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Single origins, proper eggs and bagels, from Tiong Bahru to Joo Chiat.
This list is about the cup and the plate, not the Wi-Fi. Roasters pouring seasonal single origins, a Japanese kissaten, bagels, African brunch and Aussie fry-ups, spread across the city's cafe neighbourhoods. Weekend brunch queues are real: go before 10am or on a weekday.
Order: Common Man full breakfast, flat white
Robertson Quay · $$ · MRT Great World (TE15)
Daily 07:30–18:00
A roaster's flagship cafe by the river: big brunch plates, beans roasted in-house and a full, happy room every weekend.
Weekends fill by 10am, so go early or on a weekday. Try the Turkish eggs or the full breakfast with a flat white.
Order: Filter coffee from the tasting menu
Bugis · $$ · MRT Little India (NE7/DT12)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A calm, white room on Selegie Road where light-roast single origins are poured slowly. Food is minimal; the cup is the plate.
Pick a filter by its tasting notes and let the barista talk you through it. Its site lists no hours and guides say it shuts midweek.
Order: The White, butter croissant
Bugis · $ · MRT Bugis (EW12/DT14)
Daily 09:00–18:00
Alchemist roasts its own beans; this shophouse outlet is the one to sit in after wandering the murals and carpet shops.
Order the White, the house milk-espresso drink, with a croissant. Haji Lane and Sultan Mosque are a few minutes away.
Order: Pour-over of the day
River Valley · $$ · MRT Fort Canning (DT20)
Daily 08:00–22:00
The roaster behind Chye Seng Huat Hardware runs this bar in New Bahru. Slow pour-overs, and it stays open into the evening.
Open until 10pm daily. Ask what is on filter and take a bag of beans home. Dearborn's breakfast room is upstairs.
Order: Espresso or filter of a seasonal single origin
Everton Park · $ · MRT Outram Park (EW16/NE3/TE17)
Mon & Wed–Fri 08:30–16:30; Sat–Sun 09:00–16:30; closed Tue
A small coffee bar on the ground floor of an HDB block. The owners buy from farms they visit, and it shows in the cup.
Closed Tuesdays. Seats are few, so drink at the bar and take beans home. Ji Xiang's ang ku kueh is in a neighbouring block.
Order: Filter coffee, scrambled eggs on croissant
Jalan Besar · $$ · MRT Bendemeer (DT23)
Sun–Fri 08:30–21:30; Sat 08:30–22:00; closed the first Monday of the month
Papa Palheta's flagship in a former hardware shop: a wrap-around coffee bar, an all-day menu and a roastery that runs tours.
Take a bar seat and watch every shot pulled. The courtyard turns into a beer garden after 5pm. Closed the first Monday of each month.
Order: Karanga peanut butter coffee, lamb samosas
Keong Saik · $$ · MRT Outram Park (EW16/NE3/TE17)
Tue–Sun 10:00–16:30 & 18:00–23:00; closed Mon
A three-storey shophouse given over to African cooking, coffee and hospitality. Nothing else in town tastes quite like it.
Order the peanut butter coffee and the samosas. Brunch runs to 4:30pm, dinner from 6pm. Closed Mondays.
Order: Single-origin filter
Queenstown · $ · MRT Queenstown (EW19)
Mon–Fri 08:00–16:45; Sat–Sun & public holidays 08:30–16:15
A Singapore roaster with roots in 1960 and a menu of 20-odd origins, served from a quiet coffee bar under a Queenstown block.
A short walk from Queenstown MRT. Ask the barista to pick a filter for you, then take the beans home.
Order: Hand-drip of Kyoto-roasted beans
Bras Basah · $ · MRT Bencoolen (DT21)
Daily 10:00–18:00 (last order 17:45); closed the first Wednesday of the month
The Kyoto coffee name's Singapore outpost, pouring beans roasted in Japan and shipped in every week. Neat, quiet and precise.
Order a hand-drip at the counter and browse the brewing gear. A second Kurasu stand is at 1 Grange Road near Orchard.
Order: The Dirty (cold brew with chai), banana bread
Club Street · $ · MRT Maxwell (TE18)
Tue–Fri 08:00–16:00; Sat–Sun 09:00–16:00; closed Mon
A small, cheerful bar with a toast menu and a knack for odd, good iced coffees. Older guides say Ann Siang Hill; it's now on Club Street.
Try The Dirty or the iced cereal milk latte, and a slice of banana bread or a tuna melt. Closed Mondays.
Order: Symmetry full breakfast, chilli crab and eggs
Kampong Glam · $$ · MRT Jalan Besar (DT22)
Mon–Tue 09:00–21:00; Wed–Fri 10:30–23:00; Sat 09:00–23:00; Sun 09:00–19:00
A laid-back Australian-minded cafe-bar on the quiet edge of Kampong Glam: proper fry-ups by day, cocktails by night.
Book weekend brunch through its site. Chilli crab and eggs is the local twist. Sultan Mosque is a short walk away.
Order: No BS Brekkie, crab croissant
Tanjong Pagar · $$ · MRT Tanjong Pagar (EW15)
Mon–Fri 07:30–17:00; Sat–Sun & public holidays 07:30–18:00
A bright neighbourhood cafe on Craig Road with generous breakfast plates, good coffee and its own range of beans to take home.
Open from 7:30 every day, handy before an early session. Book through its website for weekend brunch.
Order: Espresso, or book the coffee experience
Bukit Timah · $ · MRT King Albert Park (DT6)
Daily 08:00–16:30
Homeground's cafe on Bukit Timah Road, where the roaster shows off its beans and runs guided coffee sessions.
The guided coffee experience is booked separately from the cafe hours. About ten minutes on foot from King Albert Park MRT.
Order: Filter from the weekly rotation
Joo Chiat · $ · MRT Eunos (EW7)
Thu–Mon 08:00–16:00; closed Tue–Wed
An independent roaster's coffee bar, open since 2024, with beans that change every week. Small, focused and very Joo Chiat.
Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Ask what arrived this week, then walk to the Peranakan shophouses on Koon Seng Road.
Order: Skillet eggs, brioche doughnuts
Tanglin · $$ · MRT Orchard Boulevard (TE13)
Tue–Sun 08:00–22:00; closed Mon
A bakery-bistro in the heritage Tanglin Post Office building: sourdough and pastries baked on site, tall windows, long shared tables.
Closed Mondays; weekend brunch is busiest. Take a pastry for the walk up to Orchard Road or out to the Botanic Gardens.
Order: Loaded bagel sandwich with schmear
Tanjong Pagar · $$ · MRT Tanjong Pagar (EW15)
Daily 08:00–15:30 (last order 15:15)
Dense, chewy bagels piled with eggs, meats and smoked fish. Five shops across the island; this one sits closest to the CBD.
Last orders at 3:15pm and weekend queues are long, so try a weekday. Other shops: Novena, Holland Village, Joo Chiat, Punggol.
Order: Granola bowl, micro-bakery bakes
River Valley · $$ · MRT Fort Canning (DT20)
Wed–Mon 09:00–15:00 (last order 14:30); closed Tue
Singapore granola brand Dearborn runs a small breakfast room upstairs at New Bahru, with a micro bakery and a short, tight menu.
Walk-in only, closed Tuesdays, last order 2:30pm. PPP Coffee is downstairs if you want a second cup.
Order: Kouign-amann, croissant
Tiong Bahru · $$ · MRT Havelock (TE16)
Mon–Fri 07:30–20:00; Sat–Sun 08:00–20:00
There are nearly 20 branches now, but this one in the Art Deco estate is where the name comes from. Flaky, buttery and busy.
Get the kouign-amann early, then walk Yong Siak Street. Tiong Bahru Market's breakfast stalls are five minutes away.
Order: Norwegian eggs Benedict, Tunisian shakshouka
Orchard · $$$ · MRT Somerset (NS23)
Hours unknown, check before you go
Breakfasts inspired by the founders' travels, served all day in a calm room above Orchard Road. Built for a slow, late start.
Its site lists no hours, so check first. The Norwegian Benedict is the signature. Book ahead for weekend brunch.
Order: Shakshouka, stout-glazed bacon French toast
Lavender · $$ · MRT Lavender (EW11)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A cosy, long-loved cafe under a Crawford Lane housing block, doing big, comforting brunch plates and good espresso.
Honeycombers lists it closed Wednesdays. Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle is a short walk away if you want a second breakfast.
Order: Earl Grey pancakes, bircher muesli
Boat Quay · $$ · MRT Clarke Quay (NE5)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A bright shophouse cafe near Boat Quay with an all-day breakfast menu and good coffee. An easy escape from the CBD towers.
The Earl Grey pancakes are the order. Weekday mornings are quiet enough for a breakfast meeting.
Order: Pour-over coffee or a specialty tea
Duxton · $$ · MRT Maxwell (TE18)
Hours unknown, check before you go
Coffee in the Japanese kissaten tradition: hushed, unhurried, records spinning and every cup brewed with care.
Come for a slow cup, not a meeting; it's a listening room as much as a cafe. Duxton Hill's bars are next door for later.
Order: Espresso or filter of the day
Bras Basah · $ · MRT Bras Basah (CC2)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A small, minimalist coffee stand among the second-hand bookshops of Bras Basah Complex, pouring carefully since 2019.
Grab a cup, then browse the bookshops and art-supply stores upstairs. The National Library and museums are a short walk.
Order: Spiced apple cinnamon pancakes
Farrer Park · $$ · MRT Farrer Park (NE8)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A shophouse split between a serious coffee bar and a kitchen turning out pancakes and avocado toast, on a quiet street by Little India.
Order the spiced apple pancakes. Five minutes from Farrer Park MRT, so it makes a good start to a Little India morning.
Order: Pioneer Blend kopi, single-origin flat white
Little India · $ · MRT Little India (NE7/DT12)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A roaster pouring single origins and its own Nanyang-style kopi blend from a hawker stall, between the biryani and the wet market.
Order kopi with their Pioneer Blend and a flat white to compare old and new. It also has stalls at Hong Lim and Tanjong Pagar.
Order: Mushrooms on toast, rum banana French toast
Jalan Besar · $$ · MRT Bendemeer (DT23)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A relaxed Jalan Besar cafe where dogs are welcome and the plates lean comforting: mushrooms on toast, breakfast burgers, boozy bananas.
Brunch hours only, and Honeycombers lists it closed Mondays. Chye Seng Huat Hardware is a few streets away for coffee after.
Order: Gyu sando, kombu tots
Joo Chiat · $$ · MRT Marine Parade (TE26)
Hours unknown, check before you go
Thick Japanese sandwiches and Japanese-leaning brunch plates in a Joo Chiat shophouse. The wagyu sando is the splurge.
Order the gyu sando and share the kombu tots. Eatbook lists it closed Mondays. Mohgan's prata is just down the road.
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