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Brian Kennett
Amateur Chef and Boozy Traveling Foodie Extraordinaire
Koma Restaurant Review Singapore: Is it worth the $$$$? Is it one of the best Japanese restaurants in Singapore? Read on...
KOMA Restaurant Review Singapore: A Quite Incredible Dining Experience at Marina Bay Sands Shoppes
KOMA Singapore is a whole experience, and some. It’s truly a feast for all the senses: 1/ You walk in, and your eyes get bombarded with the most amazing interior design. 2/ The buzz and ambience are incredible; everyone is chatting with low background music wafting in your ears. 3/ The aromas of the food smack your nose constantly as the servers glide effortlessly amongst the tables. 4/ And then you get your food. Now your mouth and tastebuds are under full attack, but what a nice way to get attacked. Incredible Japanese-inspired dishes.
This is the kind of place where you half expect to see a Samurai ghost nodding approvingly at your Koma Menu choices. Tucked inside the swanky Marina Bay Sands Shoppes, this Japanese restaurant and sushi bar is where dramatic design meets expertly crafted and plated food, and yes, a price tag that makes your wallet weep a little: I had 880, $, wheeps for lunch today. But hey, you’re not here for budget bento, are you? You’re here for an unforgettable lunch, and we’re still talking about it to this day: Job done Koma!!!.
Koma Restaurant Blog Review Contents
Koma Singapore Reviews
First Impressions: Walking into a Samurai Dream
Before you even set foot inside, KOMA makes a statement. The entrance is a 20-meter-long tunnel lined with towering orange torii gates, channelling Kyoto’s famous Fushimi Inari Shrine. If you don’t stop for a selfie for Instagram, are you even living in 2025? Check out our Vlog for our grand entrance. It’s a WOW and a very unique restaurant entrance experience.
Once inside, prepare to have your jaw drop. The dining area is huge, like a banquet hall built for a feudal lord. A wooden Japanese footbridge arches gracefully over a reflecting pool, lanterns glow softly, and everything feels very “I’m just waiting for Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe to enter and film some scenes for The Last Samurai.” And the best part? You haven’t even seen the menu yet.
One TripAdvisor reviewer nailed it: “The ambience was beautiful, the food was fresh, and every dish was fantastic!” Looks like someone had a good time, as did we.
Koma Singapore Menu
Let’s get to the real reason we’re here: the food. The KOMA menu is a celebration of Japanese flavours and Japanese styles of cooking, offering both familiar comforts and creative new takes on classics. Expect sushi, robatayaki, tempura, and dishes that make you wonder why you don’t eat Japanese food much more often.
Scroll down, folks, and you’ll see what we ate today off the Koma Singapore Menu.
Koma Restaurant Review Blog
It reeks of class. Just check this place out. It is massive, but you don’t get the sense of massive when you sit. Also, look at the second floor and that private dining room, ding dong. Everywhere you look there is something that catches your eye, it is absolutely an eye-candy locale. I love it!!!
Koma Menu: Starters: Kicking Off in Style
- Wagyu Beef Dumplings – Imagine the most luxurious dumpling you’ve ever had, then double it. Rich, juicy, and worth fighting your dinner companion for. One Burpple reviewer raved, “We tried quite a few of their signature items, but the star was the Wagyu dumpling.” Sounds like a dumpling worth writing home about: read on and see what we thought.
- Salmon Avocado Maki – Thick, buttery slices of salmon paired with creamy avocado and topped with ikura? Yes, please. A Lemon8 reviewer put it best: “Thicc salmon slices paired well with the w avocado and ikura.” (Yes, “thicc.” Apparently, that’s how we describe sushi now.)
- Crispy Tokyo Gyoza – Deep-fried dumplings stuffed with pork, cabbage, and just a hint of spice, these are the kind of addictive bites you regret ordering only because you didn’t get two portions: perfect bedfellows with ice-cold Japanese beer.
Koma Menu Singapore: Mains: Big Plates, Bigger Flavours
- Truffle Fried Rice – Some say truffle makes everything better, and KOMA seems to agree. It’s rich, aromatic, and the kind of dish that makes you momentarily forget the price. However, some diners found it could use a bit more seasoning. “The truffles were delicious; however, I thought the rice was lacking seasoning,” wrote a reviewer on Lemon8. Can’t win them all: we, however, thought it quite incredible.
- Sakura Chicken – A seasonal dish that’s tender, flavourful, and elegantly plated. If chickens could win beauty pageants, this one would at least make the finals.
- Hokkaido Scallops with Yuzu Butter: Sweet, plump scallops are seared to perfection and drizzled with fragrant citrus butter. Honestly, if my Wifey could bathe in this sauce, she would have.
Sushi and Sashimi: The Showstoppers on the Koma Menu
KOMA’s sashimi platters are a sight to behold. Imagine thick, glistening slices of the freshest fish, so beautifully arranged that you almost feel guilty eating them. Almost. The freshness is undeniable, and each bite is proof that this place takes its seafood seriously. This is going to be a place for date night absolutely, the sushi bar is like the finest New York hotel bars. We’ll be back for sure.
Omakase Nigiri Set – If making decisions isn’t your thing, let the chef do the thinking for you. The omakase set delivers the best cuts of the day, handpicked and prepared with surgical precision.
A meal this good deserves an equally impressive drink selection. Thankfully, KOMA delivers. The bar is stocked with an impressive range of sake, Japanese whiskies, and handcrafted cocktails. If you like your drinks as stylish as your Instagram feed, this is the place. You simply must watch our YouTube and see what Wifey ordered, an incredible cocktail with a bubble filled with smoke: so very stylish.
- KOMA Phoenix – A citrusy blend of Japanese spirits, yuzu, and just the right amount of kick. It’s refreshing, smooth, and dangerously easy to drink.
- Sake Selection – Whether you’re a sake connoisseur or just here for a good time, KOMA’s collection ranges from crisp and dry to rich and umami-packed.
- Matcha Old Fashioned – Because why should whiskey lovers miss out on the matcha craze? Smooth, slightly sweet, and an instant favourite.
I promise you that below is Jude Jude supping on a Sapporo ‘Zero’. He felt very grown up this day. I tried some, and I tell you. It’s not bad at all.
Service: A Well-Oiled Machine at Koma Restaurant Review TripAdvisor
One thing that stands out at KOMA? The service is impeccable. Staff are attentive without hovering, knowledgeable without being snobbish, and happy to make recommendations if you’re overwhelmed by options (which you will be). One TripAdvisor reviewer shared, “When we arrived, staff attended to us immediately and ushered us to our table. Ambience good and food is great. Attending staff is friendly too.” Sounds about right. We had 2-3 simply brilliant servers: top marks!!!
Guest Reviews: What the People Are Saying on Koma Google Review
KOMA is a Singapore foodie fan favourite getting a 4.3 out of 5.0 on Google from ~2,500 reviews, but let’s see what the people actually have to say:
✅ “It was an amazing night at KOMA. The ambience was beautiful, the food was fresh, and every dish was fantastic!” – TripAdvisor
✅ “The Wagyu dumplings alone are worth the visit.” – Burpple
❌ “Overall, we felt the quality of the food at KOMA could be better.” – Don’s Travels
Nobody’s perfect, but KOMA gets more love than complaints.
The Price Tag: Is Koma Restaurant Worth It?
Let’s address the sushi-shaped elephant in the room. KOMA is expensive. You’re paying for the experience, the ambiance, and the quality ingredients. Expect to spend over $150 per person if you’re going all out. But for a special occasion? Absolutely worth it. We dropped something like $880 today for four pax. Yeah, that is up there!!!
Hey, this was also a celebration of our Strawb getting some great O-Level results, so no matter what the price was, I truly would not have cared. It was a big life event for Amy. So many congratulations, sweetheart. She even got a call-out on CNA938 from Lance and Daniel when I did the Foodie Friday and gave a Koma review… Yes, I did say when I got the bill that I slipped into a coma… haha.
Cucumber Sesame Salad 'w' sour plum @ $10
So fresh, so crunchy, icy cold. It was like a palate cleanser, but with a gorgeous savoury hit from the sesame. So simple, but so flipping delish!!!
Crispy Chicken: corn flakes, truffle oil, tomato ponzu, lemon @ $14
Barbecued Beef Short Rib: Kochijan @ $59
Possibly my least favourite dish of the lunch. It was OK. But, when compared to the other dishes, it really was an OK in comparison to some almighty crackers. Seriously beefy and quite salty, akin to beef jerky.
Oh, this was a thing of beauty. Served over smoking BBQ coals with grilled vegetables like eggplant and mushroom. Even if you only had one tooth in your head, you could order this steak. This is classic Wagyu Beef Butter. It melts in your mouth. An incredible steak, well worth the price tag. This is a cracker!!!
Wagyu Sirloin with Chimichurri: A4 Kagoshima wagyu, crispy shallot, truffle chimichurri, micro cress @ $61
We ordered two. I think my highlight of lunch. This was a truly heavenly steak moment, a heavenly Wagyu Sirloin Steak moment. Again, this is melt-in-your-mouth meat, seasoned beautifully, but then with those little additions that made it an OMG moment. Beef angels were a singing as we dined on this, so much so that I had to reorder just to hear the song again.
Chimmi with truffle: legendary. The crispy texture of the shallots and those microgreens and flowers. What a plate, what a dish. I’d go back to Koma just for this. Truly wonderful. Best-in-class!!! WOOF and MOO!!!
Wagyu Beef Gyoza 'w' chilli sauce @ $28
Wagyu beef poppers, as in you can pop them in your gob in one go and then get that umami beefiness in a soft silken gyoza wrapper. Yeah these are damned fine. Highly recommended, and with the dippy sauce, they are just incredibly good.
Lamb Chop 'w' cilantro, mint @ $22
Punchy for one chop, for sure. Again, this one was ‘meh’. The Wagyu dishes were killing it. So this was up against very tough competition. It was nice, don’t get me wrong, but I have much better – so at $22, I’d have expected a bit more from it.
Truffle Fried Rice: Japanese rice, truffle paste, mushrooms, vegetables @ $26
I absolutely loved this. A divine fried rice dish. Packed with texture and flavours with those beautiful florals from the truffle, smacking your senses all over the place with every bite. I noticed someone said in their review that it was not seasoned enough. Sir, I have no idea what planet you are from because this was nigh on perfection. A stunner.
Maguro tuna @ $10
Not for yours truly. Wifey and Strawb raved about the freshness of this tuna. Wifey also commented on just how super-tender it was, like the piscatiorial version of the Wagyu beef we had eaten. Melt-in-your-mouth sashimi. I have to say, it’s one of the more reasonably priced offerings, too.
Koma: "Voice of the Restaurant"
“The Many Faces of Japanese Cuisine: KOMA, a concept from Tao Group Hospitality, is a Japanese restaurant and sushi bar offering a modern interpretation of Japanese cuisine. Featuring innovative, original creations, KOMA takes a bold and distinct approach in its menu, incorporating fresh and seasonal produce and ingredients from Japan.
Guests enter through a striking 20m passageway lined with orange arches, reminiscent of the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, into an intimate lounge where one can experience creative new cocktails or choose from the venue’s extensive sake list. A dramatic 2.5m tall one-of-a-kind Japanese “bell,” which presides above a traditional Japanese foot bridge, provides a focal point for the main dining room, which is complemented by soaring high ceilings, an oversized sushi bar and a private dining room at the mezzanine. KOMA will present a next-level dining experience where guests can enjoy great food and conversation in a dramatic, unique setting created by the world renowned design firm Rockwell Group.”
Koma Restaurant Review Blog Final Thoughts: Should You Book a Table?
If you’re after top-tier Japanese food, an unforgettable setting, and drinks that go down too easily, then yes, KOMA is worth every cent. It’s the kind of place where you walk in feeling fancy and walk out planning your next visit.
Just come here once for a special occasion to make your own mind up. I loved it and would come back in a heartbeat for our next big family celebration. I just have to get more of that Wagyu Sirloin with Chimichurri in my life. Kagoshima prefecture, I LOVE YOU!!! We’ve given it a 4.5 out of 5.0; it really was great, but some seriously punchy $ to fork out may make it not so accessible for frequent visits.
Koma Menu
Koma Restaurant Singapore Contact Details
- Telephone: 6688 8690
- Website: taogroup.com
Koma Singapore Dress Attire
It’s smart in there, dear readers, like uber-cool, stunning design smart. So, if I were you, I wold treat it with some respect and dress accordingly. I would be walking in here wearing shorts, flip flops and a singlet. Equally. I would not be wearing a suit with a shirt and tie, haha.
Officially, Koma Singapore states: Smart Casual
- Closed toe shoes for men
- Tailored shorts for men are allowed
- Strictly no flip flops, pool & gym attire, tank tops, singlets, robes and hotel slippers
Koma Restaurant Singapore Booking
Another restaurant with our mates from Sevenrooms. So click here and book away, folks:
Koma Singapore Address
Koma Address: The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Avenue, #B1–67, Singapore 018972
Is Koma Singapore Halal?
Absolutely not. Did you see the cocktail menu?
Koma Singapore Opening Hours
LUNCH
Monday – Sunday: 11.30AM – 3PM
(Last Seating at 2:30PM)
DINNER
Sunday – Thursday: 5PM – 11PM
(Last Seating at 10PM)
(Last Order for Drinks at 10:30PM)
Friday, Saturday & Eve of PH: 5PM – 12AM
(Last Seating at 11PM)
(Last Order for Drinks at 11:30PM)
BAR & LOUNGE
Sunday – Thursday: 11.30AM – 11PM
(Last Order for Drinks at 10:30PM)
Friday, Saturday & Eve of PH: 11.30AM – 12AM
(Last Order for Drinks 11.30PM)
