Worth it for / Skip if
Worth it for — knowing the bill before you go — the venue publishes S$12 across the individual items on record; a table you can lock in — seats are booked through TableCheck; arriving by train — the record puts it 5 minutes on foot from Somerset MRT.
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$12 across the 10 individual menu items in this selection. 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: Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro official menu. Last checked 3 September 2026.
How to get a seat
- Book through TableCheck .
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
- Menu — The venue’s own published menu is on record — 10 items, with prices.
- Getting there — Somerset MRT, 5 minutes on foot · Hilton Singapore Orchard, Level 35, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore 238867.
- Dietary requests, dress code and group size — not on record. Ask when you book.
The longer version
The MICHELIN Guide’s inspector page for the Level 35 Orchard Road outlet describes an interior that still exudes luxury and elegance after refurbishment, in an updated and understated register, and a head chef who trained for over twelve years at the Tokyo branch and champions a refined take on Chūka Sichuan cooking, singling out his signature mapo tofu and a stir-fried Hokkaido Mangalica pork. The Ranting Panda’s December 2024 and August 2025 visits to the same address are also favourable, on the revamped dining room and menu and on the S$88++ weekend brunch respectively.
What the published coverage says, assessed by the Forkin editorial desk from 3 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. 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
Assessed Chinese and Sichuan listings from Forkin's own directory — cuisine first, never geography alone.
- Same tier — Behind Clay · WORTH A LOOK · Clarke Quay · Clarke Quay MRT
- A different call — Hua Ting Restaurant · FORKIN WORTH IT · Orchard · Orchard MRT
- Also on record — Beng Hiang (Shangri-La Singapore) · WORTH A LOOK · Tanglin · Stevens MRT
Nearby
Inside Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro
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 Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro?
The item on record is S$12, as published by the venue. Drinks are extra unless the venue states otherwise. Prices last checked 3 September 2026.
How do I book Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro?
Bookings are taken through TableCheck at https://www.tablecheck.com/en/shisen-hanten-singapore/reserve/landing. Last seating times, deposit and cancellation terms and party-size limits are not on record — confirm them when you book.
At a glance
OrchardHilton Singapore Orchard, Level 35, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore 238867
Somerset MRT, 5 min
Established 2014
$ $$
Last verified 18 August 2026
How this was assessed
This listing was assessed by the Forkin editorial desk from 3 linked substantive sources, at confidence medium, last assessed 17 August 2026. The full scoring breakdown and every source is below.
Sourced from Hilton Singapore Orchard and TableCheck. Plus 1 official page. 3 sources in total.
Why Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro scores 7.7
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
- 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
WORTH A LOOK
Confidence: mediumForkin desk assessment of attributable public coverage — not a personal dining review.
Re-evidenced 17 Aug 2026. The MICHELIN Guide restaurant page for this exact outlet does carry inspector prose and is newly counted. The SG Food on Foot piece previously counted is explicitly labelled an invited tasting and is reclassified. That leaves the MICHELIN page plus two Ranting Panda reviews — but two articles from the same publisher are one independent source for consensus purposes, so effectively two distinct publishers support the stamp, and Ranting Panda declares no independence policy. WORTH A LOOK, not top band.
Last assessed 17 August 2026 · 3 linked substantive sources
Linked evidence
The MICHELIN Guide (guide.michelin.com) · 17 August 2026The Ranting Panda (therantingpanda.com) · 21 December 2024The Ranting Panda (therantingpanda.com) · 14 August 2025SG Food on Foot (sgfoodonfoot.com) · 7 May 2026 · contextDanielFoodDiary (danielfooddiary.com) · 11 July 2018 · contextCaveat: SG Food on Foot (7 May 2026), previously counted, states "Note: This is an invited tasting" and is tagged Media Invite. Reclassified to context; invited access is not independent. Both remaining blog sources are from one publisher, The Ranting Panda, so the source count is effectively two distinct publishers (MICHELIN and Ranting Panda), not three. Two articles by one publisher cannot read as multi-source consensus. The Ranting Panda publishes no independence or payment policy and neither article carries a hosting, invited or sponsorship disclosure. Its About page presents readership and follower statistics in media-kit form. Whether either visit was hosted is therefore unresolved and is reflected in the low consistency factor. The MICHELIN restaurant page displays no award level in its markup. The previous record’s basis text asserted "One Michelin-starred"; that claim is attributable only to The Ranting Panda’s own wording and is not restated here as fact. Forkin guide copy for this venue separately asserts a 2026 one-star listing; that claim is outside the scope of this pass and should be re-checked. The 2018 DanielFoodDiary reference to two MICHELIN stars is historical and describes the Mandarin Orchard-era operation; retained as lineage context only.
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Full source log
This listing is backed by the following public sources:
Shisen Hanten — official siteHilton Singapore Orchard — Shisen HantenTableCheck — Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro reservationsFacts, opening hours and social profiles can change. Confirm current details directly with the venue before visiting. Record last verified 18 August 2026.