The World's Best Restaurants · 2026
Singapore, Singapore
Les Amis has spent more than three decades proving that a French restaurant in Singapore can be both exactingly classical and locally consequential.
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Les Amis has spent more than three decades proving that a French restaurant in Singapore can be both exactingly classical and locally consequential. Opened in 1994 as an independent fine-dining house, it has been led by Sébastien Lepinoy since 2013. His menus place French products, sauces and seasonality at the centre, backed by a producer network, a mature cellar and a cheese programme with its own specialist stewardship. The restaurant's importance is not novelty. It lies in the unusually complete transfer of culinary culture: procurement, cooking, wine, cheese, service and training are treated as connected disciplines, and the alumni record extends that standard beyond one dining room.
Ingredients, sauces, wine, cheese and service form a complete French dining grammar rather than a collection of imported luxury references.
Since 1994, the restaurant has helped establish Singapore's independent fine-dining culture and has trained people who carried that discipline into the wider industry.
More than thirteen years of present culinary leadership give the current proposition a substantial record of refinement, procurement and controlled evolution.
The opening history, current chef, producer programme and live menu are established by first-party material and corroborated across three independent ownership groups. The assessment does not claim firsthand verification of a particular shipment, sauce, pairing or service.
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