A decade is also a good moment to look at the room itself. This August, MONTI gives its space a gentle refresh, a series of considered aesthetic touches rather than a reinvention, centred on the bar. The counter and its surrounds are lightly reworked for a brighter, more contemporary feel, the kind of change you sense before you can name it.
The bar menu is refreshed to match. A revamped drinks list brings new life to MONTI’s cocktails and pours, a lighter, more current expression of the bar, made for golden-hour aperitivi and the long, easy evenings the dome does best.
The refreshed MONTI opens at the end of August.
MONTI CELEBRATES A DECADE AT THE WATER’S EDGE
Ten Years of Italian Craft, Marked by a year of Signature Experiences.
MONTI, the award-winning Italian restaurant, bar and lounge set within the iconic glass dome of The Fullerton Pavilion at the water’s edge of Marina Bay, marks a defining milestone this year: its 10th anniversary. To honour a decade of authentic Italian cuisine, panoramic bay views and personable hospitality, MONTI unveils an evolving journey of culinary celebrations running from July to December 2026. A year-long toast to the past, present and future of one of Singapore’s most beloved dining destinations.
Ten years is a long time to hold a view like this one. Since opening its doors, MONTI has occupied one of the most singular addresses in Singapore: a glass dome at the water’s edge, framed by Clifford Pier on one side and the towers of Marina Bay on the other and has spent a decade earning the right to it.
What began as an Italian restaurant with an extraordinary outlook has become something more durable: a fixture in the city’s dining life, and a room that Singapore has quietly folded into its own calendar of occasions. Over ten years, MONTI has hosted the anniversaries, the proposals, the birthdays, the deals closed over long lunches and the last drinks of a thousand evenings. The accolades followed among them the prestigious Two Temples from the Accademia Italiana della Cucina but the measure of a decade here is better taken in the tables that keep coming back.
This anniversary, then, is not a look backwards so much as a gathering of everything the restaurant has learned. Across the second half of 2026, MONTI revisits the flavours that defined the past ten years, refreshes the ones that will define the next, and invites guests to be part of what comes next.
A New Culinary Collective
A decade of craft is the work of the people in the kitchen, and MONTI’s second decade opens with two of them at the helm. Culinary Associate Director Chef Felix Chong and Chef de Cuisine Chef Andrea Chetta forms the creative core of the anniversary chapter, a partnership between two Italian traditions and two distinct hands.
Chef Felix brings more than two decades in fine-dining Italian kitchens around the world. A proponent of “from-scratch” cooking, he prepares everything from artisanal breads to the handmade pastas he considers the soul of Italian cuisine, honed in kitchens such as Otto e Mezzo in Hong Kong under Michelin-starred Chef Umberto Bombana. As Culinary Associate Director for 1-Group, he has led MONTI’s award-winning team for several years.
Chef Andrea, who joined as Chef de Cuisine in 2025, carries the Southern Soul of his native Puglia. Born in Casarano, he trained first in his family’s restaurant under his father, Antonio Chetta, an early grounding in respect for ingredients and Italian tradition that he later formalised at the Filippo Bottazzi Institute in Ugento.
More than twenty years across three continents followed: sophisticated Mediterranean concepts at Rosewood Tucker’s Point in Bermuda, kitchen operations as Executive Chef at Mango Bay Resort in Vietnam, and Chef de Cuisine roles at Hyatt Regency Da Nang and in Bangkok, with further refinement in the United Kingdom and the Italian Alps.
In Singapore, he served as Chef de Cuisine at Etna before joining MONTI. His signature approach, a “Modern Deconstruction of Southern Soul,” reimagines classic Mediterranean ingredients with seasonal freshness and a contemporary, chef-forward precision.
Between them, tradition and reinvention. The two sensibilities that have defined MONTI for ten years, and that shape every menu of the anniversary season.
New Menus
A seasonal weekday lunch menu (Colapranzo) debuts, featuring dishes like Tagliolini ai Ricci di Mare ($38++) and Wagyu A5 Kagoshima striploin ($75++). The refreshed à la carte menu highlights include Burratina Artigiana, Polpo al Josper, and Tagliata di Manzo. For celebrations, there’s a 10th Anniversary Communal Menu ($138++/guest) and “A Decade of Amore” ($158++ for couples), complete with prosecco and a keepsake Polaroid.
At the heart of the celebration is MONTI’s refreshed à la carte menu. A thoughtfully considered evolution of the restaurant’s signature repertoire. Curated by Chef Andrea, MONTI’s Chef de Cuisine, and Chef Felix, MONTI’s Culinary Associate Director (Cuisine Development Mediterranean), the menu elevates authentic Italian cuisine through premium seasonal ingredients and handcrafted pastas, balancing the timeless classics that have defined the past ten years with contemporary expressions of the kitchen’s culinary artistry.
Highlights include the Burratina Artigiana, a study in restraint that lets the dairy speak for itself; the Polpo al Josper, where the charcoal grill lends smoke and a crisp edge to tender octopus; and the Tagliata di Manzo, sliced and served in the Tuscan manner. Each is a dish that could only come from a kitchen that has spent ten years deciding what to leave on the plate, and what to leave off.
Signature Upcoming Events
- Sagra di MONTI – An Italian-style celebration featuring “Otto Mani” ($188++), a four-course journey by four master chefs (Felix, Andrea, plus guest chefs Mario Caramella and Carlo Marengoni), followed by a rooftop afterparty ($35++)
- The Red Lap: Rosso Corsa Singapore (2 to 11 October 2026) – Race season tribute with Tuscan wine pairings and racing-inspired cocktails
- Cena di Natale – Christmas dinner ($168++)
- New Year’s Eve – Four- or five-course dinners ($178++/$308++) with unobstructed fireworks views over Marina Bay
Current Accolades
MONTI holds the Two Temples accolade from the Accademia Italiana della Cucina and remains a fixture in Singapore’s dining scene as part of the 1-Group portfolio.
