Places to eat in Singapore

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This quickly became our favourite place to eat, mainly due to its cheap hawker stalls set around a large area of plastic tables and chairs. You can all types of food here including meat dishes such as grilled lamb and steaks, Indian and Chinese food to local favourites. We chose to eat from one particular stall where the food was really good and portions plentiful and well priced. We tried out different dishes every night and washed them down with large bottles of Tiger beer for S$6.20. I came here for lunch one day and it tended to be full of office workers from the nearby business area but at night it's different with young eaters and parties. They have a few TV's where you can watch English Premier League football games. Great place to sample a wide selection of cheap food if you're on a bit of a budget plus mingle with the locals.

Update 12/9/11: Went back to this place during a 1 night stay in Singapore only to find that this excellent food court has now closed down. Real shame as it did some very good food. Tragic really. Anybody know why it's closed down?

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In the crowded built-up city of Singapore it's nice to find restaurants that are in a little more open space, surrounded by greenery. Singa Inn is one, a traditional wooden structure with open sides and thatched roof set in lawns and trees.

They specialise in fresh seafood but have an extensive menu that includes many other dishes. The atmosphere is relaxed, service is excellent and so is the food. You have a choice of small, medium or large servings of most dishes.

Favorite Dish: We always go with at least two other people and order several dishes which we share, in the usual Chinese way. I'm not a seafood fan so I usually go for dishes such as Sizzling Venison, Crispy Skin Roast Chicken, Fried Rice with Shredded Chicken & Anchovies, Mixed Vegetables. The others do choose seafood and that usually includes Prawns and Garoupa.

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A stylish, modern, up-market restaurant that offers a wide range of top-quality Dim Sum/Yum Cha dishes at lunchtime.
Beautiful food, excellent service and not too expensive.

Favorite Dish: The way to go is to order lots of different things. My particular favourites are char siew pau, yam cakes and carrot cake, but there are so many choices that I enjoy.

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A stylish up-market restaurant catering to tourists and Singaporeans. Good attentive service and top quality food with a wide-ranging Cantonese menu.

Favorite Dish: The steamed prawns are big, fresh and excellent. Pork Ribs, Suckling Pig, Goose, Chicken are all equally good.

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One of the best dinner buffets in town.

Easy-to-get-to location in the Royal Plaza on Scotts at the Junction of Orchard & Scotts Roads.

The restaurant decor I find a strange mixture that doesn't work, but the buffet makes up for it. Probably the widest choice of any buffet and absolute top quality throughout.

It's also remarkable value at S$47+++ (about S$55 in total).

As it's very popular it's a good idea to book ahead.

Favorite Dish: There's something for everyone, including many dishes which we particularly like.

The seafood choice is amazing, everything from smoked salmon to prawns, crab and sushi.

The roast beef is top quality with a choice of different potatoes plus Yorkshire pudding and vegetables - and hot horseradish sauce just as I like it!

There's a big choice of different Asian dishes, a very large dessert buffet, including home-made ice cream plus a chocolate fountain.

And if you have room, a good selection of cheeses.

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This is my favourite dinner buffet in town. The hotel is in a great central location on the corner of Orchard & Scotts Roads, so it's convenient to get to. The Cafe on the ground floor has a very good value dinner buffet with a wide choice of top quality food. The highlight is probably the seafood, which is of the highest standard, but the other dishes are excellent too.

The wine buffet at S$35 gives a good choice of red or white, five or six of each, on a help-yourself basis.

Favorite Dish: There's a large choice, with many items to suit all tastes. Dishes include a good choice of seafood, roast beef with traditional accompaniments plus other European dishes such as braised beef in red wine, local dishes, a good cheese selection, a variety of desserts, ice cream, a chocolate fountain.

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Although they specialise in seafood there are many other excellent dishes on the extensive menu. All of the dishes are top quality, inclding the famous Singapore Chilli Crab.

A bustling casual local restaurant in Geylang, one of the raunchier suburbs in Singapore. Very big indoor and outdoor areas are available.

You will need to book ahead, they get very busy in the evening.

Favorite Dish: Any of the seafood, but in particular the crab, including chilli crab, and prawns. Other favourites include venison.

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Not only is the ice cream excellent - my second-favourite brand - with some amazing sundaes, they also offer good, if formula, western food plus Asian dishes and reasonable - for Singapore - coffee.

The service has also been of the same excellent, friendly standard in every Swenson's location I've visited.

Favorite Dish: The main reason for going is the ice cream. My favourite is simply one scoop Vanilla, one of Sticky Chewy Chocolate. Geina likes Sticky Chewy Chocolate with chopped almonds & hot chocolate fudge sauce

I also sometimes have cheese & mushroom omelette, fries & coleslaw or crumbed chicken with fries & coleslaw, which are always to exactly the same standard so you know exactly what you'll get each time.

The Asian food, especially Seafood Laksa and Beef Kway Teow are equal in quality to the local restaurants.