Garibaldi Italian Restaurant & Bar

Purvis Street and Singapore's Italian Dining Tier

Singapore's Italian restaurant scene divides roughly into two camps: tasting-menu-format rooms chasing Michelin recognition, and longer, more traditional menus that prize depth of list and breadth of offering over conceptual restraint. Garibaldi Italian Restaurant & Bar is an Authentic Italian restaurant in Singapore at 36 Purvis St, #01-02, Singapore 188613. That sustained recognition across three consecutive years places it in a different competitive conversation from the city's newer, more minimalist Italian openings.

Purvis Street sits close to the Raffles Hotel corridor, a part of the city that has historically housed long-established European restaurants rather than trend-driven formats. That context matters: Garibaldi belongs to a lineage of Singapore Italian dining that predates the current wave of modernist European rooms represented by venues like Art di Daniele Sperindio or the more produce-focused approach at Fiamma. Its positioning is deliberately classical, and the wine program reflects that orientation with unusual seriousness.

The Wine Program: 7,000 Labels and a Clear Point of View

The wine list is the sharpest differentiator in Garibaldi's offer. With approximately 7,000 labels and a cellar inventory of around 13,530 bottles, the list is operating at a scale rarely seen in Singapore's Italian restaurants. Wine Director Antonio Valentini oversees the program, supported by sommelier Bhim Dahal. The list's recognized strengths are Piedmont, Tuscany, Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne, which signals a curation philosophy grounded in both Italian regional identity and the classic French appellations that serious wine collectors typically benchmark against.

The pricing tier for the wine list is classified at $$$. Corkage is set at $60 per bottle for those bringing their own selections.

The Piedmont section in particular, given the restaurant's classical Italian orientation, pairs naturally with the restaurant's northern Italian preparations: Barolo and Barbaresco from serious producers fit especially well. The sommelier team's presence means guests can move through the list with guidance rather than guesswork.

The Menu: Classical Coverage as a Deliberate Choice

The menu at Garibaldi is broad by design. Owner and chef Roberto Galetti has structured the offering to encompass a wide range of Italian preparations rather than editing down to a tight tasting format, a choice that distinguishes this room from the more restrained formats found at Fico or Buko Nero elsewhere in Singapore's Italian tier. The approach reflects a particular philosophy about what a major Italian restaurant should do: serve as a reference point for the cuisine's canon rather than a vehicle for a single chef's perspective.

The signature dishes include ossobuco, costoletta alla Milanese, and tiramisu. These are not trends: they are the structural vocabulary of Milanese cooking, dishes that reward execution discipline over conceptual novelty. For diners oriented toward classical Italian cooking rather than the modernist Italian formats found at venues like PRISMA in Tokyo or Il Ristorante-Niko Romito in Dubai, Garibaldi's menu direction is a considered counterpoint.

Cuisine pricing sits at $$$ (above $66 for a typical two-course meal, not including beverages), which places it in the mid-to-upper range of Singapore's Italian dining tier rather than at the city's premium tasting-menu extreme.

Format, Service, and the Room

Garibaldi operates as a cosy, contemporary-styled room, a format that fits the Purvis Street setting and the classical menu orientation. The service structure includes a General Manager in Walter Visioli.

The restaurant also operates an independent bar component, which adds a flexibility to the visit that pure dining rooms in the city typically lack. The bar adds flexibility to the visit, whether for an aperitivo or an after-dinner drink.

Planning a Visit

Garibaldi serves lunch and dinner with service running Monday through Sunday from 12 to 3 PM and 6 to 10:30 PM, except Wednesday, when dinner runs to 10 PM. The address is 36 Purvis St, #01-02, Singapore 188613. The Google rating sits at 4.5 across 1,174 reviews.

What Should I Eat at Garibaldi Italian Restaurant & Bar?

The documented signature dishes at Garibaldi are ossobuco, costoletta alla Milanese, and tiramisu, all drawn from the northern Italian canon. The menu is deliberately broad, covering a range of Italian regional cooking rather than focusing on a single style. Given the wine list's strength in Piedmont, pairing a northern Italian preparation with a Barolo or Barbaresco from the cellar is the most coherent approach to the meal. The sommelier team, led by Bhim Dahal under Wine Director Antonio Valentini, can guide pairings across a list of approximately 7,000 labels.