The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Vernacular Coffee
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Rank 1. Vernacular Coffee
Coffee
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Rank 3. To-Ricos Kway Chap
Noodles
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Rank 5. Nam Sing Hokkien Fried Mee
Hokkien Noodles
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Rank 8. Aunty Oats Pancake
Vegetarian
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Rank 11. Jalan Sultan Prawn Mee
Noodles
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Rank 12. Lor 9 Beef Kway Teow
Cantonese
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Rank 14. King of Laksa
Noodles
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Rank 17. Cheok Kee
Chinese
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Rank 18. 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 19. 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 20. 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 21. Waku Ghin
Contemporary Japanese
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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 23. Soon Huat
Noodles
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Rank 25. Sushi Sakuta
Sushi
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Rank 26. CUT by Wolfgang Puck
Steakhouse
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Rank 27. Kitchenman Nasi Lemak
Malaysian
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Rank 28. Meta
Modern Korean
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Rank 29. Thevar
Indian
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Rank 30. 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 31. JAAN By Kirk Westaway
Contemporary British
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Rank 32. Saint Pierre
Modern French
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Rank 34. 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 35. Summer Pavilion
Chinese
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Rank 36. 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 37. Iggy's
Contemporary French
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Rank 38. Marguerite
Contemporary New American
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Rank 39. Cloudstreet
Sri Lankan Australian
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Rank 41. Lei Garden Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 42. Whitegrass Restaurant
Contemporary French
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Rank 44. San Yuan 汕源潮州粿条面
Noodles
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Rank 45. Koka Wanton Noodle
Noodles
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Rank 47. Willow
Contemporary Japanese
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Rank 48. Lerouy
Contemporary French
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Rank 50. Zhup Zhup
Noodles
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Rank 52. NAEUM Restaurant
Contemporary Korean
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Rank 53. JAG
Contemporary French
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Rank 57. Hamamoto
Sushi
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Rank 58. Ginza Sushi Ichi Singapore
Edomae Sushi
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Rank 61. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 63. Omakase @ Stevens
Omakase Japanese
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Rank 64. Summer Palace
Cantonese
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Rank 65. Burnt Ends
Barbecue
A four-tonne, dual-cavity wood-fired oven dominates the open kitchen, and the menu shifts almost daily around whatever the fire suits best. This is a counter-dining barbecue restaurant in Dempsey Hill, where Dave Pynt's open-flame technique draws a direct line from his time at Asador Etxebarri. It holds a Michelin star and a spot on the World's 50 Best list. Counter seats face the grill, keeping the heat and the theatre close.
- World's 101 Best #9 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- 50 Best #93 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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Rank 67. Butcher's Block
Wood-fired Steakhouse
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Vintage Italian lithographs line the walls and the open kitchen counter pulls you in at this Joo Chiat pizzeria, where the dough work is methodical enough to be its own quiet argument. The Diavola has a crust with real structure, and the dessert list earned a 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific special award. Prices sit above the neighbourhood average, but the room is dressed for it and the staff knows the menu cold.
- 50 Top Pizza #31 · 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific
- 50 Top Pizza 2026 · Best Dessert List · 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific Special Awards
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Rank 69. 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 74. Bee Hoe Coffee
Coffee
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Rank 76. Torno Subito
Regional Italian
Massimo Bottura's regional Italian restaurant sits in the converted colonial bungalows of Dempsey Hill, and the dining room goes full Riviera fantasy, bright colors and all. The cooking is rooted in Romagna, with a la carte or a six-course tasting menu, and the pizza is taken seriously enough that the espresso after feels like a point of pride. Ranked sixth on 50 Top Italy's list of Italian restaurants worldwide, which is a long way from home.
- 50 Top Italy #6 · The Best Italian Restaurants In The World
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- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 78. Bismillah Biryani
Indian
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Rank 80. Candlenut
Peranakan Malaysian
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Rank 81. Muthu's Curry
Indian
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Rank 83. Lagnaa
Indian
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Rank 93. Boon Tong Kee
Chinese
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Rank 95. Podi & Poriyal
Vegetarian Indian
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Rank 96. Fu He Delights 福和
Cantonese
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Rank 97. Symmetry
Coffee
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Rank 98. KerYi Coffee
Coffee
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Rank 100. Un-Yang-Kor-Dai Singapore
Isan Thai