Restaurant in Singapore, Singapore
Structured Japanese dining, OAD-ranked, no fuss.
Keyaki at Pan Pacific Singapore is a reliable, formally-run Japanese restaurant recognised on the OAD Top Restaurants in Asia list three years running. It earns its place for business meals, group dining, and anyone who wants consistent Japanese cooking without a difficult booking. Chef Shinichi Nakatake's kitchen rewards repeat visits as seasonal priorities shift.
Keyaki sits on Level 4 of Pan Pacific Singapore at 7 Raffles Boulevard, and it occupies a reliable middle ground in Singapore's Japanese dining scene: formal enough to feel considered, accessible enough that booking is rarely a struggle. With no published prix-fixe price on record, you'll want to arrive with a broad budget in mind — Japanese restaurant dining at this level in Singapore typically runs SGD 80–180 per person at lunch and considerably more at dinner. What you're paying for, beyond the food, is a service standard that has held up long enough to earn consecutive recognition on the Opinionated About Dining Leading Restaurants in Asia list: ranked #358 in 2025, #330 in 2024, and Recommended in 2023. That trajectory is worth noting — the ranking moved in the right direction before slipping slightly, which suggests a kitchen that earns its reputation without coasting.
Under Chef Shinichi Nakatake, Keyaki delivers Japanese cuisine in a format that suits diners who want a structured, unhurried meal rather than an experimental one. The service philosophy here is the defining characteristic. Where some hotel Japanese restaurants lean on ceremony to mask thin cooking, Keyaki's OAD recognition signals that the kitchen is doing real work , the kind that repeat visitors notice and critics log. If you've been once and found the service calibration correct , present without being intrusive, knowledgeable without being performative , that tone is consistent enough to build a second visit around.
The setting inside Pan Pacific Singapore carries the polish you'd expect from a long-standing hotel restaurant: private dining rooms, a main dining room that handles larger groups with ease, and an environment conducive to business meals or family occasions where decibels need to stay manageable. This is not the place to come for a lively, convivial evening; it's the place to come when the conversation matters and you want the food to keep pace. For that specific use case, it delivers more reliably than many of its hotel-restaurant peers in the city.
Hours run daily from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm for lunch and 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm for dinner , a clean, consistent schedule with no days off, which makes midweek lunch a viable option if you want a quieter room. The Google rating of 4.2 across 577 reviews points to a broad and generally satisfied guest base. That sample size is large enough to carry weight: a 4.2 with nearly 600 reviews suggests the kitchen performs consistently rather than delivering one great meal in five.
If you've already been to Keyaki and found your footing, the next visit rewards deliberate ordering. Chef Nakatake's kitchen works within traditional Japanese frameworks, so the seasonal logic of what's on the menu now , as we move through the current season , is worth asking your server about directly. The OAD recognition implies that the sourcing decisions and execution are taken seriously, and that's where the repeat diner finds value: in watching how those seasonal decisions shift visit to visit.
For context on where Keyaki sits relative to Japanese dining elsewhere in Asia, the comparable standard in Tokyo includes restaurants like Kagurazaka Ishikawa and Azabu Kadowaki, both of which operate at Michelin three-star level. Keyaki doesn't claim that tier, but its OAD placement suggests it holds its own among serious Japanese restaurants outside Japan. Within Singapore, the closer comparisons are venues like Ichigo Ichie and Shunsui for Japanese, and Ushidoki Wagyu Kaiseki if your interest leans toward kaiseki-format beef-forward dining.
Booking is easy by Singapore's fine dining standards , no lottery system, no multi-week wait for most dates. Contact the Pan Pacific Singapore directly to reserve. If you're planning around a specific group size or dietary requirement, call ahead rather than relying on an online form, as hotel restaurants at this level generally handle those conversations better over the phone.
Keyaki is open seven days a week: lunch 11:30 am–2:30 pm, dinner 6:00–10:00 pm. The restaurant is on Level 4 of Pan Pacific Singapore, 7 Raffles Boulevard. Booking is direct , contact the hotel directly. No dress code is published, but the hotel-restaurant setting calls for smart casual at minimum. For more on dining and staying in Singapore, see our full Singapore restaurants guide, our full Singapore hotels guide, our full Singapore bars guide, our full Singapore wineries guide, and our full Singapore experiences guide.
Keyaki is a hotel restaurant within Pan Pacific Singapore rather than a bar-format venue, so a standalone bar counter dining experience in the style of a sushi counter or izakaya bar is not the primary setup here. The main dining room and private rooms are the default formats. If counter-style Japanese dining is what you're after in Singapore, Ichigo Ichie or Shunsui may suit better. Contact Keyaki directly to ask about seating configurations before you book.
Hotel Japanese restaurants at this level in Singapore generally have the kitchen infrastructure to handle dietary requests , vegetarian, allergen-based, or religious dietary requirements , but the specifics are not published. Call Pan Pacific Singapore directly before your visit rather than flagging restrictions on arrival. Japanese cuisine does involve ingredients like dashi (fish stock) and soy that appear across many dishes, so advance notice gives the kitchen time to adjust properly.
Yes. The combination of private dining rooms and a spacious main dining room makes Keyaki one of the more group-friendly Japanese restaurants in Singapore. For larger parties , say, eight or more , request a private room when booking through Pan Pacific Singapore. This is also the right format for corporate meals where a separate space matters. For groups under four who want a quieter, more intimate Japanese experience, Shunsui is worth considering as an alternative.
Keyaki is a long-running Japanese restaurant inside a major hotel, recognised on the OAD Leading Restaurants in Asia list for three consecutive years. That means the baseline is consistent , you're unlikely to have a bad meal, but you're also not eating at a small chef-driven room with a singular vision. First-timers should expect polished hotel-standard service, a menu that covers traditional Japanese formats, and a room that's equally comfortable for business and personal dining. Budget broadly: Japanese restaurants at this quality tier in Singapore can run SGD 80–180 at lunch and more at dinner.
It works for solo dining, particularly at lunch when the room is quieter and a midweek table is easy to secure. The hotel restaurant format means you won't feel out of place eating alone, and the service standard , noted in Keyaki's repeated OAD recognition , tends to be attentive without being smothering. If you want a more counter-focused solo experience where you can watch the kitchen, venues like Ichigo Ichie offer a different format worth comparing.
No specific dishes are published in the current record, so concrete ordering recommendations aren't possible here without risking inaccuracy. What the OAD recognition and Chef Shinichi Nakatake's tenure suggest is a kitchen that treats seasonal ingredients seriously , so the leading approach is to ask your server what the kitchen is focused on in the current season and order around that. In Japanese dining at this level, following the kitchen's seasonal logic almost always produces a better meal than ordering from habit. For Japanese restaurants where signature dishes are well-documented, see Azabu Kadowaki or Kagurazaka Ishikawa for comparison points.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keyaki | Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Asia Ranked #358 (2025); Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Asia Ranked #330 (2024); Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Asia Recommended (2023) | — | |
| Zén | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | $$$$ | — |
| Jaan by Kirk Westaway | Michelin 2 Star, World's 50 Best | $$$ | — |
| Iggy's | Michelin 1 Star, World's 50 Best | $$$ | — |
| Summer Pavilion | Michelin 1 Star, World's 50 Best | $$ | — |
| Waku Ghin | Michelin 1 Star, World's 50 Best | $$$$ | — |
A quick look at how Keyaki measures up.
Bar seating availability at Keyaki is not confirmed in available venue data, so contact the restaurant at Pan Pacific Singapore Level 4 before assuming counter or bar access. For a guaranteed counter-format experience in Singapore's Japanese scene, dedicated omakase counters at Waku Ghin are a clearer option. If the main dining room suits you, Keyaki's full menu is available at both lunch and dinner sittings daily.
Keyaki's approach to dietary restrictions is not documented in the venue record, so flag requirements when booking rather than on arrival. Japanese fine dining kitchens in Singapore's hotel restaurants generally accommodate common requests with advance notice, but specific allergy protocols at Keyaki should be confirmed directly with the Pan Pacific Singapore reservations team.
Keyaki is inside Pan Pacific Singapore, a full-service hotel with dedicated event infrastructure, which makes it a practical choice for group bookings compared to standalone restaurants. Private dining arrangements are common in hotel Japanese restaurants of this tier, but confirm room availability and minimum spend when booking. Groups wanting a more celebratory setting should also consider Waku Ghin at Marina Bay Sands, which has private dining rooms built for the format.
Keyaki has held a place on Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Asia list since at least 2023, ranking #330 in 2024 and #358 in 2025 — useful context when calibrating expectations. Chef Shinichi Nakatake leads the kitchen, and the format suits diners who want a structured, unhurried Japanese meal rather than a high-wire tasting menu. Lunch sittings run 11:30 am to 2:30 pm and dinner 6:00 to 10:00 pm, seven days a week, making scheduling straightforward.
Keyaki can work for solo diners, particularly at lunch when the pace is more relaxed and the room less formal than a dinner service at a destination tasting counter. For solo diners who want counter interaction with the kitchen, omakase-format venues like Waku Ghin offer a more immersive solo format. Keyaki's OAD recognition gives solo visitors confidence in kitchen quality without the pressure of a multi-course commitment.
Specific menu items and dish descriptions are not available in the venue data, so ordering decisions are best made on the day with input from the kitchen team. What is documented: Chef Shinichi Nakatake runs a Japanese kitchen that has earned back-to-back Opinionated About Dining Top Asia rankings, which suggests the kitchen executes consistently across the menu rather than relying on a single headline dish. Ask staff which format — set menu versus à la carte — is most representative at your visit time.
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