Japanese restaurant in Singapore: your questions answered

A clear point of view. Neon Pigeon is a modern Japanese restaurant and bar: the kitchen sends out A5 wagyu, Hokkaido bafun uni, creative sushi rolls and kushiyaki from the robata, all made to share, and the bar matches it with an original cocktail programme and a curated sake list. The room brings Tokyo backstreets and Lower East Side energy to Carpenter Street. Serious food, without pretence.

It depends on the night you want. A formal omakase counter suits precision and ceremony. If you want the celebration to be loud, shared and long, Neon Pigeon fits: plates for the middle of the table, rounds from a 50 Best Discovery bar, and music that gets the whole table singing. Tell us the occasion when you book and we'll sort you out.

Yes. At Neon Pigeon the bar is not a support act. It holds a 50 Best Discovery recognition and runs an original cocktail programme using Japanese spirits and ingredients (shochu, sake, yuzu, umeshu) alongside a curated sake list. Come for the food and stay for the drinks, or the other way round. Your call.

Neon Pigeon is open daily from 5:30pm. The kitchen runs until 10pm, or 11pm Thursday to Saturday, and the bar keeps going until midnight. A late dinner can roll straight into drinks at the same table, with no need to move on. Eat. Drink. Stay out late.

Neon Pigeon gives both equal billing. The plates are made to share, which keeps a table talking, and the room is designed for energy, not quiet: the lights drop as the night goes on and the soundtrack runs from Biggie to Kendrick. It is a Japanese dinner that turns into a night out.

A traditional Japanese restaurant usually follows formal service: set courses or omakase, a quiet room, and the kitchen ahead of the bar. A modern one loosens that up. At Neon Pigeon you order plates to share as the night goes, the bar matters as much as the kitchen, and the music is part of the evening. The same respect for the ingredients, far less ceremony.