New Restaurants, Cafes And Pop-Ups In Singapore: November 2026

The continuous rise of Singapore’s food scene needs to be studied. While our city state has always been famed for its gastronomic offerings, there has been a surge in viral spots lately, serving everything from elevated omakase dishes to every variation of matcha lattes under the sun. But amongst the slew of up-and-coming restaurants, cafes and bars in Singapore, which ones are really worth the travel?

We’ve done the legwork for you. Below, the newest and buzziest restaurants, cafes and bars to hit up next.

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November 2026

New restaurants, cafes and bars

I’m donut?

Mark your calendars, doughnut lovers. Tokyo’s cult-favourite doughnut chain, I’m donut?, is finally opening its first Singapore store at ION Orchard. The brand is known for its nama donuts, which are soft, airy and made from a pumpkin-enriched brioche-style dough, so each bite practically melts in your mouth. Since opening in Nakameguro in 2022, it has drawn long queues everywhere from Tokyo to New York, Seoul and Kuala Lumpur.

The Singapore menu has yet to be revealed, but expect signatures like the sugar-dusted I’m donut? Original, plus cream-filled favourites such as Custard Cream and Matcha.

I’m donut? is located at #B2-19, ION Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn, and is slated to open in December 2026. For more information, visit I’m donut?’s page.

Sogurt

If Sogurt closing its doors in 2018 broke your heart; you’ll be stoked to know who’s back. Years after its last storefront closed, Sogurt is back with a flashy new flagship store at One Holland Village that can house up to 102 guests.

Its signature self-serve bar will feature 10 rotating frozen yogurt and soft-serve flavours, such as OG Chocolate, Peach Mango Tart, Matcha, Black Sesame, and Pink Guava Sorbet and more. What might be a more welcome surprise is a slate of trendy new toppings like pistachio kunafa, popping boba and mini mochi—and of course, you’ll see your classics like Biscoff crumble and fresh fruit. 

Sogurt is located at #02-23, One Holland Village, 7 Holland Village Way and is slated to open in December 2026. For more information, visit Sogurt’s page.

Kiap Kiap Chicken Club & Bar

Liang Seah Street is better known for zi char and seafood, but a fried chicken bar that stays open past midnight is a welcome change. Kiap Kiap Chicken Club & Bar, from three Singaporean co-founders, brings a retro diner-meets-house-party vibe to a second-floor shophouse space above the street, where you can enjoy cocktails and crispy chicken as the day changes into night and a vibey red glow overtakes the room.

Fried chicken is the main event here, starting with the Original Fried Chicken, which is a must-try. You can also opt to go for the bolder Duck Fat Mala Fried Chicken for a kick (thanks to the addictive chili oil); and pair it all with delicious cocktails, mocktails or draft beer.

Kiap Kiap Chicken Club & Bar is located at #02-15, 1 Liang Seah Street and is open Sundays to Thursdays from 5.30pm to 1am, and Fridays and Saturdays from 5.30pm to 2am. For more information, visit Kiap Kiap’s site.

Katsu By Kyu

Tonkatsu gets a Korean twist at Katsu By Kyu, the first restaurant in Singapore to exclusively sell tonkatsu made with Jeju pork. The meat is dry-aged for 10 days, then coated in a batter that mixes freshly milled rice powder with panko. The rice is given its own VIP treatment and is cooked in traditional Korean gamasot pots.

Beyond the Jeju pork cutlets, expect seafood and combination sets, including a crowd-pleasing fried prawn wrapped in crunchy kadaif pastry. You can also add the Cold Flat Udon to your protein of choice for an extra-satisfying bite. The hanok-inspired interior comes with an open kitchen, so you can watch the chefs trim each cut to order.

Katsu By Kyu is located at #01-09, OUE Downtown Gallery, 6A Shenton Way and is open Mondays to Saturdays from 11am to 3pm and from 5pm to 10pm. For more information, visit Katsu By Kyu’s site.

New menus

Five Years of Hello Arigato

Five years after its debut, homegrown café Hello Arigato is celebrating with a refreshed menu that pulls the best of its six outlets together. Highlights include the Big Fish, Sando, which features a sizeable cut of halibut fish katsu, paired with classic ingredients like pickled onions, japanese cabbage and tobiko mayo; and Truffle & Egg Sando: a truffle-filled crowd-pleaser at Hello Arigato that gets refreshed in this special menu, featuring maple hashbrown, mushroom jam and truffled scrambled eggs. On the pasta front, there’s the Hokkaido Milk Udon Carbonara topped with Parma ham that’ll give you all the satisfaction of biting into thick udon with an indulgent Western twist.

Don’t forget to bring your friends, because you can now share the new Arigato Fried Chicken, seasoned with a 10-spice blend and served with wasabi ranch. A new Coffee Series, made with in-house roasted beans, rounds things off with the Snowy Mont Blanc and Coffee Cola Cloud.

Hello Arigato has six outlets across Singapore. For more information, visit Hello Arigato’s site.

New collabs

Fico & Friends, With Roscioli

Pull out a chair at the 14-seater communal table, because Fico has invited some very special company. At this special collaboration, the Puglian-inspired seaside restaurant by Chef-Partner Mirko Febbrile, set along East Coast Park, is welcoming Rome’s beloved Roscioli, the legendary deli, restaurant and wine bar known for its carbonara, served alongside the Fico favourites that earned it its Bib Gourmand. This ongoing event will see names that have inspired chef Mirko on his own culinary journey.

This special collaboration features a six-course menu with crowd-pleasers from both houses. Those include dishes like the San Marzano Tomatoes Focaccina with bufala mozzarella and basil, crisp Fried Sage with aged ricotta and chestnut honey, and Baked Tomino wrapped in pancetta and rosemary. For something to share, the Fico Seafood Platter piles on oysters, red prawns and scampi. The usual Fico menu will be available as well; end your meal with a Burrata Gelato with strawberry and tomato jam and wash it all down with Fico’s cocktails, wine and beer.

Fico is located at 1300 East Coast Parkway, and is open daily on Mondays to Wednesdays from 5.30 to 10.30pm, Thursdays from 11.30am to 3pm and 5.30 to 10.30pm, and Fridays to Sundays from 11.30am to 10.30pm. For more information, visit Fico’s site.

October 2026

New restaurants, cafes and bars

TWG Tea Gallery

Your next layover just got a lot more exciting. TWG Tea has unveiled its largest flagship in the world, the TWG Tea Gallery at Changi Airport Terminal 3. Spanning 2,700 square feet beneath a 23-foot-high ceiling hand-painted with a map of the world’s tea-growing regions, it’s anchored by a wall of more than 1,200 tea tins.

The highlight is the brand’s first-ever TWG Tea Museum, home to over 170 antique tea wares and more than 50 antique Russian samovars dating from the 17th to 20th centuries, all collected over 15 years. There’s no sit-down service here. Instead, grab a takeaway cup, browse Changi exclusives like the Grand Voyage Tea and the Singapore Surprise Gift Set, or try the new tea-infused ice cream and sorbet, with flavours like Pandan Gula Melaka & Coconut and Soursop & Temi.

TWG Tea Gallery is located at Departure/Transit Lounge North, Terminal 3, Changi Airport, 65 Airport Boulevard, and is open 24 hours daily. For more information, visit TWG Tea’s site.

Tembusu

Taking over the former home of The Halia in the Botanic Gardens is Tembusu, a dining house serving up local food that takes its flavour inspiration from Singapore’s rich past.

Expect a menu with familiar, comforting flavours: homemade kaya toast and nasi lemak with chicken leg berempah and blue pea basmati rice, that then ventures further with squid ink claypot rice with Pacific abalone, udon laksa with Andaman sea prawns and stuffed chicken wings finished with Hainanese chilli.

Standouts from the brunch line-up include an otak-otak slider made with batang fish and tiger prawns, served with kaffir lime aioli on a brioche bun. As for drinks, there are modern spins on Nanyang kopi and teh, roasted locally from Gia Lai Highlands beans. The space itself leans into a lush, maximalist design language with illustrated ceilings, sculptural timber columns and a garden-facing conservatory. Not to mention, it’s fully air-conditioned and pet-friendly.

Tembusu is located at 1 Cluny Road, and is open daily from 8am to 9pm. For more information, visit Tembusu’s site. 

Assaggi

If you’ve been craving for some top-tier Italian cuisine, you’re in luck. Along Neil Road, Chef Denis Lucchi — the man behind one-Michelin-starred Buona Terra—has struck out with Assaggi, a contemporary Italian degustation concept built around the idea of flavour over form, giving diners a taste of his cooking at a more affordable price point.

A three-course lunch starts at $58 per person, while The Signature Journey and The Pasta Journey are $88 per person. Don’t skip the bread course: a mountain of whipped Beppino Occelli butter paired with honey-glazed brioche, balsamic reduction and duck fat has already become a talking point. Cocktails are similarly considered, curated in collaboration with Japanese speakeasy Bar Kakure.

Assaggi is located at 77A Neil Road, and is open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 12 to 3pm and from 6 to 10.30pm. For more information, visit Assaggi’s site. 

New menus

Rempapa

If you love familiar local classics, run, don’t walk to Rempapa’s new City Hall home. The fan-favourite spot has expanded its brunch and tea time menu at National Gallery Singapore, adding five new dishes to its Heritage Classics line-up. Highlights include Damian’s Chicken Curry, built on the chef’s signature 11-spice powder that draws on Indian and Eurasian culinary traditions; a Peranakan Laksa with prawns, fish cake and beansprouts; and a Heritage Bak Kut Teh in a spiced white pepper broth.

Lighter options come in the form of Shredded Chicken Noodles with mushrooms and a house-made braising sauce, and grilled-to-order Chicken Satay, while two new toast flavours—Butter-Sugar with whipped French butter, and Nutella with cornflakes—round out the sweeter end of the menu.

Rempapa is located at #01-02A, National Gallery Singapore, 1 St. Andrew’s Road, and is open daily from 10am to 7pm. For more information, visit Rempapa’s site. 

Mondo Turns One

If you’ve ever walked past the busy restaurant strip and tried a sweet treat from Mondo (blue cheese with pear gelato, anyone?), you’ll know that this anniversary menu isn’t one to miss. A year after landing on Amoy Street and getting Singapore to rethink what gelato can taste like, Mondo—named for the Italian word for “world”—is celebrating its first birthday with its biggest menu drop yet.

Leading the line-up are new Spiked Espresso & Soft Cream pairings, built on flash-chilled espresso plunged into ice the moment it’s pulled, locking in brighter, more layered aromatics. 

Alongside them: house-made Sluush slushies topped with your sorbet of choice, engineered as much for Singapore’s climate as its palate; a considered range of non-coffee drinks; playful new gelato flavours (nasi lemak included); and the brand’s first-ever sorbet cake, each one carrying the same sense of whimsy that’s defined Mondo since day one.

Mondo is located at 92A Amoy Street, and is open Thursdays to Saturdays from 11.30pm to 11pm and Sundays to Wednesdays from 11.30am to 10pm. For more information, visit Mondo’s page.

Garden Café at One-Ninety Bar

Over at Four Seasons Hotel Singapore, One-Ninety Bar has introduced Garden Café, its new pastry-to-brunch menu served daily from 11am to 6pm on its greenery-filled alfresco terrace, helmed by Executive Pastry Chef Daniel Windelhed. 

Designed for all-day grazing, the refreshed line-up leans into comforting brunch classics, wholesome bowls, hearty sandwiches and handcrafted desserts. Signature plates include the Singapore Chilli Crab Omelette and English Breakfast Royale Sandwich, alongside a Signature Salmon Poke Bowl and Prawn Aglio Olio Sandwich, with sweet finishes like Tiramisù Classico and a Citrus Petit Gâteau.

One-Ninety Bar is located at Four Seasons Hotel Singapore, 190 Orchard Boulevard, and is open daily from 11am to 6pm. For more information, visit One-Ninety Bar’s site. 

September 2026

New restaurants, cafes and bars

Sushi Ryujiro Singapore

Sushi Ryujiro Singapore is a recent addition to the Japanese dining scene, located at The Capitol Kempinski Hotel. It is an intimate 10-seater sushiya that transports you to Japan with its premium Edomae omakase selection, conceived by Michelin-starred Chef Ryujiro Nakamura. The restaurant brings together every element of chef Nakamura’s philosophy, from ingredient sourcing—the ingredients are flown in directly from Japan four times a week—and hospitality to design and craftsmanship.

Guests can experience Sushi Ryujiro Singapore through three Edomae omakase menus. Go for the Lunch Omakase, which progresses through appetisers, cooked dishes, nigiri and dessert. The Dinner Omakase showcases the widest and finest display of the restaurant’s seasonal ingredients and culinary finesse. The chef features the finest seafood available that day through a series of appetisers, cooked courses, and sushi. A highlight is the signature tuna progression, showcasing carefully selected chutoro, akami and ootoro at their seasonal best.

Sushi Ryujiro Singapore is located at #01-88, The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore, and is open Tuesdays to Sundays from 12pm to 2:30pm and from 7pm to 10pm. For more information, visit Sushi Ryujiro Singapore’s site.

Pop Bakery

Pop Mart’s dessert concept, Pop Bakery, has arrived in sunny Singapore; marking its debut outlet in Southeast Asia. The 40-seat cafe situated on the second floor of Pop Mart’s new flagship at Resorts World Sentosa is set to be a vibrant new landmark for immersive experiences, playful character-inspired desserts and handcrafted drinks that bring Pop Mart’s imaginative universe to life. 

The exclusive treats combine Pop Marts signature whimsy with classic Singaporean flavours. Fans can look forward to a menu full of sweet and refreshing items, like the Twinkle Twinkle Tangy Coconut Mousse, Go Around with Twinkle Twinkle Sea Salt & Coconut Flavoured Popsicle and Pucky Xiao Long Bao Dessert.

Beyond the dining experience, fans can browse through a vast selection of Pop Mart’s iconic designer art toys, collectibles, and regional exclusive seasonal releases on display.

POP BAKERY is at #01-233, WEAVE, Resorts World Sentosa, 26 Sentosa Gateway, and is open from 11am to 9pm daily. For more information, visit Resorts World Sentosa’s site.