The best Korean BBQ in Singapore ranges from charcoal-grill specialists on Tanjong Pagar Road, such as Guiga, Charim and The Gogijip, to premium wagyu houses like Hanjip and GU:UM and value buffets like I'm Kim and Don Dae Bak. A la carte cuts generally start from around $24++, buffets from around $18.90++ per person, and premium wagyu platters can pass $150++. Tanjong Pagar and the Telok Ayer-Keong Saik area hold the densest cluster, with several grills open past midnight, while mall chains like Seorae Jib cover the heartlands. Most KBBQ here serves pork, so Muslim diners should head to MUIS-certified Captain Kim, and it is worth booking Friday and weekend dinners ahead.
Last verified: October 2026. Hours and prices can change — we re-check our guides regularly, but do confirm before a special trip.
- Hanjip Korean Grill House
- Guiga Korean BBQ Restaurant
- Charim Korean BBQ
- The Gogijip
- GU:UM Contemporary Grill
- Um Yong Baek
- SOT Korean Restaurant
- Don Dae Bak
- Chang Korean Charcoal BBQ
- Chingu @ The Oval
- Seorae Jib
- Wang Dae Bak Grill
- 8 Korean BBQ
- Song Gye Ok
- Seoul Restaurant
- I'm Kim Korean BBQ
- Captain Kim Korean BBQ & Hotpot
The list
Hanjip Korean Grill House Korean BBQ · $$$
A large Korean grill house at Clarke Quay with in-table grills, Australian and Japanese wagyu, Kurobuta pork and USDA Prime beef among its cuts, and seven private dining rooms themed on Korean landmarks. It serves until midnight.
- Cuisine: Korean BBQ
- Price: $$$ · From around $38++ for ginseng chicken; Hanjip Platter from around $198++
- Must-try: Hanjip Platter, Ginseng chicken, Spicy chicken with cheese
- Where: 3C River Valley Road, #01-11, Clarke Quay, Singapore 179022
- Area: Clarke Quay
- Nearest MRT: Clarke Quay
- Hours: Daily 12pm-2:30pm, 5pm-12am
- Halal: No
Guiga Korean BBQ Restaurant Korean BBQ · $$$
A KBBQ restaurant at the Craig Road end of Tanjong Pagar Road serving beef and pork cuts, soy-marinated raw crab and stews such as galbitang. It stays open to midnight on most nights.
- Cuisine: Korean BBQ
- Price: $$$ · From around $28++ for black pork belly; BBQ sets from around $68++
- Must-try: Pork and Chicken Set B, Wagyu sirloin, Yukhoe bibimbap
- Where: 134 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088538
- Area: Tanjong Pagar
- Nearest MRT: Tanjong Pagar
- Hours: Mon-Fri 11:30am-3pm, 5pm-12am; Sat 11:30am-12am; Sun 11:30am-11pm
- Halal: No
Charim Korean BBQ Charcoal Korean BBQ · $$$
A charcoal-grill restaurant on Tanjong Pagar Road known for its butter pork belly, raw crab and DIY sushi rice side. It opens until midnight.
- Cuisine: Charcoal Korean BBQ
- Price: $$$ · From around $29++ for butter pork belly (180g); Set A from around $78++
- Must-try: Butter pork belly, Ganjang gejang (soy-marinated raw crab), Set A
- Where: 65 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088486
- Area: Tanjong Pagar
- Nearest MRT: Tanjong Pagar
- Hours: Tue-Fri 11:30am-3pm, 5pm-12am; Sat-Sun 11:30am-12am
- Halal: No
The Gogijip Charcoal Korean BBQ · $$$
A charcoal KBBQ restaurant on Tanjong Pagar Road known for Iberico and black pork, plus soy-marinated raw crab, beef tartare (yukhoe) and galbitang.
- Cuisine: Charcoal Korean BBQ
- Price: $$$ · From around $25 for a lunch set
- Must-try: Iberico pork, Black pork, Ganjang gejang (soy-marinated raw crab)
- Where: 72 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088493
- Area: Tanjong Pagar
- Nearest MRT: Tanjong Pagar
- Halal: No
GU:UM Contemporary Grill Contemporary Korean grill · $$$$
A contemporary Korean grill on Keong Saik Road where cuts such as Tajima wagyu striploin and Iberico pluma are grilled for diners, alongside modern Korean small plates.
- Cuisine: Contemporary Korean grill
- Price: $$$$ · From around $68++ per grilled meat
- Must-try: Tajima wagyu striploin MBS6, Iberico pluma, Squid soondae
- Where: 29 Keong Saik Road, Singapore 089136
- Area: Keong Saik
- Nearest MRT: Outram Park
- Hours: Tue 6pm-10:30pm; Wed-Fri 12pm-2:30pm, 6pm-10:30pm; Sat-Sun 11:30am-2:30pm, 6pm-10:30pm
- Halal: No
Um Yong Baek Korean BBQ and pork gukbap · $$$
A Busan-style pork specialist with two CBD outlets, known for thick-cut grilled pork neck and its clear pork rice soup (dwaeji gukbap).
- Cuisine: Korean BBQ and pork gukbap
- Price: $$$ · From around $22++ for gukbap; grilled pork neck from around $29++ (150g)
- Must-try: Tongmoksal jumeokgogi (pork neck), UYB clear daeji gukbap
- Where: 27 Boon Tat Street, Singapore 069623 (also 80/82 Telok Ayer Street)
- Area: Telok Ayer
- Nearest MRT: Telok Ayer
- Hours: Daily 11am-3:30pm, 5:30pm-10pm (Boon Tat Street)
- Halal: No
SOT Korean Restaurant Korean BBQ · $$$
A Telok Ayer Street restaurant offering beef, pork and intestine BBQ platters for sharing, plus jjimdak.
- Cuisine: Korean BBQ
- Price: $$$ · From around $58++ for beef sirloin; pork BBQ platter around $90++
- Must-try: Beef BBQ platter, Jjimdak (braised chicken)
- Where: 177 Telok Ayer Street, Singapore 068625
- Area: Telok Ayer
- Nearest MRT: Telok Ayer
- Hours: Mon-Fri 11:30am-3pm, 5:30pm-11pm; Sat-Sun 11:30am-3pm, 5pm-11pm
- Halal: No
Don Dae Bak Korean BBQ and tteokbokki · $$
A Chinatown spot on Kreta Ayer Road that runs a 90-minute KBBQ buffet as well as BBQ sets and tteokbokki, and stays open until 5am.
- Cuisine: Korean BBQ and tteokbokki
- Price: $$ · From around $34.90++ per person for the 90-minute BBQ buffet
- Must-try: 90-minute BBQ buffet, Rose tteokbokki
- Where: 35 Kreta Ayer Road, Singapore 089000
- Area: Chinatown
- Nearest MRT: Outram Park
- Hours: Daily 11:30am-5am
- Halal: No
Chang Korean Charcoal BBQ Charcoal Korean BBQ · $$$$
A charcoal-grill restaurant in the leafy Loewen Road enclave of Dempsey, where staff grill premium cuts such as wagyu and kurobuta pork at the table. Popular for special occasions and corporate dinners.
- Cuisine: Charcoal Korean BBQ
- Price: $$$$
- Must-try: Wagyu beef, Kurobuta pork, Yangnyum galbi (marinated short ribs)
- Where: 71 Loewen Road, #01-01, Singapore 248847
- Area: Dempsey
- Nearest MRT: Napier
- Hours: Lunch daily 12pm-3pm; dinner 6pm-10pm (Chope lists no Thursday dinner, so confirm)
- Halal: No
Chingu @ The Oval Contemporary Korean BBQ · $$$
Contemporary Korean BBQ in a colonial black-and-white bungalow at The Oval in Seletar Aerospace Park. There is no MRT nearby, so most diners drive or take a taxi.
- Cuisine: Contemporary Korean BBQ
- Price: $$$ · From around $28++ for pork jowl; Kagoshima A4 wagyu rib-eye from around $92++
- Must-try: Kagoshima A4 wagyu rib-eye, Pork jowl, Baked tteokbokki
- Where: 7 The Oval, Singapore 797865
- Area: Seletar Aerospace Park
- Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-11pm; Sat-Sun 10am-11pm
- Halal: No
Seorae Jib Korean BBQ (galmaegisal) · $$
The galmaegisal (pork skirt) specialist formerly known as Seorae Korean Charcoal BBQ, with mall outlets at Plaza Singapura, Jem, NEX and Tampines Mall.
- Cuisine: Korean BBQ (galmaegisal)
- Price: $$ · From around $24.90++ for galmaegisal (150g)
- Must-try: Galmaegisal (pork skirt), Seorae samgyeopsal, Woosamgyeob (beef belly)
- Where: 68 Orchard Road, #02-01, Plaza Singapura, Singapore 238839 (also Jem, NEX, Tampines Mall)
- Area: Dhoby Ghaut
- Nearest MRT: Dhoby Ghaut
- Hours: Mon-Fri 11:30am-10pm; Sat-Sun & PH 11am-10pm
- Halal: No
Wang Dae Bak Grill Korean BBQ · $$
A long-running Korean BBQ brand whose Holland Village grill serves marinated meats, combo sets and army stew.
- Cuisine: Korean BBQ
- Price: $$ · From around $19 for the Bulgogi Combo Set; army stew from around $41++
- Must-try: Bulgogi Combo Set, Army stew, Pork knuckle and steamed pork belly set
- Where: 3 Lorong Liput, #02-01, Singapore 277725
- Area: Holland Village
- Nearest MRT: Holland Village
- Hours: Daily 11:30am-10:30pm
- Halal: No
8 Korean BBQ Korean BBQ (pork belly) · $$$
Named after its 8 Colours Set of thick-cut pork belly in eight flavours, from wine and original to curry, garlic, miso and red pepper paste. There is a second outlet at Shaw Centre.
- Cuisine: Korean BBQ (pork belly)
- Price: $$$
- Must-try: 8 Colours Set (pork belly in eight flavours), USDA Prime beef short ribs
- Where: 6 Eu Tong Sen Street, #02-79/90, The Central, Singapore 059817 (also Shaw Centre #04-20/21)
- Area: Clarke Quay
- Nearest MRT: Clarke Quay
- Halal: No
Song Gye Ok Charcoal-grilled chicken BBQ · $$$
A Korean charcoal-grill restaurant that specialises in chicken cuts, with outlets on Telok Ayer Street and at The Centrepoint. It does not use pork or lard but is not halal-certified.
- Cuisine: Charcoal-grilled chicken BBQ
- Price: $$$ · From around $23++ a la carte; grill platters from around $68++
- Must-try: Sgo Signature Platter, Boneless chicken neck fillet
- Where: 113 Telok Ayer Street, Singapore 068582 (also The Centrepoint #02-53)
- Area: Telok Ayer
- Nearest MRT: Telok Ayer
- Hours: Sun-Thu 11am-3pm, 5pm-10pm; Fri-Sat 11am-3pm, 5pm-11pm (Telok Ayer)
- Halal: No pork, no lard
Seoul Restaurant Korean BBQ buffet (hotel) · $$$$
The Korean restaurant at Conrad Singapore Orchard, running premium KBBQ buffets with table grills, plus a beef top-up option.
- Cuisine: Korean BBQ buffet (hotel)
- Price: $$$$ · Buffet from around $49++ (lunch) and $79++ (dinner)
- Must-try: Samgyeopsal, Moksal (pork neck), Kimchijeon
- Where: 1 Cuscaden Road, #03-02, Conrad Singapore Orchard, Singapore 249715
- Area: Orchard
- Nearest MRT: Orchard Boulevard
- Hours: Daily 12pm-3pm, 6pm-10:30pm
- Halal: No
I'm Kim Korean BBQ Korean BBQ buffet · $
A budget 90-minute KBBQ buffet at the School of the Arts building near Dhoby Ghaut, suited to big groups.
- Cuisine: Korean BBQ buffet
- Price: $ · From around $18.90++ per adult for the 90-minute lunch buffet
- Must-try: Volcano chicken, Korean honey pork, Korean chicken wings
- Where: 1 Zubir Said Drive, #01-04, School of the Arts, Singapore 227968
- Area: Dhoby Ghaut
- Nearest MRT: Dhoby Ghaut
- Hours: Mon-Fri 11:30am-4pm, 5:30pm-10pm; Sat-Sun 11:30am-4pm, 5pm-10:30pm
- Halal: No
Captain Kim Korean BBQ & Hotpot Korean BBQ and hotpot buffet · $
A MUIS-certified halal Korean BBQ and hotpot buffet at Tampines Junction, with 90-minute sessions; other outlets include Grantral Mall @ Clementi and Junction 10.
- Cuisine: Korean BBQ and hotpot buffet
- Price: $ · From around $18.90++ (weekday lunch); minimum two diners
- Must-try: Marinated beef and chicken, Hotpot broths
- Where: 300 Tampines Avenue 5, #01-06, NTUC Income Tampines Junction, Singapore 529653
- Area: Tampines
- Nearest MRT: Tampines
- Hours: Mon-Thu 11:30am-4pm, 5:30pm-9:30pm; Fri 11:30am-4pm, 5:30pm-10pm; Sat-Sun 11:30am-10pm
- Halal: MUIS-certified
At a glance: compare every spot
| Spot | Cuisine | Price | Area | Halal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanjip Korean Grill House | Korean BBQ | $$$ | Clarke Quay | No |
| Guiga Korean BBQ Restaurant | Korean BBQ | $$$ | Tanjong Pagar | No |
| Charim Korean BBQ | Charcoal Korean BBQ | $$$ | Tanjong Pagar | No |
| The Gogijip | Charcoal Korean BBQ | $$$ | Tanjong Pagar | No |
| GU:UM Contemporary Grill | Contemporary Korean grill | $$$$ | Keong Saik | No |
| Um Yong Baek | Korean BBQ and pork gukbap | $$$ | Telok Ayer | No |
| SOT Korean Restaurant | Korean BBQ | $$$ | Telok Ayer | No |
| Don Dae Bak | Korean BBQ and tteokbokki | $$ | Chinatown | No |
| Chang Korean Charcoal BBQ | Charcoal Korean BBQ | $$$$ | Dempsey | No |
| Chingu @ The Oval | Contemporary Korean BBQ | $$$ | Seletar Aerospace Park | No |
| Seorae Jib | Korean BBQ (galmaegisal) | $$ | Dhoby Ghaut | No |
| Wang Dae Bak Grill | Korean BBQ | $$ | Holland Village | No |
| 8 Korean BBQ | Korean BBQ (pork belly) | $$$ | Clarke Quay | No |
| Song Gye Ok | Charcoal-grilled chicken BBQ | $$$ | Telok Ayer | No pork, no lard |
| Seoul Restaurant | Korean BBQ buffet (hotel) | $$$$ | Orchard | No |
| I'm Kim Korean BBQ | Korean BBQ buffet | $ | Dhoby Ghaut | No |
| Captain Kim Korean BBQ & Hotpot | Korean BBQ and hotpot buffet | $ | Tampines | MUIS-certified |
Your questions answered
How much does Korean BBQ cost in Singapore?
Buffets start from around $18.90++ per person at places like I'm Kim and Captain Kim, while Don Dae Bak's buffet is from around $34.90++. A la carte charcoal grills such as Guiga and Charim charge from around $24++ per cut, and premium spots like Hanjip, GU:UM and Seoul Restaurant at Conrad cost considerably more. Most prices carry ++ (service charge and GST).
Where is the best area for Korean BBQ in Singapore?
Tanjong Pagar Road is Singapore's unofficial Korea Town, with Guiga, Charim and The Gogijip within a few minutes' walk of Tanjong Pagar MRT. Telok Ayer and Keong Saik (Um Yong Baek, SOT, Song Gye Ok, GU:UM) are next door, Clarke Quay has Hanjip and 8 Korean BBQ, and Seorae Jib has mall outlets at Plaza Singapura, Jem, NEX and Tampines Mall.
Is there halal Korean BBQ in Singapore?
Yes, but options are limited. Captain Kim Korean BBQ & Hotpot (Tampines Junction, Grantral Mall @ Clementi and Junction 10) is MUIS-certified. Song Gye Ok uses no pork or lard but is not halal-certified. The other restaurants in this guide serve pork and are not halal.
Which Korean BBQ restaurants in Singapore are open late?
Don Dae Bak on Kreta Ayer Road opens until 5am daily. Hanjip, Guiga and Charim serve until around midnight, and Tanjong Pagar Road generally stays busy into the late evening.
Should I choose a Korean BBQ buffet or a la carte?
Buffets such as I'm Kim, Don Dae Bak, Seoul Restaurant and Captain Kim give unlimited meats for a fixed price, usually in 90-minute sessions, which suits big groups. A la carte grills such as Charim, Chang and GU:UM let you order specific premium cuts like wagyu or Iberico pork, and are the pick if meat quality matters most.
Do I need to book Korean BBQ in Singapore?
Booking is recommended for Friday and weekend dinners at popular Tanjong Pagar grills and for premium venues like Hanjip, Chang and Chingu, which also offer private or group dining. Several restaurants, including Chang and 8 Korean BBQ, take reservations on Chope.
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