Guide Features of The Refinery

Guide Features of Good Food at The Refinery

For a chillout weekend brunch with friends, snag a table at this Jalan Besar hotspot. While they're known for their delicious rice bowls, their brunch plates are equally impressive and full on flavour, the coffee's great, and the vibes are breezy and laidback. Take Burppler Dex Neo's heed and start with the moreish Cauliflower Fritters ($10), but you've been warned — the guys here spare no mercy in their stinging wasabi mayo sauce! Move on to the Double Confirm Shiok Burger ($20) that sandwiches golden brown chicken between pillowy buns (eat this quick before the bread turns soggy), or to the Chicken-Not-So-Little Waffle ($24), which Burppler Tastemaker Nobelle Liew declares to be one of the best chicken and waffles she's had in Singapore. The combination of savoury homemade parmesan waffles, smokey paprika fried chicken and charred generous red pepper and tomato sauce is well worth the minimum 15 minutes waiting time. Sit back, eat up and sip on a Flat White ($5) as you soak in the #weekendvibes in this high-ceilinged, light-filled space.
Avg Price: $30 per person
Photo by Burppler Tastemaker Nobelle Liew

Restaurant, bar and studio, these three storeys pack in one cool crowd, and a surprisingly tiny kitchen. On their lunch menu, find popular donburi options like the Refinery Bowl ($10) with super tasty pulled pork, the Gyuniku Donburi ($14) with truffle-kissed shimeiji mushrooms and tender tare marinated steak, and the Teriyaki Chicken Don ($10). Each rice bowl comes topped with their oh-so-sexy 72 degree egg. If you're there as a group, order starters to share; both the Cauliflower Fritters ($10) and Salted Egg Onion Rings ($12) are unforgivingly moreish! For dinner, the dons come in ‘small bowls’ (from $6) instead, maybe so you can dedicate space for their tasty selection of skewers. With plenty of chow options, this is the perfect spot to unwind after work with ice-cold beers.

A satisfying rice bowl consisting of very tasty pulled pork, pickled ginger and shiitake, spring onions and that oh-so-sexy signature 72 degree onsen egg.

A casual yakitori restaurant on the first floor, cocktail bar on the second, and craft workspace on the third, The Refinery is pushing the boundaries of what it means to be 3-in-1. Grab some 'Shiok Bak' or skirt steak skewers to go with the Refinery rice bowl, or go for some onion rings smothered in salted egg yolk custard sauce go to with that pint. For the creatives in search of a studio, their workspace on the third floor is open to enquiries. This place is set to pack in one cool crowd.

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