Food and Leisure

Cafes

A growing favourite with the young working crowd. Designer coffee places like Starbucks, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and Coffee Club have become the in places to hang out with friends. Most cafes serve Western food like sandwiches, pizzas and pasta.

Coffee Shops

These can be found in most housing estates outside the city and are usually located on the ground floor of apartment blocks or in 2-storey. Even till today, Singaporeans gather at coffee shops not just to eat and drink, but also to chat or even play a game of checkers. Although the older coffeehouses are slowly being phased out, they are still the place to go if you want to get cheap and good food served with a slice of true Singapore life, not forgetting the thick, black local coffee that comes in a porcelain cup.

Fast-food

A favourite with children and teenagers, fast food arrived in Singapore in the late 70s and is today a familiar sight everywhere. There’s McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Pizza Hut, Burger King, MOS Burger and much much more.

Hawker Centers and Food Courts

Together with hawker centers, food courts are the people’s main eating choice when dining out. You can find hawker food widely available here, a meal averagely costs about $3 or more. Food courts are usually found in shopping malls, and are air-conditioned and thus more expensive. For example, a plate of noodles that cost $3 in a hawker center may cost $4 in a food court. The choice of food is also more cosmopolitan, with some food courts even offering Italian, Korean, Japanese and Greek cuisine all in the same place. Be warned: at the more popular food courts, you could find people waiting behind you for your seat; so if you like to take your time, go during off-peak hours. Unlike hawker centers, you have to carry your own food to your table.

Food courts generally can be found in most shopping centres. There are usually at least one hawker centers in every HDB housing estates. Like Ang Mo Kio, Ghim Moh, Marine Parade, Old Airport Road, Whampoa. Enjoy your Singapore food discovery! For hawker centers, refer to some of the popular ones below:

Adam Road Food Center

This hawker center was recently upgraded. With a new facade and more parking space, it is very popular with lunch time crowds. More than 50% of the stalls serve Malay or Indian food. Good Nasi Goreng, Roti Prata, western food can be found here. Do not miss the BBQ seafood and the famous Nasi Lemak stall!

Location: Junction of Dunearn Road and Adam Road.

Chomp Chomp Food Center

Located at Serangoon Garden, this hawker center was recently upgraded. Wide variety of food at a reasonable price. Many stalls from the Botanic Garden hawker center had migrated here.

Location: Serangoon Garden.

Lau Pa Sat Food Center

Lau Pa Sat is the largest remaining Victorian filigree cast-iron structure in Southeast Asia. Located in the heart of Singapore's business district, it is a favorite meeting place of the locals. Built in 1894, Lau Pa Sat was a wet market and has now been restored and converted into a food centre offering a wide variety of local food.

Location: Boon Tat Street, Shenton Way, Robinson Road.
Getting There: Take the MRT to Raffles Place Station (EW14) and walk towards Robinson Road.

Newton Circus Food Center

The most well known hawker center in Singapore. If you are a seafood lover, do not miss this place, lots of BBQ seafood stalls can be found here. There are also many variety of food, including Hokkien Prawn Noodles, Fish Porridge, Chicken Rice and many more.

Location: Newton Circus, entrance at Cavenagh Road.
Getting There: Take the MRT to Newton Station (NS21).

Zion Road Riverview Food Center

People working around Orchard and Great World City usually drive or walk to this hawker center for lunch. You can find a wide variety of food here.

Location: Zion Road, directly opposite Great World City.

Eating in Singapore
Singapore is well loved for its range of ethnic food available. There are Chinese, Indian to French, Italian to Malay food. It may be a small country but the choices of food available is always an eye opener for first timers to Singapore. In this page you can find information and guides on Singapore food, includes buffets, coffee shop, hawker centers, restaurants & supper place.

Clubbing & Nightlife in Singapore
This page covers information and guides on clubbing, partying, pubbing and night spots in Singapore, includes famous bars, discos, pubs. With so many places for leisure and entertainment, you will never get bored in Singapore.
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Buffets in Singapore
Singapore Expats comprehensive listings of Singapore buffets in hotels and restaurants, includes price, address & number.
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 Nightlife 1-Altitude  

One of the city’s slickest after-hours hangouts, 1-Altitude also claims the title of the world’s tallest alfresco bar—it’s perched on the 63rd floor—and reels in tipplers with Indian and Japanese malt whiskies.

Address:
One Raffles Place,
Singapore

Telephone: +65 6438 0410  
Ku Dé Ta

In Singapore, the word du jour is “view,” which explains the popularity of rooftop bars. Framed by greenery and a vertiginous infinity pool, Ku Dé Ta offers a stunning panorama of Singapore’s skyscrapers from its 57th-floor perch atop the iconic Marina Bay Sands.

Address:
Skypark at Marina Bay Sands North Tower,
1 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore

Telephone: +65 6688 7688
Tanjong Beach Club

        City-bound beach babes will rejoice at Singapore’s Tanjong Beach Club, the slicker, sexier incarnation of erstwhile container-bar The Shack. Japanese design maven Takenouchi Webb has outfitted the 2,787-square-meter club with retro-modernist touches such as hand-painted Peranakan tiles, giant buoy-like bubble lamps and sleek timber lattices. The result is a 1950’s beach-house fantasy, with an outdoor 20-meter infinity pool as its focal point; framed by towering palms and parasol-shaded daybeds, it’s perfect for lingering with a cocktail in hand. Behind the bar, mixologists don blue-and-white striped uniforms and serve up mojitos in oversize pitchers.

Address:
120 Tanjong Beach Walk,
Sentosa, Singapore

Telephone: +65 6270 1355  Post Bar                                                                                                                                                        

  The eternally stylish Post Bar remains a reliable spot for tasty cocktails. We love the frozen strip that runs the entire length of the long bar, helping to keep drinks icy cold. Service can be a bit inconsistent, but the bartenders do mix a lip-smackingly good mojito, while their full-bodied caiprioskas and caipirinhas, served with a stick of brown sugar, still pack a mean (but welcome) punch. Try the White Cosmopolitan made with white cranberry juice—an original Post Bar drink that’s a classy departure from your so-last-season cosmo.

Address:
Fullerton Hotel,
1 Fullerton Sq., Singapore

Telephone: +65 6733 8388                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Astor Bar                                                                                                                                                     

 Few bars in the city rival the sophisticated atmosphere of this establishment located in the St. Regis Singapore. Indeed, its invitingly swanky velvet interiors almost make it too easy to lounge about all day (or night), swilling cocktails. But the bar’s real pièce de résistance is its extensive cocktail menu, which lists more than 50 concoctions. The weight-conscious can opt for the tequila-based Del Basil Bandita (clocking in at a mere 147 calories) or the antioxidant-rich Celadore made with pomegranate and vodka (198 calories). Seeking self-indulgence? Then throw your lot in with the warm Crêpe Suzette cocktail, composed of flambéed oranges, Grand Marnier and vodka, with a side-serving of mini crepês.

T+L Tip: As the saying goes, when in Rome ... In the case of the Astor Bar, order a Chilli Padi Mary, a subtly spicy variation of the original Bloody Mary invented in the 1920’s at the landmark St. Regis in New York City. Instead of the usual Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco, the local version comes mixed with bird’s eye chili (also called chili padi or phrik khii nuu), ginger and lemongrass.

Address:
29 Tanglin Rd, Singapore Telephone: +65 6506 6888                                                                                                                         The Pump Room                                                                                                                                          

       The Pump Room at Clarke Quay is a popular drinking spot in Singapore. Ignore the middling menu and on-the-prowl bankers, and order a pint of the lip-smacking India Pale Ale.                 Address:
01-09–10, 3B River Valley Road,
Singapore

Telephone: +65 6334 2628                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                    "Estheva SPA"                                                                                                                                                         

               Banish any kinks from cramped plane seats and overnighters with a laptop at the award-winning Estheva Spa at ION Orchard. Try their signature Aviva massage, designed to improve blood circulation.

Address:
#03-25 ION Orchard,
2 Orchard Turn, Singapore

Telephone: +65 6509 3900                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              House                                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                               

A three-story block falling down a steep precipice with lovely views, this multi-venue “lifestyle hub” is eccentric and kitsch. Aside from yoga classes, the biggest draw card is the spa: schoolroom décor with unpainted concrete pillars, racks of books, and wall murals by local artist Koon Beng. Downstairs, a café serves novel teas (chili-spiced “cocoa with a bite”) and booze-infused cakes, outdoors on the deck, or in a sun-lit glasshouse, where weekly poetry readings are held. House is Dempsey Hill’s only tenant to incorporate the military look: mess tins for cutlery, toy soldiers on the walls. However, the sight of bored staff in school uniforms—girls with their skirts hiked up—is surreal.

Address:
Block 9B Dempsey Road,
Singapore

Telephone: +65 6479 0070                                                                                                                                                                    

The Oriental Spa

The spa’s six treatment rooms include a spacious 62 square metre Couple’s Suite. Equipped with two beautiful Agape baths and a steam room, it’s perfect for guests who wish to share the experience of a refreshing flower bath or invigorating steam bath. The Couple’s Suite also has its own relaxation area with a comforting opium bed, a haven where guests can relax and sip a soothing cup of tea.

Tranquillity and harmony reign throughout The Oriental Spa. You can see it in the design of the spa itself, from its walnut timber flooring, Asian motif panels and traditional Chinese furniture. So lie back and relax, as your troubles float away and peace descends.
Address:
The Mandarin Oriental
Singapore
Telephone: +65 68853533

                                    D amia Spa                                                                                                                                                    

      

                             

      

A modern lifestyle club with 11 spacious rooms including a luxurious couple's suite, a fitness center, an outdoor pool, a studio and two tennis courts.
The spa experience brings together Chinese, Malay, Indian and European rejuvinating and purifying treatments. There's a full selection of massages and facial packages for men and women.
Address:
Grand Hyatt Singapore
10 Scotts Rd.
Singapore
Telephone: +65 6738 1234