Tandoori Corner is a North Indian curry house at #01-12 Balestier Plaza on Balestier Road, serving Singapore since 2008. Its stated promise is fine-dining quality North Indian food in a casual setting, delivered from a kitchen led by Chef Ramesh Kumar, who has been with the restaurant since 2009 after years in five-star hotels in India and abroad.
The restaurant is best known for its balcony-style alfresco dining overlooking the heritage trail of Balestier Road — a casual, comfortable spot to watch the neighbourhood bustle by over butter chicken, tandoori chicken, kebabs and Peshawari naan. It is also proudly pet-friendly, welcoming diners and their furry companions in the outdoor area, while a cozy indoor dining room offers a quieter alternative.
The menu is arranged into 'corners': Snacks Corner for chaat such as papri chaat, Tandoori Corner for clay-oven meats and breads, Curry Corner and Sabzi Corner for meat and vegetarian mains like butter chicken and palak paneer, Rice Corner for vegetable biryani, Drinks Corner for mango lassi, and Sweets Corner for gulab jamun. Set-lunch offers and value meals cover quicker meals, and services extend to takeaway, home delivery and catering.
Recent years brought TCB — Tandoori Corner Bar — a stylish bar and inviting indoor dining room for date nights and gatherings, complete with wine pairings and cocktails recommended by bar manager Benu. Wheelchair accessible with ample parking, and recognised with a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence and features among Singapore's best Indian restaurants, Tandoori Corner remains a relaxed, dependable stop for North Indian food on Balestier.
Tandoori Corner has been a fixture of Balestier Road since 2008, dishing out North Indian cuisine from #01-12 Balestier Plaza. Its promise is simple and stated plainly by the team: fine-dining quality North Indian food in a casual setting. What makes the place memorable is where you eat it — a balcony-style alfresco deck perched over the glittering lights of Balestier Road, part of the neighbourhood's heritage trail, with the option of a cozy indoor room and, more recently, a proper bar in the form of TCB. Regulars describe it as unpretentious and wholesome, the kind of place where the dishes you love hit the same notes every single time.
Tandoori Corner is run by restaurateur Surendar Singh, a hotel management graduate who began his career in 1993 with Hyatt International in New Delhi at La Piazza, the hotel's signature Italian restaurant — named Best Restaurant of the Year in 1996 during his tenure. Singh relocated to Singapore in 1997 and spent more than a decade managing a fine-dining restaurant before opening Tandoori Corner in 2008.
He is backed by a long-serving team. Manager Satish Kumar Singh brings hotel and restaurant experience from Singapore, India and the Gulf countries, while Chef Ramesh Kumar has been in the kitchen since 2009 after years in five-star hotels in India and beyond, working daily to draw out the taste and aroma of the food.
The menu is organised into friendly 'corners'. The Snacks Corner opens with street-food classics such as papri chaat. The Tandoori Corner is the heart of the house, turning out tandoori chicken and kebabs along with fresh breads — the Peshawari naan earns specific praise in guest reviews. The Curry Corner handles the mains, headlined by the butter chicken that reviewers single out again and again; the Sabzi Corner caters to vegetarians with dishes like palak paneer; and the Rice Corner serves vegetable biryani. Wash it down with a mango lassi from the Drinks Corner and finish with gulab jamun from the Sweets Corner. At lunchtime, the Meal Corner's set-lunch offers and value meals make for an easier, faster spread.
The alfresco deck is the restaurant's calling card: balcony-style seating overlooking the heritage trail of Balestier Road, where you can take in the bustle with a sumptuous meal and a glass of wine. It is also pet-friendly — one of the restaurants in Singapore that openly welcomes diners' furry companions outdoors. Prefer four walls? There is a comfortable, cozy indoor dining area too.
TCB — Tandoori Corner Bar — adds a stylish bar and inviting indoor dining room suited to date nights and family gatherings alike, with wine pairings and cocktails in the mix; bar manager Benu, at the helm since 2023, is happy to recommend both. The calendar keeps things lively too, with seasonal events from Valentine's Day dinners to beer fests.
Tandoori Corner covers dine-in, takeaway, home delivery and catering, with online ordering and table reservations available through its website. The premises are wheelchair accessible, and there is plenty of parking around Balestier Plaza for a smooth visit.
The recognition has followed the cooking: a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence, a Restaurant Guru 'Best Food Delivery' listing in 2020, a feature in Premium Economy's round-up of eight recommended places on Balestier Road, and a nod as one of the best Indian restaurants in Singapore. As one longtime guest puts it, it is the favourite place to fix cravings for hearty North Indian food — unpretentious, wholesome and consistent, whether you come for lunch or dinner.
If you are hunting for North Indian food on Balestier — or simply a breezy balcony table with a view — Tandoori Corner is an easy call: book ahead for the alfresco seats, bring the dog, and let the tandoor do the rest.