Restaurant in Singapore, Singapore
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Somma is the Italian fine dining return of chef Mirko Febbrile, operating from New Bahru's School Block on Kim Yam Road. It won both Best New Restaurant and Best Service at the Tatler Best Restaurants Asia-Pacific 2025 awards — a strong early signal for a room with a sourcing-driven menu and notably polished front-of-house. Book if Italian tasting-menu format is your preference and you want a quieter, more considered room than Singapore's louder fine dining venues.
Yes — and sooner rather than later. Somma is one of the harder-to-get tables to open in Singapore in 2025, and its twin Tatler Leading Restaurants Asia-Pacific wins for Leading New Restaurant and Leading Service confirm it earned that difficulty fast. Chef Mirko Febbrile's return to Singapore's fine dining circuit has produced a restaurant that sits clearly in the upper tier of the city's Italian options, with service polish that few new openings match in their first year. If Italian fine dining is your format and you want a room that feels current rather than established, this is where to go.
Somma opened inside New Bahru, the repurposed school compound on Kim Yam Road that has become one of Singapore's more interesting dining destinations in 2025. The fourth-floor position in the School Block gives the room a quieter, more contained feel than the street-level venues below — the energy here is focused rather than buzzing, which makes it a better call for a serious meal than for a casual night out. If you are coming for conversation and considered eating, the atmosphere works in your favour. Come later in service and the room fills; earlier seatings are the better pick for a relaxed pace.
The editorial angle on Somma in its award write-ups centres on Febbrile's sourcing approach: the menu is built around Italian culinary logic applied to ingredients that reflect where the kitchen is actually located. That means the kitchen is not flying in every component from Italy to prove a point, but it is also not doing a generic Asian-Italian fusion exercise. The result, according to Tatler's 2025 assessment, is a menu that justifies its fine dining positioning through ingredient quality and technique rather than novelty. For diners who have been to Somma once, the question on a return visit is whether the seasonal programme has moved on , this is a kitchen where the menu evolves rather than staying fixed, so a second visit should deliver meaningfully different eating from the first.
Service is the other headline. The Leading Service badge from Tatler's Asia-Pacific list is a specific credential, not a general commendation, and it puts Somma in a different category from many of Singapore's newer openings where front-of-house can feel under-developed. For a special occasion or a meal where the host-guest dynamic matters, that service consistency is a genuine differentiator. If you are comparing Somma to another new Italian or European fine dining opening in the city, the service track record here is the clearest reason to lean toward this booking over an untested alternative.
The location requires a little intention. New Bahru is easy to reach but not a destination you walk past , plan your route rather than assuming a cab drop-off will be direct inside the compound. The fourth-floor positioning means you will need to find the School Block entrance specifically. Allow a few extra minutes on your first visit.
For context on how Somma fits within Singapore's wider fine dining range, the city's Italian and European options span from the long-established rooms at Les Amis and Odette to newer tasting-menu formats like Meta. Somma sits in this tier by award recognition, though without published pricing in the current data, the specific value calculation requires checking the menu directly at somma.world or calling +65 9756 1590 before booking. Pearl's full Singapore restaurants guide covers the wider field if you are deciding between categories. For other experiences in the city, the Singapore hotels guide, bars guide, and experiences guide are worth a look.
Globally, the style of sourcing-led fine dining that Somma represents has clear reference points: Le Bernardin in New York makes ingredient provenance the whole argument for price; Aponiente in Spain does the same with local marine sourcing. Somma is working a comparable logic in Singapore's context, which is a harder brief given the sourcing constraints of an island city, and the award recognition suggests the kitchen is pulling it off.
Quick reference: Italian fine dining, New Bahru School Block, 4th floor. Bookings: +65 9756 1590 or somma.world. Tatler Leading New Restaurant and Leading Service, Asia-Pacific 2025. Booking difficulty: Easy.
Somma is a tasting-menu-format fine dining restaurant, not a casual drop-in. It won two Tatler Asia-Pacific awards in 2025 , Leading New Restaurant and Leading Service , so expectations for the quality of both food and front-of-house are well-founded. Plan your visit to the New Bahru compound in advance; the School Block entrance and fourth-floor location are not immediately obvious. Confirm the current menu format and price when booking, as both may have evolved since the restaurant's opening.
Somma's award wins have raised its profile fast, but booking difficulty is currently rated Easy, meaning you are unlikely to need to plan months ahead the way you would for Zén. One to two weeks out should be sufficient for most evenings. For weekend or special-occasion dates, book further in advance to secure your preferred time slot. Use +65 9756 1590 or somma.world.
No dress code data is available, but the venue's fine dining tier, fourth-floor restaurant positioning, and Tatler recognition all point toward smart casual at minimum. Err on the side of dressing up rather than down , this is not a neighbourhood trattoria. If you want certainty, confirm with the restaurant when you book.
Specific menu items are not confirmed in Pearl's data, so no individual dish recommendations are made here. What is confirmed is that the kitchen's approach centres on ingredient sourcing, and Tatler's write-up highlighted the slipper lobster with Khorasan spaghettone as a representative dish. If you have been once and want to push further, ask the front-of-house team about what is seasonal and new , the menu evolves, and the service team's Leading Service award suggests they can actually answer that question well.
Group capacity data is not confirmed. For parties of four or more, call ahead on +65 9756 1590 to confirm table configuration and any private dining availability within the School Block space. Fine dining tasting-menu restaurants in this category often have a limited number of larger tables, so give adequate notice.
No bar seating data is confirmed for Somma. Given its fine dining format and fourth-floor restaurant positioning, a walk-in bar counter is less likely than at a ground-floor venue. Confirm directly with the restaurant before arriving without a reservation.
Italian fine dining tasting menus can work well for solos, particularly if counter or bar seating is available, but this is not confirmed for Somma. If solo dining is your plan, call ahead to check whether the kitchen can seat singles comfortably, and flag your preference when booking. The calibre of service , acknowledged by Tatler , should make a solo visit comfortable if seating is available.
No specific dietary policy is confirmed in Pearl's data. Given the sourcing-led, seasonal nature of the menu, advance notice of dietary requirements is strongly advisable rather than hoping for flexibility on the night. Contact the restaurant directly at +65 9756 1590 or through somma.world well before your reservation.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somma | Easy | ||
| Zén | European Contemporary | $$$$ | Unknown |
| Jaan by Kirk Westaway | British Contemporary | $$$ | Unknown |
| Iggy's | Modern European, European Contemporary | $$$ | Unknown |
| Summer Pavilion | Cantonese | $$ | Unknown |
| Waku Ghin | Creative Japanese, Japanese Contemporary | $$$$ | Unknown |
A quick look at how Somma measures up.
Group bookings are possible, but Somma's fourth-floor setting in New Bahru's School Block suits smaller parties better than large ones. For parties of six or more, check the venue's official channels at +65 9756 1590 to confirm capacity and any private dining arrangements. Waku Ghin at Marina Bay Sands has more infrastructure for large group fine dining if that's a priority.
Bar seating availability is not confirmed in published details for Somma. Given its fine dining format and the intimate scale typical of New Bahru's restaurant spaces, the experience is structured around table service. Call +65 9756 1590 or check somma.world to clarify counter or bar options before arriving.
Somma won Tatler's Best Service award alongside Best New Restaurant in 2025, which is a reasonable signal that solo guests won't feel overlooked. Italian fine dining with a tasting menu format generally works well for solo diners at the counter or a single seat. Confirm availability for one when booking — demand is high and tables are allocated quickly.
Somma's tasting menu format under chef Mirko Febbrile is Italian fine dining, which typically allows for advance dietary requests. Contact the restaurant at +65 9756 1590 before booking to flag restrictions — this is not a venue where you should expect to sort this at the door. The more notice, the better the kitchen can adapt.
Somma is on the fourth floor of New Bahru's School Block on Kim Yam Road — the complex is a repurposed school campus, so allow time to find your way in. Chef Mirko Febbrile's return to Singapore earned two Tatler Best Restaurants Asia-Pacific badges in 2025: Best New Restaurant and Best Service, which sets expectations correctly. This is a planned, occasion-style dinner, not a casual drop-in.
Book at least three to four weeks out. Somma is among the harder tables to secure that opened in Singapore in 2025, and its back-to-back Tatler recognition has increased demand further. Reach out via somma.world or call +65 9756 1590 — last-minute availability is possible but not a reliable strategy.
Somma's setting in New Bahru and its Tatler Best New Restaurant positioning points to smart dress being appropriate — think neat, occasion-ready rather than formal black tie. Singapore's fine dining conventions generally expect guests to dress up slightly, and Somma's service pedigree (Tatler Best Service 2025) suggests the room matches that standard. When in doubt, smart casual with an upward lean is a safe approach.
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