Carnaby is a modern British diner with one clear promise: British classics done right. The kitchen is helmed by Chef Adam Penney, introduced by the brand as the craftsman behind some of the best burgers in town, and its mission is to make classic British fare feel sexy and exciting again. The name on the door at Chancery says Burger Bar, and the burger — Penney's signature — is the natural first order.
The menu reaches well beyond patties. Carnaby features fish & chips, hearty British pies and a lineup of sinful desserts, and it stakes a bold claim on its Sunday Roast, which it bills as one of the best in Singapore. Around the holidays the team also publishes a dedicated festive set menu, and gift vouchers are available under published terms.
This listing covers the Chancery outlet in Singapore's Novena area; Carnaby also operates a dining room at The Quayside, 60 Robertson Quay #01-01, which is where the brand website lists its phone, email and opening hours. Tables can be reserved online at carnaby.sg, and updates appear on Instagram at @carnabysg.
Carnaby is a modern British diner with a clear, confident pitch: British classics done right. The kitchen is helmed by Chef Adam Penney, whom the brand introduces as the craftsman behind some of the best burgers in town. Under that banner, Carnaby takes the food Britain loves most — the battered fish, the pub pies, the Sunday roast — and sets out to make classic British fare sexy and exciting again. The result is a menu that reads like a greatest-hits of British cooking.
This listing covers the Carnaby Burger Bar outlet at Chancery in Singapore's Novena area. Carnaby also runs a dining room at The Quayside, 60 Robertson Quay #01-01, and it is that outlet whose phone number, email and opening hours appear on the brand's website. For the Chancery branch the site publishes no separate contact details, so this listing leaves those fields blank rather than guessing.
Burgers come first. The name on the door says Burger Bar, and Chef Penney's reputation for burgers is the story Carnaby leads with — so on a first visit, the burger is the natural starting point.
The brand doesn't take itself too seriously, either. Its own website introduces the chef with a photograph captioned 'Chef Adam Penney of Carnaby (age 2)' — a wink that tells you the classics here come with personality.
Beyond the patty, the menu reaches into the full British canon. There is fish & chips, done with the same classics-reworked instinct; hearty pies built for proper appetites; and a lineup of sinful desserts for anyone who believes a British meal deserves a proper finish. It is comfort food, but comfort food taken seriously. Then there is the dish Carnaby is proudest of: its Sunday Roast, which the restaurant bills as one of the best in Singapore.
The Sunday roast is Britain's great table tradition — a slow afternoon built around roast meat, trimmings and no hurry to leave. At Carnaby it has become a calling card: the kind of dish a diner plans a weekend around, and the one the kitchen itself singles out for praise. It rewards booking ahead and settling in.
At the brand's Quayside outlet, Sundays are structured for exactly that, with two services — lunch from 11am to 3pm and dinner from 5pm to 10pm — so roast-seekers can book a midday or an evening table. The same outlet serves dinner from 5pm to 10pm Tuesday to Friday, opens 11am to 10pm on Saturdays and public holidays, and closes on Mondays. Chancery's own hours may differ, so it is worth confirming before you go.
Carnaby takes reservations online, and for a kitchen with this kind of weekend pull that is the sensible way to lock in a table. Around the year-end season the team publishes a dedicated festive set menu on its website, and gift vouchers are available under published terms — an easy gift for the Anglophile in your life. The current weekday food and drinks menus are posted on carnaby.sg/menu and are refreshed periodically, so the site is the best place to check what is on right now.
The brand keeps an active Instagram at @carnabysg, which is where new dishes and seasonal announcements tend to surface first. For branch-specific questions, [email protected] is the contact the site publishes.
Few cuisines carry as much affectionate baggage as British food, and Carnaby's whole identity is built on loving it properly: chips and batter, pastry and gravy, a roast that anchors the week, and a burger with genuine credentials behind it. Whether you come for Chef Penney's burgers, a plate of fish & chips, a steaming pie or the Sunday Roast, the promise is the same — British classics, done right.