The Singapore Grand Prix is back on Marina Bay’s streets from 9–11 October.
Marina Bay is one of the most restaurant-dense precincts in Singapore, and most of what’s here holds up well outside of race weekend too. The problem is that the same names get recycled every year — the MBS anchors, the rooftop bars, the Michelin spots — while a meaningful number of genuinely good places go unmentioned.
If you’re looking for the best restaurants near the circuit to dine at during the F1 weekend, we’ve got 30 options for you.
This guide splits into three parts: the places most people haven’t found yet, the well-covered anchors, and affordable options.
The less-known restaurants near the circuit
1. Ginza Sushi Arai
Tokyo’s most decorated sushi restaurant makes its first international move, and it landed five minutes from Turn 1.
Sushi Arai has won the Tabelog Gold Award six consecutive times — in Tokyo’s restaurant culture, that’s as close to untouchable as a sushi counter gets. The Singapore outpost at Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay runs one dinner seating nightly at 6:30pm: eight seats at the counter, with seafood flown in from Toyosu Market daily.
Location: 6 Raffles Blvd, #04-600, Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay, Singapore 339594
Opening hours:
Monday: Closed
Tue-Sun: 6:30pm (one seating)
2. Stags Head Steakhouse
The team behind Bistecca opened a second restaurant at Pan Pacific Marina Bay in February 2026, and the format is more serious than the name suggests.
Stags Head runs with in-house butchering and large-format cuts as the centrepiece — Wagyu tomahawk and dry-aged porterhouse — in a Neo-Victorian room with checkered marble floors and dark wood panelling.
Location: 7 Raffles Blvd, Level 3, Pan Pacific Marina Bay, Singapore 039595
Opening hours: 11:30am-2:30pm, 5-10pm
3. Maison Boulud
Daniel Boulud already has a restaurant at Marina Bay Sands. Maison Boulud is the one he actually wanted to open here.
The second Maison Boulud globally — after the original in Montreal — opened on The Shoppes’ waterfront promenade in February 2026, designed by Joyce Wang. The menu runs French classics: Moules Frites, Rossini, fresh-caught seafood in straightforward preparations. The waterfront terrace faces the circuit directly; the weekend lunch hours make it a proper pre-race option.
Location: The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, #B1-15 & #01-83, 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018956
Opening hours:
Mon-Thu: 12-10pm
Friday: 12-10:30pm
Saturday: 11:30am-10:30pm
Sunday: 11:30am-10pm
4. Chimi’s Especial
The circuit runs directly past the terrace — and this is the only place on it serving Venezuelan Cocuy.
The Chimichanga Group opened this Pan-Latin concept at Customs House in March 2026: 180 seats across an indoor-outdoor space with a direct Marina Bay waterfront view at the Collyer Quay stretch of Turn 19–20. The menu covers Peru, Argentina, Venezuela and Puerto Rico. The Peruvian Pollo a la Brasa is the call; the Cocuy is the conversation starter.
Location: 70 Collyer Quay, Customs House, Singapore 049323
Opening hours:
Mon-Thu: 11:30am-11pm
Friday: 11:30am-12am
Sat-Sun: 3-11pm
5. Jin Ting Wan
Jin Ting Wan is MBS’s first Chinese fine dining concept developed entirely in-house, wrapped in an exquisite Song Dynasty-inspired interior. Look forward to dim sum and high-end Chinese dishes. In addition to Chinese wine list sourced from Guangdong producers, you can also complement your meals with a tea pairing service by a dedicated tea master.
Location: 10 Bayfront Ave, Hotel Tower 1, Level 55, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 018956
Opening hours: 11:30am-3pm, 5:30-10pm
6. Baia
A rooftop terrace with Marina Bay Sands in the frame, and nothing on the menu over $30.
The ilLido Group’s Esplanade rooftop is easier to walk past than it should be — Level 4 of a shopping mall doesn’t announce itself. Get up there and the skyline settles any doubts. The weekday three-course lunch runs at $28; all cocktails and food stay under $30 at dinner.
Location: Esplanade Mall, Level 4, 8 Raffles Ave, Singapore 039802
Opening hours:
Monday: 11:30am-12am
Tue-Thu: 11:30am-1am
Fri-Sat: 11:30am-2am
Sunday: 11:30am-12am
7. Sushidan
The best value sushi counter near the circuit is located just at Raffles City.
Sushidan runs Edomae-style sushi at a price point that makes no sense until you’re sitting at it: an omakase set at $19.9 — three nigiri, a handroll, chawanmushi, miso soup, three mini donburi — and an a la carte menu where individual pieces start at $1.9.
Location: 252 North Bridge Rd, #B1-44C, Raffles City Shopping Centre, Singapore 179103
Opening hours: 11am-10pm
8. Toku Nori
The cult Telok Ayer handroll bar that built its entire following without press coverage has a second outlet, and this one adds a sushi omakase counter.
Toku Nori’s Lorong Telok expansion seats 26, running handrolls from $4 alongside the counter omakase not available at the original.
Location: 13 Lorong Telok, Singapore 049026
Opening hours:
Monday: Closed
Tue-Sun: 12-2:30pm, 5:30-11pm
9. Pout Rooftop Cafe
CMO Building’s sixth floor has one of the better views in the CBD, and most people have no idea it’s there.
Pout opened in Chinatown with Seoul-aesthetic interiors and an unobstructed sightline to Marina Bay Sands and Parliament House. Not sure what to get? The Honeycomb Latte ($6.9) and Kouign Amman ($8) are the picks.
It’s walk-ins only; go early on weekdays.
Location: 50 South Bridge Rd, #06-00, CMO Building, Singapore 058682
Opening hours: 9am-5:30pm
10. Shinya Izakaya
Most restaurants near the circuit close before the after-party starts. Shinya runs until 3am.
The Boat Quay izakaya opens at noon and runs straight through to 3am with a charcoal grill on through the whole service. The format is 80 seats plus three private rooms; air-flown sashimi is the anchor and a solid yakitori selection.
Location: 79 Boat Quay, Singapore 049867
Opening hours: 12pm-3am
Catching the races? Here are 10 F1 watch parties in Singapore to consider
Well-known establishments
Every hotel concierge, every F1 travel guide, and every roundup will have already suggested these. They earned their reputation — but you weren’t going to miss them regardless.
11. CÉ LA VI
The MBS rooftop finished a 15th-anniversary renovation in 2025 and came back as Tatler’s Best Spotlight Restaurant 2026.
The Modern Asian menu has been refreshed with the new chapter. For the best experience during F1 weekend, we recommend nook the restaurant side, and not just the club lounge.
Location: 1 Bayfront Ave, Level 57, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 018956
Opening hours:
Mon-Fri: 12-2:30pm, 6-10:30pm
Sat-Sun: 12-3:30pm, 6-10:30pm
12. Waku Ghin
Tetsuya Wakuda’s counter dining at MBS is one of the most consistent fine dining experiences in Singapore, and it’s the best way to celebrate F1 weekend.
The format is a two-part meal: canapes and champagne at the bar, then a 10-course counter dinner built around live ingredients and Japanese technique.
Reservations are non-negotiable.
Location: The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, Level 2, L2-03, 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018956
Opening hours: 5pm onwards
13. Spago
One of the most highly-acclaimed restaurants in the world, where the terrace wraps the level and faces the circuit directly.
Location: 10 Bayfront Ave, Tower 2, Level 57, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 018956
Opening hours:
Mon-Thu: 12-2:30pm, 6-10pm
Fri-Sat: 12-2:30pm, 6-10:30pm
Sunday: 12-2:30pm, 6-10pm
14. Bread Street Kitchen
Gordon Ramsay’s Singapore outpost is the most practical option at MBS for groups that can’t agree on anything.
The British-leaning menu is broad enough to work for most people, and let’s be real — who can say no to a Beef Wellington. The ambience is also surprisingly casual for those looking for a chill day out after the races.
Location: The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018956
Opening hours:
Mon-Fri: 12pm-12am
Sat-Sun: 11:30am-12am
15. Cut
The go-to for a serious steak night that doesn’t require a degustation format.
Cut runs a la carte Wagyu and USDA prime beef with a wine list built for the occasion.
Location: 2 Bayfront Ave, Suite B1-71, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 018972
Opening hours:
Mon-Thu: 6-10pm
Fri-Sat: 6-11pm
Sunday: 6-10pm
16. Lavo
For a relaxed meal up in the skies, Lavo is the place to be during the races.
Here’s what most people are getting. The Grilled Octopus ($34), Jumbo Shrimp ($45), and Malfadine Seafood Alfredo ($45) anchor the new menu.
Location: 10 Bayfront Ave, Tower 1, Level 57, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 018956
Opening hours:
Mon-Thu: 11am-12am
Fri-Sat: 11am-1am
Sunday: 11am-12am
17. Monti
No other restaurant in Singapore is physically surrounded by the F1 circuit on three sides.
The Fullerton Pavilion sits inside the circuit between Turn 17 and Turn 18 — the cars pass the glass walls during race weekend.
Location: 82 Collyer Quay, The Fullerton Pavilion, Singapore 049327
Opening hours: 11am-3pm, 6-10:30pm
18. Kinki
The Customs House rooftop has been a circuit staple for years, and it’s still the most reliable Japanese option directly on the waterfront stretch.
Modern Japanese on Level 2 at Customs House with an outdoor rooftop bar, where you might be able to hear the seductive revs of the engines. Head down on a Saturday to get drunk on their bottomless brunch!
Location: 70 Collyer Quay, #02-02, Customs House, Singapore 049323
Opening hours:
Mon-Sat: 12-3pm, 6-10:30pm
Sunday: Closed
19. Saint Pierre
Two Michelin stars, directly on the circuit at One Fullerton. The most dramatically positioned fine dining room in Singapore.
Chef Emmanuel Stroobant’s degustation menus change seasonally and hold consistently at the top end of French fine dining here. The dining room’s position at Turn 18 makes it one of the few places in the city where the race comes to you. Closed Sunday and Monday; book several weeks ahead.
Location: 1 Fullerton Rd, #02-02B, One Fullerton, Singapore 049213
Opening hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 6-11pm
Wed-Sat: 11:30am-3pm, 6-11pm
Sunday: Closed
20. Jaan by Kirk Westaway
Two Michelin stars and 70 floors up at Swissôtel — the highest fine dining seat near the circuit, and the one with the best overhead view of the full circuit layout.
Kirk Westaway’s contemporary British tasting menus are built around British produce and French technique. Tuesday through Saturday only; walk-ins are not an option.
Location: Level 70, Swissôtel The Stamford, 2 Stamford Rd, Singapore 178882
Opening hours:
Monday: Closed
Tue-Sat: 11:45am-2:30pm, 6:30-10:30pm
Sunday: Closed
Affordable restaurants near Marina Bay Street Circuit (under $20)
21. Makansutra Gluttons Bay
The only hawker centre in Singapore with a front-row seat to the circuit, the city skyline, and live charcoal satay.
Eleven stalls set up along the Esplanade outdoor waterfront each evening — satay over live charcoal, oyster omelette, fried carrot cake, and BBQ seafood at the edge of Marina Bay.
Get there before 6pm on race nights to secure the best seats.
Location: 8 Raffles Ave, Esplanade Outdoor Theatre, Singapore 039802
Opening hours: 5pm-2am
22. Lau Pa Sat
130 years old, directly beside the circuit, and the only hawker centre in Singapore that doesn’t close.
The Victorian cast-iron building at Raffles Quay holds 80-plus stalls and six Michelin-recognised brands under one roof. It’s the place to pick for those who wants to fill up on a satisfying, but affordable meal before heading to the tracks.
Location: 18 Raffles Quay, Singapore 048582
Opening hours: 24 hours
23. Rasapura Masters
The MBS basement food court was revamped in November 2025 with 27 stalls and a meaningful upgrade in quality. Da Shi Jia Big Prawn Mee ($9.8) and Char Kway Teow ($6.9) are the standouts. It’s the cheapest way to eat inside Marina Bay Sands, and one of the more convenient options before or after a session.
Location: The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, B2-01, 2 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018972
Opening hours: 11am-10pm
24. Amoy Street Food Centre
Six Michelin-recognised stalls in one CBD hawker, twelve minutes from the circuit on foot.
Do note that most stalls close by 3pm — so this is a morning-to-early-afternoon stop, not an evening option.
Location: 7 Maxwell Rd, Singapore 069111
Opening hours:
Mon-Sat: 7am-3pm
Sunday: Closed
25. Maxwell Food Centre
Tian Tian’s chicken rice queue is still the benchmark here, but you really can’t go wrong with the other eateries at Maxwell.
Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice ($5-6) is the stall Anthony Bourdain stopped at in 2006, and the queue proves it hasn’t slipped. Get there before 12:30pm to avoid the queue.
Location: 1 Kadayanallur St, Singapore 069184
Opening hours:
Monday: Closed
Tue-Sun: 8am-8pm
26. Hong Lim Market & Food Centre
There’s only one thing to get here: Outram Park Fried Kway Teow. It has a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a queue that forms before noon.
Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Man has been running here for decades — thick flat noodles, dark soy, cockles, and lard, done correctly at $4-5 a plate. This place is about 15 minutes on foot from the Fullerton end of the circuit.
Location: 531A Upper Cross St, Singapore 051531
Opening hours: 6am-10pm
27. Ya Kun Kaya Toast
The most Singaporean breakfast you can have two minutes from Turn 18.
Ya Kun’s One Fullerton outlet puts kaya toast, half-boiled eggs, and kopi directly on the circuit perimeter. Worth arriving early on race mornings before the circuit crowds reach this end.
Location: 1 Fullerton Pl, #01-06, One Fullerton, Singapore 049213
Opening hours: 7:30am-9:30pm
28. Tong Ah Eating House
The Keong Saik kopitiam that’s been running the same formula since the 1930s.
Kaya toast ($4-5 a set), kopi ($1.5), half-boiled eggs — in a corner shophouse at Keong Saik and Bukit Pasoh that’s been running largely unchanged for nearly a century. The heritage is genuine, not curated. One stop by train from the circuit, or fifteen minutes on foot through Chinatown.
Location: 35 Keong Saik Rd, Singapore 089142
Opening hours:
Mon-Sat: 7am-3:30pm
Sunday: Closed
29. Chinatown Complex Food Centre
Two hundred stalls, most dishes under $8, and a craft beer stall in the middle of the hawker centre.
The scale is the argument for the slightly longer trip: 200-plus stalls across two floors with everything from Hokkien Mee to Teochew porridge, and Smith Street Taps serving craft beer from a stall like this is completely normal. Budget two hours and go hungry.
Location: 335 Smith St, Singapore 050335
Opening hours: 6am-10pm daily
30. Old Chang Kee
At $1.8, this is the cheapest snack near the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
Old Chang Kee’s MBS outlet is the practical answer to a quick snack between sessions, especially if you’re a tourists looking to enjoy Singapore’s delicacies in the most convenient way.
Location: The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018956
Opening hours: 10am-10pm
Looking for the best things to do in Singapore?
