L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele

L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele is the Singapore branch of one of the oldest pizzerias in Naples. The Condurro family opened the first shop there in 1870, and the Singapore restaurant followed in April 2024. It was the first branch in Southeast Asia.

You will find it on the ground floor of Mercure ICON Singapore City Centre on Club Street. The cooking sticks to the family's Neapolitan way of making pizza, with key ingredients imported from Italy. It is a casual place for a quick lunch or a relaxed dinner with friends.

What to order

Pizza is the reason to come. Every pizza is made to order in one size of about 15 inches, so it often hangs over the edge of the plate. The thin base manages to be crisp and chewy at the same time.

The original shop in Naples built its name on just two pizzas, the margherita and the marinara. Singapore has a much longer list, with more than 15 toppings. Good places to start:

• Margherita: tomato sauce, fior di latte from Agerola and aged pecorino romano.
• Marita: half marinara and half margherita. The MICHELIN Guide suggests it if you cannot decide.
• Cetara: tomato with anchovies, olives and capers.
• Friarielli & Salsiccia: a white pizza with sausage and bitter broccoli rabe.

The menu also has starters, pasta and desserts. When the restaurant opened, these included burrata alla puttanesca, a fried seafood plate, lobster linguine for two and Sicilian cannoli. Menus change, so treat these as examples.

The setting

The room is simple and informal. The wooden chairs do not match, and the floor is bare cement. A large custom-built oven from Italy is the main feature of the space. Bar seats face the pizza makers, so you can watch your pizza being shaped and baked. The restaurant had about 70 seats when it opened.

Good to know before you go

• Book ahead for dinner. The restaurant takes its own bookings through the official website.
• Takeaway and delivery are also offered if you would rather eat at your hotel.
• The MICHELIN Guide lists wheelchair access and counter dining.
• Parking is available at the Mercure ICON hotel.
• Pizzas come in one size, so a group can share a few and try more toppings.

Getting there

The pizzeria is at 8 Club Street, unit #01-08, on the ground floor of the hotel. Club Street sits between Chinatown and the Central Business District. It is easy to pair a meal here with an evening walk through the old shophouse streets nearby.

Nearby

If you want to stay close by, The Clan Hotel Singapore is on Cross Street, just around the corner. After dinner, you can walk to Boat Quay for a drink by the river, or carry on to see Merlion Park lit up at night.

For a different kind of meal in the area, look at Kaarla or OUMI. You can also browse all restaurants in Marina Bay and the CBD, more European and Italian restaurants, or our Chinatown guides.