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Best Rooftop Restaurants in Singapore 2026
Rooftop & top-floor dining · Singapore · 7 rooms ranked · Updated May 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published February 18, 2026 · Updated May 24, 2026
Fifty-seven floors above Marina Bay, where the Gardens by the Bay light show plays out somewhere below your negroni, is where Singapore learned to dine on a roof. This is a vertical city that takes its skyline seriously, and the competition for the best high table runs from Michelin-starred charcoal Italian to the world's highest microbrewery. The view is rarely the problem here. The harder thing is a kitchen and a bar that earn the lift ride rather than coasting on the panorama. These seven, ranked on the balance of view, cooking and bar program rather than metres above the pavement, are the rooftops worth the climb in 2026.
1.CE LA VI
The 57th-floor Marina Bay panorama that set the template for Singapore rooftop dining. Book it for sunset, not the kitchen.
CE LA VI crowns the SkyPark on the 57th floor of Marina Bay Sands, the rooftop that more or less invented the category here when it opened as Ku De Ta in 2010 and relaunched under its current name in 2014. The restaurant runs a modern Asian menu, Norwegian salmon tacos at S$18 and A4 Miyazaki wagyu nigiri at S$25 among the plates to share, with mains and a tasting that push a dinner past S$120 a head before drinks.
What you are really buying is the Marina Bay panorama and the SkyBar and Club Lounge alongside, the strongest bar program of any high room in the city. Book a terrace table for around 6.45pm so you are seated as the light goes and the Gardens by the Bay show begins below.
Book on the CE LA VI site; ask for a terrace table at dusk.
2.Braci
One Michelin star and the best cooking on any Singapore rooftop, charcoal-fired above Boat Quay. Reserve weeks ahead for dinner.
Braci occupies a restored heritage shophouse on Boat Quay, the dining room and open charcoal kitchen sitting below a small rooftop bar over the Singapore River. It has held one Michelin star in the Singapore guide, the 2025 edition included, under the ilLido Group of chef-restaurateur Beppe De Vito, with Chef de Cuisine Matteo Ponti running a charcoal-driven Italian degustation that lands around S$298 a head.
Everything passes over wood and embers, from the bread to the langoustine, in a thirty-seat room that is the most serious kitchen on any Singapore rooftop. Book two to three weeks ahead and take the early sitting, then move up to the rooftop bar for a digestivo over the river once the plates are done.
Reserve direct on the Braci site; ask about the rooftop bar after dinner.
3.Altro Zafferano
Andrea De Paola's Italian on the 43rd floor with a skyline terrace bar; the S$168 tasting earns the lift. Book a window.
Altro Zafferano sits 43 floors above Collyer Quay at the top of Ocean Financial Centre in Raffles Place, an Italian dining room wrapped in an alfresco terrace and a rooftop bar. Executive Chef Andrea De Paola, who came up through the one-Michelin-starred Braci, cooks contemporary Italian, with a five-course tasting at S$168 and a chef's menu around S$148. It has anchored this corner of the skyline since Zafferano first opened in 2009 and relaunched under the Altro name.
The view runs across Marina Bay and the financial district from the terrace, which is the seat to ask for. Of the city's high Italian rooms it is the one where the kitchen genuinely keeps pace with the panorama. Reserve a window or terrace table and arrive before sundown for a negroni at the bar, then move inside for dinner.
Book on the Altro Zafferano site; request a terrace table for sunset.
4.LeVeL33
The world's highest microbrewery, 33 floors over Marina Bay, where Jake Kowalewski cooks with spent grain. Go for the paddle and the deck.
LeVeL33 is the rooftop you visit for the engineering as much as the view, a craft brewery and restaurant on the 33rd floor of Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 that Guinness World Records certified in March 2025 as the highest microbrewery in a building, at 149 metres. Executive Chef Jake Kowalewski, in the kitchen since 2021, cooks what the brewery calls ContemBrewery food: beer-brined chicken wings and pork collar in a miso and blond-lager glaze, spent grain folded into the bread and pasta.
Plates run roughly S$30 to S$45 and the house-brewed flights are the thing to order. The terrace looks straight across Marina Bay to the Sands. Come at dusk on a weekday, order a tasting paddle of the beers, and take a table on the open deck.
Book on the LeVeL33 site; ask for the outdoor deck on a dry evening.
5.Lavo
Italian-American on the 57th floor for The Meatball and a party-leaning bar. Pencil it in for a loud, view-soaked night.
Lavo brings a slice of Italian-American New York to the 57th floor of Marina Bay Sands, sharing the SkyPark with Spago and CE LA VI since it opened at the Sands in 2024. The draw is The Meatball, a one-pound sphere of imperial wagyu and veal under whipped ricotta, alongside mafaldine in a seafood Alfredo, with plates that carry a SkyPark markup, roughly S$40 to S$70.
This is the loud, bottle-service end of the rooftop spectrum rather than a quiet dinner, with a bar and weekend brunch that pull a crowd. The Marina Bay view is the same postcard as its neighbours. Book a window booth for an early dinner before the room turns up the volume, and split the meatball to start.
Book on the Marina Bay Sands site; take an early booth before the music climbs.
6.Stellar at 1-Altitude
The highest table here at 62 floors, Christopher Millar's Australian grill under an alfresco roof. Climb it once for the panorama.
Stellar sits on the 62nd floor of One Raffles Place, the highest dinner table on this list, with an alfresco roof deck added above the dining room. Chef-owner Christopher Millar cooks contemporary Australian built on a grill and seafood line, dry-aged steaks and a tasting that runs from roughly S$130 to S$180 a head, with a la carte above that. It has been a fixture of the Raffles Place skyline since 1-Altitude opened in 2010.
The 360-degree sweep over the financial district and Marina Bay is the widest in the city, and the rooftop bar one floor up extends the evening. Book a window table for the early sitting, then climb to the open deck for a nightcap once the plates are cleared.
Book on the 1-Altitude site; reserve a window for the early seating.
7.Smoke & Mirrors
A rooftop cocktail bar over the Padang and the bay, not a kitchen. Go for blue-hour drinks, eat dinner elsewhere.
Smoke and Mirrors is a rooftop cocktail bar on top of the National Gallery Singapore in the Civic District, looking straight down the Padang to the Marina Bay skyline, a different and arguably better vantage than the Sands itself. It is a bar rather than a restaurant, with art-inspired cocktails around S$28 and a short bites menu, and it has ranked among Asia's 50 Best Bars in recent editions.
The view of the Civic District and the bay is the reason to climb up, and it is the rooftop on this list to treat as the start or end of an evening rather than dinner. Book the outdoor terrace for blue hour, have two drinks over the skyline, and eat properly before or after.
Book the terrace on the Smoke and Mirrors site for blue hour.
Avoid for a rooftop dinner
Great height, wrong expectation
The observation-deck counters. The food spots tied to the Sands SkyPark observation deck and the tourist towers sell the highest views in town, but the cooking is built for turnover. Ride up for a drink and the photo, then eat dinner somewhere with a real kitchen behind it.
Mr Stork and the snack-only sky bars. Several of Singapore's prettiest rooftops, the Andaz's Mr Stork among them, are cocktail bars with a few bar bites rather than restaurants. Go for the drinks and the view, but book a proper table elsewhere for the meal itself.
Reservation strategy for a Singapore rooftop
Book a window or terrace table one to three weeks ahead and ask for it by name, because the view is the entire point and the best seats go first. The Marina Bay Sands rooms, CE LA VI and Lavo, and the Michelin-starred Braci release prime evening tables early through their own sites, and weekend windows vanish soonest, so a weekday booking buys both a better seat and a calmer room. Take the earlier sitting so you are seated as the light changes rather than facing a black pane of glass.
Weather is the variable to plan around, since Singapore's afternoon storms can wash out an open terrace in minutes. Altro Zafferano, LeVeL33 and Stellar all keep indoor seating to fall back on, so book the terrace but hold the inside table in the same reservation. If sunset is the aim, look up the actual time for your date, which sits close to 7pm year-round this near the equator, and ask to be seated about forty minutes before, drink in hand, so you are settled when the city lights come up.
Frequently asked
What is the best rooftop restaurant in Singapore?
CE LA VI on the 57th floor of Marina Bay Sands is our top pick for the full rooftop package. It pairs the city's signature Marina Bay panorama with a SkyBar and Club Lounge that outperform most of its rivals, and a modern Asian menu of sharing plates from around S$18. Dinner runs past S$120 a head before drinks. For the best cooking on a roof, though, the Michelin-starred Braci above Boat Quay is the one to book.
Which Singapore rooftop has the best food rather than just the view?
Braci, the one-Michelin-starred Italian on Boat Quay, is the high room where the kitchen leads. Chef de Cuisine Matteo Ponti runs a charcoal-driven degustation around S$298 a head under chef-restaurateur Beppe De Vito's ilLido Group, every course touched by wood and embers. It is the rooftop to choose when the meal matters as much as the skyline, with a small rooftop bar over the Singapore River for a drink afterwards.
How much does a rooftop dinner cost in Singapore?
Plan on S$120 to S$300 a head before drinks at the serious rooftop rooms. LeVeL33 sits gentlest at roughly S$30 to S$45 a plate, CE LA VI and Lavo land around S$120 a head, Altro Zafferano's tasting is S$168, and the Michelin-starred Braci runs near S$298. Cocktails at altitude move the bill most, so set a number before the lift doors open.
Do you need to book rooftop restaurants in Singapore in advance?
Yes, book the window and terrace tables one to three weeks ahead. The Marina Bay Sands rooms and the Michelin-starred Braci release prime evening tables early and the best seats go first, especially at weekends. Smoke and Mirrors and the rooftop bars take some walk-ins but seat their terraces by reservation in good weather. Ask for a window or terrace table specifically, and take the earlier sitting for the light.
Are there open-air rooftop restaurants in Singapore?
Yes, several have genuine alfresco seating rather than glass. Altro Zafferano on the 43rd floor of Ocean Financial Centre, LeVeL33's terrace over Marina Bay and Stellar's roof deck on the 62nd floor all seat diners outdoors, and Smoke and Mirrors is an open rooftop bar. Singapore's afternoon storms can close a terrace fast, so book the outdoor table but keep an indoor fallback in the same reservation.
Which Singapore rooftop is best for a special occasion?
For a milestone dinner, Braci on Boat Quay is the rooftop with the cooking to match, one Michelin star and a charcoal degustation around S$298. For the bigger view and a celebratory buzz, CE LA VI and Lavo on the Marina Bay Sands SkyPark deliver the postcard panorama and a livelier room. Book a window or terrace, take the sunset sitting, and tell them it is an occasion when you reserve.
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