The Best Restaurant in Singapore: 45 MICHELIN-Starred Restaurants, One Starred Hawker Stall and Where to Eat by Area

The best restaurant in Singapore, by what you want to eat

Every restaurant in this table is in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Singapore, which was announced on August 4, 2026. The distinctions shown are from that edition.

The table is a starting point, not a ranking. A longer list, with Cantonese, sushi, Indian and casual restaurants across the island, is on the Singapore map linked below.

MICHELIN star restaurants in Singapore: the 2026 numbers

The 2026 edition is the tenth MICHELIN Guide to Singapore. The first was published in 2016. The 2026 selection lists 307 establishments:

That is 45 starred restaurants holding 60 stars between them. The two figures are often mixed up: 45 is the number of restaurants, and 60 is the number of stars once each three-star and two-star restaurant is counted in full. The guide's own listing for Singapore showed the same 45 restaurants when checked on October 9, 2026.

Two things changed at the top in 2026. 1887 by André, in Raffles Hotel, entered the guide directly at two stars, and Seroja was promoted from one star to two. The three-star group did not change. Six restaurants received one star for the first time: Cherry Garden by Chef Fei, Jin Ting Wan, Loca Niru, Sushi Kimura +, Tenshima and Yong Fu.

Twelve restaurants have held a star in every edition since 2016: Candlenut, CUT, Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle, Jaan by Kirk Westaway, Lei Garden, Les Amis, Odette, Shisen Hanten, Shoukouwa, Summer Pavilion, Sushi Ichi and Waku Ghin. For a first visit, that list is a reasonable measure of consistency. To see how Singapore compares with other cities, see the guide to the city with the most MICHELIN stars.

Hawker food: one MICHELIN star, 97 Bib Gourmands

A hawker center is a covered, open-sided market of small food stalls with shared tables. Each stall usually cooks one dish or a short list of related dishes. UNESCO added hawker culture in Singapore to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December 2020.

Many articles still say that Singapore has two hawker stalls with a MICHELIN star. That was true in 2016, when the first guide gave one star each to Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle and to Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle, the stall later known as Hawker Chan. It is no longer true. Hawker Chan's original stall lost its star in 2021. Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle, at 466 Crawford Lane, has kept its star in every edition and is the only hawker stall among the 45 starred restaurants in 2026.

The more useful MICHELIN category for hawker food is the Bib Gourmand, which marks good cooking at a moderate price. The 2026 guide has 97 Bib Gourmand entries, 10 of them new, and many of them are hawker stalls. A Bib Gourmand stall is a practical target: the food has been checked by inspectors, and the meal still costs a few dollars.

The dishes to look for:

• Chicken rice: poached chicken served over rice cooked in chicken stock, with chili sauce, ginger and dark soy sauce.
• Bak chor mee: noodles with minced pork, vinegar and chili. This is the dish Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle serves.
• Laksa: rice noodles in a spiced coconut broth.
• Char kway teow: flat rice noodles fried over high heat with dark soy sauce.
• Satay: grilled skewers served with peanut sauce.

Chilli crab is the other dish visitors ask for, and it is a restaurant dish, not a hawker one. Its origin is usually traced to the 1950s, when Cher Yam Tian and her husband Lim Choo Ngee sold stir-fried crab in chili and tomato sauce from a pushcart. Their son's restaurant, Roland Restaurant, describes itself as the creator of chilli crab on that basis. The version most restaurants serve today is credited to another chef, Hooi Kok Wai, in the 1960s. For more cities where the best meal comes from a stall, see the guide to the best street food cities.

Dempsey restaurants

Dempsey, also called Dempsey Hill, is a former army barracks west of Orchard Road, now a low-rise group of restaurants, cafés and shops among trees. It is one of the most searched restaurant areas in the city. Of 106 common search phrases that combine Singapore with restaurants, eight name Dempsey, more than name Marina Bay Sands.

• Burnt Ends, at 7 Dempsey Road, is chef Dave Pynt's barbecue restaurant, built around wood-fired ovens and grills. It holds one MICHELIN star. Tables are released about a month ahead and go quickly.
• Candlenut, at 17A Dempsey Road, serves Peranakan food, the cooking of the Straits Chinese community, which combines Chinese and Malay ingredients and methods. Chef Malcolm Lee's restaurant has held one star in every edition of the guide.
• Samy's Curry, at 25 Dempsey Road, is a long-running South Indian restaurant where food is served on banana leaves. It is the inexpensive choice in the area.
• PS.Cafe, at 28B Harding Road, is a glass-walled café that serves brunch, mains and desserts through the day.

Dempsey is a walk from the nearest MRT station, so most visitors arrive by taxi or ride-hailing car. The restaurants are spread across several blocks, so check the block number before you set off.

Marina Bay Sands and the Civic District

Marina Bay Sands is a hotel, casino and shopping mall on the south side of Marina Bay. Three of its restaurants hold one star in the 2026 guide: CUT, the Wolfgang Puck steakhouse; Waku Ghin, the Japanese restaurant of chef Tetsuya Wakuda; and Jin Ting Wan, a Cantonese restaurant that received its first star this year.

Across the bay, the Civic District holds several of the highest-rated restaurants within a short walk of one another. Odette is inside the National Gallery. Jaan by Kirk Westaway is on the 70th floor of the Swissôtel The Stamford. 1887 by André is in Raffles Hotel. Labyrinth is in the Esplanade complex. Chef partnerships at hotels change more often than the hotels do, so confirm the current chef and menu on the restaurant's own page before booking.

Searching for a Singapore restaurant? Check that it is open, and in Singapore

We read 106 common search phrases that combine Singapore with restaurants. Together they account for about 37,500 searches a month. Two patterns in them are worth knowing about.

The first is time. Forty-three of the 106 phrases name a specific business, and several of those businesses have closed. Three closures could be confirmed:

• The Rice Table, an Indonesian restaurant on Orchard Road, closed when its lease ended in May 2021, after 24 years.
• Salt grill & Sky bar, on the 55th floor of ION Orchard, is listed as closed by Time Out.
• Wild Rocket, chef Willin Low's modern Singaporean restaurant, closed on October 31, 2018.

Those three names still account for about 1,600 searches a month. A fourth, Xperience, was the restaurant of the SO Sofitel hotel, which left the Sofitel brand and became Hotel Telegraph in 2022. A search result, an old review or a saved pin can outlast a restaurant by years, so check a recent source before you travel across the city.

The second pattern is place. Singapore is also a restaurant name in other countries. One of the most searched phrases in the set refers to Shiok! Singapore Kitchen, which is in Menlo Park, California. Others name Fitchburg in Massachusetts, New York, and Singapore House, a restaurant on Glen Osmond Road in Adelaide, Australia. Adding a district to the search (Dempsey, Chinatown, Marina Bay, Orchard) keeps the results on the island. For another large Asian food city, see the guide to the best food in Tokyo.

How to eat out in Singapore

• Book starred restaurants early. The three-star restaurants and Burnt Ends fill weeks ahead. Lunch is usually easier to book than dinner.
• Expect two additions to the bill. Most restaurants add a 10 percent service charge and then 9 percent Goods and Services Tax. Menus mark this as "++" after the price. Tipping on top is not expected.
• Hawker stalls keep their own hours. Many close one or two days a week and stop when the food sells out. Published hours for Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle differ between sources on whether it opens on Mondays, so check before you go, and expect a line.
• A packet of tissues on a table means it is taken. Reserving a hawker center seat this way is common and is called chope.
• Order at the stall. At most hawker centers you order and pay at the stall, carry the food to your table, and return the tray to a rack afterwards.
• Carry some cash. Many stalls accept local QR payments, but not all accept foreign cards.

Singapore is a common stop on a longer trip through Asia, and every city list is on the destinations page.

Best restaurant in Singapore: common questions

What is the best restaurant in Singapore? By the 2026 MICHELIN Guide, three restaurants share the top rating of three stars: Odette, Les Amis and Zén. For Peranakan food, Candlenut. For barbecue, Burnt Ends. For hawker food, Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle.

How many MICHELIN star restaurants are there in Singapore? The 2026 guide, announced on August 4, 2026, has 45 starred restaurants: 3 with three stars, 9 with two and 33 with one. They hold 60 stars in total.

Is there a hawker stall with a MICHELIN star in Singapore? Yes, one. Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle on Crawford Lane has held one star since 2016. Hawker Chan, the other stall starred in 2016, lost its star in 2021.

What are the best restaurants in Dempsey? Burnt Ends and Candlenut both hold one MICHELIN star. Samy's Curry and PS.Cafe are the well-known casual options.

What food is Singapore known for? Chicken rice, laksa, bak chor mee, char kway teow and satay at hawker centers, and chilli crab at seafood restaurants.

Do you tip in restaurants in Singapore? No. Most restaurants add a 10 percent service charge and 9 percent Goods and Services Tax to the bill, and a further tip is not expected.

Is The Rice Table in Singapore still open? No. The Indonesian restaurant on Orchard Road closed in May 2021 when its lease ended.