The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Cheerful Goat Cafe
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Rank 1. 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 2. 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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Rank 3. Whitegrass Restaurant
Contemporary French
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Rank 4. Lei Garden Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 5. JAAN By Kirk Westaway
Contemporary British
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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.
- 50 Best #97 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- 50 Best #40 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 7. Sushi Sakuta
Sushi
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Rank 8. Meta
Modern Korean
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Rank 9. Thevar
Indian
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Rank 10. Butcher's Block
Wood-fired Steakhouse
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Rank 11. Cheerful Goat Cafe
Coffee
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Rank 15. Summer Pavilion
Chinese
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Rank 16. Saint Pierre
Modern French
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Rank 17. Lerouy
Contemporary French
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Rank 18. Willow
Contemporary Japanese
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Rank 22. JAG
Contemporary French
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Rank 23. Bismillah Biryani
Indian
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Rank 24. Waku Ghin
Contemporary Japanese
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Rank 25. CUT by Wolfgang Puck
Steakhouse
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Rank 29. Lagnaa
Indian
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Rank 30. Gunther's
Contemporary French
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Rank 32. Garibaldi
Italian
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Rank 33. Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant
Cantonese
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Rank 35. 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 37. Yì By Jereme Leung
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 38. Apartment Coffee
Coffee
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Rank 39. Muthu's Curry
Indian
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Rank 40. Ishizawa
Sushi
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Rank 43. Cloudstreet
Sri Lankan Australian
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Rank 44. Marguerite
Contemporary New American
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Rank 46. Kurasu Singapore
Coffee
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Rank 47. Soon Huat
Noodles
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Rank 49. Sushi Masaaki
Sushi
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Rank 52. Rumifolks
Coffee
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Rank 53. 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 54. YongFu 甬府 新加坡
Ningbo
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Rank 55. 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 56. Un-Yang-Kor-Dai Singapore
Isan Thai
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Rank 59. Da Shi Jia Big Prawn Mee
Singaporean Noodles
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Rank 60. Mustard
Indian
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Rank 62. Fu He Delights 福和
Cantonese
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Rank 64. Loca Niru
Japanese
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Rank 65. NAEUM Restaurant
Contemporary Korean
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Rank 66. 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 70. Cherry Garden by Chef Fei
Cantonese
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Rank 71. Symmetry
Coffee
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Rank 75. Ginza Sushi Ichi Singapore
Edomae Sushi
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Rank 77. Brasserie Astoria
Swedish French
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Rank 78. Kitchenman Nasi Lemak
Malaysian
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Rank 79. Koka Wanton Noodle
Noodles
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Rank 80. San Yuan 汕源潮州粿条面
Noodles
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Rank 81. Iggy's
Contemporary French
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Rank 87. 旬水 | Shunsui
Japanese
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Rank 88. Rough Guys Coffee
Coffee
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Rank 89. Xiangyee Hunan Cuisine
Hunanese
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Rank 90. 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 91. Podi & Poriyal
Vegetarian Indian
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Rank 92. Hamamoto
Sushi
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Rank 94. Kwee Heng 贵兴
Chinese
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Rank 96. Alliance Seafood
Seafood
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Rank 99. 2050 Coffee
Coffee
Sustainability is the pitch at this specialty coffee shop on Beach Road, where the beans are sourced with intention and the pour-overs are treated as a project worth slowing down for. The space is modern and airy enough that laptops outnumber newspapers, which suits the mid-morning crowd just fine. Cold brew sits alongside the filter options for those who want their coffee commitment without the ceremony.
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