Worth it for / Skip if
Not on record yet. Clauses here are generated only from named fields — a published price, a booking route, the verified hours — and this venue carries too few of them to draw the line honestly. Nothing is inferred to fill the gap.
What it costs
No priced item is on record for this venue. Forkin publishes a price only where a dated public source carries it, so nothing is estimated here. The venue's own published price band is $$$$.
How to get a seat
No online booking channel is on record for this venue. Verified hours are not on record either, so call ahead before travelling.
What to expect
- Seats — The Chef's Table has 10 seats.
- Service charge and GST — Prices are subject to 10% service charge and prevailing GST.
- Dress code — Smart casual; guests may be declined entry if not dressed in accordance with the dress code.
- Dietary options — Guests with dietary restrictions and food allergies should inform the restaurant in advance or speak with the team on arrival.
- Getting there — Bayfront MRT · The Shoppes, #02-03, Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018956.
Source: Waku Ghin official page. Last checked 4 September 2026.
The longer version
CNA Luxury and Forbes both describe the Marina Bay Sands chef's-table experience first-hand, singling out the botan shrimp with sea urchin and caviar. The MICHELIN Guide Singapore 2026 lists Waku Ghin with one star.
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
Day-by-day hours are not verified for this venue. The venue's own summary reads: {"fri": "17:00-22:30", "mon": "17:00-22:30", "sat": "17:00-22:30", "sun": "17:00-22:30", "thu": "17:00-22:30", "tue": "17:00-22:30", "wed": "17:00-22:30"}. 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 Japanese listings from Forkin's own directory — cuisine first, never geography alone.
- Same tier — Shin Katsu · FORKIN WORTH IT · Tanjong Pagar · Tanjong Pagar MRT
- A different call — Café Idaki · WORTH A LOOK · Holland Village
- Also on record — Gyukatsu Kyoto Katsugyu (One Holland Village) · WORTH A LOOK · Holland Village · Holland Village MRT
Inside Waku Ghin by Tetsuya Wakuda
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Official Instagram
Official posts by @wakughin on Instagram ↗. Forkin' Worth It does not host or reuse these images — displayed as links to Instagram's public posts only.
Common questions
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At a glance
Marina BayThe Shoppes, #02-03, Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018956
Bayfront MRT
Daily17:00-22:30
$ $$$$
Last verified 18 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.
Official pages only — no independent coverage on record. 3 sources in total.
Why Waku Ghin by Tetsuya Wakuda scores 9.2
FORKIN WORTH IT · band 8.5–9.5 (base 8.8)
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 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
FORKIN WORTH IT
Confidence: mediumForkin desk assessment of attributable public coverage — not a personal dining review.
Two independent dated first-hand assessments of the Marina Bay Sands outlet: CNA Luxury (22 November 2023) and Forbes (16 July 2025). The previously counted Condé Nast Traveler entry carries no discoverable publication date and cannot satisfy the dated requirement.
Last assessed 11 August 2026 · 2 linked substantive sources
Linked evidence
CNA Luxury · 22 November 2023Conde Nast Traveler · contextForbes (forbes.com) · 16 July 2025Caveat: Condé Nast Traveler entry excluded: no publication date is discoverable on the page, so its currency cannot be established. An ieatishootipost post covers the pre-2019 teppanyaki lunch format with a later undated "update"; treated as neither current nor clearly re-reviewed, and not counted. Forbes page is partly paywalled; the first-hand visit, exact outlet and byline date were all verified from the visible portion. Legacy-evidence remediation batch 1, 2026-08-11. Score recalculated 9.3 to 9.2 on two countable sources instead of an undated pair. Batch 32: the Forbes source is contributor-network content, not Forbes staff editorial. The record previously did not disclose this. The score is unchanged because 'major' calibre is independently carried by CNA Luxury, but a future batch should not treat the Forbes row as major-title backing. FOR EDITORIAL DECISION: Waku Ghin holds two MICHELIN stars, yet no MICHELIN Guide inspector page appears in this record, while comparable venues in the same cohort (Sushi Sakuta, Shang Palace) do count theirs. Adding it would likely raise the score, so batch 32 deliberately did not add it — remediation before expansion. Flagged for Ernest rather than actioned.
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Full source log
This listing is backed by the following public sources:
Marina Bay Sands — Waku Ghin by Tetsuya WakudaMarina Bay Sands — Waku Ghin reservation pageMarina Bay Sands — directionsFacts, opening hours and social profiles can change. Confirm current details directly with the venue before visiting. Record last verified 18 August 2026.