Best Fine Dining With Panoramic View Of Marina Bay And Live Jazz

Monti at 1-Pavilion

Must-Have	Baby (<1 yo), Toddler (1-3yo)
Air-conditioned	✓
Space for baby stroller	✓
No steps/ staircase	Depends on the seating
Clean baby high chair	✓
Quick service	✓
Not crowded	✓

Being a fine food lover, Monti at 1-Pavilion is listed as one of my favourite fine dining restaurants. It is Singapore Bay’s most beautiful dining offering authentic, detailed-oriented Italian cuisine, extensive and refreshing cocktail selection and breath-taking waterfront views of the entire Marina Bay. Their floor-to-ceiling windows provide natural sunlight in the day and city's twinkle lights at night. Aside from amazing view, service was excellent with a whole lot of jazz. There's nothing like Monti. Monti meets all my expectations!

On The Way To Monti For Our Dinner

Monti At Fullerton Pavillion

Panoramic Views Of Marina Bay

Step into the dome and I was greeted by stylish interiors with high ceilings. There was a short staircase to the window seatings. I suggest diners with baby-strollers can avoid the steps by sitting in the middle of the restaurant. It offered unblocked panoramic waterfront views of the surroundings from the restaurant. The music lounge, long bar and classic communal dinner setting with spacious table seating and views of the river, Marina Bay and Marina Bay Sands (MBS). The glass dome provides an ideal spot to take in the surrounds over lunch and dinner. The waiter didn't walk to our table until I was done taking pictures and chatting with my husband. Such an attentive waiter! 

Views Of Esplanade And One Fullerton

We were seated at one corner where we can enjoy the views of Esplanade, nice restaurants along Fullerton Road, Marina Bay, MBS and the backdrop of iconic skyscrapers. The ambience should be fantastic and comfortable for lunch, dinner and cocktails. Service at Monti was exceptionally superb. A friendly waiter explained the dishes available for our fine dining. There was no menu for fine dinner except ala carte. The chef would plan the fine dining menu daily. Most of the dishes would contain raw ingredients. Sadly, I was pregnant and it was advisable not to consume raw food. Eventually, we ordered three main courses without desserts from the ala carte menu because we bought an anniversary cake from Awfully Chocolate.

Views Of Skyscrapers

Modern Italian Cuisine On The River

The cosy seating provided a sense of privacy that invited us to linger over conversations with my husband. By dusk, Monti's interior took on a soft and romantic atmosphere. As the night drew long, the pulsing energy of live jazz took over the main indoor space. Located between One Fullerton and the Fullerton Bay Hotel, the iconic steel and glass dome of Monti reached out into the waters of Marina Bay. As the sky got darker, the city's skyline took on a soft glow that reflects off the bay.

Stylish Ambience

Monti serves extensive menu of Italian appetisers, pasta, mains and dessert for a degustation dinner. Food portions were quite small. However, it was ideal to order several dishes for two persons and share as traditional Italian style. Many of the ingredients were sourced from Italy including the choice of light to full flavoured olive oils on the tables. While waiting for our order, we enjoyed the view while listening to the jazz. A late evening of live jazz at Monti with its soft atmosphere coupled with a romantic dinner was a lovely way to celebrate our wedding anniversary.  

Bread At The Start Of The Dinner

As a sign of hospitality, they served two hot croissants to take away our hunger pains while waiting for our meals. A tasty hot bread is a nice way to start off dinner. Bread was fragrant and crispy outside, soft and fluffy on the inside. It was delicious when I dipped the bread on the high quality butter. 

Fregola Seafood

Our first main course was fregola seafood. Fregula is a type of Italian pasta from Sardinia. Fregula comes in varying sizes, but typically consists of semolina dough that has been rolled into balls 2–3 mm in diameter and toasted in an oven. The toasted pearl sized Sardinian pasta had amazing nutty, slightly bittersweet flavour and chewy. Fregula was mixed with variety of seafood such as prawn, yellow fin tuna and Hokkaido scallop, accompanied by white wine, cherry tomato, Italian parsley and basil. Seafood was tender and juicy. All fresh ingredients were coated with yummy lobster bisque. 

U.S. Sirloin Steak (200g)

We ordered 200g of U.S. Sirloin Steak accompanied by roasted asparagus, corn and red onion jam. The sirloin steak was cooked at medium well. There was warm brown pink in the center. Steak was lean, moderately tender, slightly peppery and juicy. It had no bones and very little fat, making it taste delicious. Corn was sweet and tasty. Roasted asparagus was a little bit tender and charred. It was delectable when coated with some red onion jam at the side of the plate.

Ravioli

Ravioli was filled with burrata cheese, burnt butter sauce and pistachio crumbs. Ravioli was soft and smooth, filled with luscious, heavy cream and rich burrata cheese. Ravioli was tossed with burnt butter sauce and crunchy pistachio crumbs, which had very unique taste, a combination of cheesy and slightly sweet with caramel aroma. 

Panoramic Night View of Marina Bay And MBS

With the venue pumping out jazz tunes daily, Monti is must-visit venue for jazz enthusiasts and fine dining lovers in Singapore, very much similar to Birdland in New York City. It also offers panoramic waterfront views of the surrounds from the restaurant below and its open-air rooftop. There will be laser show every Saturday night from MBS. You can enjoy the views of the passing boats, laser show and lights from MBS, which adds one more entertainment while eating or drinking in Monti. Monti's open-air rooftop bar allows you to enjoy the beautiful night scenery and the cool breeze of the bay with relaxing music from the live jazz band played in the restaurant below. 

Alfresco Bar

Location

Monti at 1-Pavilion
82 Collyer Quay, 
Singapore 049327
Tel: +65 65350724
Opening hours: 11am to 5pm and 6 to 10:30pm daily