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Waku Ghin is Tetsuya Wakuda's Japanese-European restaurant at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands — an intimate omakase Chef's Table where the food is cooked in front of you on a teppan, with a chef dedicated to each guest.
- Cuisine
- Japanese Contemporary
- Neighbourhood
- Marina Bay
- Nearest MRT
- Bayfront (CE/DT)
- Chef
- Tetsuya Wakuda
- Indicative price
- Chef's Table omakase S$550++
- Address
- 10 Bayfront Avenue, #02-03, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 018956
Waku Ghin is Tetsuya Wakuda's Japanese-European restaurant at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands — an intimate omakase Chef's Table where the food is cooked in front of you on a teppan, with a chef dedicated to each guest.
Signature dishes
- Marinated botan shrimp with sea urchin and Oscietra caviar — the signature, served in a sea-urchin shell
- Australian wagyu with wasabi and citrus soy, seared on the teppan
- Cold angel-hair pasta with truffle and botan shrimp
- Fresh oyster with ginger and rice vinegar
Ingredients follow the Japanese seasons — sweet shrimp and winter yellowtail in colder months, white shrimp in spring, uni and sea eel in summer — so the exact courses shift through the year.
The concept
The heart of Waku Ghin is a ten-course omakase served at a Chef's Table, prepared live on the teppan grill. The cooking is Japanese in spirit but built on classical French technique, leaning on premium Japanese seafood and wagyu. A separate bar handles walk-ins and a shorter a la carte menu of pastas and donburi.
The chef
Tetsuya Wakuda, born in Hamamatsu in 1959, moved to Sydney in 1982 and learned French technique before opening the celebrated Tetsuya's in 1989. Waku Ghin, opened in 2010, was his first restaurant outside Australia; the name pairs "waku" (to spring forth) with "ghin" (silver, his favourite colour).
Getting there
10 Bayfront Avenue, #02-03, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, on Level 2 beside the casino. The nearest MRT is Bayfront (CE1/DT16), linked underground to the mall.
Prices
The ten-course Chef's Table omakase is S$550 per person. A la carte at the bar ranges widely, from a S$12 miso soup to S$600 for the Oscietra caviar, with the botan-shrimp signature around S$150. Add 10% service charge and 9% GST; wine and sake pairings are extra.
How to book
Reserve by email at [email protected] or on +65 6688 8507. With only 25 seats, book around four months ahead for the Chef's Table, which runs two seatings at 5pm and 7.30pm; the bar takes walk-ins. A credit card secures the booking and a no-show is charged the full menu.
Opening hours
Open daily, 5pm to 11pm, with no regular closing day. Bar dining starts at 5pm with last orders at 10.30pm. There is no lunch service.
The room & dress
An 8,000-square-foot space of understated luxury, redesigned in 2021 around a silver motif — a sake bar and caviar lounge, four private teppan rooms and a main room, with a carpet patterned on folded-steel knife marks. The mood is intimate, hushed and focused on the cooking. Dress is formal to smart casual.
A little history
Opened in July 2010 as Wakuda's first international venture, Waku Ghin earned a star in the inaugural 2016 Singapore Guide, was promoted to two stars in 2017 and held them through 2023, then returned to one star in 2024 — which it has retained through 2026. It is one of only twelve restaurants starred in every Singapore edition since 2016.
Who it’s for
For diners who want theatrical Japanese-European fine dining for a special occasion or business dinner, and for MBS guests happy to pay a luxury price. The dedicated-chef Chef's Table and the botan-shrimp signature are the draw.