The cafe boom in Singapore is seriously not letting up. New cafes sprouting up on this tiny island are knocking us off faster than we keep up.
There are at least 20 newly opened cafes in the East the last 8 months. The numbers just keep growing and fueling the trend of hungry cafe-hoppers among us.
We heard a fair bit about the cafe scene at the Western part of Singapore in the making, but come to think of it, how many of us have actually made recent trips to explore these little gems of the West.
Bodacious Bar and Bistro
Food Offerings: All Day Breakfast, Burgers, Mains, Desserts
Drink Offerings: Coffee, Tea, Beers, Wines, Others.
Food Offerings: Toasts, Sandwiches, Mains and Desserts
Drink Offerings: Coffee, Tea, Refreshers
Envy Coffee
Address: Nexus@One-North, #01-04, 1 Fusionopolis Link, Singapore 138542
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EnvyCoffeeSG
An American-style diner and wine bar located within the Biopolis research park at Nucleos building, just minutes away from One-North MRT. Curbside Cafe has a menu of brunch items, sandwiches and salads, and signature mains such as Mac and Cheese, and Coca-cola beef stew.
Food Offerings: Quick Bites, Mains, Desserts
Drink Offerings: Coffee, Tea, Craft Beers, Others
Curbside Cafe & Wine Bar
Jimmy Monkey
This three-year old Australian-styled cafe is located amidst lush flora and unique architecture of the 15 billion dollar condominium One-North Residences. Jimmy Monkey serves a good cuppa joe and offers a range of delectable meals.
Food Offerings: Quick Bites, Brunch, Mains and Desserts
Drink Offerings: Coffee, Tea, Beers, Others
Jimmy Monkey Cafe and Bar
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jimmymonkeycafe
Note: JM Cafe undergoing expansion, set to open mid-late September 2014.
A quaint cafe located within the Infinite Studios near Portsdown down, serving handcrafted speciality coffee and casual food.
A connecting shuttle between Infinite Studios and one-north MRT station is provided between 8am and 8pm, from Mondays to Fridays, except Public Holidays.
For those planning a trip down on the weekend where there is no shuttle service, you can check out the guide below for directions.
Food Offerings: Quick Bites, Sandwiches, All Day Breakfast, Hot Dishes and Desserts
Drink Offerings: Coffee, Tea, Others
Revolution Coffee
Address: 21 Media Circle, #01-03A, Singapore 138562
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RevolutionCoffeeSG
Neighbour to the hipster joint Revolution Coffee next door, this new cafe Hoopla (opened in Jan 2014) has a big menu for brunch purists. Its stylish and massive space is good for families and large groups.
Food Offerings: Toasties, All Day Breakfast, Pizzas, Mains
Drink Offerings: Coffee, Tea, Slushies, Others
Hoopla
Opened in April 2013, this cosy little joint hidden in the quiet neighbourhood of Jalan Mas Puteh serving European styled dishes with a touch of local taste. Despite its ‘ulu’ location, the bistro is getting pretty crowded especially on the weekends. Reservations are recommended.
Food Offerings: Quick Bites, Brunch, Mains and Desserts
Drink Offerings: Coffee, Tea, W39 Specials, Wine, Others
W39 Bistro and Bakery
Address: 39 Jalan Mas Puteh, Singapore 128637
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/W39Bistro
This tiny wall-in-the-hole coffee studio located in neighbourhoods of Clementi West is great for serious coffee lovers. I will not classify The Tiny Roaster in the category of a typical cafe, as they do not serve any food here. However, I feel that they deserve the feature because they serve good coffee and you probably will not be able to find another brew studio in this area.
Drink Offerings: Black Brew, White Brew, Vienna, Affogato
Merchandise: Roasted Coffee and Unroasted Green Beans, Coffee brewing tools
The Tiny Roaster
Address: 612 Clementi West Street 1, #01-288B, Singapore 120612
There are more cafes, restaurants and bars in parts of Holland Village, Rochester Park and including Bukit Timah, but those were already well established, and the quicker ones among you might have already explored and visited a number of times.
Holland Village
- Baker & Cook
- Breko Cafe
- Craft Bakery & Cafe
- Daily Scoop
- D’good Cafe
- Gastronomia Da Paolo
- Hatched
- Mu Parlour
- Park
- Plain Vanila
- Provence Bakery & Cafe
- Sunday Folks
Rochester Park
- Cali Cafe
- Coffee Nowhere
- Da Paolo Bistro Bar
- Ice Cream Frenzy
- Pies and Coffee
- Sixty40 Bar Cafe
- Starbucks Coffee
Bukit Timah
- Assembly Coffee
- Baker & Cook
- Carpenter and Cook
- Choupinette
- Dutch Colony Coffee Co
- Little Diner
- The Living Cafe
- The Missing Pan
- Lynn’s Cake & Coffee
- Marmalade Pantry
- Necessary Provisions Cafe
- Nook DIY House of Pancakes
- Riders Cafe
- Simply Bread
- Spruce
