Street becomes an open-air satay strip every evening.

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3. Lau Pa Sat

Hawker centre & satay street$Raffles Place

A historic cast-iron market hall in the financial district, turned food centre, where Boon Tat Street becomes an open-air satay strip every evening.

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4. Zam Zam

Indian-Muslim murtabak and biryani$Kampong Gelam

Indian-Muslim restaurant opposite Sultan Mosque, founded in 1908 and known for stuffed murtabak and nasi biryani with its family-recipe gravy.

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5. Komala Vilas

South Indian vegetarian$Little India

Vegetarian Indian restaurant in Little India, opened in 1947, known for South Indian meals served on banana leaves alongside North Indian dishes.

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9. Candlenut

Peranakan (Michelin-starred)$$$Dempsey Hill

Chef Malcolm Lee's Dempsey restaurant, which became the first Peranakan restaurant to win a Michelin star in 2016, known for its Ah-Ma-Kase menu.

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10. Labyrinth

Modern Singaporean tasting menu$$$$Marina Bay

Chef LG Han's Michelin-starred restaurant at the Esplanade, reinterpreting Singaporean dishes, including half-forgotten ones, through a tasting menu.

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11. Burnt Ends

Modern Australian barbecue$$$$Dempsey Hill

Chef Dave Pynt's wood-fired barbecue restaurant in Dempsey, cooking almost everything in a four-tonne, two-oven brick kiln.

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12. Odette

Contemporary French fine dining$$$$Civic District

Chef Julien Royer's three-Michelin-star French restaurant inside National Gallery Singapore, serving light, Asian-influenced contemporary cuisine.

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