Chijmes Lei Garden Restaurant
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Hours
Sun
11:30 am - 3:00 pm6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Mon
11:30 am - 3:00 pm6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Tue
11:30 am - 3:00 pm6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Wed
11:30 am - 3:00 pm6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Thu
11:30 am - 3:00 pm6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Fri
11:30 am - 3:00 pm6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Sat
11:30 am - 3:00 pm6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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CUISINES
Chinese, Asian, Cantonese, Soups, Hong Kong
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
features
MICHELIN Guide's Point of View
Unlike other branches in the group, this one has a European décor echoing the colonial style of the building that hosts it. That said, the menu remains...
Read more on MICHELIN GuideOne MICHELIN Star: High quality cooking, worth a stop!
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CUISINES
Chinese, Asian, Cantonese, Soups, Hong Kong
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Private Dining, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
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4.0
426 reviews
Excellent
141
Very good
164
Average
71
Poor
24
Terrible
26
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Sing Ying Tan
4 contributions
Jan 2020 • family
Celebrated my hubby's birthday at Lei Garden. Tried some dim sum, winter melon soup, sliced duck with crepes, lobster noodles & dessert. The food is not too salty, which is good!
Just a few comments: (a) I asked for soup without chicken, and winter melon soup is recommended. But later to know than the soup contains few chunks of chicken meat. It's best your staff who are taking orders, knows the ingredients of the food; (b) The menu on website/at restaurant can be better translated - eg. Snow frog = hashima, almond milk sweetener = almond milk dessert.
Hope to see improvement in future!
Written 12 January 2020
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Andrew Goh
Singapore7973 contributions
Feb 2021 • business
The standard is kind of dropped compared to many years I have visited here. The poached Australian lobster with egg while kind of bland! Nothing special about this dish that I would expect some wow feeing! Then pan fried Wagyu was good but kind of small in serve! The stewed spiked sea cucumber was perfect cooked to the right texture and taste. The stir fried Garoupa fish fillet kind of average. The double boil sea Treassure in deluxe clear soup is out of the world. The standard is still hold! The fried glutinous rice with chinese sausage is one of the best I have tried ! Missed their fry sesame ball and ordered one .. still as good. I put average as I expect the Michelin star quality food. Sercice was great and attentive.. but they charged me $100 corkage for bringing 3 bottles wine and one bottle whiskey!
Written 25 February 2021
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Peter C
London135 contributions
Jan 2020 • none
Taken here by a family member who lives in Singapore, we were very impressed with the quality and presentation of the food.
Having said that we had ordered the pork belly in advance and wished we had done the same for the Peking Duck as only a half of the later was available. Also the resident family member very much controlled the ordering and sequencing of the food which showed experience of the restaurant really helps.
Written 18 January 2020
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John S
16 contributions
Jan 2023 • couples
We found this Michelin-star restaurant by accident looking for another. Happy chance - we had a quite superb meal on the terrace looking out onto the buzzy Chijmes square of restaurants in this former convent. The terrace manager, Tee Yanmu, is a mixologist, and my gin and tonic was about as far from a Gordon's and Schweppes as you could ever imagine. Viv's negroni was similarly crafted, and we followed them with an Ara sauvignon blanc which was worth the $108 price. I want to tell you what we ate, having kept the receipt, but it is in Chinese characters and I can't remember! But it was delicious seafood and not overpriced - our food was $86 before tax and service for two courses of excellence. But Yanmu was the star of the show, ably assisted by his colleague on the night, who recognised and greeted us as we walked by the following day. The digestifs kindly given to us at the end were much appreciated. Well worth a visit.
Written 25 January 2023
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franxc
Pinehurst94 contributions
May 2023 • couples
I ordered the Prix Fixe lunch (pictured) the dishes varied from very good to outstanding in particular, the prawns and the shrimp dim sum were great. I find that to be quite a good value at $48 SG. Excellent Cantonese cuisine. The scallop dish also pictured was quite good strangely enough they charged $58 SG for that but on the menu it was either not listed or listed for much less. In any case, that was not a very good value at all. The service started very slow with the Prix Fixe served after 30 minutes but then it accelerated to the point where the fourth dish came right before the third dish and they were bringing the dishes too fast to keep up. Would I come back? Probably not, but the food is good. Have a try. Order Prix Fixe.
Written 1 May 2023
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Xia0ye
Singapore31 contributions
Aug 2020 • none
Haven’t been back to Lei Garden for a long time. Today’s visit was a disappointment. Tea served was of low grade. The standard of their dimsum has dropped so much. They messed up my orders. Served me items I did not order. The worst part is when we found a broken piece of ceramic in one of the items we ordered. Whatever happened to Lei Garden?
Written 29 August 2020
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Missha123
28 contributions
Sept 2022 • business
I visited this restaurant with 5 business associates on a Thursday lunchtime. Enjoyed the busy vibe to the room and found the table size generous- we were able to have a discreet discussion without the formality of a private room. Staff were delightful. However I expected more from the Michelin set lunch. The dishes lacked any star quality and were as expected from a less expensive or favoured restaurant.
Written 19 September 2022
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luis m
Province of Malaga12 contributions
Feb 2024 • friends
A very unpleasant experience. We went for dinner on February 14, 2024, Valentine's Day. We are a group of a "gastronomic society" from Malaga.
It is the first time that we received such disastrous treatment: They wanted us to finish quickly, even though the price we paid, for the tasting menu, was 155 euros, per person. Before finishing eating one dish, they would put the next one next to it.
We arrived at 8:30 p.m., and at 9:44 p.m. we had the bill on the table. We don't understand how they can have a Michelin star, they don't deserve it.
Written 25 February 2024
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Jenny S
62 contributions
May 2024 • family
We tried out all the signiture dishes and they were just so so. The ladies who helped us ordering the dishes did not show strong knowledge of their dishes. At the end we did order too much and many of them tasted similar. Food presentation was poor. We cancelled our table in 2 days right after our first visit. Not recommended
Written 14 May 2024
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HYY
Singapore55 contributions
Oct 2020 • none
Took 3 relatives there in Oct on a Friday night. Ordered the set dinner. Except the Peking duck, the rest of the dishes were so underwhelming. The lobster noodles were so dry n tasteless. Think the chief must have changed. Better save your money and go else where.
Written 22 November 2020
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Staidthere
Jakarta2611 contributions
Dec 2021 • none
We were among the first to be seated at 6 pm. Our first choice, crispy chicken, was not available. We ordered egg yolk prawns, Hong Kong Kailan, fried manto, and rice. It never looked to us like the restaurant was full. For dessert we had 4 glutinous dumplings and mango pudding. The food was excellent, and the service was prompt and friendly. It's always fun to walk around Chijmes after dinner because the architecture is so well lighted and appears so dramatic.
Written 20 December 2021
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schen999
Singapore1 contribution
Sept 2023 • friends
We were aware that there was a time limit for dining but what we did not expect was barely one hour (yes one hour) from the time we were seated, a captain (a tall guy in suits) started clearing the plates and repeatedly, in an impolite manner, reminding us to consume the remaining food on the table so that he could clear it. He was actually taking away the dim sum just as he was chasing until we stopped him.
15 minutes later, the same man would come over again demanding us to leave the restaurant to make space for his next customer. Rude and disrespectful.
Food quality has deteriorated significantly over the years, certainly not worth the price you are paying.
Only reason to visit would be to experience the horrible service.
Written 30 September 2023
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Erkki H
4 contributions
Mar 2024 • couples
Worst Chinese on town
We came here relaying hotels recommendation. Could not been worse.
Menu with fotos should have triggered our suspicions..
Four out of four appetiser “we dont have that at the moment”
Eventually found one and main course to my wife and myself.
While waitresses was preparing appetizer on side table my wife’s main course was served.
Few seconds later appetisers we served came my lobster main.
All this happed in 10 min after our order. So they must have a powerful microwave oven.
Returned mains and “enjoyed” appetiser.
Ordered vines with main course. Few second came reheated mains. We where so shocked that we did not realise that we should have returned. Started eating. Several waiters came asking “do we need more vine” but nothing happened. More than half way vines finally came.
When paying the bill of 300 local $ I asked to they think they served experience worth that money. Staff did not understand what I was asking. Paid the bill an left.
Avoid
Written 11 March 2024
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Dunnottar 55
Singapore12 contributions
Oct 2023 • friends
Firstly, many wines on the wine list were marked with a green sticker as 'out of stock' - so many! This was unacceptable.
The food we received was very good, no complaints there, but the service was bordering on appalling. No one came to take our order, had to pour our own wine a number of times, our dishes were never cleared even though all the food had been eaten. Overall disappointing, which was a shame as the kitchen team did their part, but everyone front of house were clearly disinterested.
Written 11 October 2023
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bcheong
Shanghai50094 contributions
Nov 2021 • couples
The well known michelin chinese restaurant from hong kong. Had a few of their dim sum, some dishes, and crispy rice with lobster broth. All very good, especially the latter. The artic air con cools the hot food fast. The service was surprisingly very good as well
Written 19 November 2021
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