Restaurant in Singapore, Singapore
OAD-ranked Peking duck at honest prices.
Three consecutive Opinionated About Dining Asia rankings and a Michelin Plate make Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck Singapore's most consistently credentialed duck specialist. At $$, it delivers peer-reviewed quality at a price that undercuts most fine-dining Chinese alternatives in the city. Book it if the duck is your objective; visit during Lunar New Year or Mid-Autumn Festival for the fullest menu.
Three consecutive appearances on the Opinionated About Dining Leading Restaurants in Asia list — ranked #95 in 2023, #94 in 2024, and #106 in 2025 — plus a Michelin Plate (2024) make Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck one of the most consistently credentialed Peking duck specialists in Singapore. At $$ per head, it delivers serious technical cooking at a price point that undercuts most of the city's fine-dining Chinese alternatives. Book it if roast duck is your primary objective and you want peer-reviewed quality without a fine-dining bill. If you want broader Cantonese cooking at a comparable price tier, consider Summer Pavilion or Peach Blossoms instead.
Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck sits on level five of Paragon on Orchard Road , a mid-to-upscale shopping centre address that places it squarely in the tourist-and-business-lunch corridor of central Singapore. That location matters: the room operates at a volume and pace you would associate with a high-traffic urban dining room rather than a quiet special-occasion restaurant. Expect a lively, populated floor during both lunch and dinner service. The energy is confident rather than hushed , this is not the place to close a sensitive deal in quiet, but it is well-suited to a group celebration or a food-led evening where the table talk centres on what is arriving next.
The core draw is the Peking duck, a preparation that demands technical precision at every stage: the air-drying, the lacquering, the roasting temperature, and the carving. Getting those variables right consistently, across hundreds of covers a week, is the benchmark that separates a credentialed duck restaurant from a generic one. Imperial Treasure's OAD ranking , sustained over three consecutive years , suggests the kitchen is delivering that consistency at scale. A Google rating of 4.2 across 1,508 reviews reinforces the picture: this is a venue with a large, repeat audience that keeps returning and keeps recommending.
The seasonal angle matters here more than it might at a European restaurant. Traditional Cantonese and Peking duck-centric kitchens rotate supplementary dishes around the Chinese calendar, which means the broader menu around the duck changes character across the year. Lunar New Year brings festive set menus and lou hei (yu sheng prosperity toss) dishes; Mid-Autumn Festival typically introduces mooncake-season specials and richer, more elaborate shared plates. If you are visiting Singapore during a major Chinese festival period, the menu you encounter will be meaningfully different from a standard weekday lunch in June. For an explorer-minded diner, timing a visit around the Lunar New Year window (late January to mid-February) or the Mid-Autumn period (September to October) gives you access to the widest, most celebratory version of the menu. Outside those windows, the everyday menu is the tighter, duck-centred proposition , which is still the reason most people book.
$$ price range positions Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck as an accessible choice by Singapore's fine-dining standards. You are not paying the $$$$ tariff of Zén or Waku Ghin, and you are not at the fast-casual end of the spectrum either. Think of it as a venue where a table of four eating well , duck course, a couple of supporting dishes, tea or a modest drinks order , lands at a price that feels proportionate to the quality on the plate. For comparable Chinese cooking value at this tier, Paradise Dynasty exists at a lower price point but with a very different format and no equivalent awards pedigree.
Booking is rated easy. Both lunch (12–3:30 pm) and dinner (6–10:30 pm) services run seven days a week, giving you genuine flexibility on timing. The Paragon address also means you can combine a visit with other Orchard Road plans without logistical complications. If your primary interest is Chinese cooking in Singapore more broadly, the city's depth is worth exploring: Peach Blossoms and Summer Pavilion represent the Cantonese fine-dining end of the spectrum at a similar or adjacent price tier.
For context on how serious Chinese cooking travels across markets, it is worth noting that OAD-listed Chinese restaurants appear in cities as varied as Berlin, San Francisco, Dubai, Seoul, and Kyoto , but Singapore's concentration of Chinese culinary talent, combined with the city-state's demanding dining public, gives venues here a particular competitive intensity. Three consecutive OAD Asia rankings is not an accident in that context.
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Booking difficulty is rated easy. The restaurant operates two sessions daily, seven days a week , lunch runs 12–3:30 pm and dinner 6–10:30 pm. The Orchard Road location (290 Orchard Rd, #05-42/45, Paragon, Singapore 238859) is direct to reach by MRT (Orchard station) or taxi. No booking method is specified in our data; check the restaurant directly or use a third-party reservation platform.
Smart casual is the practical benchmark. The Paragon location and OAD-ranked reputation attract a dressed-up crowd, particularly at dinner, but there is no formal dress code in our data. Jeans are fine; beachwear or very casual resort wear would feel out of place. If you are visiting during Lunar New Year, expect more formal dress from other diners , matching that energy is worth considering.
Come for the duck first , that is the reason the restaurant holds three consecutive OAD Asia rankings and a Michelin Plate. The $$ price range means you can eat well without over-ordering; a table of two should anchor around the duck and add one or two supporting dishes rather than attempting a wide spread. The room is lively rather than quiet, so calibrate expectations accordingly. If you want a broader Cantonese menu at a similar price tier, Summer Pavilion or Peach Blossoms are the logical comparisons.
No bar seating information is available in our data for this venue. Given that it is a full-service Chinese restaurant in a shopping centre setting, a standalone bar counter in the Western sense is unlikely. Your leading option is to reserve a table. For bar-led dining in Singapore, our full Singapore bars guide covers that separately.
At the same $$ price tier, Summer Pavilion is the most direct comparison for Chinese fine dining , broader Cantonese menu, Michelin-recognised, and similarly accessible to book. Peach Blossoms offers another credentialed Cantonese option. If you want to move up the price tier to $$$ or $$$$, Les Amis and Odette are the French benchmarks, while Zén sits at the leading of the European Contemporary category. None of those are direct cuisine comparisons, but they represent where your budget goes at different price points. For a cheaper Chinese option without the awards pedigree, Paradise Dynasty serves a different part of the market.
The restaurant's dual-session daily schedule and the size of the Paragon space suggest it is group-capable, but specific private dining room or minimum spend information is not in our data. For a group booking, contact the restaurant directly to confirm table configuration and any group minimums. The $$ price range makes it a reasonable group option by Singapore standards , you are unlikely to hit the per-head minimums associated with $$$ or $$$$ venues like Waku Ghin.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck | Chinese | Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Asia Ranked #106 (2025); Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Asia Ranked #94 (2024); Michelin Plate (2024); Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Asia Ranked #95 (2023) | Easy | — |
| Zén | European Contemporary | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Jaan by Kirk Westaway | British Contemporary | Michelin 2 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Iggy's | Modern European, European Contemporary | Michelin 1 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Summer Pavilion | Cantonese | Michelin 1 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Waku Ghin | Creative Japanese, Japanese Contemporary | Michelin 1 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
How Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck stacks up against the competition.
Smart casual is a reasonable call for a Paragon level-five restaurant that has held three consecutive OAD Asia rankings. Think neat trousers and a collared shirt rather than beachwear or athleisure. The $$ price range signals a mid-to-upscale setting, not a formal dress code, so you won't need a jacket.
The restaurant runs two sessions daily — lunch 12–3:30 pm and dinner 6–10:30 pm — seven days a week, which gives you genuine flexibility. It has appeared on the OAD Top Restaurants in Asia list three years running (2023–2025) and holds a Michelin Plate, so the duck itself is the draw, not a trendy room. At $$, it punches above its price point for a restaurant with this level of external validation.
Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck is a traditional Chinese restaurant format, not a bar-and-counter concept, so bar seating is not part of the setup. Book a table in advance, particularly for the dinner session, as the OAD recognition brings consistent demand.
For Cantonese fine dining with similar prestige credentials, Summer Pavilion at The Ritz-Carlton is the closest peer — Michelin-starred and more formal, but at a noticeably higher price. If you want a broader Chinese repertoire at a comparable $$ spend on Orchard Road, Imperial Treasure has few direct rivals. Waku Ghin and Zén sit in a completely different category — multi-course, European-influenced, and several times the price.
Paragon's fifth-floor restaurant layout typically includes round tables suited to groups, which is standard for Chinese restaurants in Singapore at this tier. With two sessions daily and a seven-day schedule, finding a slot for a larger table is more achievable here than at harder-to-book venues. For parties of eight or more, call ahead to confirm table availability and whether a private room option exists.
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