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Best French Restaurants in Singapore 2026
French · Singapore · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026
Julien Royer runs two of the best French rooms in Singapore, and they sit a short drive apart: the three-star Odette inside the National Gallery, and Claudine, a brasserie he built in a converted Dempsey chapel for the nights nobody wants a tasting menu. That range is the whole story of French dining here. Few cities outside France carry two three-star French restaurants, a two-star outpost from Anne-Sophie Pic, and a one-star vegetable obsessive in the same compact map. Singapore does. Ranked below on the cooking, the room and what the bill buys, with the dish to order at each.
1.Odette
Singapore's three-star benchmark, Julien Royer's Kampot-pepper pigeon and a top-tier Asia ranking; book six weeks out for a milestone dinner.
Julien Royer named Odette for his grandmother and built it, in 2015, into the most decorated French kitchen in Singapore: three Michelin stars and a fixture near the top of Asia's 50 Best. It occupies a soft-pink room inside the National Gallery on St Andrew's Road, where the cooking is modern French with a light hand and a quiet Asian accent. The Kampot pepper pigeon is the signature, singled out again in 2026, and the heirloom beetroot baked in clay is the dish regulars come back for. The tasting menu runs in the region of S$498 before wine, and the pairing is one of the better-judged in the city. This is the room to book for an anniversary or a dinner that has to land. Reserve online roughly six weeks ahead and take a weekday seating if you can.
Book on the Odette site; the Kampot pepper pigeon and the clay-baked beetroot.
2.Les Amis
The grande dame of Singapore French, three stars under Sebastien Lepinoy; reserve for cellar-deep, white-tablecloth luxury and a long wine night.
Les Amis opened on Scotts Road in 1994 and is the old guard of fine French dining in Singapore, run since 2016 by chef Sebastien Lepinoy, who carried it to three Michelin stars. The room at 1 Scotts Road, in Shaw Centre, is wine-red velvet, chandeliers and starched linen, with one of the deepest French cellars in Asia behind it. The cooking is classical and luxe: langoustine, Brittany blue lobster, black truffle in season and aged Japanese beef, sauced with the kind of precision the style demands. Tasting menus run from roughly S$450, and the wine list is the reason serious collectors book here. Go for a celebration that calls for tradition rather than experiment. Reserve two to four weeks ahead and let the sommelier open the cellar.
Book direct or by phone; the langoustine and a truffle course in season.
3.La Dame de Pic, Raffles Singapore
Anne-Sophie Pic's only Asian room, promoted to two stars in 2026; book the berlingots for a special night at Raffles.
Anne-Sophie Pic, the most decorated woman in French cooking, runs her only Asian restaurant from inside the restored Raffles Hotel at 1 Beach Road, and in the 2026 Michelin Guide it rose to two stars. Pic's cooking is built on layered aromatics and acidity rather than richness, and the signature dish travels with her: the berlingots, pyramid-shaped pasta parcels filled with cheese and a seasonal broth poured at the table. The white, light-filled room is among the prettiest fine-dining spaces in the city, a contrast to the heritage shell around it. Tasting menus sit a notch below the three-star pair on price. This is a strong pick for a special occasion that wants beauty as much as ambition. Book two to three weeks ahead through the hotel.
Reserve via Raffles; the berlingots and a Pic-style fish course.
4.Saint Pierre
Emmanuel Stroobant's two-star French-Asian room over the bay; go for a waterfront tasting menu with a view of the marina.
Belgian-born Emmanuel Stroobant opened Saint Pierre in 2000 and has held two Michelin stars at its current waterfront home in One Fullerton, looking out over Marina Bay. The cooking is French in technique but threaded with Japanese and Southeast Asian ingredients, the product of decades Stroobant has spent cooking in Singapore. Seafood leads the menu, and the kitchen leans lighter and more aromatic than the classic rooms uptown. The view across the bay is the rare case where the room and the cooking pull in the same direction rather than one carrying the other. Tasting menus run below the three-star pair. Reserve a week or two ahead, ask for a window table at dusk, and let the tasting menu set the pace.
Book on the Saint Pierre site; the tasting menu and a window seat at sunset.
5.Restaurant JAG
Jeremy Gillon builds a one-star menu around alpine herbs; book the vegetable-led tasting for a lighter, quieter fine-dining night.
Chef Jeremy Gillon learned his herb-forward cooking in the French Alps, and Restaurant JAG, which he runs with partner Anant Tyagi, holds one Michelin star for it. In 2023 the room moved to a restored 19th-century warehouse at STPI in Robertson Quay, a light, garden-like, 40-seat space that suits Gillon's quieter style. The cooking is vegetable-led: French produce picked at peak ripeness, supplemented by seafood and meat, and seasoned with the mountain herbs Gillon collects and preserves himself. It is the most personal and the least showy of the starred rooms here, and usually the easiest to book. Go for a lighter, herb-driven tasting when the three-star calendars are full or you want a calmer evening. Reserve within a week, especially for lunch.
Book on the JAG site; the herb-led tasting menu, lunch for value.
6.Claudine
Royer's neo-brasserie in a Dempsey chapel; walk in for roast chicken and a long Sunday lunch without the tasting-menu commitment.
Claudine is Julien Royer's answer to a night when nobody wants fourteen courses: a French neo-brasserie set inside a restored colonial chapel on Dempsey Hill, named, like Odette, for a woman in his family. The menu is the comfort end of French cooking done with three-star discipline, built for sharing: a whole rotisserie chicken, steak frites, a souffle, and plates that come and go without the pacing of a tasting menu. The high-ceilinged chapel room is one of the more atmospheric spaces in Singapore, and the wine list reaches well beyond brasserie expectations. There are no Michelin stars here, and that is the point. Go for a relaxed lunch, a group dinner, or the night you want Royer's kitchen without the formality. Book a week ahead, sooner for weekends.
Reserve on SevenRooms; the rotisserie chicken to share and a souffle.
How Singapore eats French
French fine dining in Singapore clusters in two zones. The marquee rooms sit in the Civic District and along the marina: Odette in the National Gallery, La Dame de Pic at Raffles, Saint Pierre over the bay, with Les Amis a short hop north in the Orchard belt. That concentration makes a French dinner here easy to pair with a hotel stay or a night at the bay. The second pole is greener and looser, out at Dempsey Hill and Robertson Quay, where Claudine and Restaurant JAG trade marble for converted heritage buildings and a calmer mood.
Service is jacket-optional but smart, reservations skew online, and the three-star rooms expect you to commit to a tasting menu, while the brasserie tier lets you graze. Lunch is the value play across the board, often half the dinner price for much of the same cooking. For the wider picture beyond French, the Singapore dining guide maps the city by neighborhood and occasion, and the best French restaurants worldwide set these rooms against Paris, New York and Tokyo.
Where not to look for it
Skip these for serious French
Hotel-lobby "French" buffets. A carving station and a crepe pan do not make a French restaurant. The six rooms above are a different category; if a menu reads like an international buffet with a French accent, it belongs on a different list.
Brasserie Gavroche if you want fine dining. Frederic Colin's Tras Street bistro is a genuinely good, traditional Parisian brasserie, and worth a casual night of steak frites and escargot. But it is a neighborhood room, not a tasting-menu destination, so book it for what it is rather than as a substitute for the starred tables.
Frequently asked
What is the best French restaurant in Singapore?
Odette, Julien Royer's three-Michelin-star room inside the National Gallery, is the strongest French kitchen in Singapore and one of the highest-ranked restaurants in Asia. Its closest rival is Les Amis, the city's grande dame of classic French luxury under Sebastien Lepinoy, also at three stars. Choose Odette for produce-led modern French with a light Asian accent, and Les Amis for white-tablecloth tradition, truffle and a famously deep cellar.
Which French restaurants in Singapore have three Michelin stars?
Two French restaurants hold three Michelin stars in Singapore: Odette, the modern French room by Julien Royer at the National Gallery, and Les Amis, the classic French house on Scotts Road led by Sebastien Lepinoy. Below them, Anne-Sophie Pic's La Dame de Pic at Raffles and Emmanuel Stroobant's Saint Pierre hold two stars each, and Restaurant JAG holds one. That spread makes Singapore one of the strongest cities for French fine dining outside France.
How expensive is French fine dining in Singapore?
At the top, expect roughly S$450 to S$550 per person before wine for the tasting menus at Odette and Les Amis, with La Dame de Pic and Saint Pierre a step below. Restaurant JAG sits lower again, and Claudine, Julien Royer's neo-brasserie in Dempsey, is the most accessible, with a la carte plates rather than a fixed tasting. Wine pairings add S$200 or more, so a three-star dinner for two with pairings runs past S$1,500.
How far ahead should I book French restaurants in Singapore?
Book Odette and Les Amis four to six weeks out; both release tables online and fill weekend windows fast. La Dame de Pic and Saint Pierre take reservations two to three weeks ahead and are easier midweek. Restaurant JAG and Claudine can often be had within a week, especially at lunch. For a milestone dinner at a three-star room, book the moment the calendar opens and take a weekday slot.
What should I order at a French restaurant in Singapore?
Order the Kampot pepper pigeon and the heirloom beetroot at Odette, the langoustine and anything with truffle at Les Amis, and the berlingots, Anne-Sophie Pic's signature stuffed pasta, at La Dame de Pic. At Saint Pierre take the tasting menu for its French-Asian crossover, at JAG let the alpine-herb tasting lead, and at Claudine order the rotisserie chicken to share. Across all six, the produce and the sauce work are where the kitchens show their hand.
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