Opus Bar & Grill

Opus Bar & Grill is the steakhouse at voco Orchard Singapore, the hotel at 581 Orchard Road that used to be Hilton Singapore. It sits on the lobby level and focuses on grilled steaks and sustainable seafood. Opus dates from the hotel's Hilton years and carried on after the change of brand.

The restaurant also serves breakfast each morning. A sister lounge in the same hotel, Opus Bar, covers cocktails and lighter meals.

What to order

Steak is the main reason to come. The kitchen selects its cuts and dry-ages them in-house, in cabinets lined with Himalayan salt tiles. The steaks are then cooked over an open flame. The grill burns a mix of charcoal and sustainable Jarrah wood, a hardwood from Western Australia, which adds a smoky depth to the meat.

Seafood is the other half of the menu, with the kitchen choosing fish and shellfish from sustainable sources. At the end of the year, the restaurant runs a festive à la carte menu. Ask the staff which cuts are ageing in the cabinet when you visit.

Weekends bring a different side of the restaurant. Weekend Makan is a local lunch buffet built around Singapore favourites. Dishes have included:

• Laksa with rock lobster: spicy coconut noodle soup with a lobster topping
• Mee rebus with Black Angus beef cheek: yellow noodles in a thick, mildly sweet gravy
• Lobster kueh pie tee: crisp pastry cups with a lobster filling
• Oyster omelette: cooked to order at a live station
• Muah chee: soft, sticky rice dough rolled in crushed peanuts

The setting

Being on the lobby level, the dining room is easy to reach straight off Orchard Road. It works for a business dinner or a celebration, and there is a private dining room for meetings and parties. Groups can also book the whole restaurant for an event.

Opus Bar, the lounge in the same hotel, serves craft cocktails, wine and spirits. Its all-day menu runs from salads and grain bowls to burgers, which suits a lighter meal. It also has a list of mocktails and alcohol-free beers.

Good to know before you go

• Book through the hotel's dining website, by phone or by WhatsApp message.
• The restaurant is cashless and takes most credit and debit cards.
• Children are welcome at the weekend buffet, which has a separate child rate.
• Steaks and other dishes can be ordered to take home, for self pick-up or delivery.
• For current menus and offers, see the Opus Bar & Grill page.

Getting there

The nearest MRT station is Orchard. From the station, follow the sheltered underground walkway through ION Orchard to Wheelock Place, then walk along Orchard Road past Liat Towers and Far East Shopping Centre to the hotel. The walk takes about 10 minutes.

Nearby

Orchard has plenty of other places to eat. For Japanese wagyu, try Fat Cow on Orchard Boulevard. Osteria Mozza at ION Orchard serves Nancy Silverton's Italian cooking. Shisen Hanten offers Michelin-starred Sichuan food at Hilton Singapore Orchard.

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