The 14 Most-Recommended Seafood Restaurants in Singapore
Live tanks, oyster counters and the whole-fish schools — counted across lists.
Counted from 7 published lists as of 2026-09-06. 84 seafood restaurants were named in total.
In short: Across 7 independently published Singapore lists of the best seafood restaurants, New Ubin Seafood is named most often — on 4 of them. Chin Huat Live Seafood (3) and Palm Beach Seafood (3) follow.
We read 7 independently published Singapore food lists for seafood restaurants, took only the venue names, and counted how many named each one. Venues on the same count are tied — shown with a verified NEA licence first, then alphabetically. We have not eaten at these places, we take no payment for placement, and we reproduce none of the sources’ writing. Every list we counted is linked at the foot of this page.
Chin Huat Live Seafood
NEA ANamed on 3 of the 7 published lists we counted. Licensed in Clementi.
Palm Beach Seafood
NEA ANamed on 3 of the 7 published lists we counted. Licensed in Downtown Core.
The Boiler @ Howard Road
NEA ANamed on 3 of the 7 published lists we counted. Licensed in Toa Payoh.
| # | Venue | Lists | NEA grade | Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Mutiara Seafood | 2 | B | Bukit Batok |
| 7 | Hua Yu Wee | 2 | B | Bedok |
| 8 | JUMBO Seafood | 2 | A | Bedok |
| 9 | Long Beach @ DEMPSEY HILL | 2 | A | Marine Parade |
| 10 | Uncle Leong Seafood @ Anchorpoint | 2 | A | Punggol |
| 11 | Greenwood Fish Market | 2 | — | — |
| 12 | Lai Huat Signatures | 2 | — | — |
| 13 | Mellben Seafood | 2 | — | — |
| 14 | Ocean Curry Fish Head | 2 | — | — |
About seafood restaurants in Singapore
Seafood in Singapore splits between the big Chinese seafood houses along the coast — live tanks, whole fish, crab by weight, tables of ten — and a newer wave of modern restaurants doing oysters, crudo and single-species cooking. They share almost nothing except the ingredient.
Priced by weight is the thing to understand before sitting down at the former. Crab and live fish are quoted per hundred grams or per kilo, the bill is assembled from what you chose and how big it happened to be, and asking beforehand is completely normal and expected.
What to look for
- Ask the price per kilo and the weight of the specific fish or crab before agreeing. Nobody will think it rude.
- Steamed whole fish is the honest test of a Chinese seafood kitchen — there is no sauce to hide behind, only timing.
- At oyster counters, ask what came in this week rather than ordering from the printed list.
Why we count instead of ranking
Every food list is one person’s palate on one visit. That is not a flaw — it is what makes food writing worth reading — but it does mean a single list tells you more about the writer than about the field. Counting across 7 of them cancels out individual preference and leaves the venues that different people, eating on different days, arrived at independently.
It is a deliberately narrow claim. This page does not tell you which seafood restaurant is best; it tells you which ones Singapore’s food press keeps returning to, and exactly how many times. Where the count is close, the honest answer is that the field is close — and we would rather show you that than manufacture a ranking to hide it.
Of the 14 venues here, 8 matched a current NEA licence, concentrated in Bedok, Bukit Batok, Clementi and Downtown Core. This site scores every HDB block in Singapore 0–100 for food access — how close hawker centres and licensed eateries actually are on foot — so you can see what living beside this food is worth.
What are the best seafood restaurants in Singapore?
Across 7 independently published Singapore lists of the best seafood restaurants, New Ubin Seafood is named most often — on 4 of them. Chin Huat Live Seafood (3) and Palm Beach Seafood (3) follow.
How is this seafood restaurants ranking put together?
We read 7 independently published Singapore food lists, took only the venue names, and counted how many of them named each venue. 84 distinct venues were named in total; the 14 shown here appeared on at least 2. We do not taste, rank or accept payment for placement, and no source's writing is reproduced — every list we counted is linked below.
Are these seafood restaurants verified as real businesses?
Each venue is cross-checked against NEA's licensed-premises register. 8 of 14 matched a current licence, 6 of them holding a grade A hygiene rating. The rest are shown without a grade — the register lists the licence holder's registered company name, which often differs from the shopfront brand, so no match is not evidence of a problem.
Why is seafood priced by weight here?
Because live crab, lobster and whole fish vary in size and market price week to week. Restaurants quote per 100g or per kilo, weigh your selection and price it accordingly. Asking for the weight and the rate before you agree is standard practice, not haggling.
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We counted venue names from these lists and linked back to every one. Their words, photographs, ratings and ordering are their own and are not reproduced here. Hygiene grades and licensed addresses come from NEA’s licensed-premises register via data.gov.sg. Contains information from data.gov.sg and OneMap, Singapore Land Authority.