F ZINE’s Best New Cafe And Restaurant Picks For July 2026
Each month, we dish out recommendations on where to wine and dine in Singapore, showcasing the city’s latest openings and exciting culinary launches.
July brings us Tiffany-blue breakfasts, lava-lit cocktails, and a few convincing reasons to linger over pastries in the CBD. This month’s new restaurants, cafes, and bars in Singapore include Spanish sharing plates in Dempsey, made-to-order handrolls on Club Street, and enough cake and matcha stops to make dessert a full afternoon. Also on the list: stunning views at a rooftop restaurant at National Gallery, and plenty of new buzzing bars to take you from first drink to last call.
Read on for the best new cafes and restaurants in Singapore to check out this July 2026.
In case you missed them, check out the links below for previous editions of our monthly food round-up:
P.S.: We’ve also got guides to the best vegan cafes and restaurants in Singapore, the lowdown on the new Winnie-the-Pooh afternoon tea, and Pearl’s Hill Terrace’s best indie shops and creative spots.
SINGAPORE’S BEST NEW CAFES AND RESTAURANTS IN JULY 2026
1. Casa Mori
Casa Mori is the newest go-to Dempsey spot, with big names like mod-Sin chef Willin Low and Spanish chef Jose Alonso behind the kitchen. Here, they’re doing Spanish-style sharing plates with local flavours worked in. They’ve taken over the old La Salsa space, now all blush walls, high ceilings, and towering tree-like columns.
The menu jumps between croquetas, fideua, grilled seafood, and larger sharing plates – curry aioli, cincalok, sambal, and salted fish give the Spanish plates a local turn. The Hokkien Mee Fideua ($58) is the one to share: short noodles, plenty of Argentinian red prawns, clams and mussels, plus all the good crispy bits to scrape from the bottom of the pan.
What We Recommend: If you’re going with a group, pre-order the suckling pig ($95). It feeds up to four and needs at least 45 minutes’ prep, served with mirin soy sauce jus and padron peppers.
Address: 11 Dempsey Road, #01-17
Instagram: @casamori.sg
2. Blue Box Cafe by Tiffany & Co
The first Blue Box Cafe in Southeast Asia will be opening at Tiffany’s newly reopened Ion flagship in mid-July. It’ll be on the top floor, so expect the full Tiffany-blue treatment – but with an actual menu and somewhere proper to sit down.
The menu is by chef Julien Royer of three-Michelin-starred Odette, so that is yet another reason to head down beyond the blue backdrop. Expect American cafe classics, with a little French polish and a few Singapore touches in the mix.
What We Recommend: Wait for the reservation drop – this is almost certainly going to be one of those places where the tables disappear first and the menu arrives later.
Read more: Tiffany & Co To Open First Cafe In Singapore
Address: 2 Orchard Turn, #01-21/26A / #02-11 Ion Orchard
Instagram: @tiffanyandco
Website
3. Bar Kap
This new cocktail bar is housed in the House of Tan Yeok Nee, a restored Teochew mansion along Penang Road. The architecture is a stunning mix of old and new – we’re liking the carved timber, painstakingly restored ceramic tiles, and the sleek Y-shaped bar under the old beams.
Interestingly, the cocktail menu takes cues from the house’s many past lives: merchant home, railway quarters, and even a TCM clinic. Start with The Pepper Peddler ($28), a potent mix of baijiu, gin, makgeolli, pepper, and citrus. The Dynamo ($28) is another one to try: a clay-aged mix of Irish whiskey, amaro, sherry, and Drambuie infused with soy, chocolate, and cardamom.
The food menu stays on the snackier side, with Mee Kapitan ($20), Bar Kap Bao ($18) filled with beef and achar, crisp pork-and-prawn spring rolls ($12), and Spicy Tempeh Tots ($12) to soak up the drinks.
What We Recommend: Make a day of the House of Tan Yeok Nee. Jing Studio is also inside, serving loose-leaf teas and pastries from 10am, while the Heritage Gallery is open daily and free to browse.
Address: 101 Penang Road
Instagram: @barkapsg
Website
4. Dignus Amoris
Once a tiny takeaway window at Pearl’s Hill Terrace, Dignus Amoris has moved into a proper shop at South Beach Avenue. The cakes are intricately layered – a step up from your generic cafe cake slices. Flavours have an obvious Asian influence, with things like matcha yuzu, Thai milk tea, and salted milk cheese in the mix.
The Yuenyeung Longan ($15.80) takes its cue from Hong Kong’s coffee-and-milk-tea combo, with black tea cream, Baileys coffee cream, coffee jelly, and longan. Or try the Chestnut Berry ($15) which goes softer and nuttier, with chestnut paste, berry jam, and little chestnut bits for crunch.
What We Recommend: Flavours rotate, so check the day’s cake list before heading down – especially if you have your eye on a particular slice.
Address: 26 Beach Road, #01-17
Instagram: @dignusamoris.sg
Website
5. Rolls Handroll Izakaya
Rolls is a new handroll bar at Mercure Icon, serving made-to-order rolls with warm vinegared rice and nori toasted just before they are handed over. It’s an easier, less formal way to do sushi – good for a casual date without committing to a full-blown omakase.
There are four-roll ($28) and six-roll ($38) lunch sets, with fillings like salmon, tuna, hamachi (amberjack), engawa (flatfish fin), amaebi (sweet shrimp), and shiromi (white fish). Handrolls aside, tuck into chirashi bowls, donburi, sashimi salads, and the usual izakaya sides.
What We Recommend: Skip the sets and order as you go – there’s no need to commit to six rolls upfront, and you can choose the fillings you like.
Address: 8 Club Street, #01-05 Mercure Icon Singapore City Centre
Instagram: @rolls.sg
Website
6. Mimmo
Hong Kong bakery Mimmo has opened its first Singapore cafe at Asia Square, with enough indoor and outdoor seating to make it more than a quick pastry stop. The menu moves between classic viennoiserie and Hong Kong-style bakes, so you can do a butter croissant ($4) and an egg tart ($4) in the same order.
The Pistachio Bolo Bao ($6) is the one to try: a soft pineapple bun filled with pistachio cream. There are also cakes, focaccia sandwiches, and coffee from $4.
What We Recommend: Take the alfresco seats facing Marina View when you have time to linger – good for a pastry, a coffee, and watching the CBD lunch crowd stream past.
Address: 8 Marina View, #01-05 Asia Square Tower 1
Instagram: @mimmosingapore
Website
7. Hi Stranger
Hi Stranger is a cocktail bar on Neil Road that has grand plans to keep changing things up – it’ll move through different “chapters”, rather than settling into a fixed concept. Its opening chapter is A World Aglow, with lava visuals, amber lighting, and sleek stainless steel throughout. The whole place has a warm, molten sort of glow.
The drinks are smoky, spicy, and a little less predictable. The Funky Daiquiri ($26) brings together Jamaican rum, lime, and a hint of chilli, while The Smoky Sour ($24) layers Scotch and Islay whisky with citrus and bitters. There are also scent spritzes for anyone stumped on what to drink, plus spirit pours from $5/cl to try something unfamiliar. Food is more than the usual bar snacks, with small plates like tuna tartare ($12) and prawn toast ($12).
What We Recommend: Stay late enough for the off-menu Ramos Gin Fizz – it only comes out when the team decides the night calls for one.
Address: 27 Neil Road
Instagram: @histranger.sg
Website
8. Hara Hetta
Hara Hetta has moved from home-based orders and pop-ups into a small matcha-and-shio-pan shop at Katong Shopping Centre. It’s tucked away in the basement, so you will need to go looking for it a bit – but it’s worth it.
Here, matcha is whisked to order, with a choice of Okumidori – deeper, nuttier – or Samidori, which is brighter and more floral. The Banana Pudding Matcha Latte($7.90) uses actual banana pudding, rather than just banana syrup. You can also order freshly baked shio pans (from $3) with original, nori, truffle, and garlic cream cheese options.
What We Recommend: Go with the original shio pan and the banana pudding latte – salty, buttery bread with a creamy drink is bound to be a hit.
Address: 865 Mountbatten Road, #B1-02 Katong Shopping Centre
Instagram: @harahettasg
Website
9. Milli Sky Dining
Milli has taken over the old Smoke & Mirrors space at National Gallery, and it’s split across two floors: Sky Dining & Bar on Level 6, with a late-night lounge one floor down. There are some familiar names behind it. Chef LG Han of Michelin-starred Labyrinth takes care of the food, while Vijay Mudaliar of cocktail bar Native has put together the drinks list.
The food stays close to home but more polished. Tuck into popiah tartlets ($18), chilli crab ice cream ($32), cereal corn ribs ($20), and chicken rice paella ($32) with roasted spring chicken and ginger-scallion relish. Cocktails also take local cues, like the Peranakan Spritz ($26) with gin, calamansi, coconut, and ginger flower, or The Singapore Breakfast ($26), a cognac and coffee slushie inspired by kaya toast.
What We Recommend: Get there by 5pm. You’ll catch the view before dusk, then watch the city light up with a drink in hand.
Address: 1 St Andrew’s Road, #05-02 / #06-01 National Gallery Singapore
Instagram: @milli.sky.sg
Website
10. Yet To Name Ramen
Yet To Name Ramen is a tiny Orchard Plaza pop-up doing fish-based ramen instead of the usual tonkotsu broth. You know it’s bound to be good when it’s a collab by the former chef-owner of fine-dining restaurant Imamura and food personality Leon Chua.
It’s a no-frills ramen bar with just 10 seats and one bowl ($15) on the menu at a time – with a different fish ramen on rotation. So far, the broth has rotated between hirame (flounder) shoyu and a richer engawa (flatfish fin) paitan. Both bowls come with thin Hakata-style noodles, wasabi greens, menma (seasoned bamboo shoots), and slices of yuzu-cured snapper.
What We Recommend: Try limited-time Ramen X ($18) from 1 to 5 July. It’s a spicy miso hirame that’s served tsukemen-style, with noodles and vegetables to dunk into a punchier fish-based dipping broth.
Address: 150 Orchard Road, #01-36 Orchard Plaza
Instagram: @yet_to_name_ramen