Les Amis

Located in Shaw Theater, Les Amis is one of the oldest French fine dining in Singapore so it was a must try in our book. We came here for Valentines 2016 and were pleasantly surprised with a simple and sophisticated décor, which we thought was similar to Jean George in New York. We opted for the Le Menu Classic course, reasonably priced at $ 185/​person. The flavors of the dish, the service, and the atmosphere fell together perfectly (nothing to nitpick about this pl) and we left a happy couple by the end of the night. Will return!
BLUE LOBSTER SALAD
Brittany Blue lobster from Audierne on a bed of crunchy iceberg lettuce
ROASTED WHITE ASPARAGUS
Seasonal white asparagus from Alsace, roasted and balanced with young salad leaves
FRENCH SEA BASS
Line-​caught sea bass from Saint-​Gilles-​Croix-​de-​vie, roasted and served «Printanière»
SWEETBREAD «RIS DE VEAU»
Sweetbread from L’Aubrac, cooked in «cocotte» with a bay leaf, escorted with young carrot
HAZELNUT SOUFFLÉ
Warm soufflé of Italian hazelnuts from Piedmont, served with a dark cocoa sorbet

Had the degustation menu, for lunch: Lots of techniques, but nothing impressive or memorable. Almost boring :-s Not what I was expecting! And in fact it’s all about the expectations.
This place is easily a five star, if compared to all the Singapore restaurants out there. However, when compared to the top restaurants… It fails. Andre keeps the crown for best restaurant in Singapore for me.

One of the best restaurants in Singapore. The food was amazing from appetizer to main dish. Subtle influence of Japanese way of cooking, which makes the course very unique and nice. I really enjoyed the dinner and wine there, and I can recommend this restaurant for special occasion.

Came here for a celebration. I’m new to the city and read that Les Amis is the oldest (or one of the oldest) fine dining restaurants here.
Thoroughly happy with the food and service. Enjoyed every course.
The service was solid though not as seamless as some of the best I’ve had. The layout/​location was a bit awkward too. A bit annoying to have to see car headlights coming and going on the street.
The worst was when, toward the end of our meal, they seated two girls who were wearing denim shorts and flip flops. One of them was wearing what looked like a yoga top. I believe in being comfortable when eating a large amount of food, but this was a bit ridiculous. I saw another man in a t-​shirt (at least it was black?). The restaurant needs to enforce a basic dress code out of respect for itself, its food and its staff.

I had the good fortune to get invited by a friend to thisincredible restaurant and just returned. Restaurants frankly don’t get any better than this. Formal wear is a must and frankly this would be the place to wear the nicest thing you own. I even busted out a brand new suit for the occasion and was happy that I did so. The menu was incredible and I will list the various things we tried out. We didn’t exactly stick to the set menu because one of the people I was with has a daughter who works at the restaurant and was frankly showing off all the signature items (and I am soooo happy that she did). Good lord. The presentation and explanation of all items was damn impressive and helped me out because several of these items are not on my normal menu :) Here is a list of items we sampled:
STEAMED WHITE ASPARAGUS
white asparagus from provence, served with a traditional mousseline sauce
SPECIAL SELECTION OF KRISTAL CAVIAR
cold angel hair in harmony with black truffle & caviar balanced with an exquisite aroma of kombu &
chives
FOIE GRAS & EEL
pan seared foie gras and french river eel in combination with citrus fruit compote and dashi
JAPANESE OMI BEEF
grilled japanese beef with asparagus and traditional «poivrade» sauce
BABY LAMB
baby lamb rack from «luberon» with ratatouille
Dark Chocolate P125 Soufflé with
Tahiti Vanilla Cream
ALPHONSO MANGO
in a sugar sphere with coconut sorbet

the food is decently — and might I say, perhaps technically — perfect, but there was nothing particularly surprisingly or wow-​ing; service is efficient if a little intrusive, since they belong to that class where waiters are aloof and almost slightly standoff-​ish (how they manouevre around my photo-​shooting also tells me a little of their skill); and the restaurant is lovely, if a little too cold (feel rather than absolute temperature).
the bread basket arrives with an array of carbs that brought variety rather than any particularly impressive taste — the sugared orange brioche was best. this was followed by a foie gras mousse-​type with mackerel and my garlic-​spicy gazpacho — small portions but well judged so. our amuse bouche was a deviled egg livened up by plump ikura — perhaps the most surprising dish (though still JUST a deviled egg).
two scallops in their shells made up the best part of the meal — seared lovely and topped with soft chopped mushrooms and a lovely jus — and were definitely worth the extra.
and our mains of a shrimp-​topped pasta and seared beef continued the theme of good-​but-​not-​special — it’s all decently done, as the photos show very well, but we still waiting for the oomph (so ephemerally delivered by the scallop course).
dessert was a play on mangos — a shortbread base topped with ripe cubes and purée, as well as a thick mango lassi topped with pistachios. pretty good — but there was such a savoriness about the tart that completely defied its status as dessert (and made me have an ice cream later for my sweet tooth).
and to finish it all, we were brought a complimentary dish of madeleines and lemon curd — utterly delicious. buttery, crusty, and soft with fine crumbs, these are spectacular specimens of the french confectionary.
this is a tempered review if nothing else — I would certainly return, though most likely only if I weren’t paying — because I like my food (especially when expensive) to be spectacularly good, or at least interesting. but it well deserves its status as bastion of fine-​dining traditions in our tiny country — and would serve your purposes best (if you find them aligned to those of busy businessmen).

This is the quintessential posh and good French restaurant where you have a pay a pretty penny and get amazing food, service and ambience. It is definitely a great choice for a special dinner if you want to impress. There is nothing you can really fault their food (all cooked and flavored to perfection) and their service (attentive but not intrusive nor condescending) for.
They only do set menus here so it is quite pricey for dinner but they have a more reasonably priced lunch menu (Saturdays included!), so it is possible to try some of their yummilicious food without breaking the bank.
Highly recommended!

Best meal I’ve had in Singapore. A classic, classy, upscale, quiet, clean, warm, friendly French restaurant.
Be warned, they don’t really have an «A La Carte» menu. They have 3 set menus from $ 150-​$ 300 and several «to share» dishes. We each ordered the $ 150 «Decouverte» menu which included:
Steamed Blue Crab and Hokkaido Sea Urchin on Lobster Custard with Fennel Foam — Rich and delicious
Crispy Cornouaille Langoustine, with a mini caesar salad — Delicious
Seasonal Corn Soup with chives — served piping hot with a few caramel corns on the side, rich but balanced
Hungarian Charcoal-​Grilled Pork Rack With Carrots Confit and potato purée — The pork was super tender, the purée impeccable and the carrots delicious. My co-​workers opted for Wild Scottish Salmon, one confit and one tartare.
Dessert was Dark Chocolate Soufflé with Tahiti Vanilla Ice Cream –ice cream was the most vanilla-​ee I’ve ever had.
I felt very satisfied with the meal, and felt it was actually good value despite the cost. A special note, they have FOUR kinds of butter and 3 kinds of bread: Baguette, sourdough and focaccia. The mini baguettes were incredible. The butters are smoked (delicious), seaweed (salty), spicy and salted. I tried each and they were all good in their own way, perhaps the best butters I’ve ever had.
Service was great, they explained each item since I didn’t remember what any of the courses were. The wine list is as thick as a dictionary but they have affordable wines and wines by the glass. The restaurant is pretty small and intimate, and their wine cellar is a digital glass walk in safe-​room.
I will certainly return next time I come to Singapore.

I had a really good meal here; service was impeccable and food was delish but it felt a little overrated and the ambience was not the best.
Enjoyed myself but not sure i’d come back

A great place for lunch and for Singapore the wine prices are quite reasonable.
I’ve never been disappointed with the food or the service and it’s definitely a favorite spot I can always rely on for a great meal.