Candlenut

It is one of the best nonya food in town in an authentic peranakan fine-dining setting and reasonably priced. For overseas friends as well as makan kakis will certainly recommend Candlenut Kitchen for its cuisine with a difference especially the bush keluak with wagyu ribs. Yums :o)

We had a fantastic lunch! Fabulous spice and flavor mix!

Great menu with all my favourite Peranakan dishes on the set dinner menu. Happy that I was able to have the Buah Keluak ice-cream even though it was not on the set menu. Amazing food and service all round!

unique spin to the Peranakan cuisine, Candlenut offers great modern Peranakan food with great taste and quality at affordable price. The service was excellent. The kitchen was willing to serve a dish out of the menu as some of us had food allergy.

Excellent restaurant! Very good food, many lovely beers for choices. Nice people and never disappointed of their menu even it is a fixed one for dinner.

Food took a while to come out and tastes rich and flavorful but the fish dish came out barely luke warm which was disappointing. Everything else was satisfying. Overall a pleasant experience.

Food was reasonably priced and delicious. Service was prompt though nothing exceptional. Highly recommended especially for people working around the Central Business District area during lunch.

It's an omakase of sorts, like how my dining companion would put it. Food was really good, especially the Signature Chendol. The gula melaka was very flavourful, and I found myself delighted with every bite.

Great food and service. Wonderful flavors presented in delightfully surprising new ways. I love Peranakan dishes with Buah Keluak nuts and loved it in an oxtail soup and also the surprise of having it as an ice cream with salted caramel on a chocolate tart.

Restaurant offers only set dinner at $50++ pp. Set comprises a good mix of appetizers, mains and a dessert. Good food and service. Items in set are changed once every two weeks.

Definitely a 6! Good service and decent Paranakan dishes (which is not easy to achieve. Most of what we get out there are not authentic in taste because we Paranakans are all very good cooks at home).

Everything was great, the food, the service... Just the waiting for food was a little long. Would go back to try the other dishes for dinner

Food was excellent but I don't understand the staff's refusal to serve tap water. I would be alright with paying a small amount such as $0.50 but in this case, they were very insistent on not serving tap water at all. Considering that this is an upscale restaurant and we had already ordered the set dinner which was $50++, I really do not understand why they had to be so stingy with serving tap water. If not for this, it would have been a perfect experience because I really enjoyed the food.

Food was good, and restaurant is nice and quiet. Only disappointed with the following... Itek Tim is no longer in the menu; $0.60 for a glass of warm water is too much to charge; Sambal chilli also have to charge by every 25gms.

Well-prepared peranakan food that is affordably priced. This represents an interesting twist to the usual peranakan restaurant by offering a tasting menu. The coconut ice-cream, in particular, is excellent.

A gastronomic extravaganza of tasty Peranakan dishes. Really delicious and value-for-money, considering the wide range of dishes available. Must try! We will be back for more.

Love everything about the restaurant; from the location, ambience, service and most importantly the food. Authentic food with a slight twist that will catch you by surprise!

Enjoyable. Attentive service, delicious and imaginative preparation of peranakan food. Perfect blend of herbs and spices. Will definitely return for more. Buah keluak ice cream was out of this world.

The ahma-kase had amazing flavours which worked well and gave a good introduction to the restaurant. However, to sample other flavours you'll have to go for lunch to order a la carte.

Wonderful dinner. Good food and friendly staff. Went for the tasting menu, and while almost everything was good, a couple of items were amazing! These included a fried shrimp with banana chilies.

The food was a nice modern twist to traditional Peranakan food. I liked the tiger prawns and the beef in buah keluak stock. And the Buah Keluak ice cream was brilliant!

Great experience, as always! The entire team is to be commended. Dishes were all creative, wines were superb, what's there not to like? Will be back!

Lunch was good as it always is but marred somewhat by the waitress crudely reminding us at different times that a charge would be levied for warm water and for sambal. Really to charge for sambal is quite silly. It is a mainstay of this type of food and should be provided liberally. Even if charges are absolutely necessary it should be just listed clearly on the menu and charged accordingly (and really it should not be charged in the first place).

Great service and vegetarian option. Attention to detail. Would visit again. Thanks for the experience. Traditional plus modern. A gem in Singapore. All wanting a taste of Singapore should visit.

Food was enjoyable but what's disappointing was it's impossible to contact the restaurant to amend the reservation as it's directed to voice mail. Update via email is to no avail.

Amazing lunch once again. Best peranakan food in town. True brinjal in the Assam curry was to die for

great food great service. Will be back for more great food. The satay is a must try for the first visit. Rendang too ! !

We had excellent food, and an excellent time for dinner. The staff was attentive but not over-present, which is the way it should be. We will come back for more.

Lovely restaurant with great food and good value for money. There is enough creativity to the dishes but comfort and nourishing dinner. Portions are a good size and the ambience is nice.

Great service provided with prompt response of clearing of plates, supplying of cutleries and refilling of rice and/or stilled water when needed. Awesome ambience where you can enjoy the delicious Peranakan food and have a great catch-up with friends or bonding time with family. A couple who is celebrating the partner's birthday had a surprise with one service crew singing birthday song for her. Overall experience was awesome and do be aware of the constant changing menu to keep you surprised.!

Excellent meal prepared with great knowledge of Peranikan flavours & authentic ingredients. Only the grilled tiger prawns disappointed being dry and tough, not unusual. Beautiful desserts. Knowledgable and friendly staff. We will be back.

Nice settings, food was good but nothing fantastic. Went there to celebrate birthday for boyfriend, they prepared candles and complimentary dessert for us. It was nice. But something they can improve on is they don't serve plain water, you have to purchase bottled mineral water, which I found is a bit weird in a fine dining place.

excellent restaurant. You learn a culture from its foodwork and food products. In this restaurant you can learn both. Next time I will try their creative dish for dinner.

Service again could be improved. Staff seemed awkward and lacked basic restaurant service manners. No cold glass for beer and introduction of dishes by looking at the menu. Food was delicious.

Fantastic meal. got to try different dishes in the set dinner menu, dishes which we ordinarily would not have ordered. But as it was a set menu we got to taste a fantastic range of dishes. Simply superb.

Food was good, peranakan with a modern edge. Service was a little slow, some were better than others at explaining the dishes, but they were very accommodating with my dad's birthday cake.

Great food. Satay, beef rendang, crab curry were all very nice. Portions aren't very big so if you're not a small eater then may have to order more dishes

Great food and warm service. Definitely will go back again. Didn't really like the idea that they didn't serve tap water, which I don't mind paying for. Just that bottled water is not environmentally friendly...

Great food, attentive service, convenient location. The best Peranakan restaurant in Singapore in my opinion. Location is accessible for train station 2 mins walk away. They will however be moving to Dempsey in June/July which makes it more easily accessible by car.

The whole experience was excellent,but in particular the variety and unusual flavours in each dish made it very special. The staff were very helpful and attentive without being overly fussy. A good end to 2015

The set dinner was great value for money, with fresh ingredients and a nice twist to traditional peranakan food. Service was efficient while remaining unobtrusive.

Great cuisine but for Me a little too spice, food is delicious. Service is quite good but can be improved; real napkins not paper for example and finally open times a little more elastic... It should close at 11

The service is great and the staff are helpful and attentive to our needs. The dinner concept is refreshing as compared to lunch. Overall a wonderful experience.

Great ambience and food! Restaurant is extremely accommodating about us bringing our own cake and keeping it for us. Love the kuah pai tee and crab cake

Excellent food and good, efficient, service from this restaurant. The dinner, although a fixed menu with only choice for dessert, was very good, with a selection of varied dishes. We will return.

Quiet location at bottom of trendy street full of old fashioned traditional terraced homes and buildings.Food is authentic,fresh,and delicious.Service is attentive and impeccable.We can highly recommend this Peranakan place and will return next time we are in Singapore.

Just felt the food was over price. Should be price within $30-35 per pax. Since the concept is fine dining, the Cutlery should be more presentable. Not mismatch pieces .

Liked the modern take on Peranakan food, esp the crab cake, lamb satay, beef ball and lodeh. Durian dessert was fantastic end to the meal, rounded up by attentive service.

yummy food in a convenient location, but a tad too pricey.

I've been a fan of Candlenut for a long time, and this lunch was the same -- I hosted a group of visitors (from US and UK) here, and they loved the food. They did find the "choking" squid tasty but a little too spicy, which to me was a good thing since it speaks to the authenticity of the cooking!