Singapore
A small, orderly city where everything is a short drive apart and service is exact. The hotels that matter stand around Marina Bay and Orchard Road, the best tables are booked weeks ahead, and gardens, galleries and heritage houses open by arrangement.
30 recommendations in six sections.
Stay
The best hotel suites in Singapore
The room, not the hotel: in each hotel that matters, the suite to ask for.
The Presidential Suite at The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
The largest suite at The Fullerton Hotel Singapore: 280 m² in the former card room of the Singapore Club, with a baby grand piano, a private lift and a glass-enclosed verandah behind the building's Doric columns.
The Ritz Suite at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
A 219 m² suite on the top floor of the hotel, with a king bedroom, separate living and dining rooms, original Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst works, and Marina Bay views on three sides.
The Royal Marina Bay Penthouse at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
The larger of the two signature suites at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore: 294 m² on the top floor, with a balcony over Marina Bay, a hot tub, a dining room for ten and a chef's kitchen.
The Sarkies Suite at Raffles Singapore
One of the two Presidential Suites in the Main Building of Raffles Singapore: 190 m², a parlour, dining room and private balcony over the Palm Court.
The Shangri-La Suite at Shangri-La Singapore
The largest suite at Shangri-La Singapore: 348 m² on a high floor of the Valley Wing, with two bedrooms, a dining room, its own lift and entrance, and a butler at any hour.
Dine
Private dining rooms in Singapore
The table and the room: private rooms, chef's counters, and whom to ask.
The private room at Shoukouwa
A six-seat private dining room at Shoukouwa, the two-Michelin-star Edomae sushi restaurant at One Fullerton, served from the same omakase as its eight-seat counter.
The waterfront window table at Saint Pierre
One of five tables against the floor-to-ceiling glass at Saint Pierre, Emmanuel Stroobant's two-Michelin-star French restaurant at One Fullerton, looking across Marina Bay.
Les Amis
A French restaurant on the ground floor of Shaw Centre on Scotts Road, off Orchard Road, with chef Lepinoy in the kitchen and three Michelin stars in the 2026 Singapore guide.
Odette
Julien Royer's French restaurant inside National Gallery Singapore, with three Michelin stars since 2019.
Zén
Björn Frantzén's Nordic restaurant of 23 seats across three floors of a Bukit Pasoh shophouse, with three Michelin stars since 2021.
Arrive
Arriving in Singapore by private jet or commercial flight
Getting in and out without a queue: by private jet, on a commercial flight, by car or by water.
The executive terminal at Jet Aviation Seletar
Jet Aviation's handling base for private jets at Seletar Airport, with its own executive terminal, passenger and crew lounges, and supervision for jets that land at Changi.
The Jetex FBO at Seletar
Jetex's private terminal and ground handling for private jets at Seletar Airport, run with Bombardier at its Singapore Service Centre, with an executive lounge and its own customs and immigration.
The Jetside service at JetQuay
JetQuay's fullest service for a commercial flight at Changi: a car on the airside between the aircraft and the CIP Terminal, check-in and immigration inside that terminal, and a private suite with a butler while you wait.
The superyacht berth at Marina at Keppel Bay
A superyacht berth at Marina at Keppel Bay, on Keppel Island off Singapore's southern shore, a marina of 168 berths that takes yachts up to 280 ft inside and has single berths up to 590 ft.
The superyacht berth at ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove
One of 33 superyacht berths in a gated marina at Sentosa Cove, for yachts up to 220 ft, with customs and immigration clearance at the marina at any hour.
Access
What is not on the public calendar: before opening, after closing, by appointment.
The private Bird Discovery Tour at Bird Paradise
Ninety minutes on foot through three walk-in aviaries of Bird Paradise for one party of up to eight, with a personal guide, a hornbill interaction and feedings of starlings, turacos, lories and lorikeets.
The private Safari Adventure Tour at Night Safari
Two and a half hours at the Night Safari for one party of up to seven, on a private buggy with a personal guide, with reserved seats at the Creatures of the Night presentation and feedings with the Indian rhinos and Asian elephants.
The private viewing at STPI
A viewing by appointment, arranged by the sales team, of works made in STPI's print and paper workshop, in its gallery in a restored warehouse on the Singapore River.
The private visit at The Intan
A private visit, with tea or a Peranakan lunch or dinner, led by Alvin Yapp through his own house in Joo Chiat and the Peranakan collection he has built over 30 years; strictly by appointment.
The private Zoo Adventure Tour at Singapore Zoo
Ninety minutes at Singapore Zoo for one party of up to seven, on a private buggy with a personal guide, with a giraffe feeding and a giant tortoise encounter on the way.
Care
Private doctors and discreet services in Singapore
Discreet services on short notice.
A bespoke suit at Kevin Seah
A suit cut from a pattern drafted for one body and finished by hand over at least 70 hours, made at Kevin Seah's appointment-only atelier by the Botanic Gardens.
Bespoke shoes at Josh Leong
A pair of shoes lasted, welted and soled by hand on lasts made to the client's own feet, fitted by Josh Leong himself in his studio in Singapore.
The hotel doctor at Raffles Hospital
A doctor or nurse from Raffles Hospital, sent to the hotel room at any hour of the day or night.
The made-to-measure shirt at CYC
A shirt measured, cut and sewn for one person by the Singapore shirtmaker founded in 1935, fitted at its shop in Capitol Singapore and ready in three to four weeks.
The personal stylist at Paragon
A private two- or three-hour styling appointment inside Paragon on Orchard Road, with a stylist from the mall's own panel who chooses the shops in advance.
Around
A day outside the city: the islands, the strait, the rainforest.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
163 hectares of primary rainforest on Bukit Timah Hill, Singapore's highest natural point and one of the country's two ASEAN Heritage Parks, with four marked trails from the visitor centre.
Sisters' Islands Marine Park
Singapore's first marine park, 40 hectares of reef and island in the Singapore Strait, with a 1 km trail and a 220 m floating boardwalk over the corals on Big Sister's Island, 45 minutes by ferry from Marina South Pier.
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
202 hectares of mangroves, mudflats and ponds on Singapore's north-west coast, the country's first ASEAN Heritage Park and a stop on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway for migratory shorebirds.
The Ocean Course at Ria Bintan
An 18-hole, par-72 Gary Player course of 6,470 metres on Bintan's north coast, an hour by catamaran from Tanah Merah, with holes 7 to 9 on the South China Sea.
The Serapong at Sentosa Golf Club
A par-72 championship course of 6,765 metres on Sentosa island, home of the Singapore Open since 2005, with the city skyline and the port across the water.
