The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Burnt Ends
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Rank 1. Burnt Ends
Barbecue
A four-tonne, dual-cavity wood-fired oven dominates the open kitchen, and the menu shifts almost daily around whatever the fire suits best. This is a counter-dining barbecue restaurant in Dempsey Hill, where Dave Pynt's open-flame technique draws a direct line from his time at Asador Etxebarri. It holds a Michelin star and a spot on the World's 50 Best list. Counter seats face the grill, keeping the heat and the theatre close.
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- 50 Best #93 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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Rank 2. Candlenut
Peranakan Malaysian
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Rank 3. Torno Subito
Regional Italian
Massimo Bottura's regional Italian restaurant sits in the converted colonial bungalows of Dempsey Hill, and the dining room goes full Riviera fantasy, bright colors and all. The cooking is rooted in Romagna, with a la carte or a six-course tasting menu, and the pizza is taken seriously enough that the espresso after feels like a point of pride. Ranked sixth on 50 Top Italy's list of Italian restaurants worldwide, which is a long way from home.
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- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 4. Sushi Sato 鮨 佐とう
Sushi
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Rank 5. Min Jiang Dempsey
Cantonese
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Rank 7. Summer Palace
Cantonese
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Rank 8. Claudine
French
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Rank 9. Iggy's
Contemporary French
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Rank 10. Les Amis
French
White-gloved service and a dedicated cheese cart signal exactly what kind of evening you're in for at this French fine dining institution tucked into Shaw Centre. Chef Sébastien Lepinoy, who spent nearly two decades with Joël Robuchon before landing here, runs a kitchen that holds three Michelin stars, a Forbes Five Star, and a spot on Asia's 50 Best list. The room is formal but never stiff, the kind of place where the truffle server knows more about truffles than you ever will.
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Five Star
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- 50 Best #38 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 11. New Lucky Claypot Rice
Chinese
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Rank 13. Ru Ji Kitchen 如记小厨
Noodles
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Rank 14. Heng Long BBQ Chicken Rice
Barbecue
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Rank 15. Hup Kee Teochew Fishball Noodles
Teochew Noodles
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Rank 16. Lao Jie Fang
Cantonese
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Rank 17. Omakase @ Stevens
Omakase Japanese
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Rank 19. Odette
Modern French
A paper installation by artist Dawn Ng hangs from the ceiling of this three-Michelin-star modern French restaurant inside the National Gallery, which means dinner arrives with a side of actual museum energy. Chef Julien Royer grew up on a farm and cooks like it still matters, sourcing from small producers across Asia and Europe. The menu sits on a French spine with Asian inflections folded quietly through it. It holds a spot on The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- 50 Best #25 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- 50 Best #19 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 20. Buona Terra
Contemporary Italian
A colonial house on Scotts Road holds one of Singapore's sharper arguments for contemporary Italian cooking, and it holds a Michelin star and a spot on the 50 Top Italy world list to back that up. The dining room reads elegant without trying too hard, and the menu leans on seafood dishes where restraint is the whole point. Dry pasta shows up in several forms, which in this context feels almost defiant.
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Rank 21. Ginza Sushi Ichi Singapore
Edomae Sushi
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Rank 22. Jason Penang Cuisine
Penang Noodles
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Rank 24. Thevar
Indian
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Rank 25. Meta
Modern Korean
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Rank 26. Zén
Neo-Nordic New American
Björn Frantzén's Singapore shophouse holds three Michelin stars and a tasting menu that moves you floor by floor, aperitif and amuse-bouche downstairs, the full neo-Nordic progression upstairs. The kitchen leans on seafood and Japanese ideas without quite belonging to either, and the non-alcoholic pairings are eccentric in a way that somehow makes you trust them more. Worth knowing the restaurant is temporarily closed before you plan around it.
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Rank 28. Ce Soir
Asian French
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Rank 30. Born
Modern Chinese
A former rickshaw depot at a Chinatown crossroads, the triangular building alone stops traffic before you step inside. Born is a fine dining restaurant where glass ceilings and a suspended paper sculpture set the tone for chef Zor Tan's multi-course menu: Modern Chinese cooking shaped by French technique, with each course tied to a principle like Memory or Legacy. It holds a Michelin star and a spot on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants.
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Rank 31. Yan Ting
Cantonese
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Rank 35. Selamat Datang Warong Pak Sapari
Malaysian Noodles
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Rank 36. Wok Hei Hor Fun
Noodles
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Rank 37. Seroja
Malaysian
The name comes from the Malay word for lotus flower and the street where the chef grew up, which sets the tone for what follows. Seroja is a 24-seat fine dining restaurant built around a multi-course menu of Malay Archipelago cooking, with counter seats that put the kitchen on full display. Mangrove wood-charred scallops with laksa leaf sauce are the signature. It holds a Michelin star and sits on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list.
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A cereal box arrives at the table and turns out to be dessert, which tells you most of what you need to know about Labyrinth. This Michelin-starred fine dining room takes hawker-stall nostalgia, bak kut teh and all, and rebuilds it into a theatrical set menu where the props are part of the point. The room runs dark and spare, warmed by wood and Singaporean art. It holds a spot on both Asia's and the World's 50 Best lists.
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- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- 50 Best #40 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 40. Waku Ghin
Contemporary Japanese
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Rank 41. CUT by Wolfgang Puck
Steakhouse
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Rank 42. Cloudstreet
Sri Lankan Australian
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Rank 43. San Xiang Bak Chor Mee 叁香肉脞面
Taiwanese
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Rank 44. JAAN By Kirk Westaway
Contemporary British
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Rank 46. Saint Pierre
Modern French
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Rank 47. JAG
Contemporary French
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Rank 48. Lerouy
Contemporary French
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Rank 49. Sushi Sakuta
Sushi
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Rank 51. Shang Palace
Cantonese
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Rank 54. Willow
Contemporary Japanese
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Rank 55. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 57. Whitegrass Restaurant
Contemporary French
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Rank 58. Hamamoto
Sushi
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Rank 59. Lei Garden Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 61. NAEUM Restaurant
Contemporary Korean
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Rank 62. Zhang Ji Shanghai La Mian Xiao Long Bao
Shanghainese
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Rank 63. Keng Eng Kee Seafood
Hainanese
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Rank 64. Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant
Hong Kong
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Rank 65. Summer Pavilion
Chinese
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Rank 66. Shi Le Yuan Kway Chap
Noodles
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Rank 70. Ichigo Ichie 一期一江
Japanese
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Rank 73. Jiang-Nan Chun
Chinese
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Rank 75. Spago Singapore
California New American
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Rank 76. Marguerite
Contemporary New American
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Rank 82. Nae:Um
Contemporary Korean
Each seasonal tasting menu at this fine dining restaurant arrives framed as an "episode," with past chapters organized around Jeju Island, a sunset walk along the Han River, and a backyard barbecue. Chef Louis Han reinterprets Korean nostalgic cooking through Western technique, so cold buckwheat noodles become haute cuisine and a buttery sauce quietly channels a spicy fish stew. It landed on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list, and the intimate shophouse room, all cream and warm light, keeps the focus on the plates.
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Rank 85. Butcher's Block
Wood-fired Steakhouse
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Rank 89. Da Shi Jia Big Prawn Mee
Singaporean Noodles
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Rank 96. Kwee Heng 贵兴
Chinese
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Rank 97. Alliance Seafood
Seafood
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Rank 99. 786 Char Kway Teow
Noodles
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