The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Candlenut
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Rank 1. Candlenut
Peranakan
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Rank 2. 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.
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- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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Rank 3. Torno Subito
Regional Italian
Massimo Bottura's regional Italian restaurant sits in Dempsey Hill, which has quietly become the neighborhood that food people talk about. The room goes full retro Italian holiday, all bold colors and good energy, and the crowd dresses like they have somewhere else to be later. You can order à la carte or do the six-course tasting menu. The pizza is genuinely well made, and a proper espresso at the end is rarer than it should be in Singapore.
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- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 4. Pangium
Peranakan
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Rank 5. Summer Palace
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 6. Sushi Sato 鮨 佐とう
Sushi
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Rank 7. Min Jiang Dempsey
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 8. Claudine
French
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Rank 9. Iggy's
European Contemporary
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Rank 10. 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
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Rank 11. Omakase @ Stevens
Omakase Japanese
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Rank 12. Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine
Teochew Chinese
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Rank 13. Ginza Sushi Ichi Singapore
Edomae Sushi
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Rank 14. 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 15. New Lucky Claypot Rice
Chinese
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Rank 17. Lao Jie Fang
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 18. Heng Long BBQ Chicken Rice
Barbecue
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Rank 19. Hup Kee Teochew Fishball Noodles
Teochew Noodles
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Rank 20. 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
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Rank 21. Ru Ji Kitchen 如记小厨
Noodles
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Rank 22. Yan Ting
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 23. Thevar
Indian
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Rank 24. Meta
Modern Korean
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Rank 25. 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 26. Bahrakath Mutton Soup
Street Food
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Rank 27. Selamat Datang Warong Pak Sapari
Malaysian Noodles
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Rank 29. 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.
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- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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Rank 30. Jason Penang Cuisine
Penang Noodles
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Rank 31. Ar Er Soup
Street Food
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Rank 32. Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro
Sichuan Chinese
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Rank 33. 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 34. Shang Palace
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 35. 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 36. Fu Ming Cooked Food
Street Food
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Rank 38. Wok Hei Hor Fun
Noodles
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Rank 39. Hong Kong Yummy Soup 真之味
Street Food
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Rank 40. CUT by Wolfgang Puck
Steakhouse
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Rank 41. Cloudstreet
Innovative
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Rank 42. JAAN By Kirk Westaway
Contemporary British
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Rank 43. Ce Soir
Asian French
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Rank 45. Saint Pierre
Modern French
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Rank 46. JAG
Contemporary French
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Rank 47. Lerouy
Contemporary French
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Rank 48. Sushi Sakuta
Sushi
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Rank 49. Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant
Hong Kong Chinese
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Rank 50. Ichigo Ichie 一期一江
Japanese
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Rank 51. Jiang-Nan Chun
Chinese
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Rank 52. Willow
Contemporary Japanese
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Rank 53. Araya
Innovative
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Rank 54. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 55. San Xiang Bak Chor Mee 叁香肉脞面
Street Food
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Rank 56. Whitegrass Restaurant
Contemporary French
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Rank 57. Lei Garden Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 58. Hamamoto
Sushi
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Rank 59. Nouri
Innovative
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Rank 60. NAEUM Restaurant
Contemporary Korean
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Rank 63. Summer Pavilion
Chinese
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Rank 66. Shi Le Yuan Kway Chap
Noodles
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Rank 69. Zi Jing Cheng Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice 紫金城
Hainanese Chinese
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Rank 70. Marguerite
Contemporary New American
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Rank 71. Spago Singapore
California New American
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Rank 72. Chai Chuan Tou Yang Rou Tang
Street Food
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Rank 73. Zhang Ji Shanghai La Mian Xiao Long Bao
Shanghainese Chinese
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Rank 76. Keng Eng Kee Seafood
Hainanese Chinese
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Rank 77. KPT Coffeeshop
Street Food
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Rank 78. 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 81. Butcher's Block
Wood-fired Steakhouse
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Rank 82. INDOCAFÉ
Peranakan
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Rank 84. Ghim Moh Chwee Kueh
Street Food
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Rank 85. Shatōburian
Steakhouse
A sleek Wagyu steakhouse tucked inside Palais Renaissance, Shatōburian is the kind of place where the beef does all the talking and the room is quiet enough to let it. A5 Japanese Wagyu cooked on tableside grills, pairings chosen to flatter rather than compete, and a crowd that knows exactly what they came for. Think pressed shirts, hushed tones, and people who've done their research.
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Rank 87. Kwang Kee Teochew Fish Porridge
Street Food
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Rank 88. Da Shi Jia Big Prawn Mee
Singaporean Noodles
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Rank 89. Heng Carrot Cake & Oyster Omelette
Street Food
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Rank 91. Kwee Heng 贵兴
Street Food
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Rank 92. Alliance Seafood
Seafood
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Rank 93. Koh Brother Pig's Organ Soup
Street Food
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Rank 95. Tiong Bahru Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice
Hainanese Chinese
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Rank 96. Kotuwa
Sri Lankan
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Rank 97. Gordon Grill
French
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Rank 98. 786 Char Kway Teow
Noodles
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Rank 99. IRU DEN
Taiwanese contemporary
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