The Short Version
GUUM is a Korean grill at 29 Keong Saik Road. Its official reservation page describes it as a K-steakhouse by Chef Louis Han and the team behind NAE:UM. The official site publishes food and set menus.
Signature Dishes
Dishes named in official sources for this venue:
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Why GUUM scores 7.8
WORTH A LOOK · band 7.0–8.4 (base 7.5)
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 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
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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.
What public coverage says
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.
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.
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Official Instagram
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Official Links
Sources & Verification
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.