Original Sin
Singapore's long-running vegetarian Mediterranean restaurant in Chip Bee Gardens, known for alfresco tables and candlelit interiors.
Original Sin has been doing vegetarian Mediterranean dining in Singapore since 1997, which gives it that rarest of restaurant luxuries: staying power. Set in Chip Bee Gardens, it is warm rather than severe, with alfresco tables under the stars and candlelit interiors dressed with glass murals, mosaic surfaces and a little Sistine Chapel mischief in the name.
It was Singapore’s first Mediterranean vegetarian restaurant, a casual favourite for friends, hearty plates and weeknight comfort. The “Est. 1997. Reborn 2025” line, the Jalan Merah Saga address, food and wine menus, and the fresco-inspired positioning around passion, creativity and skill all carry the story forward.
This is not a restaurant trying to make vegetables disappear into wellness language. It gives them Mediterranean confidence: mezze, pasta, pizza, baked dishes, dips, herbs, olive oil, texture. Vegans should still check the menu carefully, as the kitchen is vegetarian rather than fully plant-based, but plant-forward diners have more room here than in most old-school dining rooms.
Original Sin’s charm is that it feels generous. The decor may flirt with drama, yet the mood remains easy: the kind of place where a table can settle in, order too much, and call it research.
For Singapore, a city with no shortage of polished dining, this is the enduring, slightly theatrical vegetarian address that earned its place before vegetarian menus were fashionable.
