10 Drool-Worthy Singaporean Restaurants In Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016

1 in every 5 restaurants in the Asia 50 best restaurants list is from Singapore

10 restaurants in Singapore has made it in Asia’s 50 best restaurants 2016 — here’s just another trophy we can add to our shelves, along with Singapore’s endless international achievements.

These restaurants serve dishes that are not only of great taste and gracefully crafted by the chefs, the interior and atmosphere of these places are also part of the dining experience.

Still wondering what these restaurants are? Fret not — we have scoured the list and brought to you the restaurants, their opening hours, and the one dish you absolutely must try.

Here are the top 10 best restaurants in Singapore:

1. Restaurant André


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Aesthetically, Restaurant André’s resembles a work of art.

Their restaurant serves re-visioned Southern French nouvelle cuisine, coupled with owner André Chiang’s ‘Octaphilosophy™’ in creating food.

Do not be alarmed by their fancy concept as these dishes are build on eight characteristics and the dishes are a fusion of owner André Chiang’s Taiwanese heritage, Japanese childhood, French training, and a Singaporean setting.

Restaurant André also has an all-natural wine policy — which means they they only reveal the name of the wine to customers after the meal so that the customers will have a just judgement of the wine served.

Restaurant André’s specialty: 8 Octaphilosophical dishes


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Opening Hours
Lunch: Wednesday & Friday only / $198++
Dinner: Tuesday – Saturday / $350++
Closed on Mondays & Alternate Sundays

Address:
41 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore 089855
+65 6534 8880

Reservations:
Restaurant André online booking

2. JAAN


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JAAN is an ancient Sanskrit word for ‘bowl’ and they serve fine Modern French cuisine in Singapore.

Founder Kirk Westaway was heavily inspired by his surroundings when creating new dishes — a specific kind of chocolate dessert was born after he found unused bowls in the kitchen; Westaway used chopped logs from an unwanted Christmas tree as petit-fours platters for a dish.

JAAN’s specialty: 55’ Smoked Organic Egg


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The eggs are cooked at 64 degrees Celcius for 55 minutes and the egg will be poured into a glass bowl over wild mushrooms, bits of chorizo Iberico and smoked buttery potato mash.

Opening hours:
Closed on public holidays
Closed for lunch on Sunday

Address:
Level 70, Equinox Complex
Swissôtel The Stamford, 2 Stamford Road, Singapore 178882

3.Waku Ghin


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Waku Ghin is not your average Teppanyaki place, as these chefs work in little dining rooms with poise and fresh produce to serve modern Japanese dishes.

Here is a sneak-peek at the dining experience:

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After dining in these rooms, customers will be escorted to the main dining area for desserts and coffee while with a spectacular view.

Waku Ghin specialty: Marinated botan shrimp with sea urchin and oscietra caviar

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Opening Hours:
Daily dinner
Two Seatings 5:30pm & 8:00pm
10-course degustation menu

The Bar at Waku Ghin
5:30pm till late
(No reservations required for the bar.)

Address:
L2-01, Atrium 2
The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands

Reservations:
Telephone: +65 6688 8507

4. Tippling Club

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The Tippling Club serves modern and playful dishes to be accompanied with innovative cocktails. Most of the time, owner Ryan Clift experiments in his test kitchen to serve a wider variety of dishes and cocktails.

Clift’s test kitchen consists of many equipments and amongst them is his favourite toy — a sonifier which can create cauliflower cheese sauce using 20,000 soundwaves per second.

Tippling Club’s specialty: Wild Scottish razor clams

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Tippling Club’s cocktail specialty: Sweet vermouth

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Opening hours:
Lunch: Mon to Fri, 12 noon to 3pm
Dinner: Mon to Sat, 6pm to late

Bar:
Mon to Fri, 12 noon to 12 midnight
Sat, 6pm to 12 midnight

Reservations:
+65 64752217

5. Iggy’s

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At Iggy’s, the dishes prepared are inspired from taste palettes from around the world but only using Japanese ingredients.

The interior of Iggy’s is rather interesting. Every time a diner presses a button, a panel opens in the dining room and waiters zip in and out of the automatic doors. As the panel opens, part of the spotless kitchen will be revealed too.

Iggy’s Specialty: Capellini with sakura ebi, konbu and shellfish oil

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Opening hours:
Lunch: Mon to Fri, 12pm to 1:30pm
Dinner: Mon to Sat, 7pm to 9.30pm
Closed on Sun

Address:
Hilton Hotel, 581 Orchard Road, Level 3, Singapore 238883

Reservations:
Iggy’s online booking

6. Les Amis

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Les Amis serves contemporary French food at the heart of Orchard.

The restaurant has gone through several renovations and the last renovation cost S$1.5 million as the kitchen had a major makeover.

Les Amis Specialty: Caviar on Potato Salad

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Opening hours:
Mon to Sun
Lunch 12.00pm (Last seating at 2.00pm)
Dinner 7.00pm (Last seating at 9.30pm)

Address:
1 Scotts Road,
#01-16 Shaw Centre,
Singapore 228208
(Opposite HSBC Bank, Tanglin Branch)

Reservations:
lesamis@lesamis.com.sg

7. Wild Rocket

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Wild Rocket specialises in Mod Sin (a term created by chef Chef Willin Low) — which means transforming Singapore’s hawker food to gourmet street dishes.

Inspired from his travels, Low re-creates dishes that are traditionally from the hawker stores in Singapore by elevating the taste and by fusing cultures globally.

Wild Rocket specialty: Beef short rib with rendang and kaffir

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Opening hours:
Lunch: Mon to Sat, 12 to 3pm (Last Seating: 2pm)

Dinner: Mon to Sat, 6.30 to 10.30pm (Last Seating: 9.30pm)

Address:
Hangout @ Mt Emily
10A Upper Wilkie Road

Reservations:
Wild Rocket online booking

Call +65 63399448 if you
– wish to have the Omakase menu
– wish to book a table for more than 9pax

8. Burnt Ends

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Can you spot that massive dome-shaped oven? That is the heart of the whole restaurant.

Dave Pynt, founder and chef of Burnt Ends designed the four-tonne and two-oven brick kiln himself and most of the food are cooked with its heat of the other four tailor-made grills.

Burnt Ends serves modern Australian barbeque dishes and Chef Pynt exploits the use of coal to elevate the flavours of all kinds of ingredients.

Burnt Ends Specialty: Leek, hazelnut and brown butter

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Opening hours:
Lunch: Wed to Sat 11:45am to 2pm
Dinner: Tues to Sat 6pm to Late
Closed Sun and Mon

Address:
20 Teck Lim Road
Singapore 088391
+65 6224 3933

Reservations:
eat@burntends.com.sg

9. Corner House

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Corner house is aesthetically situated in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Did you know that PM Lee and his wife hosted a lunch for China’s President Xi Jin Ping and his wife at this very restaurant back in Nov 2015?

The Corner House serves modern French dishes with chef Jason Tan who held the position of executive chef at Sky on 57 for five years before.

Corner House specialty:

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Opening hours:
Lunch: Tues to Sat, 12 pm to 3 pm (last order 2.30 pm)
Dinner: Tues to Sat 6.30 pm to 11 pm (last order 10 pm)

Brunch: Sun, 11.30 am to 3 pm (last order 2.30 pm)
Dinner: Sun, 6.30 pm to 11 pm (last order 10 pm)

Address:
1 Cluny Road, E J H Corner House
Singapore Botanic Gardens
(Nassim Gate Entrance)
Singapore 259569

Reservations:
Corner House online booking

10. Shinji by Kanesaka

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This gourmet Japanese restaurant has fans from Tokyo who travelled to Singapore just to the to have a taste of his famous edo-mae sushi.

Beyond serving sushi, Shinji by Kanesaka has an elaborate tasting menu —  a sashimi course, morsels of hand-pressed nigiri sushi and cooked seafood dishes, five-hour steamed Hokkaido abalone, sea urchin gohan, soup, a dessert and fruits.

Shinji by Kanesaka specialty: Uni Gohan

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Opening hours:
Lunch: 12pm to 3pm
Dinner: 6pm to 10.30pm
Closed on Sun

Address:
Raffles Hotel, 2-20, 1 Beach Road (via Seah Street lobby)
Singapore, 189673

Reservations:
reservations@shinjibykanesaka.com
+65 6338 6131

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Featured image via Burnt Ends

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