The Best Chinese Food in Singapore
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The best Chinese food in Singapore, according to the experts: The 50, the Michelin Guide, and the Chinese Restaurant Awards have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Born comes out on top.
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Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine and Lei Garden Restaurant hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.
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Rank 1. 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.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: #23 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 2. Lei Garden Restaurant
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 2. Summer Palace
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 2. Summer Pavilion
Cantonese Seafood
The dining room sits inside a modern Chinese garden within The Ritz-Carlton Millenia, which makes lunch here feel vaguely like eating inside a very expensive terrarium, in the best sense. This is formal Cantonese fine dining, Michelin-starred, with hand-painted crockery and a kitchen that treats abalone as a given. The wine list and specialty tea selection are both taken seriously, which is a rare thing to say without irony.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 7. Peach Blossoms
Cantonese
The dining room looks out over Marina Bay with the kind of view that makes first-timers forget what they ordered. This is a Cantonese fine-dining room inside the Parkroyal Collection, where the kitchen turns classic Chinese cooking toward something a little more composed and contemporary. The chef has been doing this a long time, and the plating shows it. A good pick if you want dim sum to dress up for.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: #78 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: Top 30 Honourees · Elite 15 Asia
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Rank 8. Boon Tong Kee
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Chef Kang’s Noodle House
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Cheok Kee
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Hai Nan Xing Zhou Beef Noodle
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Hong Kong Yummy Soup 真之味
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Ji De Lai Hainanese Chicken Rice
Hainanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. KOK Sen Restaurant
Chinese
Kok Sen is a no-frills zi char spot on Keong Saik Road, which has since filled up with boutique hotels and cocktail bars that probably don't know it was here first. It's wok-fried Cantonese home cooking, ordered fast and eaten faster, and the Bib Gourmand has not shortened the wait. Put your name down, then spend the half hour studying how efficiently the staff ignore you. Bring cash-register patience and an appetite for gravy.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants & Bars To Eat And Drink At When You're Visiting Singapore
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants & Bars To Eat And Drink At When You're Visiting Singapore
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Rank 8. Kwee Heng 贵兴
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Lai Heng Handmade Teochew Kueh
Handmade Teochew
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Nam Sing Hokkien Fried Mee
Minnan Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. New Lucky Claypot Rice
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Sin Huat Eating House (新蕟餐廰)
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Singapore Fried Hokkien Mee 新加坡炒福建虾面
Minnan Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Song Fa Bak Kut Teh (11 New Bridge Road)
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Tai Seng Fish Soup 泰成魚湯
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Wok Hei Hor Fun
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. 回味辣椒板面 Hui Wei Chilli Ban Mian
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 34. Mott 32 Singapore
Contemporary Chinese
The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Recommended
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Rank 35. Crystal Jade Golden Palace
Cantonese
Cantonese fine dining inside the Crystal Jade group, which spans much of Asia, but this Orchard Road outpost is the only one in the family holding a Michelin star. The room draws local families who clearly never need the menu, and the kitchen splits its attention between contemporary Cantonese and Teochew cooking, a combination rare enough that it doubles as a reason to visit on its own.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 36. Ah Hock Fried Hokkien Noodles 亚福
Minnan Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Boon Tong Kee Kway Chap
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Cheng Heng Kway Chap and Braised Duck Rice
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Cherry Garden by Chef Fei
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Feng Zhen Lor Mee 鳳珍鹵麵
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Fu He Delights 福和
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Hock Seng Choon Fishball Kway Teow Mee
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Hoe Kee Kitchen 和記雞飯小厨
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Hokkien Man Hokkien Mee
Minnan Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Hong Peng La Mian Xiao Long Bao 洪鹏拉面小笼包
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Hong Wen Mutton Soup (Beauty World)
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Hougang Traditional Famous Wanton Noodle
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The Peking duck here gets air-dried for 48 hours and slow-roasted over lychee wood, a method old enough to predate the restaurant industry as a concept. This is a polished Chinese dining room on the fifth floor of Paragon, all dark wood and circular tables, where the food does the talking and the room wisely stays out of the way. Pre-order the duck; showing up without one is an optimism that rarely pays off.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant
Cantonese Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Jian Bo Shui Kueh
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Jiang-Nan Chun
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Jin Ting Wan
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Kang's Wanton Noodle
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Keng Eng Kee Seafood
Hainanese
Keng Eng Kee is a zi char hawker spot in Alexandra Village, with ceiling fans, fluorescent lights, and round tables built for large families who order for the whole group at once. The pork ribs come glazed in a coffee gravy, and the moonlight hor fun arrives with a raw yolk on top that you stir in yourself. Dress for the humidity and bring more people than you think you need.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants & Bars To Eat And Drink At When You're Visiting Singapore
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants & Bars To Eat And Drink At When You're Visiting Singapore
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
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Rank 36. Koka Wanton Noodle
Cantonese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Lao Jie Fang
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Long Kee Wanton Noodle
Cantonese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Lor 9 Beef Kway Teow
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Majestic
Modern Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Min Jiang Dempsey
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Shang Palace
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Shi Le Yuan Kway Chap
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Tian Nan Xing Minced Pork Noodle
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Tien Lai Rice Stall (天來飯店)
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. TungLok Heen
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Yan Ting
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Yì By Jereme Leung
Contemporary Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Yong Xiang Xing Dou Fu
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. YongFu 甬府 新加坡
Ningbo Zhejiang Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 36. Zhang Ji Shanghai La Mian Xiao Long Bao
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant