One Michelin star (new); Cantonese. At Mandarin Oriental Singapore; recognised for Cantonese cuisine with Chaoshan influences, particularly its seafood dishes.
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Best Chinese in Singapore (2026)
Chinese fine dining in Singapore runs on two engines: the Cantonese banquet tradition and the regional cuisines the city's Chinese communities brought with them. The 2026 Michelin guide shook up this list — Cherry Garden by Chef Fei and Jin Ting Wan both debuted with stars, and Yong Fu was promoted from Selected to one star, which tells you the scene is moving. Lei Garden, Summer Palace, and Summer Pavilion hold the Cantonese centre: dim sum lunches, live seafood, banquet cooking at its most polished. Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine (Orchard) flies the Teochew flag — cold crab, braised goose, oyster omelette territory. Shisen Hanten covers Sichuan. Xiangyee and Zhong Guo La Mian Xiao Long Bao handle the northern and dumpling side. And the roast-meat specialists — Fatty Cheong Roast and Roast Paradise — prove char siew and siu yuk belong in any serious Chinese food conversation. Choosing comes down to craving: the Cantonese rooms for occasions and family dinners, the regional specialists when you know what you want, the roast shops for the fastest route to happiness. Expect the starred rooms to run to fine-dining prices; dim sum lunch remains the classic value play. Book ahead for weekends — these rooms fill with multi-generational tables, which is exactly as it should be.
ABC Brickworks roast stall serving some of Singapore's best char siew - nicely charred, good balance of lean meat and fats, melts in the mouth.
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One Michelin star; Teochew (the Orchard outlet).
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One Michelin star (new); Cantonese. At Marina Bay Sands; chef Albert Li's refined Cantonese cooking. Head sommelier Joe Yang won the guide's 2026 Sommelier Award.
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One Michelin star; Cantonese. Starred in every Singapore guide edition since 2016.
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Old Airport Road roast stall for thick, fatty, charred KL-style char siew with a tinge of sweet-stickiness on the outside.
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One Michelin star; Cantonese and Sichuan. The Japanese Sichuan restaurant group's first overseas outpost, helmed by third-generation chef Chen Kentaro. Starred in every Singapore guide edition since 2016. (Spelling variant: Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro.)
One Michelin star; Cantonese.
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One Michelin star; Cantonese. Starred in every Singapore guide edition since 2016.
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New Bib Gourmand 2026 entrant serving Hunan cuisine on Killiney Road.
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One Michelin star (promoted from Michelin Selected); Ningbo cuisine. The brand's first international outlet.
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Chinatown Complex stall offering great value: handmade xiao long bao, Sichuan spicy wantons and hand-pulled noodles.
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