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Best Wine Lists in Singapore 2026
Wine lists & sommelier programs · Singapore · 6 cellars ranked · Updated May 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published March 4, 2026 · Updated May 21, 2026
Three thousand labels, a Wine Spectator Grand Award, and a sommelier who will pour Burgundy by the glass that most cities keep behind a locked cellar door: that is the standard Les Amis set, and the reason Singapore now drinks as seriously as it eats. The competition runs from a French three-star that pours grower Champagne to a Scotts Road Italian that pairs every course off the cuff. Label counts are easy to inflate, so these six are ranked on what is actually drinkable on a given Tuesday: depth, allocation, the sommelier's range by the glass, and whether the mark-up insults you.
1.Les Amis
Asia's only Wine Spectator Grand Award cellar, three Michelin stars and 3,000 labels: book it for the Burgundy.
Les Amis on Shaw Centre at the top of Orchard Road is the deepest cellar in Singapore and the only restaurant in Asia to hold the Wine Spectator Grand Award, renewed for 2025. Chef Sebastien Lepinoy cooks classical French to three Michelin stars, his cold angel-hair pasta with Oscietra caviar and Hokkaido uni the dish regulars order without looking at the menu. Lunch sets open around S$245 and the dinner tasting climbs past S$495.
The list runs well past 3,000 labels, weighted to Burgundy, Bordeaux and the Rhone, with verticals you will not find by the glass anywhere else in the city. The sommelier team can build a pairing from grand cru that other rooms hoard, or pull a half-bottle to match a single course. Book a weekday lunch, ask the somms to lead, and let the cellar do the talking.
Book direct on the Les Amis site; ask the sommelier to pair from Burgundy.
2.Odette
Three stars and Asia's Best Sommelier 2026 pouring grower Champagne by the glass: reserve weeks ahead for the pairing.
Odette sits inside the National Gallery on St Andrew's Road, Julien Royer's three-Michelin-star room named for his grandmother and ranked the best restaurant in Singapore on the 2026 Asia's 50 Best list. The rosemary-smoked organic egg has been the signature since opening. The set lunch runs around S$248 and the dinner tasting lands near S$398 before wine.
Wine director Lesley Liu took Asia's Best Sommelier 2026, and the roughly 700-label list shows it: traditional Burgundy powerhouses alongside grower Champagne and edgier Jura and natural bottles that most three-star cellars will not touch. The pairing flight is where the program earns its rank, moving from a Labet from Jura to a mature Roumier without a wrong note. Reserve a month out and take the pairing rather than a bottle.
Book on the Odette site; take the sommelier's pairing over a single bottle.
3.Jaan by Kirk Westaway
Modern British cooking seventy floors up with seven hundred labels: pencil it in for a long, wine-led dinner.
Jaan crowns Level 70 of Swissotel The Stamford above City Hall, Kirk Westaway's two-Michelin-star kitchen cooking refined British produce with the whole of the city laid out below. His Anything But Salmon and the English-garden courses anchor a tasting that runs around S$368, with a view that makes the room feel like an occasion before the first pour.
The wine list is a one-inch hardback of nearly 700 Old and New World labels, broad enough to chase a Riesling through Germany or settle into claret without leaving the table. The altitude and the British menu push the somms toward bright, food-friendly whites and aged reds, and they will open serious bottles by the glass on request. Book the early sitting so the light is still up when the wine arrives.
Book on the Jaan site; request a window table for the early seating.
4.CUT by Wolfgang Puck
Wolfgang Puck's steakhouse and a Napa-deep list inside Marina Bay Sands: try it once for a big-bottle night.
CUT brings Wolfgang Puck's modern American steakhouse to The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, the room built around a wood-and-charcoal grill and a wall of dry-aging beef. The bone-marrow flan and the USDA prime and Australian Wagyu cuts are the order, with a steak dinner running past S$200 a head before wine.
The cellar is one of the strongest steakhouse lists in Asia, recognised on Star Wine List and weighted to California, with Napa cult Cabernet, grand cru Bordeaux and a Champagne section built for celebration. This is the room for the big bottle: a Napa vertical against dry-aged ribeye, or magnum Champagne for a table that came to spend. Book a weekend table, tell them it is an occasion, and let the steak set the wine.
Book on the Marina Bay Sands site; ask for the reserve Cabernet list.
5.Buona Terra
One star and 300 Italian labels with off-the-cuff pairings: go for the Barolo and the tortelli.
Buona Terra occupies a quiet bungalow on Scotts Road near Newton, Lombardy-born chef Denis Lucchi cooking precise northern Italian to one Michelin star, held in the 2025 guide. His hand-rolled tortelli and the Carnaroli risotto with Sicilian red prawn are the plates that built the room's reputation, with a tasting around S$258.
Wine director Gabriele Rizzardi runs a roughly 300-label list of Italian and Burgundy fine wine, heavy with Barolo, Brunello and aged Barbaresco, plus biodynamic and rare bottles that rarely reach the open market. Buona Terra is one of the few rooms in the city that will pair the entire menu off the cuff, the somm reading your order and proposing a la minute. Book midweek and hand the table to Rizzardi.
Book on the Buona Terra site; let the sommelier pair the full menu.
6.Zen
Bjorn Frantzen's three-star journey with a group cellar to match: splurge on it for a wine obsessive.
Zen runs across three floors of a restored shophouse on Bukit Pasoh Road in Outram, the Singapore home of Bjorn Frantzen's group and a holder of three Michelin stars in the 2025 guide. The meal moves room to room over an evening, the Frantzen French Toast with foie gras and shaved truffle the through-line, with the journey landing around S$550 before wine.
The wine program draws on the depth of the Frantzen group's cellars, the pairing built to track a menu that swings from Nordic to Asian and back across a single night. The somms will reach for grower Champagne, aged Riesling and Burgundy to follow the food's pivots, and the by-the-glass selection is unusually serious for a tasting-only room. Reserve well ahead and clear the whole evening for it.
Book on the Zen site; take the wine pairing across the full journey.
Skip these for the wine, not the food
Good rooms, thin cellars
The hotel-buffet wine pours. Several of Singapore's grand hotel buffets carry a wine list that exists to move volume, not to reward a drinker. Eat there for the spread if you must, but bring your serious wine appetite to a room that keeps a real cellar.
The view-first sky bars. A few of the prettiest high rooms sell the panorama and pour a wine list a page deep. Go up for the skyline and a cocktail, then book a table at Les Amis or Buona Terra when the wine is the point of the night.
How to drink well in Singapore
Book the serious cellars one to four weeks out and tell them at reservation that wine is the reason you are coming, because the somms will pull older and rarer bottles for a table that signals it cares. Les Amis, Odette and Zen all reward a weekday booking with a calmer room and more of the sommelier's attention, and lunch at Les Amis is the smart way into that Grand Award cellar without the dinner tasting commitment. Singapore adds a high spirits-and-wine duty, so expect mark-ups above what you would pay in Europe and treat the by-the-glass and pairing flights as the value play rather than a sign of a thin list.
Take the pairing over a single bottle when a sommelier of Lesley Liu or Gabriele Rizzardi's standard is running the floor, since the flight is where the cellar's range shows. If you want a specific producer, email ahead; the deepest lists keep allocations off the printed page. Service charge of ten percent and GST are added to the bill, tipping beyond that is not expected, and a quiet word to the somm about budget early in the meal will steer you to the smart bottle rather than the trophy.
Frequently asked
Which Singapore restaurant has the best wine list?
Les Amis on Shaw Centre holds the best wine list in Singapore and the only Wine Spectator Grand Award in Asia, renewed for 2025. The cellar runs past 3,000 labels weighted to Burgundy, Bordeaux and the Rhone, with verticals and large formats most rooms cannot match. Chef Sebastien Lepinoy's three-Michelin-star French cooking is the equal of the list. For grower Champagne and a more adventurous by-the-glass program, Odette is the close second.
Which Singapore restaurant has the best sommelier?
Odette's wine director Lesley Liu was named Asia's Best Sommelier 2026, and the roughly 700-label list reflects her range, from traditional Burgundy to Jura and grower Champagne. The pairing flight at Odette is the best argument for letting a somm lead in Singapore. Buona Terra's Gabriele Rizzardi is the other name to know, pairing the entire menu off the cuff from a 300-label Italian and Burgundy cellar.
How expensive is fine wine in Singapore restaurants?
Expect mark-ups above European levels, because Singapore adds a steep duty on wine and spirits on top of the restaurant's margin. A serious bottle at a three-star room runs well into the hundreds, and trophy Burgundy and Napa climb fast at CUT and Les Amis. The value play is the pairing flight or the by-the-glass list, where a kitchen like Odette or Buona Terra pours genuinely good wine without a full-bottle commitment.
Do Singapore fine-dining restaurants offer wine pairing?
Yes, and the best pairings are worth taking over a bottle. Odette and Zen build flights to track tasting menus that shift between cuisines, while Buona Terra is one of the few rooms that will pair the whole menu a la minute, the sommelier reading your order. Jaan's altitude room leans toward bright whites and aged reds. Book ahead and tell the restaurant you want the pairing so the somm can plan it.
Which Singapore restaurant is best for a wine-led celebration?
CUT by Wolfgang Puck at Marina Bay Sands is built for the big-bottle night, with a California-deep cellar, cult Napa Cabernet and a Champagne section made for a table that came to spend. For a quieter milestone, Les Amis pairs a Grand Award Burgundy cellar with three-star French cooking. Reserve a weekend table, flag the occasion, and let the sommelier steer the bottle to the food.
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