singaporecity360° Ma Cuisine
Ma Cuisine is a French gastro wine bar in a Tanjong Pagar shophouse — Burgundian cooking, a cellar of more than 600 labels, and a MICHELIN star it has held since 2018. It was the first gastro wine bar in Singapore to earn one.
- Cuisine
- French bistronomy
- Neighbourhood
- Tanjong Pagar
- Nearest MRT
- Tanjong Pagar (EW)
- Chef
- Mathieu Escoffier
- Indicative price
- ~S$150++ per person with wine
- Address
- 38 Craig Road, Singapore 089676
Ma Cuisine is a French gastro wine bar in a Tanjong Pagar shophouse — Burgundian cooking, a cellar of more than 600 labels, and a MICHELIN star it has held since 2018. It was the first gastro wine bar in Singapore to earn one.
Signature dishes
- Pâté en Croûte (S$55) — Bresse chicken, venison, pigeon, foie gras, veal and pork with pistachio, laced with Cognac, Madeira and Port.
- Escargots de Bourgogne (S$26).
- Pissaladière (S$31).
- Poulet de Bresse roasted whole with foie gras (S$288, for three to four, about an hour).
- Soufflé Praliné (S$22) and Paris-Brest (S$18) to finish.
The concept
The idea is bistronomy: the ease and warmth of a bistro with the quality of a fine-dining kitchen, and no formality to speak of. Wine sits at the centre — the list runs past 600 bottles, including one of Asia's largest port reserves — and the dishes are built to pair and to share.
The chef
Chef-owner Mathieu Escoffier trained in Savoie and cooked with Joël Robuchon, Restaurant Daniel and Alain Ducasse; his parents ran the original Ma Cuisine in Beaune from 1996. He runs the restaurant with co-owner and sommelier Anthony Charmetant, whom he met at a Burgundy wine gathering, with Yusandri Tistogondo as executive chef since 2025.
Getting there
At 38 Craig Road in the Tanjong Pagar and Duxton Hill shophouse row. Tanjong Pagar MRT on the East-West line is about five minutes on foot, with Outram Park and Maxwell also close.
Prices
You can eat modestly at around S$50 a head, but a full dinner with wine runs upwards of S$150++ per person. Dishes span from about S$9 for an oyster to S$288 for the Bresse chicken, with most mains between S$120 and S$240. The ++ is before service charge and GST.
How to book
Book directly only — by phone on +65 6224 1838 or through the website; there is no Chope. Reserve at least two weeks ahead, more for weekends and public holidays.
Opening hours
Dinner Monday to Saturday from 5:00pm, and lunch on Thursday and Friday from noon to 2:30pm. Closed Sunday.
The room & dress
A convivial, sharing-oriented French wine bar — casual yet refined, intimate, and deliberately un-intimidating for a place with a serious cellar. No formal dress code.
A little history
The original Ma Cuisine opened in Beaune in 1996; the Singapore restaurant opened in 2017 and won its star in 2018, just seven months in, holding it every edition since. In 2025 the team added Bonjour by Ma Cuisine, a breakfast and lunch spot next door at 39 Craig Road.
Who it’s for
For travellers who want genuine French cooking without the formality or the fine-dining price, wine lovers drawn by the 600-label list, and small groups who like to share plates across two to four people. A relaxed, characterful bistro in a heritage quarter rather than a hushed tasting-menu room.