Meet Maggie’s: Meta American-Chinese Retro Dining in Singapore

Meet Maggie’s—your new favourite almost-Chinese restaurant in Keong Saik. The latest addition to Pleasurecraft Group, Maggie’s redefines casual dining with irreverent spirit and regional Chinese flavours flipped on their head. Here, “least authentic” is a badge of honour, not an insult.

Set between the Far East and the Deep South, Maggie’s is a transportive, cheeky space blending grandma chic with ‘70s glamour. Think glittering chandeliers, red travertine tables, and cult local art reminding you to live for pleasure—and never take life too seriously.

Maggie’s offers dishes that embrace the best of Chinese cuisine, woven together with a contemporary throughline, and inspired by Chinese Immigrants to America. Drawing flavour inspiration from far beyond the ever-familiar Cantonese and Teochew roots, Maggie’s looks further afield towards the vibrant flavours from regional Chinese cuisines, including dishes influenced by Xi’an, Dongbei, and Hunan. When reimagining classics like a steak tartare, or time-honored pasta, Chef Ryan and the Maggie’s team breathe new life (and sometimes spice) into these plates by probing undervalued, obscure zonal tastes that are as diverse and as they are promising.

Whether drawing on the diverse spice trade routes and ingredients found along China’s Silk Road, or savouring the piquant palette of the Hunan region, there are moments of delightful discovery throughout the menu.