Worth it for / Skip if
Worth it for — knowing the bill before you go — the venue publishes S$20 to S$88 across the individual items on record; a table you can lock in — seats are booked through SevenRooms.
Skip if — you are deciding at the door: the record carries a booking route, not a walk-in policy.
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$20 to S$88 across the 3 individual menu items in this selection. Those items are priced on different bases — per-person menus and individual dishes — so the range is not a per-person budget. No service-charge or GST note is recorded against any priced row, so no all-in figure is estimated here.
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: Cavern Restaurant official menu. Last checked 4 September 2026.
How to get a seat
- Book through SevenRooms .
- Daily — 11:00-15:00, 17:00-21:00
last seating times, deposit and cancellation terms and party-size limits are not on record for this venue — ask when you book.
What to expect
- Service charge and GST — All prices are subject to 10% service charge and prevailing government tax.
- Menu — The venue’s own published menu is on record — 3 items, with prices.
- Dietary requests, dress code and group size — not on record. Ask when you book.
Source: Official menu PDF. Last checked 4 September 2026.
The longer version
Shaun Chng found the food adequate but poor value and not destination-worthy, whereas Is Life a Recipe praised the immersive cave setting, menu, and service. Other favourable or uneven coverage is context only; one countable review is post-Q1, only one has an explicit self-paid statement, and ownership and affiliate checks are unresolved.
What the published coverage says, assessed by the Forkin editorial desk from 2 linked sources — not a personal dining review. Every source behind it is under How this was assessed.
Signature dishes
No dish is named for this venue in any source on record. Dishes are listed here only where an official source names them, so none are guessed from menus or reviews.
Opening hours
Day-by-day hours are not verified for this venue. The venue's own summary reads: {"fri": "11:00-15:00, 17:00-21:00", "mon": "11:00-15:00, 17:00-21:00", "sat": "11:00-15:00, 17:00-21:00", "sun": "11:00-15:00, 17:00-21:00", "thu": "11:00-15:00, 17:00-21:00", "tue": "11:00-15:00, 17:00-21:00", "wed": "11:00-15:00, 17:00-21:00"}. 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
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Nearby
Inside Cavern Restaurant
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
No official Instagram account is on record for this venue yet.
Common questions
How much is Cavern Restaurant?
The items on record run S$20 to S$88, as published by the venue. Drinks are extra unless the venue states otherwise. Prices last checked 4 September 2026.
How do I book Cavern Restaurant?
Bookings are taken through SevenRooms at https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/cavernrestaurant/reservations/create/search/. Last seating times, deposit and cancellation terms and party-size limits are not on record — confirm them when you book.
At a glance
Mandai80 Mandai Lake Rd, Rainforest Wild, Singapore 729826
Daily11:00-15:00, 17:00-21:00
Opened 12 March 2025
$ $$
Last verified 19 July 2026
How this was assessed
This listing was assessed by the Forkin editorial desk from 2 linked substantive sources, at confidence medium-low, last assessed 27 August 2026. The full scoring breakdown and every source is below.
Sourced from TheSmartLocal. Plus 1 official page. 2 sources in total.
Why Cavern Restaurant scores 5.9
MIXED FORKS · band 5.5–6.9 (base 6.0)
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 consensuslimited−0.15one/limited attributable source
- Critic calibreindependent0.00independent/blog-only attributable backing
- Praise specificityhigh+0.10multiple concrete dish/experience signals and supporting guide detail
- Consistencylow−0.15mixed stamp, explicit caveats, or material contrary signals
- Evidence recencycurrent+0.05newest assessment, publication, or verification is 2025 onward
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
MIXED FORKS
Confidence: medium-lowForkin desk assessment of attributable public coverage — not a personal dining review.
Batch 49 re-verification confirms 2 dated, attributable, exact-outlet countable assessments (Shaun Chng (shaunchng.com) and Is Life a Recipe (islifearecipe.net)). Their registered highest publisher calibre is independent, not 'established', so B46-R1 corrects criticCalibre to independent and recomputes the score to 5.9. The existing MIXED FORKS verdict remains supported by the record’s assessed evidence balance.
Last assessed 27 August 2026 · 2 linked substantive sources
Linked evidence
Shaun Chng (shaunchng.com) · 17 May 2026Is Life a Recipe (islifearecipe.net) · 23 March 2025SG Food on Foot (sgfoodonfoot.com) · 15 November 2025 · contextEatbook (eatbook.sg) · 12 March 2025 · contextCaveat: One countable review is post-Q1; only one has an explicit self-paid statement, and ownership/affiliate checks remain unresolved.
How these stamps work · They are non-numerical and separate from Google Maps information.
Full source log
This opening record is backed by the following public sources:
TheSmartLocal · 2025-03-01Mandai Wildlife Group Official WebsiteFacts, opening hours and social profiles can change. Confirm current details directly with the venue before visiting. Record last verified 19 July 2026.