For a romantic date ensconced by greenery and blooms, make a booking for Hortus, which is nestled right within Gardens by the Bay’s Flower Dome. The Mediterranean restaurant serves vibrant salads, dips and home-baked bread alongside heartier mains, tagines and rustic dishes straight off a wood-fire grill. Our recommendations: the Fremantle octopus and Beef and Lamb Adana Kebab are absolute bangers.

Cap off your date with a stroll around the Flower Dome — entry is complimentary for Hortus diners.

From Feb 14, 2023, Hortus will be open from Tues to Sun. Closed on Mon.

Modern Middle Eastern restaurant Fat Prince is welcoming couples with a romantic evening of champagne, candles and cosy corners. Then there’s the four-course menu that starts with charcoal-fired Sakoshi oyster, before moving on to mezze with an option of saffron-spiced snapper or Fremantle octopus.

You can look forward to short ribs or black cod for mains, and chocolate tahini semifreddo to end your meal. There’s also a vegetarian menu that tempts with plates like beetroot with goat’s curd and pit-smoked pumpkin.

$158++ per person (non-vegetarian) and $188 per person (vegetarian), available on Feb 14, 2023. The A la carte menu will also be available on this day. Fat Prince is at 48 Peck Seah Street, Singapore 079317. Click here for reservations or more information.

With its dimly lit interiors and boldly hued interiors that draw on the rich Moorish influencers of 1960s Paris, an evening at Latin-Indian izakaya Barood is set to get you in the mood for love. It serves up tantalising elevated tapas with Indian and Japanese flavours that turn up the heat – think uni with tamarind on toast, Tawa lobster yakitori and richly spiced mini pulled duck pancakes. The drinks are aptly named too — sip on cocktails like Single Tonight, a fruity raspberry and yoghurt concoction, the tropical Ready For Love with green mango and lime juice or the botanical gin-based Naked Flower. 

Barood is at 56A Tras Street, Singapore 078977. Visit its website for reservations.

Chinatown’s iconic Yue Hwa Building is home to fine-dining outfit Eclipse. Chef-owner Samuel Quan, who’s had stints at Les Amis, Joel Robuchon as well as Spain’s three Michelin-starred Aponiente, helms the kitchen. Drawing on his background in European fare and his own Asian heritage, he serves up artfully plated fusion dishes starring his favourite ingredients and spices. The enigmatic cavern-esque interiors are a moodsetter too, with a surreal canopy of cloud-like mesh covering the ceiling.

The Valentine’s Day menu sees a five-course lunch menu with plates like pan-seared foie gras, mussels in Shaoxing butter broth, and Hokkaido seared pork with truffle tagliatelle. Dinner spans seven courses, with the addition of Hyogo oysters in an osmanthus raspberry vinaigrette, and charcoal grilled codfish. For mains, you also get braised Hoisin wagyu beef short ribs.

The Valentine’s Day menu is available only on Feb 11, 12 and 14, 2023. Eclipse is at #06-01 Yue Hwa Building, 70 Eu Tong Sen Street, Singapore 059805. Visit its website for reservations or more information.

Dive into a lavish Cold Seafood Platter ($109.95++, portioned for two) with Boston lobster, oysters, smoked salmon, yellowfin tuna sashimi and more while sipping on some bubbly and enjoying the sea breeze at Greenwood Fish Market’s Quayside Isle restaurant. Or if you’re up for an omakase experience, the Omakase Counter serves lunch (from $98++) and dinner (from $188++). 

On Feb 14, order the Chocolate Fondant 64% Valrhona ($14.95++) from any of its outlets, and it’ll come with romantic messages written in chocolate, such as “Happy Valentine’s Day” and “I Love You”. No preorders are required.

You can also head down to the promenade for a romantic stroll before or after dinner.

Greenwood Fish Market (Quayside Isle) is at 31 Ocean Way #01-02 to 05, Singapore 098375. Visit its website for more information.

Housed in a two-storey heritage black and white colonial bungalow, surrounded by lush greenery, Italian restaurant Gary’s offers a tranquil respite from the buzz of the city.

Taiwanese-born Singapore chef Gary has drummed up an exclusively curated seven-course Valentine’s Day celebration menu to please the fussiest of tastebuds. There’s Spanish red prawn Japanese Arita wagyu, and Alaskan king crab and homemade tagliatelle served on a pasta cheese wheel with lashings of winter black truffles. You’ll be served a complimentary glass of “Love Story” prosecco to start the night. 

Couples dining on Feb 14 will also walk away with an adorable love teddy bear from Gary’s, while stocks last.

 Gary’s Valentine’s Day menu is priced at $198++ per person. Also available for lunch upon request. A $60 deposit is required per person for the Valentine’s Day celebration menu.  

Gary’s is at 41 Rochester Drive Singapore 138582. Visit its website or call 8920 0200 for reservation

With a vaulted ceiling, arches, sumptuous colours and polished wood furnishings, the interiors of upscale steakhouse Origin Grill set the backdrop for a sophisticated date night. And its menu doesn’t disappoint either.

On Feb 14, it’s treating couples to an exclusive five-course set dinner that highlights some of the season’s best produce. Think fresh oysters, Mud Crab Dressed in Vanilla and Lime, Aged Parmesan Crème Brûlée Tortellini, Wagyu Beef Tenderloin MBS 5/6 and more.

You’ll also get two glasses of Pierre Gimonet Rose de Blancs Champagne, a box of chocolates and a stalk of rose.

Origin Grill’s Valentine’s Day 5-Course Dinner is at 388++ per couple. Email dining.sls@shangri-la.com or call 6213 4398 for reservations. Origin Grill is at Shangri-la Singapore, Lobby Level, Tower Wing, 22 Orange Grove Road, Singapore 258350.

Located within Sultan Hotel is Farrer Horse, an equestrian-themed dining concept that evokes the exuberant merrymaking that defined Farrer Park Racecourse, Singapore’s first horse-racing venue in the 1840s.

On Valentine’s Day, your gastronomic affair begins with Smoked Norwegian salmon rilette, two mains of either Smoked Pepper Duck Breast on cauliflower puree, and Fresh Red Snapper, served with a refreshing mango salad and a zesty citrus cream sauce.

Valentine’s Day set menu for two at $98++. Farrer Horse is at 101 Jalan Sultan, #01-02/#02-00, Singapore 199002. Visit its website for reservations.

Perched atop the Ocean Financial Centre with soaring city views, Italian restaurant Altro Zafferano wants you to say “Ti Amo” to your partner with its five-course menu curated for two by executive chef Andrea De Paola. Dine on South Italian flavours with plates like scampi tortelli, zucchini trombetta and scapece foam — deftly handcrafted scampi parcels complemented with refreshing zucchini.

You’ll be starting with a selection of canapes and Italian aperitivo, and there’ll be two special ‘For Her’ and ‘For Him’ desserts. A single red rose will be offered to each lady.

The five-course menu is at $248++ per person. 10 Collyer Quay, Level 43 Ocean Financial Centre, Singapore 049315. Visit Altro Zafferano’s website for reservations and more information

Sip on bubbly and dine under the stars with either of Mr Stork’s two Valentine’s curated packages at Mr. Stork — cosy up in a teepee hut adorned with fairy lights, or romance each other with a table seat that affords views of the sea.

The teepee-or-table package for two includes a bottle of Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque Rosé Champagne, specially crafted Valentine’s tipples for him and her, as well as a savoury Chef’s Platter heaped with nosh like tomato focaccia, foie gras toast and Kaluga caviar blinis served alongside a selection of cold cuts to cap off the evening under the stars.

All couples who book the Valentine’s Day package or set menu will receive a complimentary gift.

The Teepee Package for Two is at $500++ per couple and the Table Package for two is at $600++ per couple, available on Feb 14, 2023 (5pm to 12am).

Mr Stork is at Level 39, Andaz Singapore, 5 Fraser St, Singapore 189354.