Kai Duck (Ngee Ann City)

Kai Duck is a casual modern Cantonese restaurant on the fifth floor of Ngee Ann City on Orchard Road. It comes from the team behind Kai Garden, a more formal Cantonese restaurant at Marina Square, and opened in 2019.

The idea is to make Kai Garden's duck cooking easier to enjoy, in a casual room and in portions that suit smaller groups. Owner and Group Executive Chef Fung Chi Keung was born in Hong Kong. His career of some 30 years took him through Chinese kitchens in Hong Kong and Mandarin Orchard in Singapore. In 2005, as Group Executive Chef of Paradise Group, he launched Taste Paradise. He also won a Gold Medal at the Food and Hospitality Asia 2012 Imperial Challenge.

What to order

Duck is the reason to come. The kitchen serves Cantonese-style roast duck and Peking duck, and many reviews focus on the ways it reworks them.

Little Day Out's 2026 review describes a Peking duck salad hand roll. It swaps the usual soft pancake for a crisp, cone-like wrapper, and hoisin for a roasted sesame sauce. The same review covers cheong fun (steamed rice rolls) topped with half a roast duck, enough for three or four people to share.

The rest of the menu covers the usual Cantonese range: appetisers, soups, meat, seafood, vegetables and tofu, and noodles and rice. Dishes recommended on its Chope page include braised spare ribs with Chinese yam and bolete mushroom, crisp fried chicken, and steamed patin fish with black olive.

Dim sum

Dim sum is served at lunch. The menu splits it into steamed items, baked and fried items, and cheong fun. Little Day Out also tried xiao long bao served with a black truffle sauce.

The setting

The dining room borrows the look of an old Hong Kong cha chaan teng, a casual tea house cafe, and adds modern touches. The restaurant itself describes the mood as relaxed, with a nod to an emperor's courtyard. Roast meats and dim sum baskets are on display. Seating runs from booths and tables for two to round tables for four to six, which suits family meals.

Good to know before you go

• Booking: reserve online through Chope or by phone.
• Groups: there are set menus for group meals, and the team can tailor a menu if you call.
• Takeaway and delivery: orders for self pick-up or delivery go through the restaurant's Oddle page.
• Private events: enquiries go by email, with details on the Kai Duck website.

Nearby

Ngee Ann City sits in the middle of Orchard Road, so Kai Duck makes an easy lunch stop between shops. For more Chinese food in the area, try Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro for Sichuan cooking.

If you want to stay nearby, look at the Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel or browse all hotels in Orchard and River Valley. For more meals, see restaurants in Orchard and River Valley and our Chinese and dim sum restaurants.