What to expect
- Getting there — Maxwell MRT (TE18) / Tanjong Pagar MRT (EW15) · 77 Tanjong Pagar Road, Level 1, Singapore 088498.
- Dietary requests, dress code and group size — not on record. Ask when you call ahead.
The longer version
Obongzip Singapore is a Korean restaurant in Tanjong Pagar centred on fire-grilled spicy octopus and grilled tteok, alongside pork belly bossam and spicy buckwheat noodles — reported by Eatbook.
Signature dishes
Dishes named in official sources at launch:
Dishes listed at opening; offerings may have changed. Confirm with the venue.
If not this, then
Assessed Korean (Spicy Octopus and Bossam) listings from Forkin's own directory — cuisine first, never geography alone.
- Same tier — Bae Sik Dang · WORTH A LOOK · Tanjong Pagar
- A different call — DRIM Korean Steak House · MIXED FORKS · Orchard
- Also on record — Chang Korean Charcoal BBQ · WORTH A LOOK · Holland Village & Dempsey
Official Instagram
Official posts by @obongzip_sg on Instagram ↗. Forkin' Worth It does not host or reuse these images — displayed as links to Instagram's public posts only.
At a glance
CBD / Tanjong Pagar77 Tanjong Pagar Road, Level 1, Singapore 088498
Maxwell MRT (TE18) / Tanjong Pagar MRT (EW15)
Daily 11:30 AM - 12:00 AM
Opened 15 December 2025
$ Fire-grilled spicy octopus (from S$55), grilled tteok (S$28), pork belly bossam (S$52), spicy buckwheat noodles (S$20)
Last verified 10 August 2026
How this was assessed
This listing was assessed by the Forkin editorial desk from 2 linked substantive sources, at confidence low, last assessed 22 August 2026. The full scoring breakdown and every source is below.
Full evidence log and scoring breakdown
Why Obongzip Singapore scores 7.5
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 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
- Consistencymoderate0.00generally favourable without a strong unanimity signal
- 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
WORTH A LOOK
Confidence: lowForkin desk assessment of attributable public coverage — not a personal dining review.
One countable exact-outlet assessment survives: Cavin Teo's dated (1 March 2026) self-visit to the Tanjong Pagar restaurant, which is specific and strongly favourable about the signature dishes. Time Out and Daniel Food Diary were reclassified as context on 15 August 2026 and no longer carry the assessment, and a July 2026 guest-contributor review does not name which of the brand's two Singapore outlets it visited, so it fails the exact-outlet test. Retained at WORTH A LOOK solely through the disclosed one-source provisional route.
What public coverage says
Obongzip's Tanjong Pagar branch of the 300-outlet Korean chain draws one countable independent assessment: a dated, self-funded visit that rates the fire-grilled spicy octopus and the pork belly bossam highly while finding the side dishes unremarkable. Other located coverage is context only, so this is a provisional one-source assessment.
Last assessed 22 August 2026 · 2 linked substantive sources
Linked evidence
TimeOut Singapore · 27 March 2026 · contextDaniel Food Diary · 26 May 2026Entree Kibbles (cavinteo.blogspot.com) · 1 March 2026Rubbish Eat Rubbish Grow (rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com) · 16 July 2026 · contextCaveat: Re-assessment 22 August 2026: retained on one dated exact-outlet independent source under the provisional route; the previously headline Time Out 4/5 rating is context only and no longer supports the assessment. A July 2026 Rubbish Eat Rubbish Grow guest-contributor review is dated, bylined and strongly favourable, but does not identify which Singapore outlet was visited, so it cannot be counted for this Tanjong Pagar listing.
How these stamps work · They are non-numerical and separate from Google Maps information.
This opening record is backed by the following public sources:
Official website or social profileHungryGoWhere · February 2, 2026Eatbook · Early 2026SethLui via Yahoo Singapore · 15 Dec 2025Facts, opening hours and social profiles can change. Confirm current details directly with the venue before visiting. Record last verified 10 August 2026.