The Best MICHELIN-Starred Restaurants in Singapore 2026 — The Full New Star List, From a ~S$8 Hawker Bowl to a 3-Star Tasting Menu

Chef Julien Royer's modern French flagship inside National Gallery Singapore holds three stars for the seventh year running — and it's still the name most locals reach for when "the best restaurant in Singapore" comes up. Named for Royer's grandmother, the cooking is ingredient-obsessed and quietly emotional: heirloom beetroot, rose veal, pigeon, plated in a blush-toned room that regularly ranks among Asia's 50 Best. Book weeks ahead; lunch is the (relatively) gentler way in. BEST FOR: the special-occasion meal you'll still be talking about next year.

The grande dame of Singapore fine dining and, with Odette, one of only two restaurants holding three stars for seven straight years. Chef Sebastien Lepinoy cooks classical French with obsessive technique and one of the deepest wine cellars in the region, in a hushed jewel-box room at Shaw Centre. The open secret is the set lunch — a genuine three-star experience at a fraction of the dinner tasting. BEST FOR: classicists, wine lovers, and anyone who wants three stars without the full dinner splurge.

The Singapore outpost of Sweden's Frantzen, spread over three floors of a restored Bukit Pasoh shophouse and run like a dinner party — you move from lounge to kitchen counter to dining room across one long, theatrical Nordic-meets-Asian tasting. It's the most expensive seat on this list: the set dinner runs S$620++ (lunch S$450++). Sixth straight year at three stars. BEST FOR: a once-a-year blowout where the whole experience, not just the food, is the point.

The story of the 2026 guide. Andre Chiang — who famously handed back the two stars of his old Restaurant Andre in 2018 — returned to the Singapore dining room this year with 1887 by Andre at Raffles Hotel, and Michelin awarded it two stars AND Opening of the Year in its very first season, an almost unheard-of debut. The concept, "Taste of Time," reinterprets heritage dishes through modern French technique in the historic former Raffles Grill room. BEST FOR: seeing the year's most talked-about opening before the waitlist gets impossible.

Chef Kevin Wong's love letter to the Malay Archipelago, promoted from one star to two in 2026 while keeping the MICHELIN Green Star it made history winning — Singapore's first. The 24-seat Duo Galleria room plates Nusantara flavours (native spices, herbs, sustainable seafood) with fine-dining precision, and sits at No. 20 on Asia's 50 Best. Proof that a two-star table can be rooted in regional heritage rather than European technique. BEST FOR: diners who want serious cooking with a Southeast-Asian soul.

On the 70th floor of Swissotel The Stamford, with one of the best skyline views in the city, chef Kirk Westaway serves "reinventing British" cuisine — refined, seasonal and more playful than the white-tablecloth setting suggests. Two stars, and a perennial fixture on best-of lists. The window tables at dusk are worth requesting. BEST FOR: a view-plus-tasting-menu date, or impressing out-of-town guests.

Chef Sun Kim's Keong Saik two-star reads modern and confident: French foundations threaded with Korean and Japanese accents, served in a sleek room on one of the city's best eating-and-drinking streets. Ingredient-led, precise, and generally a touch more accessible at lunch. BEST FOR: a serious meal in the thick of the Keong Saik bar-and-restaurant belt.

The world's only Michelin-starred Peranakan restaurant, and the most joyful one-star on this list. Chef Malcolm Lee cooks the Nyonya food he grew up on — buah keluak, blue-pea-flower rice, sambal everything — at Dempsey, best experienced through the "Ahmakase" chef's menu. It's proof a star doesn't have to mean tweezers and foam. BEST FOR: sharing-style Singaporean heritage food that still earns its star.

Yes, one of Singapore's Michelin stars costs about S$8. Hill Street Tai Hwa's bak chor mee — springy noodles, minced and sliced pork, meatballs, a punchy vinegar-and-chilli sauce — has held a one star for years from a humble Crawford Lane hawker stall. Come early on a weekday and expect a queue that moves; there's no booking, no service charge, no dress code. BEST FOR: proof that world-class eating in Singapore starts at hawker prices.