The Top 100 Places to Eat Near JAAN By Kirk Westaway
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Rank 1. JAAN By Kirk Westaway
Contemporary British
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Rank 2. 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 3. 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 4. Lei Garden Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 5. Whitegrass Restaurant
Contemporary French
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Rank 6. Sushi Sakuta
Sushi
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Rank 7. Butcher's Block
Wood-fired Steakhouse
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Rank 8. 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 10. Saint Pierre
Modern French
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Rank 11. Meta
Modern Korean
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Rank 12. Thevar
Indian
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Rank 13. CUT by Wolfgang Puck
Steakhouse
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Rank 14. Summer Pavilion
Chinese
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Rank 15. Willow
Contemporary Japanese
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Rank 17. Lerouy
Contemporary French
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Rank 18. Cloudstreet
Innovative
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Rank 19. JAG
Contemporary French
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Rank 21. 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 22. True Blue Cuisine
Peranakan
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Rank 23. Marguerite
Contemporary New American
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Rank 24. Nouri
Innovative
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Rank 25. NAEUM Restaurant
Contemporary Korean
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Rank 26. Ishizawa
Sushi
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Rank 28. Yì By Jereme Leung
Chinese Contemporary
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Rank 29. Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 30. 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 31. Sushi Masaaki
Sushi
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Rank 32. Gunther's
Contemporary French
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Rank 33. Garibaldi
Italian
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Rank 34. 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 36. National Kitchen by Violet Oon
Singaporean
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Rank 37. Rempapa
South East Asian
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Rank 38. Un-Yang-Kor-Dai Singapore
Isan Thai
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Rank 39. Hamamoto
Sushi
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Rank 40. YongFu 甬府 新加坡
Ningbo Chinese
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Rank 41. The Coconut Club Beach Road
Malaysian
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Rank 45. Heng Kee Curry Chicken Bee Hoon Mee
Street Food
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Rank 46. Araya
Innovative
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Rank 47. Bismillah Biryani
Indian
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Rank 48. Brasserie Astoria
Swedish French
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Rank 49. Cherry Garden by Chef Fei
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 50. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 51. Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro
Sichuan Chinese
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Rank 52. Mott 32 Singapore
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 53. Lagnaa
Indian
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Rank 54. Delhi Lahori
Street Food
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Rank 55. 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 56. Singapore Famous Rojak
Street Food
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Rank 57. Pondok Makan Indonesia
Street Food
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Rank 58. 旬水 | Shunsui
Japanese
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Rank 59. Jungle
Modern Thai Cocktail Bar
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Rank 61. Kotuwa
Sri Lankan
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Rank 62. Ammākase
Indian
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Rank 64. Belimbing
Innovative
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Rank 66. VUE
Contemporary New American
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Rank 67. Da Shi Jia Big Prawn Mee
Singaporean Noodles
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Rank 68. J2 Famous Crispy Curry Puff
Street Food
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Rank 69. Han Kee Fish Soup
Street Food
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Rank 70. Hokkien Street Bak Kut Teh
Street Food
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Rank 71. Ah Heng Duck Rice
Street Food
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Rank 72. Maison Boulud
French
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Rank 73. Loca Niru
Japanese
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Rank 75. Hong Wen Mutton Soup (Beauty World)
Street Food
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Rank 76. QIN Restaurant & Bar
Asian Contemporary
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Rank 77. Hoo Kee Bak Chang (和記）
Street Food
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Rank 78. A Noodle Story
Noodles
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Rank 79. Jin Ting Wan
Chinese
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Rank 80. Heng Gi Goose and Duck Rice
Street Food
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Rank 81. L'antica Pizzeria Da Michele
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 82. Luke's Oyster Bar & Chop House
Steakhouse
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Rank 85. Soon Huat
Noodles
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Rank 86. Hayop
Filipino
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Rank 87. Muthu's Curry
Indian
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Rank 88. Lek Kee Authentic Teochew Braised Duck
Teochew Chinese
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Rank 90. Yong Xiang Xing Dou Fu
Chinese
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Rank 91. Dong Dong Hainanese Chicken Rice
Hainanese Chinese
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Rank 92. Sospiri
Southern Italian
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Rank 94. Sushi Hare すし晴
Sushi
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Rank 95. Les Ducs
French
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Rank 96. Solo Ristorante
Italian
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Rank 97. 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 98. Somma Restaurant
Puglian Italian
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Rank 100. San Shu Gong Private Dining 三叔公私房菜
Teochew Chinese