Singapore's main shopping corridor, stacked with hotel restaurants, flagship casual-dining chains, and the occasional serious fine-dining room in a mall penthouse.
Order The Peking duck, carved tableside; the baked BBQ pork pastry from the dim sum selection
Michelin Guide-listed Cantonese restaurant at Regent Singapore. Whole-roasted dishes, dim sum, and a wine list serious about Chinese food pairing.
Order The bistecca alla Fiorentina, dry-aged on the bone and served for two: the defining version in Singapore
Best Steakhouse in Asia 2024; World's 101 Best Steak Restaurants 2025. Singapore's serious steak address since 2012, ageing Fiorentina cuts in-house.
Three-Michelin-star French haute cuisine at Shaw Centre under Chef Lepinoy. Deep wine cellar; Singapore's most classically oriented fine-dining room.
Order Jumbo prawn mee soup, Dry prawn mee with crispy lard, Extra prawn
A husband-and-wife hawker kitchen on Killiney Road serving some of the most deeply flavoured prawn mee in Singapore. The rich, smoky prawn broth is built over hours; each bowl comes with fat shell-on prawns, pork ribs and noodles of your choice. A local secret that has been earning word-of-mouth praise for years.
Order Classic cream cheese bagel, Lox bagel, Flat white
Singapore's most consistent bagel cafe, boiling and baking in-house daily to achieve the chewy crumb and crisp crust that many local attempts miss. The cream cheese spreads are house-made and the sandwiches are generous. A reliable all-day cafe for the Novena and Orchard professional crowd.
Order Pandan layer cake, Ondeh ondeh, Kaya roll
Singapore's most signature heritage pastry shop, founded in 1979 with more than 40 outlets islandwide. The pandan layer cake, kaya rolls, mooncakes and assorted Nonya kueh are the city's most sought-after edible souvenirs. The Orchard ION location is the most accessible.
Order Olive oil focaccia, Country sourdough loaf, Kaya cruffin
A homegrown Italian artisan bakery at Empress Road known across Singapore for slow-fermented sourdough, focaccia and award-tasted panettone. The bench mills French and Japanese flours and bakes house levain breads daily; the kaya cruffin has become a regular weekend draw. Among the most respected Italian-leaning bakeries in the city.
Drink Old Fashioned with rickhouse-aged spirit
The world's first in-hotel rickhouse sits at the heart of Conrad Singapore Orchard's Manhattan bar, ageing barrels of spirits that make their way into the cocktail programme. Inspired by 19th-century New York's Golden Age of drinking, the bar channels old-money glamour with technically accomplished classic and contemporary cocktails.
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