justin gastro cafe | bar

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JUSTIN is the latest entrant to the Orchard Road pleasuredome. Brassy, energetic and classily cosmopolitan, this gastro café/bar mixes Gallic joie de vivre with snappy customer service in a glammed-up setting of velvet banquettes and walls adorned with collages depicting the history of Vittoria Coffee and the celebrity chef-owner’s signature dishes through the ages. It’s Manhattan meets Montmartre on an all-day menu — and that’s just the ticket for a special time out.

With French-accented cuisine having a decided resurgence in popularity, JustIN’s emphasis on technique and ingredients-first approach make it hard to beat when you fancy feasting on something rich, complex, and unimpeachably lavish. So whether you want an old-school mushroom soup or an elaborate, immaculately conceived dish served up with undeniable je ne sais quoi, we've got you covered.

The main characters behind this slick Tangs Plaza sophisticate are a starry couple: Singaporean celebrity chef Justin Quek, better known as JQ, and his wife, Sunny. Together they have created a classy contemporary venue with a Franco-Asian menu that he has been hailed for creating, one that artfully converges Asian and French ingredients and techniques.      

At JUSTIN, the kitchen creates delicious and enthralling dishes, full of colour, authentic ingredients and exciting tastes. There are menus for brunch, all-day dining featuring French classics, local favourites and sharing plates, afternoon tea with desserts cooked a la minute, social hour bar snacks, and a luxe dinner experience.

The wines, cocktails and beers here are no less impressive. On the one hand, there’s the beer, a familiar array of draught and bottled beers served with good grace from a neat little bar counter. A small selection of perfectly made cocktails and wine list showcasing wines from JQ’s own chateaux offer libations aplenty. This gastro cafe is also the first Australian Vittoria Coffee outlet in Singapore.

What’s best about JustIN is that something so accomplished and professional has such a relaxed and humane spirit. It shows the profoundest understanding of hospitality to create this kind of experience, as it always should be.

All-Day Dining

From 11am daily

All-day classic French cooking served up in slick, modern-retro brasserie surrounds is the recipe for success at JUSTIN.

The cooking here runs from the simple to the sophisticated: mushroom cappuccino or fish and chips and pan-roasted wagyu beef sirloin steak to braised pig trotters with sauteed duck foie gras and live Maine lobster capellini.

Also bubbling away in JUSTIN’s melting pot of Franco-Asian cuisine (JQ’s forte) are robust dishes like Wok Fried Lobster Hokkien Noodle, Kampot Black Pepper Crabmeat Tang Hoon and Singapore Laksa.

There is also food designed as sharing plates with a familiar menu featuring all the usual suspects, and a few surprises. A few highlights to look out for are charcoal grilled Kurobuta pork satay, prawn fritters with chilli crab dip and the giant grouper fillets curry.

For those who wish to experience JQ’s culinary mastery, there is the exciting Dinner Gourmet Menu that offers a tasting of his signature classic dishes. The dishes are prepared according to the best seasonal produced and are rotated regularly so there will always be reasons for you to return. The Menu’s indulgent affair is matched by their selection of premium champagnes, wines, and spirits from around the world.

The ultimate indulgence is surely the selection of lavish Oscietra Caviar harvested from the hybrid Kaluga and Amur sturgeons from Amur River and the Huso Dauricus and Acipenser sturgeons. A taste of this prized delicacy is like sampling manna from the Gods.

Afternoon Tea

2.30pm to 5.30pm daily

With warm scones, beautiful pastries, and a glass or two of Champagne, afternoon tea is certainly a luxury.

Indeed, afternoon tea at JUSTIN — where you are pampered with a gorgeous line-up of pretty delights ranging from salted almond tuile and still-warm financier to classic vanilla crème brulee — is something else. Apart from all the favourite fixings, there is also an element of added indulgence with classic flambé desserts prepared a la minute. Think baked apple tart in a crepe pan, classic crepe suzette and flourless souffle, served with Vittoria Coffee or a choice of teas.

Elegant and elevated while still remaining eminently comfortable, the afternoon tea experience at JUSTIN is best enjoyed over a leisurely few hours.

Bar/Social Hours

5pm-11pm daily

Need a new first-date destination, an after-work decompression spot or a local hangout where everybody knows your name? JUSTIN offers a new favourite way to fill those awkward hours between work and dinnertime.

By evening, it turns into a casual dining restaurant and bar serving freshly shucked oysters and a plethora of house-made bar snacks, both local and French. They make great cocktails here, or you if prefer, there is also ice cold beer on tap and a well curated wine list featuring selected JQ wines.

Selected merchandising: Chef Justin’s Flavours of Asia Ready-To-Cook Pastes, Vittoria Fashion series coffee cups.

Space: Alfresco and indoor seating.

Lunch/Evening:

Perfect for corporate private functions

Casual dining for lunch and dinner

Afternoon tea respite for tête-à-têtes, coffee lovers, social gathering, birthday parties

Food and wine pairing events

Stand-up cocktail events

Sit-down dinner indoors

Outdoor dining for small parties