Esquina

Esquina

Chinatown & the CBD


Intimate, buzzing Esquina has tongues wagging with its classic-with-a-twist Spanish morsels. Scan the paper placemat menu for standouts like the palate-shaking grilled Spanish octopus with corn sauce, chimichurri and chorizo oil, or melt-in-your-mouth suckling pig with rhubarb apple chutney and red wine jus, best devoured at the stainless-steel bar while swilling a sherry and chatting to the chefs.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Chinatown & the CBD attractions

1. Pinnacle@Duxton

0.17 MILES

For killer city views at a bargain S$6, head to the 50th-floor rooftop of Pinnacle@Duxton, the world’s largest public housing complex. Skybridges…

2. Buddha Tooth Relic Temple

0.2 MILES

Consecrated in 2008, this hulking, five-storey Buddhist temple is home to what is reputedly a tooth of the Buddha, discovered in a collapsed stupa …

3. Singapore City Gallery

0.22 MILES

See into Singapore's future at this interactive city-planning exhibition, which provides compelling insight into the government's resolute policies of…

4. Sri Mariamman Temple

0.29 MILES

Paradoxically in the middle of Chinatown, this is the oldest Hindu temple in Singapore, originally built in 1823, then rebuilt in 1843. You can't miss the…

5. Chinatown Heritage Centre

0.3 MILES

Delve into Chinatown's gritty, cacophonous backstory at the immersive Chinatown Heritage Centre. Occupying several levels of a converted shophouse, its…

6. Siang Cho Keong Temple

0.32 MILES

Small, Taoist Siang Cho Keong Temple was built by the Hokkien community in 1867–69. Left of the temple entrance you’ll see a small ‘dragon well’: drop a…

7. Jamae Mosque

0.33 MILES

The mint-green Jamae Mosque welcomes hundreds of worshippers each day. The current building was completed between 1830 and 1835, and is considered one of…

8. Seng Wong Beo Temple

0.34 MILES

Tucked behind red gates next to the Tanjong Pagar MRT station, this temple, seldom visited by tourists, is dedicated to the Chinese City God, who is not…