Tuesday, September 1, 2026

The Top 100 Restaurants Near Smoke and Mirrors

  1. 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.


  2. Rank 2. JAAN By Kirk Westaway

    Contemporary British


  3. 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.


  4. Rank 4. Saint Pierre

    Modern French



  5. Rank 6. Whitegrass Restaurant

    Contemporary French


  6. Rank 7. Waku Ghin

    Contemporary Japanese


  7. Rank 8. Meta

    Modern Korean



  8. Rank 10. Willow

    Contemporary Japanese


  9. Rank 11. 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.



  10. Rank 13. Cloudstreet

    Sri Lankan Australian


  11. Rank 14. 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.



  12. Rank 16. Lerouy

    Contemporary French



  13. Rank 18. NAEUM Restaurant

    Contemporary Korean


  14. Rank 19. JAG

    Contemporary French


  15. Rank 20. 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.




  16. Rank 23. Marguerite

    Contemporary New American




  17. Rank 26. 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.




  18. Rank 29. Brasserie Astoria

    Swedish French










  19. Rank 38. Jungle

    Modern Thai Cocktail Bar



  20. Rank 40. Mott 32 Singapore

    Contemporary Chinese


  21. Rank 41. Yì By Jereme Leung

    Contemporary Chinese














  22. Rank 54. Gunther's

    Contemporary French




  23. Rank 57. VUE

    Contemporary New American


  24. 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.








  25. Rank 65. Hayop

    Filipino




  26. Rank 68. Sospiri

    Southern Italian



  27. Rank 70. Da Shi Jia Big Prawn Mee

    Singaporean Noodles







  28. Rank 76. Whole Earth

    Thai-Peranakan Vegetarian

















  29. Rank 92. Majestic

    Modern Cantonese



  30. Rank 94. Somma Restaurant

    Puglian Italian



  31. Rank 96. Fiz

    Malaysian


  32. Rank 97. Olivia

    Catalan





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