Choosing where to dine could be a headache especially with such a vast variety of restaurant around. One could be pampers with choice. Why not check out the top 5 Singapore restaurant listed in Lovebirds and consider them? Please share the reviews of the restaurant if you and your partner happen to visit them.

Au Petit Salut

Location: Blk 44 Jalan Merah Saga #01-54, Singapore 278116
Tel: 6475 1976
Reservations: Lunch and dinner always recommended
Dress code: Smart casual
Time: lunch, 11.30-am-2.30pm, dinner, 6.30pm-10.30pm.
Closed: Lunch on Saturday
Website: www.aupetitsalut.com

Setting: A simple, stylish setting, either indoors or alfresco: comfortable and understated.

Food: Casual French dinning at its best. The quality of the food, much of it flown in from France, is reflected in the texture and taste of the various dishes, all of which are attractively served. The a la carte and set lunch menus change monthly. The restaurant offers a variety of appetisers, including a range of foie gras, and main courses and the choices are all tempting. For appetisers, the escargots are good and the grilled scallops are marvellous.  The main courses offer fish and vegetarian, as well as meat dishes, the cassoulet being the house speciality.

Wine: There is an extensive win list offering wines from all over the world. It includes a selection of half bottles that are particularly popular at lunchtime.

Service:  Some of the best encountered in Singapore with smiling, helpful waitresses who arrive at and disappear from the table at just the right moment.

Price: Dinner for two costs about S$200.
Specialities: Red wine braised beef cheeks, Le Cassoulet, Orange and grand marnier soufflé.

Chilli Padi

Location: No 11 Joo Chiat Place, #01-03, Singapore 427744
Tel: 6275 1002
Reservations: Lunch and dinner recommended
Dress code: Nil
Time: lunch, 11am-2.30pm, dinner 5.30pm-10.30pm.
Opened Daily
Website: www.chillipadi.com.sg

Setting: Glimpse into a Peranakan past with traditional artefacts mounted on the walls, antique furniture and rare photographic scenes of old Singapore.
Food: Peranakan means locally born and usually refers to the Straits-born Chinese. From the Chinese and Malay cultures evolved a distinct language, lifestyle and cuisine. The cultural blend of Chinese and Malay with some European elements is also known as the “Nonya” cuisine.
Wine: No wine served but there is beer.

Service: Staffs are attentive and polite.

Price: Dinner for two costs about S$40.

Specialities: Ayam bua kulak (Traditional braised chicken with Indonesian black nutes), Cabbage roll, Assam Curry fish head.

Equinox

Location: 2 Stamford Road, Level 70 Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore 178882
Tel: 6837 3322
Reservations: Always necessary
Dress code: Smart Casual
Time: lunch, 12pm-2.30pm, dinner 6.30pm-11pm.
Opened Daily
Website: www.equinoxcomplex.com

Setting: My personal favorite. For the ultimate “wow factor” view head to Equinox- it’s a must for out-of-towners,
offering a 180-degree view across Singapore. At night the city, winding around the rivers, is at your feet, the glittering lights, river boats and night attractions. Make sure you ask for a window seat.

Food: A concise menu offers well-signposted signature dishes, including the sublime entrée of air-dried duck breast. Salads are slick with dressing and very flavoursome. Roasted spiced rack of lamb is an international gourmet tour featuring tender, pink cutlets alongside distinctly piquant and zesty flavoured accompaniments.

Wine: List of wines is extensive

Service: Smooth, courteous and polite. Service standard are high.

Price: Dinner for two costs about S$180. The degustation menu is S$198 per person with wines or S$110 without.

Specialities: Pan-seared foie gras and air-dried duck breast Pan-fried tiger prawn and seared scallops, Chocolate fantasy (for two).

IndoChine

Location: 49B Club Street, Singapore 069424
Tel: 6323 0503
Reservations: Lunch recommended, Dinner always necessary
Dress code: Smart Casual
Time: lunch, 12pm-2.30pm, dinner 6.30pm-10.30pm.
Closed Sunday
Website: www.indochine.com.sg

Setting: Greeted by a world of candles, smoothing aromas, serene Buddhas and silken cushions on the second level of a restored shop house in Club Street, it as if you are entering into the customary Asia.

Food: Authentic cuisine from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand is served; including French influenced fare such as beef stew IndoChine style. The speciality Laotian larb kai (marinated chicken in lemon juice) is said to be one of the true flavours of Laos. A vegetarian menu is also available and outstanding desserts include sweet pumpkin custard.

Wine: Credible list of both Old and New World wines.

Service: Staffs are attentive and polite.

Price: Dinner for two costs about S$130.

Specialities: Goi Cuon Cua(Fresh Rice Paper Crab Meat Rolls), Bo La Lot(Grilled beef in Wild Betel Leaves), Laotian Larb Kai(Marinated Chicken in Lemon Juice).

Aoki

Location: 1 Scotts Road, #02-17 Shaw Centre, Singapore 228208
Tel: 6338 8015
Reservations: Lunch and Dinner always necessary
Dress code: Smart and Elegant
Time: lunch, 12pm-3pm, dinner 6.30pm-11pm.
Closed Lunch on Sunday and certain PH
Website: www.lesamis.com.sg

Setting: This unobtrusive Japanese restaurant oozes cosmopolitan sleek with its bronze and glass façade, and a dark setting centring on the superior Hinoki wood counter.

Food:  I love Japanese food. The remarkable offering of kaiseki, sushi, sashimi sukiyaki, shabu shabu and tempura. Exquisite appetisers: sweet shrimp topped with fresh creamy uni for a refreshing start; a little dish of ine as hair seaweed swimming in light vinegar to whet your appetite with its uncontrollable vinegar kick; and the light, silky-smooth tofu skimmed form the top of a soya tofu.

Wine: Amis’ award-winning Les Amis wine list, Sapporo Black Label and Yebisu beer are available together with shochu and plum wine.

Service: High ratio of staffs with very attentiveness and helpfulness.

Price: Dinner for two costs about S$300. Set lunch is available at S$30 per person for a sushi set.

Specialities: Raw fish and seasonal items, Sashimi.

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