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Thevar is chef-owner Mano Thevar's two-star tasting-menu restaurant on Mohamed Sultan Road, where Indian and Malay-Peninsula flavours are rebuilt with European precision rather than served as regional classics.
- Cuisine
- Innovative (modern Indian)
- Neighbourhood
- River Valley
- Nearest MRT
- Fort Canning (DT)
- Chef
- Mano Thevar
- Indicative price
- Lunch from S$228++; dinner S$298++
- Address
- 16 Mohamed Sultan Road, Singapore 238965
Thevar is chef-owner Mano Thevar's two-star tasting-menu restaurant on Mohamed Sultan Road, where Indian and Malay-Peninsula flavours are rebuilt with European precision rather than served as regional classics.
Signature dishes
- Chettinad chicken roti — a fluffy flatbread with slow-cooked, heavily spiced chicken
- Crab curry rice — spiced rice with crab and coconut, a nod to his mother's crab curry
The menu is seasonal and changes, so treat these as examples of the style rather than a fixed list.
The concept
This is contemporary Indian fine dining, not a curry house. The kitchen takes the spices and memories of South Indian and Malaysian-Indian home cooking and reworks them through European technique, in a fixed tasting sequence that runs seafood through vegetables and meat to dessert. Expect familiar flavours arriving in unfamiliar, polished forms.
The chef
Mano Thevar was born in Penang, of Indian heritage, and cooks from his grandmother's kitchen as much as from any culinary school. His training is European — stints at Guy Savoy in Singapore, Pure C in the Netherlands, and Waku Ghin — before he opened his own room, and that mix of home cooking and fine-dining discipline is the whole point of the food.
Getting there
16 Mohamed Sultan Road, in a restored shophouse near Robertson Quay in the river-valley area. The nearest MRT is Fort Canning on the Downtown Line, about a six-minute walk.
Prices
Lunch is a five-course Executive Menu at S$228++ or the Experience Menu at S$298++; dinner is the Experience Menu at S$298++. The "++" means service charge and GST are added on top. Allow around two and a half hours.
How to book
Reserve by email at [email protected] or by phone on +65 9750 8275, stating which lunch menu you want. There is no fixed lead time, but book well ahead for Friday and Saturday. Dinner takes a S$150 per-diner deposit, and cancelling, changing or not showing within 72 hours is charged the full S$298++ per head.
Opening hours
Dinner is 6pm to 11pm Monday to Saturday, with last seating at 9pm. Lunch runs Friday and Saturday only, noon to 3pm, last seating 1pm. Closed Sunday.
The room & dress
An intimate restored shophouse with warm tones, soft lighting and Chettinad motifs — refined but not stiff. The main room seats around 28, plus a three-seat chef's table and a private room for up to 10. Dress is smart casual: collared shirts, tailored trousers or dark denim and closed-toe shoes, no sportswear or flip-flops.
A little history
Thevar opened in Keong Saik in 2018, won its first star in 2021 and a second in 2022, then reopened in mid-2025 on Mohamed Sultan Road in more than double the space. It retained both stars in the 2026 Guide.
Who it’s for
For visitors who want a destination modern-Indian tasting menu — South Asian heritage and Malaysian memory delivered with European technique and the chef's own storytelling. Note the kitchen cannot do vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free or allium-free menus.