Worth it for / Skip if
Worth it for — a table you can lock in — seats are booked through TableCheck.
Skip if — you are deciding at the door: the record carries a booking route, not a walk-in policy.
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What it costs
No priced item is on record for this venue. Forkin publishes a price only where a dated public source carries it, so nothing is estimated here. The venue's own published price band is $128++ for 4- and 5-course lunch menus; $248++ for the 6-course dinner menu.
How to get a seat
- Book through TableCheck .
- Hours — Monday–Friday: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM and 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM; Saturday and public holidays: 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM; closed Sunday
- Last seating — 1:30pm
deposit and cancellation terms and party-size limits are not on record for this venue — ask when you book. Booking terms source: Contact Us – Buona Terra, last checked 8 September 2026.
What to expect
- Getting there — Newton MRT · 29 Scotts Road, Singapore 228224.
- Dietary requests, dress code and group size — not on record. Ask when you book.
The longer version
Four independent reviewers consistently praise Buona Terra's contemporary Northern Italian cuisine by Chef Denis Lucchi. Robb Report said the restaurant 'still got it' after eight years, SethLui highlighted the bread and beef cheek, and The Ranting Panda called out multiple standout courses. Buona Terra holds one Michelin star in a heritage bungalow setting.
What the published coverage says, assessed by the Forkin editorial desk from 3 linked sources — not a personal dining review. Every source behind it is under How this was assessed.
Signature dishes
Dishes named in official sources for this venue:
Menus change, and this list is not dated. Confirm current dishes and prices directly with the venue.
Opening hours
Day-by-day hours are not verified for this venue. The venue's own summary reads: Monday–Friday: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM and 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM; Saturday and public holidays: 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM; closed Sunday. Hours are published here only once a dated source has been read for the whole week, so a partial week is never shown as a full one.
If not this, then
Assessed Italian listings from Forkin's own directory — cuisine first, never geography alone.
- Same tier — FICO · FORKIN WORTH IT · East Coast Park · Bayshore MRT
- A different call — Basilico · WORTH A LOOK · Orchard · Orchard Boulevard MRT
- Also on record — Behind Clay · WORTH A LOOK · Clarke Quay · Clarke Quay MRT
Nearby
Inside Buona Terra
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Official Instagram
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Common questions
How do I book Buona Terra?
Bookings are taken through TableCheck at https://www.tablecheck.com/en/buona-terra/reserve/landing. Last seating: 1:30pm Deposit and cancellation terms and party-size limits are not on record — confirm them when you book.
At a glance
Orchard29 Scotts Road, Singapore 228224
Newton MRT
Monday–Friday: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM and 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM; Saturday and public holidays: 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM; closed Sunday
$ $128++ for 4- and 5-course lunch menus; $248++ for the 6-course dinner menu
Last verified 18 August 2026
How this was assessed
This listing was assessed by the Forkin editorial desk from 3 linked substantive sources, at confidence high, last assessed 11 August 2026. The full scoring breakdown and every source is below.
Sourced from TableCheck. Plus 1 official page. 2 sources in total.
Why Buona Terra scores 9.2
FORKIN WORTH IT · band 8.5–9.5 (base 8.8)
The Forkin Evidence Score is a transparent calibration of the published evidence behind this venue's editorial stamp — not a personal dining rating, and never derived from Google data. It starts from the stamp's base value, applies the five evidence adjustments below, then clamps the result inside the stamp's band.
- Source consensusstrong+0.15at least three independent attributable sources with no material conflict
- Critic calibremajor+0.15Michelin, Tatler, Time Out, CNA, Straits Times/ST Food backing
- Praise specificityhigh+0.10multiple concrete dish/experience signals and supporting guide detail
- Consistencymoderate0.00generally favourable without a strong unanimity signal
- Evidence recencyrecent+0.00newest dated support is 2023–2024
Scores are rounded to one decimal place and are only published for venues carrying an evidence-backed editorial stamp. Full rubric: Forkin Evidence Score methodology.
Editorial stamp
FORKIN WORTH IT
Confidence: highForkin desk assessment of attributable public coverage — not a personal dining review.
Four dated, independent, exact-outlet assessments survive: Robb Report Singapore, SethLui, Time Out Singapore and FatsoChef. Across 2014–2023 they broadly praise Lucchi's contemporary Italian cooking and multiple concrete dishes; the minor criticisms concern portions, a dessert, one pasta course and an older interior rather than the core experience. Time Out supplies major-publication coverage and the 2023 unsponsored FatsoChef review supports a recent, still-favourable assessment. The current FORKIN WORTH IT stamp is therefore retained, though the evidence-recency factor should be “recent,” not “current.”
Last assessed 11 August 2026 · 3 linked substantive sources
Linked evidence
Robb Report Singapore · 25 August 2020SethLui.com · 23 December 2014Time Out Singapore · 22 April 2022 · contextFatsoChef · 9 March 2023Caveat: The newest surviving countable review is 2023-03-09, so evidence recency is recent rather than current. SethLui mentions complimentary sparkling wine without a hosted-meal disclosure; it remains countable under the standard's unresolved-sponsorship rule, but the hospitality detail should remain visible to the desk. Time Out credits several photographs to Buona Terra but contains no hosted-meal or sponsorship disclosure. Luxury Lifestyle Magazine's favourable review could not be dated from the live page and discloses a Singapore Tourism Board invitation; it is not counted. MICHELIN's live inspector commentary is substantive and exact-outlet matched, but no real publication/update date could be established, so it is not counted. Desk correction to the researcher's recommendation: consistency is moderate, not high. Every surviving source records a criticism (portion size, an over-sweet dessert, one pasta course, an ageing interior), so there is no strong unanimity signal. Legacy-evidence remediation batch 2, 2026-08-11. Every source was re-retrieved, re-dated and re-checked for exact-outlet match and independence. Countable evidence 4 -> 4; stamp FORKIN WORTH IT -> FORKIN WORTH IT; score 9 -> 9.2.
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Full source log
This listing is backed by the following public sources:
Buona Terra — contact and reservationsTableCheck — Buona Terra reservation pageFacts, opening hours and social profiles can change. Confirm current details directly with the venue before visiting. Record last verified 18 August 2026.