The Short Version
Buona Terra is an Italian restaurant at 29 Scotts Road. Its official site states that it serves lunch and dinner set menus and takes reservations through TableCheck.
Signature Dishes
Dishes named in official sources for this venue:
Menus change. Confirm current dishes and prices directly with the venue.
Why Buona Terra scores 9.2
FORKIN WORTH IT · band 8.5–9.5 (base 8.8)
The Forkin 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
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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.”
What public coverage says
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.
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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Google Maps rating
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Official Instagram
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Official Links
Sources & Verification
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.