Top 5 Best Restaurants To Eat in Chinatown, Singapore

Chinatown is Singapore 's most popular district, and it's not hard to understand why: heritage shops line the winding roads, while traditional lanterns zigzag over the streets. At every corner, the sounds of sizzling woks and the smells of fresh ingredients fill the air, tempting you to taste it. From Michelin star restaurants to unadorned restaurants, we have selected the 5 best restaurants in Chinatown Singapore.

1. Haikee Brothers

Address: #02-39, 133 New Bridge Road, Outram, Singapore, 59413, Singapore

Located on the 2nd floor of Chinatown Point, five-month-old Haikee Brothers may be a new tenant in the mall, but its history actually dates back to 1959. Third-generation hawkers James Wang and Joseph Wang continued to chicken their grandfather's heritage soy sauce by preparing it verbatim according to the family's highly guarded recipe. The soy sauce drumstick noodles will wow you with incredibly tender chicken and elastic noodles.

2. Yum Cha Chinatown

Address: #02-01, 20 Trengganu Street, Chinatown, Singapore, 58479, Singapore

Yum Cha Chinatown is one of the few places in Singapore where diners can order dim sum from old-fashioned strollers and feast on retro circular communal tables. The traditional ambience of the restaurant is reminiscent of local Hong Kong restaurants. Don't leave Yum Cha Chinatown until you've tried their steamed pork dumplings. Also known as xiao long bao, these delicate dumplings filled with soup are steamed in a bamboo basket. Their best-selling cream breads filled with salted egg yolk are another dim sum to try here.

3. Burnt Ends

Address: 20 Teck Lim Road, Outram, Singapore, 88391, Singapore

Burnt Ends is a modern Australian-style barbecue restaurant located in a pretty little shop along Teck Lim Road. This Michelin-starred restaurant is also the only establishment in Singapore to be included in the exclusive list of the 50 best restaurants in the world in 2018. Everyone comes here for the incredibly delicious Sanger Burger from Burnt Ends: fluffy and tasty pulled pork, a salad of crunchy cabbage and layers of melted cheese are stuffed between buns. This life-changing pork burger is definitely worth the average waitlist of three months.

4. Chinatown Food Street.

Address: 41 Smith Street, Outram, Singapore, 58953, Singapore

After a multi-million dollar redesign, the iconic Chinatown Food Street reopened to the public in 2014. The 100-meter-long street has an impressive internal cooling system and a large glass shelter - so guests can dine al fresco in the rain or the sun. The variety of food offered at these 24 hawker stalls is as diverse as the people of Singapore. Look forward to freshly grilled satay kebabs, flavoured teow char kway, crispy roti pratas, dried frog porridge and more.

5. Chinatown Complex

Address: 41 Smith Street, Outram, Singapore, 58953, Singapore

With 226 stalls, Chinatown Complex Market & Food Center is Singapore's largest hawker center. But that's not all. The massive complex is also where people can enjoy a stellar range of award-winning dishes at incredibly affordable prices. For starters, the Chinatown Complex Market & Food Center is the birthplace of Liao Fan Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle (aka the cheapest Michelin restaurant in the world). You can also dine at Lian He Ben Ji Claypot Rice - which has received honorable status from Bib Gourmand Michelin.