Singapore's main shopping corridor, stacked with hotel restaurants, flagship casual-dining chains, and the occasional serious fine-dining room in a mall penthouse.
Michelin Guide-listed Cantonese restaurant at Regent Singapore. Whole-roasted dishes, dim sum, and a wine list serious about Chinese food pairing.
Signature: Peking duck, Suckling pig, Baked barbecue pork pastry
Order: The Peking duck, carved tableside; the baked BBQ pork pastry from the dim sum selection
Tip: Book a weekday dim sum lunch for the best value access to the kitchen's highest skill.
Best Steakhouse in Asia 2024; World's 101 Best Steak Restaurants 2025. Singapore's serious steak address since 2012, ageing Fiorentina cuts in-house.
Signature: Bistecca alla Fiorentina, Cacio e pepe
Order: The bistecca alla Fiorentina, dry-aged on the bone and served for two: the defining version in Singapore
Tip: Order the steak for two minimum; the kitchen does not serve it as a solo cut and the portion is designed for sharing.
Three-Michelin-star French haute cuisine at Shaw Centre under Chef Lepinoy. Deep wine cellar; Singapore's most classically oriented fine-dining room.
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: ['Jumbo prawn mee soup', 'Dry prawn mee with crispy lard', 'Extra prawn']
Tip: Opens at 8am and sometimes sells out by 2pm on weekends. Arrive before 11am for the best broth. Limited seating at the shophouse.
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: ['Classic cream cheese bagel', 'Lox bagel', 'Flat white']
Tip: The Novena outlet is the original and best-stocked. Open daily and popular for quick lunches.
Singapore's most iconic 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: ['Pandan layer cake', 'Ondeh ondeh', 'Kaya roll']
Tip: Visit during the Lunar New Year and mooncake season for the most festive range. Bakes can be ordered in advance for collection.
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.
Order: ['Olive oil focaccia', 'Country sourdough loaf', 'Kaya cruffin']
Tip: Open from 8am most days; bakes sell out by mid-afternoon. A short walk from Farrer Road MRT. Cash and card both accepted.
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.
Signature drink: Old Fashioned with rickhouse-aged spirit
Tip: Hotel bar dressing is expected; come with a reservation. Sunday brunch with cocktails runs 12pm to 3pm. Ranked on World's 50 Best Discovery list.
The Novena branch of Singapore's most popular bagel cafe, offering New York-style hand-rolled bagels with house-made cream cheese spreads and brunch plates. The queue management is better than the other locations and the Irrawaddy Road premises have adequate outdoor seating for weekend groups. The kaya butter bagel and smoked salmon cream cheese are the flagship orders.
Order: ['Kaya butter bagel', 'Smoked salmon bagel', 'Cold brew coffee']
Tip: Open daily from 8am; closed Tuesday at some locations, confirm before visiting.
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