Worth it for / Skip if
Worth it for — knowing the bill before you go — the venue publishes S$18 to S$178 across the individual items on record; arriving by train — the record puts it 4 minutes on foot from Maxwell MRT.
Skip if — you are going on a Monday — the verified hours show the venue closed.
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$18 to S$178 across the 9 individual menu items in this selection. Those items are priced on different bases — portions 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: Venue official menu page. Last checked 1 September 2026.
How to get a seat
No online booking channel is on record for this venue. The verified hours below are the only seating information held; treat it as walk-in unless the venue says otherwise.
What to expect
- Corkage — Wine $80, spirits $160, or 1-for-1
- Menu — A selection of 9 items from the venue’s own published menu is on record, with prices.
- Getting there — Maxwell MRT, 4 minutes on foot · 29 Keong Saik Road, Singapore 089136.
- Closed — Monday, on the verified hours.
- Dietary requests, dress code and group size — not on record. Ask when you call ahead.
Source: Home - GUUM. Last checked 8 September 2026.
The longer version
Four independent sources, including a major international outlet (Condé Nast Traveler) alongside established Singapore food media (The Ranting Panda, Eatbook, MiddleClass.sg), consistently praise GUUM's contemporary Korean grill concept, standout proteins (Iberico pluma, Woodae Galbi) and ambience, with pricing and one overcooked dish as the only minor detractors. The consistency and quality of this coverage supports a confident strong-positive stamp.
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
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
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 6pm–10.30pm |
| Saturday | 11.30am–2.30pm, 6pm–10.30pm |
| Sunday | 11.30am–2.30pm, 6pm–10.30pm |
Hours can change at short notice, especially on public holidays — confirm with the venue before travelling. Source: Venue official website, opening hours. Last checked 1 September 2026.
If not this, then
Assessed Korean listings from Forkin's own directory — cuisine first, never geography alone.
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- Also on record — Cote Korean Steakhouse · WORTH A LOOK · Orchard · Orchard MRT
Inside GUUM
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 GUUM?
The items on record run S$18 to S$178, as published by the venue. Drinks are extra unless the venue states otherwise. Prices last checked 1 September 2026.
When is GUUM open?
Tuesday 6pm–10.30pm; Saturday 11.30am–2.30pm, 6pm–10.30pm; Sunday 11.30am–2.30pm, 6pm–10.30pm. Closed Monday. Source: Venue official website, opening hours, last checked 1 September 2026.
At a glance
Keong Saik29 Keong Saik Road, Singapore 089136
Maxwell MRT, 4 min
MonClosedTue6pm–10.30pmSat, Sun11.30am–2.30pm, 6pm–10.30pm
Last verified 19 August 2026
How this was assessed
This listing was assessed by the Forkin editorial desk from 2 linked substantive sources, at confidence medium, last assessed 11 August 2026. The full scoring breakdown and every source is below.
Sourced from SevenRooms. Plus 1 official page. 2 sources in total.
Why GUUM scores 7.8
WORTH A LOOK · band 7.0–8.4 (base 7.5)
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
WORTH A LOOK
Confidence: mediumForkin desk assessment of attributable public coverage — not a personal dining review.
Two independent, dated reviews of the exact 29 Keong Saik Road outlet survive. They agree that GU:UM offers imaginative, enjoyable Korean-influenced cooking, with particularly strong tartare-pancake and dessert signals, but neither is unequivocal: The Business Times gives 7/10 and records uneven dishes, while I Wander identifies smaller execution issues. This supports a favourable but qualified WORTH A LOOK rather than the prior high-confidence FORKIN WORTH IT.
Last assessed 11 August 2026 · 2 linked substantive sources
Caveat: Three of the four legacy sources are unusable because they disclose an invited tasting or media tasting. Condé Nast Traveler's otherwise substantive review has no verifiable publication date and therefore cannot count; it also does not print the street address, leaving some residual name ambiguity. I Wander is an attributable independent blog review, but its page does not positively establish whether the meal was self-funded; it is counted with that sponsorship-status doubt recorded. The two surviving countable reviews are both from 2024, so the evidence is recent rather than current under the desk definition. 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 -> 2; stamp FORKIN WORTH IT -> WORTH A LOOK; score 8.8 -> 7.8.
How these stamps work · They are non-numerical and separate from Google Maps information.
Full source log
This listing is backed by the following public sources:
GUUM — official siteSevenRooms — GUUM reservationsFacts, opening hours and social profiles can change. Confirm current details directly with the venue before visiting. Record last verified 19 August 2026.