Best restaurant in Singapore? Andre? Iggys? JAAN? Wrong! TripAdvisor, that trusty source of user-generated reviews, currently reckons the best spot in town (out of almost 7,000 that have been reviewed) is none other than Capricci. What’s that, you ask? Our thoughts exactly. We reviewed the place a few years back and gave it a modest three stars.
But user RazNe says: A great find in Singapore. A small unpretentious restaurant in Duxton Hill. We went there for St Valentine’s Day. Service was slow, but I am sure every restaurant would have faced this issue as they all scrammed to maximise the evening by having multiple seatings etc. Food was amazingly good and the staff were very apologetic and did explain the reason for the delay. We will definitely return as the food was very authentic and reasonably priced for Singapore.
The list is evidently somewhat self-perpetuating. Quite a number of the reviews come from people who say they went there after seeing it on TripAdvisor. And the site has always suffered from being gamed by venues that market their TripAdvisor presence heavily (although to be clear there’s no evidence that’s what’s going on here). And of course it skews toward places popular with people on, you know, a Trip. But still—in an age where opinions have been outsourced from the experts to the masses, it’s telling that a restaurant can come from nowhere to top the list.
The rest of the top 20 is a bizarre mixture of big names and never-heard-of-em spots. Check it out below.
1. Capricci
2. 10 at Claymore
3. Ristorante Amarone
4. Vida Vino
5. Carousel
6. Shinji by Kanesaka
7. Merchants Wine Cellar
8. NOX- Dine in the Dark
9. Dolce Vita
10. Noti
11. The Auld Alliance
12. MTR Restaurant
13. JAAN
14. 320 Below Nitro Café
15. Leo Café
16. 7 Adam
17. Mezza9
18. Halia
19. Buka Nero
20. Bistecca
Want to know which restaurants made it to our Top 10 list? Get the e-version of our Top Tables guide at is.asia-city.com/toptables. Plus, keep an eye out for a spanking new one coming your way in March, which features over 200 venues in a crazy number of categories, from brunch to desserts and alfresco dining spots.
