Singapore’s largest modern art museum, National Gallery Singapore, is known to house several prominent F&B concepts, including Michelin-starred restaurants. Come March and April however, the museum will bid farewell to five of its seven existing F&B tenants, ahead of a major refresh in the works this year.
The cocktail bar Smoke & Mirrors and the well-loved Cantonese restaurant Yan recently announced that their last day at the Gallery will be on March 15. Both establishments are iconic fixtures on the museum’s rooftop, having been around for some nine years.
Their leave will be followed by several others this April, including Courtyard Café & Lounge, as well as omakase restaurant Hachi and its adjacent bar-cellar The Public Eight. Catalan restaurant The Great Mischief – located on the first floor right next to the Gallery’s gift shop – will be closing its doors too.
But these F&B joints weren’t the first to go. Last November, the museum parted ways with one-Michelin-starred Italian restaurant Art di Daniele Sperindio and Italian steakhouse Gemma. This leaves only two F&B establishments standing – three-Michelin-starred French restaurant Odette, and Peranakan restaurant National Kitchen by Violet Oon.
While the news is sad for many, some tenants like Smoke & Mirrors and Yan are hinting at possible plans in the future. Taking to Instagram, the rooftop bar shares that “this isn’t goodbye”, telling its fans to “stay tuned” for what’s next.
This massive F&B purge might come as a shocker, but it leaves equal anticipation for what other exciting food and drink offerings are to come at the Gallery. In the meantime, it’s not too late to visit these restaurants for a last hurrah before they close for good.
Check out National Gallery Singapore’s full list of F&B offerings and make your reservations here.
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