Madrinaa Italiano is an Italian restaurant at Blk 44 Jln Merah Saga, #01-60 Chip Bee Gardens, in Bukit Timah, Singapore, holding a 4.1 rating on Google; its website is madrinaa.com.sg.
Italian restaurants live or die on restraint rather than range. A good one keeps the menu short, makes its pasta in-house, and lets the specials follow whatever is fresh that day, so it is worth asking what came in that morning before you order. Meals are built in courses — antipasti to share, a primo of pasta or risotto each, a secondo only if you are still hungry — which makes ordering feel different from a Western-style one-main-each dinner. Neighbourhood Italian kitchens also tend to fill quickly on weekend evenings, so checking booking options ahead is a sensible habit.
Set in the low-rise Chip Bee Gardens precinct, Madrinaa Italiano gives Bukit Timah a convenient spot for a long, unhurried Italian dinner.