Worth it for / Skip if
Worth it for — knowing the bill before you go — the venue publishes S$16 to S$48 a head across the items on record; a table you can lock in — seats are booked through SevenRooms.
Skip if — S$16 a head before drinks is above what the meal is worth to you today; you are deciding at the door: the record carries a booking route, not a walk-in policy; you want to step off the train into the room — it is 12 minutes on foot from Napier MRT.
Every clause above is drawn from a named field in this venue's record — a published price, a booking route, the verified hours — and nothing else.
What it costs
The venue publishes S$16 to S$48 across the items on record. No service-charge or GST note is recorded against every priced row, so no all-in figure is estimated here.
Two people, one item each from the list above, no drinks: budget S$32–S$96. That is arithmetic on the published prices, not a quoted package.
Confirm the current price with the venue when you book. Forkin publishes prices only where a dated public source carries them, and flags it when sources disagree. Source: Candlenut official menu. Last checked 3 September 2026.
How to get a seat
- Book through SevenRooms .
- Monday — 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm
- Tuesday — 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm
- Wednesday — 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm
- Thursday — 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm
- Friday — 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm
- Saturday — 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm
- Sunday — 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm
last seating times, deposit and cancellation terms and party-size limits are not on record for this venue — ask when you book. Hours source: Candlenut | Michelin-Starred Peranakan Restaurant Singapore, last checked 9 September 2026.
What to expect
- Menu — The venue’s own published menu is on record — 12 items, with prices.
- Getting there — Napier MRT, 12 minutes on foot · COMO Dempsey, 17A Dempsey Road, Singapore 249676.
- Dietary requests, dress code and group size — not on record. Ask when you book.
The longer version
No longer read of this venue is published yet. The desk has assessed the public coverage behind this listing — 3 linked sources — and that assessment is set out under How this was assessed.
Signature dishes
Dishes named in official sources for this venue:
Menus change. Confirm current dishes and prices directly with the venue.
Opening hours
| Monday | 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm (Dinner) |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm (Dinner) |
| Wednesday | 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm (Dinner) |
| Thursday | 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm (Dinner) |
| Friday | 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm (Dinner) |
| Saturday | 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm (Dinner) |
| Sunday | 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm (Dinner) |
Hours can change at short notice, especially on public holidays — confirm with the venue before travelling. Source: Candlenut | Michelin-Starred Peranakan Restaurant Singapore. Last checked 9 September 2026.
If not this, then
Assessed Peranakan and Straits-Chinese listings from Forkin's own directory — cuisine first, never geography alone.
- Same tier — 328 Katong Laksa · FORKIN WORTH IT · Katong / East Coast · Marine Parade MRT
- A different call — National Kitchen by Violet Oon · WORTH A LOOK · City Hall · City Hall MRT
- Also on record — 5:59+ Cafe & Bistro · WORTH A LOOK · Somerset · Somerset MRT
Inside Candlenut
No rights-cleared photograph of this venue is on record. Forkin publishes a photograph only where provenance and permitted use are recorded against the file, and never republishes an image from a review, a social post or a search result.
Official Instagram
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Common questions
How much is Candlenut?
The items on record run S$16 to S$48, as published by the venue. Drinks are extra unless the venue states otherwise. Prices last checked 3 September 2026.
How do I book Candlenut?
Bookings are taken through SevenRooms at https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/candlenutsingapore/reservations/create/search. The verified hours show service on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Last seating times, deposit and cancellation terms and party-size limits are not on record — confirm them when you book.
When is Candlenut open?
Monday 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm; Tuesday 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm; Wednesday 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm; Thursday 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm; Friday 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm; Saturday 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm; Sunday 12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm. Source: Candlenut | Michelin-Starred Peranakan Restaurant Singapore, last checked 9 September 2026.
At a glance
Dempsey HillCOMO Dempsey, 17A Dempsey Road, Singapore 249676
Napier MRT, 12 min
Daily12pm–3pm, 6pm–10pm (Dinner)
Established 2010
$ $$
Last verified 10 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 28 August 2026. The full scoring breakdown and every source is below.
Sourced from comogroup.com, comodempsey.sg and MICHELIN Guide Singapore 2026. 3 sources in total.
Full evidence log and scoring breakdown
Why Candlenut scores 9.1
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 consensusmoderate+0.05two independent attributable sources or some disagreement
- 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.
Batch 50 re-verification confirms 3 dated, attributable, exact-outlet countable assessments (Los Angeles Times and The Ranting Panda (therantingpanda.com) and The Yay Project (theyayproject.com)). Their registered highest publisher calibre is major, not 'established', so B46-R1 corrects criticCalibre to major and recomputes the score to 9.1. The existing FORKIN WORTH IT verdict remains supported by the record’s assessed evidence balance.
Last assessed 28 August 2026 · 3 linked substantive sources
Linked evidence
Los Angeles Times · 31 August 2023The Ranting Panda (therantingpanda.com) · 15 December 2018The Yay Project (theyayproject.com) · 24 April 2019Caveat: The newest countable source is Aug 2023; there is no assessment of the current menu. Candlenut moved from Holland Village to COMO Dempsey in 2017. All three countable sources are post-relocation, so the pre-relocation exclusion does not bite here. The LA Times piece is a chef and cuisine profile rather than a review; it is counted because it is substantive and specific about this exact outlet, but it is not a scored critical assessment.
How these stamps work · They are non-numerical and separate from Google Maps information.
This listing is backed by the following public sources:
comogroup.comcomodempsey.sgMICHELIN Guide Singapore 2026 — One MICHELIN StarFacts, opening hours and social profiles can change. Confirm current details directly with the venue before visiting. Record last verified 10 August 2026.