The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Nae:Um
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Rank 1. NAEUM Restaurant
Contemporary Korean
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Rank 2. Cloudstreet
Innovative
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Rank 3. 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 4. Nouri
Innovative
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Rank 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. Hamamoto
Sushi
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Rank 9. CUT by Wolfgang Puck
Steakhouse
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Rank 10. 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 12. Saint Pierre
Modern French
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Rank 13. Araya
Innovative
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Rank 14. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 15. J2 Famous Crispy Curry Puff
Street Food
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Rank 16. Han Kee Fish Soup
Street Food
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Rank 17. Willow
Contemporary Japanese
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Rank 18. Hoo Kee Bak Chang (和記）
Street Food
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Rank 19. A Noodle Story
Noodles
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Rank 20. Sushi Hare すし晴
Sushi
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Rank 21. Thevar
Indian
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Rank 22. Meta
Modern Korean
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Rank 23. Jungle
Modern Thai Cocktail Bar
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Rank 24. Solo Ristorante
Italian
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Rank 26. JAAN By Kirk Westaway
Contemporary British
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Rank 27. 54 Steakhouse
Steakhouse
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Rank 29. JAG
Contemporary French
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Rank 31. Cumi Bali
Indonesian
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Rank 33. Hayop
Filipino
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Rank 34. Whole Earth
Thai-Peranakan Vegetarian
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Rank 35. Lerouy
Contemporary French
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Rank 36. Luke's Oyster Bar & Chop House
Steakhouse
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Rank 37. The Blue Ginger
Peranakan
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Rank 38. QIN Restaurant & Bar
Asian Contemporary
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Rank 39. L'antica Pizzeria Da Michele
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 40. Les Ducs
French
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Rank 42. Sushi Sakuta
Sushi
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Rank 43. Heng Kee Curry Chicken Bee Hoon Mee
Street Food
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Rank 48. Lei Garden Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 49. Rojak · Popiah & Cockle
Street Food
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Rank 50. Whitegrass Restaurant
Contemporary French
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Rank 51. KOK Sen Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 52. Sushi Katori
Edomae Sushi
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Rank 53. Fiz
Malaysian
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Rank 54. Ingleside
European Contemporary
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Rank 55. Fat Prince
Middle Eastern
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Rank 56. Latido
Colombian
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Rank 57. Sospiri
Southern Italian
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Rank 58. Ushidoki Wagyu Kaiseki
Japanese
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Rank 59. Summer Pavilion
Chinese
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Rank 60. Revolver
Barbecue
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Rank 61. Un-Yang-Kor-Dai Singapore
Isan Thai
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Rank 62. Marguerite
Contemporary New American
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Rank 63. Ki Su Shoujin Omakase
Japanese-French Vegetarian
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Rank 64. Fleur De Sel Le
Modern French
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Rank 65. Dill
Scandinavian
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Rank 67. Ann Chin Popiah
Street Food
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Rank 70. Fatty Ox HK Kitchen
Noodles
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Rank 72. Buko Nero
Italian
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Rank 73. Xiu Ji Ikan Bilis Yong Tau Fu
Street Food
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Rank 74. 168 CMY Satay
Street Food
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Rank 75. Ah Heng Duck Rice
Street Food
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Rank 76. Mott 32 Singapore
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 77. Hokkien Street Bak Kut Teh
Street Food
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Rank 78. Ammākase
Indian
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Rank 79. Esquina
Spanish
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Rank 80. 鮨然SUSHI ZEN
Sushi
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Rank 81. Majestic
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 82. Butcher's Block
Wood-fired Steakhouse
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Rank 83. Olivia
Catalan Spanish
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Rank 84. FOC Restaurant
Catalonian Spanish
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Rank 85. VUE
Contemporary New American
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Rank 86. Bistro Gaston
French
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Rank 87. NÓMADA
Spanish Contemporary
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Rank 88. Bar-Roque Grill
Alsatian French
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Rank 89. Dong Dong Hainanese Chicken Rice
Hainanese Chinese
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Rank 90. Yong Xiang Xing Dou Fu
Chinese
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Rank 92. 旬水 | Shunsui
Japanese
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Rank 93. Lek Kee Authentic Teochew Braised Duck
Teochew Chinese
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Rank 94. Brasserie Astoria
Swedish French
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Rank 95. 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 96. True Blue Cuisine
Peranakan
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Rank 97. Rempapa
South East Asian
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Rank 98. National Kitchen by Violet Oon
Singaporean
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Rank 99. Jin Ting Wan
Chinese
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Rank 100. Kotuwa
Sri Lankan