The Top 100 Restaurants Near The Pump Room
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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.
- 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 2. Meta
Modern Korean
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Rank 3. Thevar
Indian
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Rank 4. Willow
Contemporary Japanese
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Rank 5. Lerouy
Contemporary French
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Rank 6. JAG
Contemporary French
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Rank 7. 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 8. 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 9. JAAN By Kirk Westaway
Contemporary British
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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 11. Saint Pierre
Modern French
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Rank 12. Cloudstreet
Sri Lankan Australian
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Rank 13. Whitegrass Restaurant
Contemporary French
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Rank 14. Lei Garden Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 16. NAEUM Restaurant
Contemporary Korean
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Rank 17. Waku Ghin
Contemporary Japanese
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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 22. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 24. 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 25. Summer Pavilion
Chinese
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Rank 26. Un-Yang-Kor-Dai Singapore
Isan Thai
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Rank 28. 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 33. 旬水 | Shunsui
Japanese
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Rank 36. Jungle
Modern Thai Cocktail Bar
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Rank 37. Da Shi Jia Big Prawn Mee
Singaporean Noodles
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Rank 40. KOK Sen Restaurant
Chinese
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Rank 43. A Noodle Story
Noodles
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Rank 45. Hokkien Street Bak Kut Teh
Malaysian
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Rank 54. Yong Xiang Xing Dou Fu
Chinese
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Rank 56. Somma Restaurant
Puglian Italian
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Rank 58. Brasserie Astoria
Swedish French
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Rank 59. Marguerite
Contemporary New American
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Rank 60. The Blue Ginger
Malaysian
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Rank 61. Whole Earth
Thai-Peranakan Vegetarian
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Rank 63. Iggy's
Contemporary French
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Rank 64. Loca Niru
Japanese
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Rank 66. Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant
Cantonese
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Rank 68. Ammākase
Indian
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Rank 73. Fatty Ox HK Kitchen
Noodles
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Rank 75. 168 CMY Satay
Malaysian
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Rank 77. Les Ducs
French
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Rank 78. Hayop
Filipino
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Rank 79. Yì By Jereme Leung
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 80. Xiangyee Hunan Cuisine
Hunanese
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Rank 81. Solo Ristorante
Italian
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Rank 83. Rojak · Popiah & Cockle
Malaysian
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Rank 84. 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 85. Olivia
Catalan
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Rank 86. VUE
Contemporary New American
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Rank 87. Gunther's
Contemporary French
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Rank 88. Garibaldi
Italian
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Rank 90. Mott 32 Singapore
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 91. FOC Restaurant
Catalonian Spanish
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Rank 92. Fiz
Malaysian
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Rank 93. Esquina
Spanish
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Rank 95. Bistro Gaston
French
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Rank 96. Bistecca
Steakhouse Italian
A wood-fired grill sits at the centre of this Tuscan steakhouse on Mohamed Sultan Road, turning out Italian and Australian Wagyu cuts with the kind of directness that makes you forget everything else on the menu exists. The room has the settled, unhurried feeling of an old trattoria that somehow never feels forced, and the Tuscan-heavy wine list knows exactly what it's doing. It ranked among the World's Best Steak Restaurants.
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Rank 98. Sospiri
Southern Italian
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Rank 99. NÓMADA
Contemporary Spanish
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