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Chang Korean Charcoal BBQ

Dempsey Hill · Korean

Chang Korean Charcoal BBQ is a Korean BBQ and grill restaurant on Loewen Road. Its official site states that it provides private dining and corporate-event spaces.

Public coverage: Chang Korean Charcoal BBQ sits in the Loewen enclave at Dempsey Hill, grilling premium cuts including wagyu and kurobuta over charcoal.

Sushi Sakuta

Marina Bay · Japanese · $$$$

Sushi Sakuta is an omakase restaurant at Millenia Walk. Its official site identifies Chef Yoshio Sakuta and describes the restaurant as serving omakase.

Public coverage: The MICHELIN Guide's restaurant page for Sushi Sakuta assesses the counter at its current Millenia Walk premises and displays two stars, and an independent November 2025 review of the same premises is likewise favourable.

Carnivore Brazilian Churrascaria

Robertson Quay · Brazilian · Buffet

Brazilian churrascaria buffet Carnivore, trading in Singapore since first opening at VivoCity in 2005 (with past outlets also at CHIJMES, Grandstand Bukit Timah and Dempsey Hill before settling at Robertson…

Tarte by Cheryl Koh

Orchard · Pastry · Dessert

Patisserie Tarte by Cheryl Koh, owned by Les Amis Group, permanently closed both its Shaw Centre (opened 2015) and Raffles City (opened 2020) outlets on 26 April 2026 after 11…

Working Title

Rochor · Burgers · American

Burger bar Working Title permanently closed on 30 April 2026, ending a 13-year run, after previously operating on North Bridge Road and Haji Lane before relocating to LASALLE College of…

Guccio Ristorante

Telok Ayer · Italian

Guccio Ristorante is an Italian restaurant by Chef Marco at 20 Gemmill Lane in Chinatown. Its official site describes Italian cooking using classic methods and says its pasta is handmade.

Public coverage: Two reviews from Robb Report and City Nomads both praise Guccio Ristorante's regional Italian cooking and Chef Marco Guccio's Calabrian heritage.

Hamamoto

Tanjong Pagar · Japanese · $$$$

Hamamoto is Chef Kazuhiro Hamamoto's 12-seat sushi-kappo restaurant at 58 Tras Street in Tanjong Pagar. Its official site says its cuisine combines sushi and kaiseki, with seasonal produce and dishes.

Public coverage: Hamamoto is a twelve-seat sushi-kappo counter on Tras Street where Kyoto-trained chef Kazuhiro Hamamoto gives sushi and kaiseki equal weight.

Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant

City Hall · Chinese · Cantonese · $$$

Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant is a Cantonese restaurant on Level 2 of Carlton Hotel Singapore on Bras Basah Road.

Public coverage: Wah Lok at the Carlton Hotel has served Cantonese food and dim sum since the hotel opened in 1988 and is a long-standing City Hall fixture.

Summer Pavilion

Marina Bay · Chinese · Cantonese · $$$$

Summer Pavilion is a Cantonese restaurant on Level 3 of The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore on Raffles Avenue.

Public coverage: Summer Pavilion is the Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore, best known for its dim sum and its service.

Shoukouwa

Raffles Place · Japanese · Sushi · $$$$

Shoukouwa is a Japanese restaurant at One Fullerton on Fullerton Road.

Public coverage: A decade after opening, Shoukouwa continues to draw consistently positive, independent assessments from Singapore's mainstream food press, which praise the consistency of its seasonal ingredients and Edomae craftsmanship even as some note that its softer sushi rice style may not suit every palate.

Waku Ghin by Tetsuya Wakuda

Marina Bay · Japanese · $$$$

Waku Ghin by Tetsuya Wakuda is a Japanese restaurant at The Shoppes, Marina Bay Sands.

Public coverage: 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.

Basilico

Orchard · Italian · $$$

Basilico is the Italian all-day dining restaurant at Conrad Singapore Orchard on Cuscaden Road. The hotel describes buffet service with a cheese room, pizzas, pasta and a carpaccio bar.

Public coverage: Basilico draws positive but primarily descriptive coverage as a long-standing Italian buffet destination at Conrad Singapore Orchard.

Buona Terra

Orchard · Italian · $128++ for 4- and 5-course lunch menus; $248++ for the 6-course dinner menu

Buona Terra is an Italian restaurant at 29 Scotts Road. Its official site states that it serves lunch and dinner set menus and takes reservations through TableCheck.

Public coverage: Four independent reviewers consistently praise Buona Terra's contemporary Northern Italian cuisine by Chef Denis Lucchi.

Ki-sho

Orchard · Japanese · Kaiseki · $$$$

Ki-sho is a kappo-style Japanese restaurant at 29 Scotts Road. Recent coverage identifies Chef Taro Takayama as its chef and describes the restaurant's kappo offering.

Public coverage: Since chef Taro Takayama took over Ki-sho's kitchen in September 2025, national broadsheet critics have praised his produce-led kappo cooking — a clear rausu kombu dashi, dry-aged sashimi, Tottori wagyu, and a signature sanma donabe.

Bacha Coffee (Orchard)

Orchard · Cafes & Coffee · Coffee

Bacha Coffee is located at #01-15/16 in ION Orchard. ION Orchard's directory describes the brand as offering specialty coffees.

Public coverage: Bacha Coffee’s ION Orchard coffee room is the Singapore expression of the Dar el Bacha house from Marrakech: a mirrored, chandeliered thirty-seat room pouring more than two hundred single-origin arabicas from silver pots, with croissants alongside.

Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro

Orchard · Chinese · Sichuan · $$

Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro is a Level 35 restaurant at Hilton Singapore Orchard.

Public coverage: 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.

Shang Palace

Orchard · Chinese · Cantonese · $$$

Shang Palace is Shangri-La Singapore's Cantonese restaurant at the Tower Wing lobby level on Orange Grove Road. Its official reservation page describes Cantonese cuisine and offers lunch reservations.

Public coverage: Shang Palace holds a MICHELIN Guide restaurant page whose inspector assessment praises hard-to-find old Cantonese classics, crisp-skinned chicken and slow-boiled soups, and The Straits Times assessed it favourably in January 2026.

Bearded Bella

Tanjong Pagar · Cafe · Brunch · Coffee

Melbourne-inspired brunch and specialty coffee cafe that traded at 8 Craig Road in Tanjong Pagar for eight years. It permanently closed on 18 March 2026, its final day of trading.

Tomahawk King

Changi Road · Steakhouse · $$$$

Tomahawk King, the halal-certified steakhouse at 324 Changi Road, closed permanently after its final service on 20 September 2026, after eight years of trading.

DRIM Korean Steak House

Orchard · Korean · Korean Barbecue · Steakhouse

DRIM Korean Steak House is a Korean charcoal-barbecue restaurant in Mandarin Gallery on Orchard Road.

Public coverage: DRIM Korean Steak House is a hanok-styled Korean barbecue and steak restaurant on the upper floors of Mandarin Gallery on Orchard Road.

Wolfgang's Steakhouse

Robertson Quay · American · Steakhouse · $$$$

Wolfgang's Steakhouse is a New York-style steakhouse at InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay.

Public coverage: Wolfgang’s Steakhouse is the Singapore branch of Wolfgang Zwiener’s New York dry-aged-beef chain, on the second floor of InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay.

Wooloomooloo Steakhouse

City Hall · Australian · Steakhouse · $$$$

Wooloomooloo Steakhouse is an Australian-inspired steakhouse on Level 3 of Swissotel The Stamford.

Cote Korean Steakhouse

Orchard · Korean · American Steakhouse

Cote Korean Steakhouse is COTE’s Singapore restaurant on Level 3 of COMO Orchard.

Public coverage: COTE Singapore is the first overseas outpost of the Michelin-starred New York Korean steakhouse, in partnership with COMO Group at COMO Orchard.

Morton's, The Steakhouse

Marina Bay · American · Steakhouse · $$$

Morton's, The Steakhouse is an American steakhouse on the third storey of Mandarin Oriental Singapore at Marina Bay.