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T+L's Definitive Guide to Singapore

1. Capella Singapore

8.9
1 The Knolls (Sentosa Island), Singapore
Resort · Sentosa Island · 61 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: No hotel on Sentosa has the colonial grace of the Capella. The 112 rooms and villas, in the converted 19th-century Royal Artillery buildings, feature private plunge pools and white-on-white bedding.

2. The Fullerton Bay Hotel

9.2
80 Collyer Quay, Singapore
Hotel · Financial District · 61 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: A modern alternative to the nearby Fullerton—its sister hotel—this 100-room property stands out from its Neoclassical neighbors with a glass façade and contemporary art collection.

3. Marina Bay Sands Hotel

9.1
10 Bayfront Ave., Singapore
Hotel · Financial District · 644 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: The three-tower Marina Bay Sands has become one of the city’s most iconic landmarks. A highlight: the 133,000-square-foot rooftop with knockout views of the city.

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4. Parkroyal Collection Pickering Singapore

8.9
3 Upper Pickering Street, Singapore
Hotel · Central Region · 78 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: The Park Royal showcases chic sustainable design by native architecture firm Woha. Solar panels line the roof while the Zen-like interiors include ponds, waterfalls, and a cabana-lined infinity pool.

5. Raffles Hotel

8.8
1 Beach Rd, Singapore
Hotel · Downtown Core · 135 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: The 1887 Raffles has undergone several face-lifts but stays true to its colonial-style past. Sikh doormen welcome guests in the driveway and suites are done up in antiques and Oriental carpets.

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6. Wanderlust

6.9
2 Dickson Road, Singapore
Hotel · Little India · 32 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: This zany hotel in Little India is the brainchild of a group of local design companies. Expect whimsical touches such as life-size pencil drawings of furniture on the walls and neon lighting.

7. W Singapore

8.8
21 Ocean Way, Singapore, SG-01
Resort · Sentosa Island · 61 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: For its Singapore property, Starwood chose to go seaside, to Sentosa. Here, DJ’s spin in the lobby, underwater speakers play music in the pool, and rooms have multiple options for mood lighting.

8. BooksActually

44 Upper Weld Road, Singapore
Bookstore · Little India · 55 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: In his funky Tiong Bahru shop-house, owner Kenny Leck carries the city’s largest collection of literary tomes. The back of the store is dedicated to oddities such as vintage cameras and typewriters.

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9. Pact

#02-16/17/18/19 Orchard Central (181 Orchard Road), Singapore
Restaurant · Orchard Road · 3 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: In this cool multi-concept space, you can sample 12-hour pork belly at the restaurant Kilo, check out Americana-inspired threads by local label K.I.N, then stop for a cut at Pact & Lim hair salon.

10. Threadbare & Squirrel

7.0
660 North Bridge Rd (Bali Lane), Singapore
Arts and Crafts Store · Central Region · 4 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: This indie fashion boutique stocks Singapore’s best local designers. You’ll find billowy dresses by A.K.A Wayward, geometric-cut sweaters by Max.Tan, and laid-back silhouettes from Weekend Sundries.

11. Tyrwhitt General Company

5.5
150a Tyrwhitt Road, Singapore
Miscellaneous Store · Central Region · 6 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: This one-of-a-kind shop serves as a platform for emerging craftspeople to sell their work. Best bets: white ceramic plates with emblems of Singapore landmarks and old maps of the world.

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12. ArtScience Museum

9.0
10 Bayfront Ave. (Marina Bay Sands), Singapore
Art Museum · Financial District · 149 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Designed by Israeli-born Moshe Safdie, the flower-like museum displays exhibits on technology, art, and style by such talent as Japanese video master Naoko Tosa.

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13. Gillman Barracks

8.0
Lock Road and Malan Road, Singapore
Art Gallery · Central Region · 29 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: This is one of Singapore’s most unusual contemporary art spaces; it spotlights marquee names from around the world (Chinese artist Ai Weiwei; Australian sculptor Sam Leach).

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14. Peranakan Museum

7.7
39 Armenian St., Singapore
History Museum · Central Region · 52 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: This museum explores the culture of the Peranakan (descendants of 17th-century Chinese and Indian immigrants who married local Malays). Inside, find ceremonial jewelry and nyonya porcelain vases.

15. Gardens by the Bay

9.4
18 Marina Gardens Dr, Singapore
Garden · Marina South · 546 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Check out the first phase of the city’s 250-acre waterfront park: a futuristic grove of “Supertrees.”

16. Pulau Ubin

Pulau Ubin (Straits of Johor), Singapore
Island · 45 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Once you arrive at this boomerang-shaped island, a 10-minute boat ride from Changi Point Ferry Terminal, rent a bike to see wild mangroves, traditional wooden houses, and the occasional wild boar.

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17. Immigrants - The Singapore Gastrobar

467 Joo Chiat Rd., Singapore
Gastropub · Marine Parade · 19 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Chef Damian D’Silva’s gastrobar in Joo Chiat has rekindled Singapore’s passion for local heritage food: the tapas-style plates include beef-cheek rendang and some of the city’s best chicken wings.

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18. Lolla

7.9
22 Ann Siang Hill (Ann Siang Road), Singapore
Spanish Restaurant · Chinatown · 61 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: At this two-floor shop-house in Chinatown, Mediterranean-influenced dishes are prepared in an open kitchen. Don’t miss the fresh sea urchin atop squid-ink custard and finely chopped chives.

19. No Signboard Seafood Restaurant

8.0
414 Geylang Road, Singapore
Seafood Restaurant · Central Region · 88 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: What originally began as a nameless hawker stall in the late 1970’s has grown into five outposts across the city. Swing by the Geylang location for white-pepper crab, a longtime neighborhood favorite.

20. Pidgin Kitchen & Bar

7 Dempsey Rd. #01-04., Singapore
Restaurant · Tanglin · 10 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Restaurateurs Adrian Ling and Cleo-Chiang Ling’s fusion joint in Dempsey Hill puts a modern spin on Southeast Asian classics. Try the razor clams tau suan and rich bak kwa macaroni and cheese.

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21. Restaurant André

41 Bukit Pasoh Rd, Singapore
French Restaurant · Central Region · 46 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: This three-story Chinatown spot turns out haute French nouvelle plates prepared by Taiwanese chef-owner André Chiang. What to expect? Dishes such as warm foie gras jelly with black-truffle coulis.

22. Yum Cha

7.1
20 Trengganu St, #02-01, Singapore
Dim Sum Restaurant · Chinatown · 79 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Dim sum devotees love Yum Cha’s old-fashioned pushcart service, a novelty rarely seen in Singapore. Marble-topped tables and framed neighborhood photos set the backdrop for standout salted-egg prawns.

23. Changi Village Hawker Centre

7.5
2 Changi Village Rd, Singapore
Food Court · Changi · 177 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: The center’s International Nasi Lemak stall is known for its lemongrass-infused pandan rice.

24. Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice

7.3
Stall 10, Maxwell Food Centre (1 Kadayanallur St.), Singapore
Hainan Restaurant · Financial District · 125 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice There is always a line outside this popular stand at Maxwell Road, but it’s worth the wait.

25. Makansutra Gluttons Bay

6.2
#01-15 Esplanade - Theatres On The Bay (8 Raffles Avenue), Singapore
Food Court · Downtown Core · 198 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Singapore’s celebrated foodie K. F. Seetoh handpicked the collection of stalls at this street food hawker center. Oyster omelettes and fried carrot cake can be enjoyed with a view of the skyline.

26. Loof

#03-07, Odeon Towers (331 North Bridge Rd), Bras Basah, Singapore
Lounge · Downtown Core · 82 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Singapore’s first stand-alone rooftop bar has recently injected its menu with Southeast Asian flavor. Order the chili-crab cheese fries with a Singapore Sour.

27. 1-Altitude

#63-01 One Raffles Place (1 Raffles Pl), Singapore
Cocktail Bar · Financial District · 186 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: The self-touted “highest alfresco bar in the world” offers 360-degree views and is furnished with plush daybeds.

28. CÉ LA VI Singapore

7.7
1 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore
Rooftop Bar · Financial District · 410 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Inspired by a bar in Bali of the same name, the casual-chic restaurant-bar attracts big-name DJ’s thanks to its 600-foot-high perch atop Marina Bay Sands.

29. Tippling Club

8.4
38 Tanjong Pagar Road
Restaurant · Chinatown · 46 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: This stylish watering hole caters to a creative crowd; try the Purple Drank, made with vanilla-and-raisin spirit, curaçao, candy gomme, raspberry, and citrus.

30. Granny's Day Out

3 Coleman Street
Vintage and Thrift Store · Downtown Core · 1 tip

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Satisfy your love for all things vintage at Granny’s Day Out, which sells clothing, purses, and shoes sourced from around the globe.

31. Kok Sen Restaurant

7.5
2/4 Keong Siak Road, Singapore
Chinese Restaurant · Chinatown · 82 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: For lunch, Kok Sen serves an incredible prawn noodle soup made with spicy sambal belacan (be sure to book ahead).

32. Grey Projects

6B Kim Tian Road, Singapore
Art Gallery · Central Region · 1 tip

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Check out the rotating exhibits at this gallery in Tiong Bahru for a glimpse into the local art scene.

33. 72-13

72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road, Singapore
Event Space · River Valley · 2 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: If you like experimental theater, don’t miss a performance at 72-13 Theatreworks.

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34. Labrador Nature Reserve

8.5
Labrador Park, Singapore
Park · Central Region · 39 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: When you want to escape the bustle of the city, there’s no better place than the Labrador Nature Reserve, which hugs Singapore’s southern coastline.

35. The Green Room - Bishan Park 2

1382 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, Singapore 569931
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · Bishan · 2 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Start your day with an avocado drink made from gula melaka (palm sugar) at this café in Bishan Park.

36. Chomp Chomp Food Centre

7.2
20 Kensington Park Rd. (Serangoon Gardens Way), Singapore
Food Court · Serangoon · 192 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: This hawker center has great sambal stingray, chicken wings, and sugarcane juice.

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37. Catalunya

The Fullerton Pavilion (82 Collyer Quay), Singapore
Spanish Restaurant · Financial District · 66 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Reverse Gin and Tonic, which pairs nicely with the suckling pig; the city views from the restaurant’s windows are breathtaking.

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38. Pangdemonium Productions

27 Ubi Road 4 #06-01, Singapore
Coworking Space · Central Region · 2 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Catch a play at this theater company.