Anyone under the illusion that Chinese restaurants can’t be refined, elegant and beautiful should beat a path to the classy, colonial-styled Lei Garden. Soft, flattering lighting, elegant floors and banquette seating are the foundations of the easy-on-the-eye decor while floor-to-ceiling glass windows look through to an immaculate garden, while a crack brigade of waiters demonstrates a surity of touch. The same polish and finesse is witnessed in the kitchen where recommended dishes include crispy roast pork with exceptional crackling, Grouper in XO sauce or lobster served to order. Spectacular wines deserve attention, and there's a lovely set of private rooms on the second floor.
Come the weekend, Chijmes turns its attention to brunch where top-notch coffee is soaked up with salmon and scarmbled eggs or crushed avocado on toast. This is a standard-bearer for a group that now boasts restaurants in Hong Kong, Macau and China as well as Singapore.