The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Native
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Rank 1. Cloudstreet
Innovative
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Rank 2. NAEUM Restaurant
Contemporary Korean
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Rank 3. Nouri
Innovative
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Rank 4. 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 5. 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 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. Hamamoto
Sushi
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Rank 8. 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 9. Han Kee Fish Soup
Street Food
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Rank 10. J2 Famous Crispy Curry Puff
Street Food
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Rank 11. Araya
Innovative
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Rank 12. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 13. CUT by Wolfgang Puck
Steakhouse
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Rank 14. 54 Steakhouse
Steakhouse
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Rank 15. 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 17. Saint Pierre
Modern French
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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. Willow
Contemporary Japanese
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Rank 21. Thevar
Indian
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Rank 22. Solo Ristorante
Italian
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Rank 23. Meta
Modern Korean
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Rank 24. Jungle
Modern Thai Cocktail Bar
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Rank 27. Cumi Bali
Indonesian
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Rank 28. JAG
Contemporary French
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Rank 29. JAAN By Kirk Westaway
Contemporary British
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Rank 30. Whole Earth
Thai-Peranakan Vegetarian
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Rank 32. Sushi Hare すし晴
Sushi
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Rank 33. The Blue Ginger
Peranakan
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Rank 34. Hayop
Filipino
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Rank 35. Lerouy
Contemporary French
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Rank 38. Les Ducs
French
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Rank 40. Luke's Oyster Bar & Chop House
Steakhouse
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Rank 41. Rojak · Popiah & Cockle
Street Food
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Rank 42. L'antica Pizzeria Da Michele
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 43. Heng Kee Curry Chicken Bee Hoon Mee
Street Food
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Rank 46. KOK Sen Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 48. Sushi Katori
Edomae Sushi
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Rank 49. Fiz
Malaysian
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Rank 50. QIN Restaurant & Bar
Asian Contemporary
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Rank 51. Ingleside
European Contemporary
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Rank 52. Fat Prince
Middle Eastern
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Rank 53. Latido
Colombian
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Rank 54. Ushidoki Wagyu Kaiseki
Japanese
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Rank 55. Revolver
Barbecue
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Rank 56. Lei Garden Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 57. Whitegrass Restaurant
Contemporary French
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Rank 58. Sushi Sakuta
Sushi
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Rank 59. Ki Su Shoujin Omakase
Japanese-French Vegetarian
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Rank 60. Fleur De Sel Le
Modern French
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Rank 61. Dill
Scandinavian
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Rank 62. Ann Chin Popiah
Street Food
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Rank 65. Buko Nero
Italian
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Rank 66. Fatty Ox HK Kitchen
Noodles
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Rank 67. Un-Yang-Kor-Dai Singapore
Isan Thai
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Rank 68. 168 CMY Satay
Street Food
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Rank 69. Xiu Ji Ikan Bilis Yong Tau Fu
Street Food
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Rank 70. Summer Pavilion
Chinese
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Rank 71. Sospiri
Southern Italian
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Rank 73. Marguerite
Contemporary New American
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Rank 74. Esquina
Spanish
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Rank 75. 鮨然SUSHI ZEN
Sushi
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Rank 77. Ah Heng Duck Rice
Street Food
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Rank 78. FOC Restaurant
Catalonian Spanish
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Rank 79. Olivia
Catalan Spanish
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Rank 80. Hokkien Street Bak Kut Teh
Street Food
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Rank 81. NÓMADA
Spanish Contemporary
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Rank 82. Bistro Gaston
French
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Rank 83. Mott 32 Singapore
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 84. Bar-Roque Grill
Alsatian French
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Rank 85. Ammākase
Indian
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Rank 86. Majestic
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 87. Butcher's Block
Wood-fired Steakhouse
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Rank 88. Yong Xiang Xing Dou Fu
Chinese
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Rank 89. Dong Dong Hainanese Chicken Rice
Hainanese Chinese
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Rank 91. VUE
Contemporary New American
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Rank 92. Lek Kee Authentic Teochew Braised Duck
Teochew Chinese
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Rank 93. 旬水 | Shunsui
Japanese
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Rank 94. Brasserie Astoria
Swedish French
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Rank 95. True Blue Cuisine
Peranakan
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Rank 96. 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 97. Koh Brother Pig's Organ Soup
Street Food
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Rank 99. Tiong Bahru Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice
Hainanese Chinese
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Rank 100. Rempapa
South East Asian