Now that we’ve moved into Phase Two, it’s time to see what’s back – and sadly, what’s not. We’ll miss some of the heavy hitters that won’t be reopening, including one-Michelin-starred Vianney Massot. That said, we’re excited to get back out there and support the F&B industry – and what better way than by eating and dining at our favourite fine-dining restaurants, now reopened?
Do note that social distancing rules – in other words, reduced seating capacities – are still in place for most F&B establishments. It might be nigh impossible to secure a booking at your favourite restaurant for at the very least a week or two, so don’t forget that delivery is always an option to ensure that more restaurants hopefully remain in the black. Be a little forgiving though, they might need a bit more time to get back into the swing of things.
Bookmark this list and check back regularly: We’ll be updating it as more restaurants reopen, some with new menus and initiatives. After all, a fine-dining meal isn’t really the same without the liveries, service and ambience requisite of these establishments.
Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant, Crossroads, Marriott Cafe
If you’re missing the alluring tastes and aromas of dim sum cooked a la minute, brought out in steaming bamboo baskets and unveiled to delight at the table, look no further. Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant brings its mastery of Cantonese cuisine back for dine-in with a luxurious seafood-inspired promotion. From Jun 26 to Jul 31, savour delicacies that show off the best of Boston lobster within Wan Hao’s refined halls. The crustaceans can be done in a variety of ways: steamed with black garlic and egg white; pan-fried with a decadent foie gras sauce and asparagus; and braised with sea urchin sauce and rice. Crossroads and Marriott Cafe are also open, if continental fare is more up your alley.
Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel. Open for lunch (12pm – 3.30pm on weekdays, half an hour earlier on weekends) and dinner (6.30pm – 10.30pm). Tel: 6831-4605 or click here.
VUE
VUE’s menu encompasses over ten years of chef Sam Chin’s culinary experience in contemporary European cuisine, with a focus on bringing the full weight of the ever-popular binchotan grill to bear. Now that the restaurant is open again, you’ve got a cornucopia of smoky, charred delights to pick from – including 90-day butter-aged Kokuou Black Wagyu sirloin, served with onion jam, coarse rice-salt and red-wine jus, all you really need to accompany such a magnificent cut.
Level 19, OUE Bayfront. Open Mon to Sat, 5.30pm – 10.30pm. Tel: 8879-0923.
Potato Head Singapore, Three Buns Quayside
Whether you’re partial to rooftop or quayside dining, you’ll be guaranteed a night of gourmet burgers, hotdogs and cocktails (or shakes). After all, there’s nothing like celebrating Phase Two with a ferociously messy burger and plenty of napkins (and four friends). Their new permanent Sustainable Menu comes with favourites from the Earth Month menu, which introduce new plant-based alternatives including Just Egg, Simpliigood and Seedfuel. For every dish sold from said menu for the next year, Three Buns by Potato Head pledges a dollar to ACRES, a Singapore-based wildlife charity that champions an end to animal cruelty.
Potato Head: 36 Keong Saik Road. Open daily 11am – midnight. Tel: 6327-1939 or click here.
Three Buns: 60 Robertson Quay. Mon to Thu: 5pm – midnight; Friday: 12am – 12pm; Saturday: 10am – 12pm; Sunday: 10am – 10pm.Tel: 6909-7838.
Alma by Juan Amador
Headed by chef Haikal Johari – whose own story is a testament to the chef’s indomitable spirit – Alma by Juan Amador is back with an updated menu. Last we went, we supped on an eclectic mix of starters, delicious mains and Singaporean-inspired petit fives (one more than what you’d usually get), including a funky and utterly daring fish-sauce-spiked chocolate brownie that actually works. Just give it a go: trust us.
Goodwood Park Hotel. Open daily except Sundays, 12pm – 2pm and 5pm – 9.30pm. Tel: 6735-9937.
Summerlong
For quayside vibes and great Mediterranean food, head down to Summerlong at Robertson Quay. You’d not only be looking forward to a convivial dining atmosphere with plenty of plush beach club-esque pillows and rattan furniture, but a delightful mix of Greek and Mediterranean flavours that make the most out of fresh, simple produce. We’re especially fond of chef Fotis Kokoshi’s smoky grilled octopus, tomatoes confit and caramelised on a bed of pureed organic Kastorian fava beans that’s perfectly blends char, tang and oceanic flavour. Of course, there’s plenty of booze if you head over on a weekend: bottomless brunches are still a thing at Summerlong.
60 Robertson Quay, #01-04. Open 3pm – 10.30pm on weekdays, and 10.30am – 10.30pm on weekends. Tel: 6235-1225.
Lumo
For elevated bar grub, mainly thanks to the use of a wood-fired oven and chef Martin Wong’s dedication to going a step too far (in a good way), head down to Lumo. If three-day dry-aged mid-wings and deliciously moreish wagyu intercostals served alongside confit shallots and pickled kohlrabi don’t excite you, there’s always their exciting wine list, including natural wines courtesy of neighbours RVLT.
01-00, CMO Building. Open daily except Sundays, 5.30pm – 10.30pm. Tel: 8921-3818.
Corner House
Corner House’s story continues – chef Jason Tan has left the one-Michelin-starred restaurant to start his own fine dining establishment, with his successor David Thien taking the helm. The Bordeaux-born chef has big shoes to fill – and he’s come up with a menu inspired by his own personal thoughts and story that’s daringly open and just as storied as his own life. The new menu, which comes with the option for three, five or seven courses, will be revealed on Jul 2 – we can’t wait.
1 Cluny Road. Open for lunch (Tue to Fri: 12pm – 2pm, weekends: 11.30am – 2pm) and dinner (Tue to Sun: 6.30pm – 9pm). Tel: 6469-1000.
Wolfgang’s Steakhouse Singapore
Wolfgang’s Steakhouse brings the classic American steakhouse experience worldwide – everything from the walnut wood floors, slightly underlit restaurant and muted upholstery speaks for the decades of founder Wolfgang Zwiener’s decades in famous New York steak joints. Everything on the menu is made from on-site dry-aged USDA Prime Black Angus beef. However, that doesn’t mean the restaurant doesn’t change: their burger specials proved wildly popular during the circuit breaker period, and they’ve since been incorporated into the menu. Burgers and sandwiches are offered during lunch and at the bar area during evenings.
#02-01, Intercontinental Singapore. Open lunch (Weekdays: 11.30am – 4.30pm; Weekends 11am -4.30pm) and dinner, daily, 4.30pm – 11.30pm. Tel: 6887-5885.
Les Amis
One of Singapore’s premier French fine dining establishments, Les Amis, has reopened. If being one of only two restaurants in Singapore to be awarded three Michelin stars isn’t enough proof of its dedication to haute cuisine, seasonal ingredients and chef Sebastian Lepinoy’s mastery of his craft, head down and see for yourself.
#01-16, Shaw Centre. Open daily 12pm – 2pm and 7pm – 9pm. Tel: 6733-2225.
15 Stamford by Alvin Leung, La Scala Ristorante, Freida and Berthold Delikatessen
The restaurants at The Capitol Kempinski Hotel, including 15 Stamford that’s headed by the self-styled “Demon Chef” whose previous ventures include irreverent three-Michelin-starred Bo Innovation, have reopened. Whether you’ve got a hankering for Chinese, German, or Italian flavours, The Capitol Kempinski’s eclectic mix of dining establishments should be able to satisfy your cravings one way or the other.
The Capitol Kempinski Hotel, various timings. Tel: 6368-8888.
Mott32
The renowned Hong-Kong-based restaurant brand moved into a spot previously occupied by Nostra Cucina, previously occupied by Osteria Mozza. Well, that spot has moved far from Mediterranean cuisine – with just an appropriate a makeover, going for an eclectic mix of old school elements reminiscent of the flagship Hong Kong store, regal livery and lots of greenery (we’re the garden city after all). Food, of course, is what you’d expect: refined Cantonese plates and contemporary takes on time-honoured recipes, along with an Apple wood roasted Peking duck wrapped in pillowy pancakes delivered straight from a Beijing baker.
#B1-42 to 44, Galleria Level, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands. Open daily for lunch (11.30am – 2.30pm) and dinner (5.30pm – 10.30pm). Tel: 6688-9922.
Zafferano
Overlooking Singapore’s reawakening Central Business District from its 43rd level roost, Zafferano’s serves up convivial Italian food and drink that matches its lofty perch. Bolstering its vibrant atmosphere, of course, is chef Andrea De Paola’s excellent Saturday Champagne brunch. Sup on Italian classics (think a selection of cold cuts and fine Italian cheese, pastas and roasted mains). Oh, and free-flow drinks. We’d pay a little extra for unlimited bubbly.
Level 43, Ocean Financial Centre. Open for lunch (Mon to Fri: 11.30am – 3pm) and dinner (Mon to Wed: 5.30pm – 11.45pm; Thu to Fri: 5.30pm – 1am; Sat: 6.30pm – 1am). Closed Sundays. Tel: 6509-1488.
Takayama
Headed by chef Taro Takayama, whose resume includes stints at two three-Michelin-starred restaurants in Osaka and as Master Chef at the Japanese Ambassador to Singapore’s residence, Takayama isn’t just your typical austere kappo restaurant. Sure, there’s nary a hair on the chef’s head, nor will you ever see him out of his pressed whites: however, what he’s cooking works within the parameters of centuries-old Japanese tradition, while adding just enough to make Takayama’s fine Osaka-inspired cuisine well and truly his own.
#01-09/10, Downtown Gallery. Open for lunch (Tue to Sat: 12pm – 2.30pm) and dinner (6.30pm – 10pm). Tel: 6224-0864.
Cut by Wolfgang Puck
Dining at a luxury chophouse run by the celebrity chef among celebrity chefs, who also happens to feed the best and brightest in Hollywood at the post-Oscars Governor’s Ball annually, is an experience unto itself. We’re not promising impeccable service, exquisite decor (think towering portraits of other greats that have graced these hallowed halls) and of course, the very best cuts from around the world, including Japanese A5 Wagyu from Sendai prefecture, grilled over charcoal and apple wood. You should go there for yourself and find out. Open from Jun 27.
#B1-71, Galleria Level, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands. Open daily, 5pm – 10pm. Tel: 6688-8517
Cicheti
Italian trattoria Cicheti is back for dine-in with an updated menu. Never one to play by the rules (if their Penang-born head chef Lim Yew Aun has anything to say about it), expect a slew of tradition-breaking pasta plates that’d get typical Italian chefs frothing at the mouth. Not here though – chef Lim doesn’t have a nonna to answer to. Take the Zuppa di Cozze e N’duja, a Sicilian seafood soup that sees mussels being sauteed in a spicy tomato and white wine sauce. At Cicheti though, they’ve made the unorthodox addition of n’duja chunks, a spicy sausage that’s made in-house. More interestingly, they’ve introduced a deconstructed lemon tart that comprises a bowl of rosemary cream, candied lemon peel, almond crumbs and capers. Yes, capers.
52 Kandahar Street. Open daily for lunch (12pm – 2.30pm) and dinner (6pm – 10.30pm). Tel: 6292-5012.
Deadfall at Barbary Coast.
Reopening with a new menu featuring a slew of creative cocktails and unfussy bar bites – slightly less creatively titled ‘Deadfall II’ – the homey watering hole that sits below old-school inspired bar Barbary Coast now offers all-day dining coupled with a convivial atmosphere. They’ve got all the usual favourites like the TTW (for tater tot waffle) sando and house nachos – as well as exciting new additions like Australian ribeye with a side of chimichurri, and Canadian comfort food poutine that smothers fries with far too much smoked cheese curds and beef jus. They’ve also got a secret menu if you like to be surprised. For more surprises, let fate (or at least, their nostalgia-tinged paper fortune teller menu) decide which of their eight new cocktails you’d be drinking. Fans of Barbary Coast, which takes reference from San Francisco circa the 1800s, will have to wait till August for its reopening.
16 North Canal Road. Open for service Mon to Fri: 3pm; Sat: 4.30pm. Tel: 8869-4798.
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