The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Butcher's Block
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Rank 1. Butcher's Block
Wood-fired Steakhouse
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Rank 2. JAAN By Kirk Westaway
Contemporary British
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Rank 3. Lei Garden Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 4. Odette
Modern French
Odette sits inside the National Gallery and honestly feels like part of the collection, with a ceiling installation that earns its own second glance. It's a fine dining room where the chef's modern French cooking quietly pulls in Asian ingredients without making a big deal of it. The room draws the kind of crowd that planned this dinner weeks ago and dressed accordingly. It holds a spot on Asia's 50 Best list, and the food makes that feel earned rather than inherited.
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- 50 Best 2025 · #25 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- 50 Best 2026 · Asia's Best Sommelier Award 2026, sponsored by VIK · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants · Lesley Liu
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Rank 5. Whitegrass Restaurant
Contemporary French
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Rank 6. Labyrinth
Innovative
If you want to understand what Singaporean food can become in the right hands, this is the place. Labyrinth is a set-menu fine dining spot that takes the hawker classics you grew up eating and rebuilds them into something quietly mind-bending, with interactive presentation that's theatrical without being annoying. It's earned a spot on Asia's 50 Best, and the room draws food-serious regulars who know not to expect the same meal twice.
- 50 Best 2025 · #97 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- 50 Best 2026 · #40 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 7. Seroja
Malaysian
Fine dining rooted in the Malay Archipelago, Seroja is a tiny 24-seater that landed on Asia's 50 Best almost immediately after opening, which tells you everything you need to know. The chef cooks the cuisine of his own culture with serious technique, and the tasting menu feels personal rather than performative. Counter seats put you right up against the kitchen action, which is where you want to be. The crowd dresses up a little and pays attention to what's on the plate.
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Rank 8. Sushi Sakuta
Sushi
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Rank 9. Meta
Modern Korean
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Rank 11. Saint Pierre
Modern French
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Rank 12. Thevar
Indian
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Rank 13. Yì By Jereme Leung
Chinese Contemporary
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Rank 14. Summer Pavilion
Chinese
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Rank 15. Ishizawa
Sushi
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Rank 17. CUT by Wolfgang Puck
Steakhouse
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Rank 18. Willow
Contemporary Japanese
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Rank 20. Lerouy
Contemporary French
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Rank 22. JAG
Contemporary French
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Rank 23. Cloudstreet
Innovative
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Rank 24. Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 25. Gunther's
Contemporary French
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Rank 26. Marguerite
Contemporary New American
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Rank 27. Garibaldi
Italian
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Rank 28. True Blue Cuisine
Peranakan
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Rank 29. Sushi Masaaki
Sushi
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Rank 30. Born
Modern Chinese
Born is a fine-dining destination doing something genuinely interesting: a multi-course tasting menu that maps Chinese and Asian flavours onto classical French technique, built around a loose philosophy of life's journey. The building helps, an old colonial-era rickshaw depot in Chinatown with soaring glass ceilings and a suspended paper sculpture that makes the room feel like a gallery. It's on Asia's 50 Best list, so dress up and bring someone you want to impress.
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Rank 31. Nouri
Innovative
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Rank 32. NAEUM Restaurant
Contemporary Korean
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Rank 33. YongFu 甬府 新加坡
Ningbo Chinese
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Rank 34. The Coconut Club Beach Road
Malaysian
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Rank 36. Bismillah Biryani
Indian
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Rank 37. Un-Yang-Kor-Dai Singapore
Isan Thai
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Rank 38. Zén
European Contemporary
Björn Frantzén's three-Michelin-star tasting menu restaurant occupies a beautifully restored shophouse, and it earns every star. You start with drinks and snacks downstairs, then head up for eight neo-Nordic courses that quietly absorb Japanese technique along the way. The crowd is dressed up, unhurried, and the kind of people who booked weeks out. The non-alcoholic pairing sounds like a dare but somehow lands every time.
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Rank 39. Lagnaa
Indian
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Rank 40. Nae:Um
Contemporary Korean
Fine dining that earns its quiet confidence, Nae:um serves a seasonal tasting menu that reframes Korean nostalgia through a contemporary lens. The intimate shopfront room draws couples and serious food people who sit very still so they don't miss anything. Each course is built around a narrative theme, Korean culture translated into something you eat rather than read about. It's on Asia's 50 Best list, and you'll understand why by the third course.
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Rank 41. Delhi Lahori
Street Food
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Rank 42. Singapore Famous Rojak
Street Food
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Rank 43. Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro
Sichuan Chinese
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Rank 45. Pondok Makan Indonesia
Street Food
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Rank 46. National Kitchen by Violet Oon
Singaporean
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Rank 47. Rempapa
South East Asian
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Rank 51. Heng Kee Curry Chicken Bee Hoon Mee
Street Food
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Rank 52. Cherry Garden by Chef Fei
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 53. Les Amis
French
Fine dining French in Singapore that's been around forever and still earns its place on Asia's 50 Best list. The kitchen has deep Joël Robuchon roots, and it shows in the kind of classical technique that never feels dusty. White-gloved service, serious cheese and truffle trolleys, and a room full of people who dressed for the occasion. It's a special-occasion place in the best sense, not stuffy, just genuinely polished.
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Five Star
- 50 Best 2026 · #38 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 54. Brasserie Astoria
Swedish French
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Rank 55. Belimbing
Innovative
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Rank 56. Hamamoto
Sushi
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Rank 57. Soon Huat
Noodles
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Rank 58. Mott 32 Singapore
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 59. Muthu's Curry
Indian
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Rank 60. Hong Wen Mutton Soup (Beauty World)
Street Food
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Rank 61. Araya
Innovative
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Rank 62. 旬水 | Shunsui
Japanese
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Rank 63. Heng Gi Goose and Duck Rice
Street Food
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Rank 64. Da Shi Jia Big Prawn Mee
Singaporean Noodles
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Rank 65. Kotuwa
Sri Lankan
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Rank 68. Loca Niru
Japanese
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Rank 69. Ammākase
Indian
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Rank 70. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 71. Maison Boulud
French
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Rank 72. VUE
Contemporary New American
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Rank 74. Fu He Delights 福和
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 75. Da Po Hainanese Chicken Rice & Curry Chicken Noodle 大坡
Hainanese Chinese
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Rank 77. Hokkien Street Bak Kut Teh
Street Food
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Rank 78. Jungle
Modern Thai Cocktail Bar
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Rank 79. Ah Heng Duck Rice
Street Food
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Rank 81. Mustard
Indian
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Rank 83. Buona Terra
Contemporary Italian
Contemporary Italian fine dining tucked inside a colonial house on Scotts Road, and it earned a spot on 50 Top Italy's global list, which is a pretty good endorsement when you're not even in Italy. The room feels polished without trying too hard, and the seafood dishes are quietly confident in that way only good Italian cooking manages. Dress like you mean it, expect a leisurely evening, and trust whoever's recommending the wine.
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Rank 84. Jin Ting Wan
Chinese
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Rank 85. QIN Restaurant & Bar
Asian Contemporary
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Rank 86. Koka Wanton Noodle
Noodles
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Rank 87. San Yuan 汕源潮州粿条面
Noodles
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Rank 88. J2 Famous Crispy Curry Puff
Street Food
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Rank 89. Han Kee Fish Soup
Street Food
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Rank 91. Iggy's
European Contemporary
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Rank 92. L'antica Pizzeria Da Michele
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 93. Luke's Oyster Bar & Chop House
Steakhouse
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Rank 94. PUTIEN Kitchener Road
Fujian Chinese
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Rank 95. Hayop
Filipino
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Rank 96. Lek Kee Authentic Teochew Braised Duck
Teochew Chinese
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Rank 97. Ginza Sushi Ichi Singapore
Edomae Sushi
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Rank 99. Hoo Kee Bak Chang (和記）
Street Food
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Rank 100. Burnt Ends
Barbecue
A wood-fired barbecue spot on the World's 50 Best list, and it earns it. The whole room is built around a four-tonne wood-burning oven, and counter seats face the open kitchen so you can watch the fire do its thing up close. The menu shifts constantly, which keeps the regulars coming back and the tourists slightly confused. Wear something you don't mind smelling like smoke on the way home, because that's a compliment here.
- World's 101 Best #9 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- 50 Best 2025 · #93 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star