According to SLA, the restaurant was awarded the tender for a historical former British military barrack at #01-05, 7 Dempsey Road, and will offer a “Singapore dining concept, a mobile cooking studio for an immersive Singapore culinary experience and indoor and outdoor dining spaces set amongst lush greenery”.
When contacted by 8days.sg, Violet Oon shared that “it is still early days”, and plans for the new restaurant are still in the works.
Violet Oon’s subsidiary company, Halo Concept, submitted the winning rental bid. It outbid seven other bidders to clinch the tender, property news portal EdgeProp reported.
At S$52,615 (US$40,270) a month, the bid for Violet Oon restaurant was the highest among the other offers, which reportedly ranged from S$20,000 to S$33,295.
Two other parties submitted the second-highest bid amount, at S$33,295 a month. They are reportedly local F&B group Culinary Arts, which runs concepts like popular Indian fine-diner Revolver, and Urban Group, which currently operates restaurant-bar Contemporary Melting Pot & Bar at the same spot at 7 Dempsey Road.