Feast with Friends at the Best Orchard Road Restaurants

PS.Cafe began in 1999 as a small cafe inside the Project Shop fashion store on Orchard Road, and the Paragon outlet keeps that design-led look with vintage fittings and an all-day international menu.

Why we love it: Few Orchard cafes work as well for a long, unhurried group lunch: share-friendly plates, desserts big enough to split, and a kitchen that runs from 10am to 10pm daily.

Best for: Weekday lunches with friends between shopping stops.

Must try: PS. Truffle Shoestring Fries and the Sticky Date Steamed Pudding.

Location: 290 Orchard Road, #03-41/42 Paragon Shopping Centre, Singapore 238859

Japanese cafe chain Hoshino Coffee, with around 200 outlets in Japan, brings hand-dripped Arabica coffee, soufflé pancakes and wafu pasta to a brown-leather room on ION Orchard's B3 level.

Why we love it: It is a calm, easy refuel for families, with a fluffy Omu Soufflé and Double Pancakes that suit kids and grown-ups alike, plus a 2pm to 6pm afternoon set.

Best for: Afternoon coffee breaks and relaxed family brunches.

Must try: Omu Soufflé, Double Pancakes and the hand-dripped Signature Coffee.

Location: 2 Orchard Turn, #B3-22 ION Orchard, Singapore 238801

8 Korean BBQ is an industrial-chic Shaw Centre grill built around its 8 Colours pork belly flight, eight strips marinated in flavours from wine to red pepper paste, alongside prime beef, Wagyu and generous banchan.

Why we love it: The eight-flavour pork belly turns a barbecue dinner into a tasting game for the whole table, and army stew and makgeolli round out a proper group night.

Best for: Lively group dinners and birthday barbecue nights.

Must try: 8 Colours pork belly set, Army Stew and a makgeolli.

Location: 1 Scotts Road, #04-20/21 Shaw Centre, Singapore 228208

Family-owned Seoul Restaurant grills over charcoal on Level 3 of Conrad Singapore Orchard, offering à la carte dishes, a tasting course and an à la carte BBQ buffet of cuts from pork collar to beef short rib.

Why we love it: Its charcoal buffet lets mixed groups graze across pork collar, jowl and brisket at a set price, and Korean food-promotion bodies have recognised it as an Outstanding Korean Restaurant.

Best for: Family weekend lunches with a charcoal BBQ buffet.

Must try: Seoul Galbi, Moksal pork collar and Bibim Naengmyeon cold noodles.

Location: 1 Cuscaden Road, #03-02 Conrad Singapore Orchard, Singapore 249715

Fi Woodfire Thai moved from Robertson Quay to Shaw Centre in July 2025, cooking over lychee wood at an open grill and in a custom wood-fire oven that reaches 450°C.

Why we love it: Woodfire cooking gives familiar Thai dishes real char, and the bar counter facing the fire plus weekday lunch sets make it work for quick lunches and long dinners alike.

Best for: Shared dinners with friends who like smoky, grilled flavours.

Must try: Signature Moo Ping Duroc Pork Rib and the Pineapple Rice Stack.

Location: 1 Scotts Road, #03-14/15 Shaw Centre, Singapore 228208

Halal-certified Thai and Indonesian restaurant on Level 5 of Ngee Ann City, one of four outlets, putting both cuisines on a single menu. Dishes range from phad thai with satay to tahu telur and crab meat omelette fried rice, and a separate vegetarian menu makes it easy for mixed groups.

Why we love it: It settles the split-table debate, with nasi goreng istimewa and pad thai with satay side by side, plus a separate vegetarian menu.

Best for: Mixed groups who can't choose between Thai and Indonesian, vegetarians included.

Must try: Nasi Goreng Istimewa and phad thai with satay, then Sago Gula Melaka.

Location: 391A Orchard Road, #05-29 Ngee Ann City Podium Block, Singapore 238873

UYA prepares live eel on-site at Wheelock Place, grilling it Kansai-style over binchotan charcoal without sauce first, then glazing it with a closely guarded family tare.

Why we love it: The hitsumabushi comes with a ritual, eaten several ways and finished as ochazuke with dashi poured over, so a simple lunch feels like an occasion.

Best for: Unhurried weekend lunches for unagi lovers.

Must try: Hitsumabushi, Grilled Eel with Salt and the Sashimi Moriawase.

Location: 501 Orchard Road, #02-15/16 Wheelock Place, Singapore 238880

Nanbantei has grilled yakitori at Far East Plaza for over 30 years, seasoning skewers lightly with sea salt and cooking them over high-heat charcoal for a smoky edge.

Why we love it: It is the most casual Japanese pick here, a decades-old skewer bar where friends order rounds of negima, nanban yaki and quail's eggs after work.

Best for: After-work skewers and beers for small groups up to four.

Must try: Negima, Nanban Yaki beef and the Yakitori Bento at lunch.

Location: 14 Scotts Road, #05-132 Far East Plaza, Singapore 228213

Run by the team behind Awfully Chocolate, Sinpopo moved its flagship from Joo Chiat to level two of TANGS in December 2022, serving modern Singaporean plates, house-baked cakes and a local-style high tea.

Why we love it: Its blue pea Signature Nasi Lemak arrives with eight sides, from beef cheek rendang to har cheong kai, making it an easy way to show visitors Singaporean flavours on Orchard Road.

Best for: Afternoon high tea between Orchard Road shopping stops.

Must try: Sinpopo Signature Nasi Lemak and the Gula Melaka Crème Brûlée.

Location: 310 Orchard Road, #02-22/27/29, Tang Plaza, Singapore 238864

Halal-certified buffet on the lobby level of Grand Hyatt Singapore, with Chinese, Malay, Indian and Peranakan stations serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Expect a Hainanese chicken rice station with roast and steamed chicken and house-made chilli, beef rendang, satay and roti prata, with banana fritters and ice cream to finish.

Why we love it: Its Hainanese chicken rice station, with roast and steamed birds and house-made chilli, is Chope diners' most-voted dish, just ahead of Chef Solanki's butter chicken.

Best for: Introducing visitors to Singapore's hawker classics in one halal sitting.

Must try: Hainanese chicken rice, then Chef Solanki's butter chicken with garlic naan.

Location: 10 Scotts Road, Lobby Level Grand Hyatt Singapore, Singapore 228211

Estate is Hilton Singapore Orchard's Level 5 all-day restaurant, where chefs cook to order in open kitchens and dinner adds eight plated Chef Signatures to the international and local buffet.

Why we love it: It covers the indulgent end of a group day out, with a Sunday Social Champagne Brunch featuring oysters and children's activities, plus Friday and Saturday seafood nights with free-flow wine.

Best for: Celebratory Sunday brunches with friends and families.

Must try: Signature Laksa, Mysore Mutton and the Bread and Butter Pudding.

Location: 333 Orchard Road, Level 5, Hilton Singapore Orchard, Singapore 238867

Hua Ting has served Cantonese cooking at Orchard Hotel since 1992 under Masterchef Chung Lap Fai, with Irish Silver Hill duck carved tableside and a 20-seat Chairman's Room.

Why we love it: It handles the big family occasions Orchard needs: private rooms for birthdays and reunions, weekend dim sum from 11am, and a chef's tasting menu for celebrations.

Best for: Multi-generation family celebrations in a private room.

Must try: Peking Duck and Stewed Mee Pok with Boston Lobster and X.O Sauce.

Location: 442 Orchard Road, Level 2, Orchard Hotel Singapore, Singapore 238879

TungLok Peking Duck at Orchard Central was the first in Singapore to serve Irish Silver Hill Farm duck the traditional Peking way, in a Level 7 dining room blending Eastern and Western design.

Why we love it: This is the duck specialist of the two Chinese picks: a gong sounds as each bird is served, and the bones can be deep-fried, which makes it fun for groups.

Best for: Lively group dinners built around a whole roast duck.

Must try: Peking London Duck and Braised Ee-fu Noodle with Lobster.

Location: 181 Orchard Road, #07-07/08/09 Orchard Central, Singapore 238896