Ling Ling by The Wine Company is the Dempsey Hill expression of The Wine Company, a Singapore wine institution that has been creating wine experiences since 2003. The banner says it plainly: 'The Best Wine & Dine Experience @ Dempsey, where local food meets wine's finest.' Behind that line sits a cellar of more than 300 wines drawn from over 50 wineries, curated with, in the team's own words, great price tags.
The format is part wine bar, part restaurant, part wine shop. The kitchen cooks local food built to sit alongside serious bottles, with a lunch menu served every day that promises to nourish 'both palate and wallet'. Between 3pm and 5pm the Marvelicious featured menu takes over the mid-afternoon, and a 'special of the month' — a dish the kitchen team makes from scratch — keeps the food side moving.
Wine is the through-line. The Editors' Choice list highlights pours by the glass and by the carafe, the latter described as a way of making wine feel 'a little more special', with indigenous varieties in the mix. Reds span Bordeaux blends to Pinotage, whites run from Chardonnay and Riesling to rarer finds like Bukettraube and Kerner, with sparkling and dessert wines alongside.
Just as importantly, everything is available to take home. The retail range, gift vouchers, Christmas baskets and boxes, and the TWC Signature Chilli Oil cover the gifting side, while memberships — your-wine-company savings, BYO Privilege and Bubbly Unlimited — reward regulars. Doors open from 12 noon until late, every day of the week, on Dempsey Rd.
On the green, low-rise stretch of Dempsey Hill, Ling Ling by The Wine Company puts its pitch right on the banner: 'The Best Wine & Dine Experience @ Dempsey, where local food meets wine's finest.' It is a confident line, and there is history behind it. The Wine Company has been serving up wine experiences in Singapore since 2003, growing a cellar of more than 300 wines from over 50 wineries and pairing them, in its own words, with great price tags. Ling Ling is where that cellar meets the kitchen — part wine bar, part restaurant, part wine shop — open every day of the week from 12 noon until late.
The food here is built around the idea in that banner: local cooking, treated with the same care as the wine list. Rather than treating wine as an afterthought to the meal, the kitchen and the cellar are designed as a single experience, with local dishes that can stand up to serious bottles.
The rhythm of the day matters. Lunch is a daily institution — the Lunch Menu at Ling Ling promises 'lunches that nourish both palate and wallet' and runs every day of the week. Between 3pm and 5pm, the Marvelicious menu fills the mid-afternoon lull with a featured spread. And the kitchen keeps things fresh with a 'special of the month' — a dish the team makes from scratch, announced in the newsletter and changed regularly.
Wine is the headline act, and the range is unusually deep for a restaurant. Reds are organised by grape — Bordeaux blends, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Sangiovese, Malbec, Primitivo, Dolcetto, Pinotage and more. Whites run from familiar names such as Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio to rarer finds like Bukettraube and Kerner, with sparkling and dessert wines alongside.
The Editors' Choice section points to two house ways of drinking. The first is wine by the glass, an easy route into the list. The second is wine by the carafe — 'serving wine out of a carafe makes it feel a little more special,' the team explains, and they 'make it exciting with indigenous varieties.' Bottles stretch from easy everyday drinkers like the embrace Cabernet Sauvignon to celebration pours such as Simonsig Kaapse Vonkel, a brut MCC with an elegant light golden hue and a fine, persistent mousse, or a Gewürztraminer Spätlese for those who like their whites off-dry and perfumed.
Half the address is a wine shop. The same cellar that fills the glassware is available to take home, with a promo section of wines 'priced to clear' for bargain hunters and a takeaway ordering service for nights in. Gifting is clearly a speciality too: gift vouchers for 'loved ones who love good wine and food,' Christmas gift baskets and boxes, and the TWC Signature Chilli Oil — the kitchen's own condiment, bottled and sold as a house gift.
Regulars can go further through membership. The your-wine-company subscription promises greater savings and discounts; BYO Privilege covers those who like to bring their own bottle; and Bubbly Unlimited does what its name suggests for sparkling fans. Seasonal events, such as the Valentine's dining week each February, are announced on the website and tend to need booking ahead.
Ling Ling by The Wine Company sits on Dempsey Rd in the Dempsey Hill enclave, and it keeps simple hours: doors open at 12 noon and service runs until late, every single day of the week. Reservations can be made online through the Book A Table page, and they are a sensible idea for weekends, Valentine's week and other event dates. Whether the plan is a long weekday lunch, a 3pm Marvelicious pause, an evening of carafes among friends, or simply a bottle or two for the home rack, the formula is the same one The Wine Company has been refining since 2003 — good local food, a very deep wine list, and prices that let you come back.