Our Story
Singapore's Nyonya Restaurant
Legacy since 1953...
Straits Chinese Restaurant by Guan Hoe Soon (1953) is the oldest Nyonya Restaurant in Singapore. Using secret recipes handed down through our generations, we preserve closely to our original taste of Authentic Peranakan cuisine and by only using the freshest ingredients and select choices of spices.
Old Joo Chiat Shop opening in 1953
2nd Gen Yap and 3rd Gen Linda at Old Joo Chiat in 1966
1st Gen Founder Mr Yap and Mrs Yap at Old Joo Chiat in the 60s
Old Joo Chiat Shop opening in 1953
Our event spaces provide alternative hotel-styled events for wedding couples or company events who are looking for value for money packages at reasonable prices. We have served many satisfied media celebrities, dignitaries, couples, and customers locally and globally. We also provide buffet catering for corporates and homes special occasions too.
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Our event spaces provide alternative hotel-styled events for wedding couples or company events who are looking for value for money packages at reasonable prices. We have served many satisfied media celebrities, dignitaries, couples, and customers locally and globally. We also provide buffet catering for corporates and homes special occasions too.
Generations have come to love our Straits Chinese. We are confident that we will delight you and your friends with our authentic Peranakan affair.
Happy thoughts from our Straits Chinese clients
Absolutely delicious and authentic nonya dishes! All the dishes were great, and we especially loved the ayam rendang and otah otah 
Our group of international Peranakan Museum docents was very happy with the quality, taste and authenticity of the food. We had Ayam Buah Keluak, Otah, Popiah, Beef Rendang, Cendol and other traditional Peranakan favourites served fast and efficiently by the inimitable Nancy. Certainly hope to return!
My wife and I booked The Straits Chinese Nonya Restaurant as venue for our wedding, mainly because the location was ideal and the food was excellent. Their service was also impeccable, as we came to find out after hiring them. The restaurant management and staff took effort to cater to our needs in planning for the wedding event. And despite the Covid-19 heightened alert situation that came out of the blue, the restaurant managed to work with us to adapt the dine-in menu to a takeaway bento for the guests, and to ensure that the seating arrangements accorded with the official rules, while at the same time minimising inconveniences to the guests. The management and staff of this restaurant are polite, well-organised and highly service-oriented. I highly recommend The Straits Chinese Nonya Restaurant as the venue of choice of you intend to hold an event or just to simply enjoy a meal at a beautiful location.
Authentic Nyonya restaurant! Great services & great food!!! I have been visited to their restaurant a few times! Although this time round is home-delivery, their standard didn’t drop! Taste like what I had tasted in the restaurant. The fish head curry and ngoh hiang are so delicious!! Their kuih is nice too!! I will definitely order again!! Recommended!!! 
They serve some of the most authentic Nonya dishes that I have tasted! Together with my wife and daughter, we simply love everything on their menu, as well as their kueh which is not on the menu. Definitely worth making the trip to Esplanade, with free parking now during lunch and dinner.
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We are glad to be consistently listed by the media and name as top 10 nyonya restaurants in Singapore!