1. Hello Arigato Tiong Bahru
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If Hello Arigato is one of your favourite Japanese cafés in Singapore, heads up: they’ve just opened their 5th outlet in the charming Tiong Bahru neighbourhood! Aside from their iconic sandos, you’ll also be able to try new local-inspired sando flavours, and there’s also a dedicated matcha bar at the new outlet.
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The aesthetic space has a similar Nordic-inspired vibe like the rest of Hello Arigato’s outlets, and there will also be new, outlet-exclusive menu items you can try. These include Hae Bee Hiam Pasta ($20), Yuzu Honey Chicken Sando ($16), Strawberry Matcha Cloud ($6), Coco Orh Nee Cloud ($5) and more.
Hello Arigato Tiong Bahru
Address: 58 Seng Poh Rd, #01-15, Singapore 160058
Opening Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 8am-4pm; Saturday-Sunday, 8am-5pm
2. Taira Pastry
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Tucked away at SAFRA Tampines is Taira Pastry, a crowd-favourite online dessert brand known for their tarts and cakes; and now they’ve opened a physical café where you can dine-in! The minimalist café is spacious, with cosy table and bar seating available for you to enjoy your bakes.
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Signatures from the menu include a selection of mini tartlets, tarts, cookies, sponge cakes, puff pastries and croissants, among others. You can also build-your-own pastry (from $10.50) with your favourite toppings and spreads, plus enjoy specialty drinks like hand-brewed coffee, tea and matcha.
Taira Pastry
Address: 1/A Tampines Street 92, #02-04A SAFRA Tampines, Singapore 528882
Opening Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 9.30am-9pm
3. Cofreely
@yongweikai New bakery cafe in Farrer Park – Cofreely + Supernook Bakery #FYP #Sgfoodie #Sgcafehopping #Cafehopping #Sgcafe #Cafesg #Bakes #Bakery
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Located in Jalan Besar is Cofreely, a new chic and stylish café offering artisanal bakes and coffee. Cofreely boasts a modern, contemporary interior with monochrome hues of black, grey and white, accented by a statement wave-esque wall feature.
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On the menu are classic pastries like Pain Suisse ($5.80), Strawberry Cheesecake Danish ($7.80), Mushroom Danush ($6), Almond Croissant ($5.80), along with your usual coffee drinks and fruity sodas like Iced Lychee Fizz ($6.50), Iced Passionfruit Fizz ($6.50) and more.
Cofreely
Address: 85 Maude Rd, Singapore 208357
Opening Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm
4. Oat & About
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If you’re all about the oat milk craze, you’re going to want to try out Oat & About, a specialty ice cream spot that offers exclusively oat milk ice cream! Oat & About’s ice cream is handcrafted in small batches, using 100% plant-based and lactose-free oat milk with no artificial ingredients.
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Ice cream scoops start from $5.50 a cup, and they’ve got unique flavours like Girl Guides Thin Mints, Strawberry Summer, Rizz’s Peanut Butter Cups, Oriental Beauty, Lemon Speculoos, Passionate Cacao, Intense Matcha and more. Each scoop also comes topped with waffle crisps.
Oat & About
Address: 33 Erskine Rd, #01-04, Singapore 069333
Opening Hours: Monday-Thursday, 12.30pm-9pm; Friday-Sunday, 12.30pm-10pm
5. Muro
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Who would’ve thought coffee and focaccia could pair so well together? Muro Coffee is a new minimalist café that specialises in both coffee and house made focaccia sandwiches. Located in a shophouse space, Muro features a monochromatic loft-style vibe and interior.
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For focaccia items, you can expect the likes of chunky stuffed sandwiches with various toppings, like Mad Cheese ($16.90), Ponzu Salmon Splash ($17.90) and Pastrami Affair ($17.90), among others; along with bakes like Earl Grey Pound Cake ($6), Brownie Sundae ($7.50), Cheese Croissant ($5.50) and more.
Muro
Address: 214a South Bridge Rd, Singapore 058763
Opening Hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-9pm; Saturday-Sunday, 10am-9pm
6. Surrey Hills Grocer VivoCity
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Missing a taste of Aussie? The popular Australian-inspired café chain, Surrey Hills Grocer, has opened yet another outlet at VivoCity, this time with a lush rainforest-inspired interior! The new outlet is also pet-friendly, and features various animatronic animals decorating the space: from kangaroos, koalas, giraffes, flamingos and more.
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Aside from the usual brunch favourites, you can also expect new outlet-exclusive dishes with a local twist, including “Hokkien Mee” ($26), Hot Honey Pepperoni Pizza ($12), Mee Siam Capellini ($22) Sticky Date Pudding ($16) and more.
Surrey Hills Grocer VivoCity
Address: 1 HarbourFront Walk, #03-02 VivoCity, Singapore 098585
Opening Hours: 10am-10pm daily
7. Cafe Wabi Sabi Joo Chiat
@yongweikai New Japanese Cafe at Joo Chiat! Cafe Wabi Sabi has opened their second outlet and there’s Donburi, Sando and Noodles! #FYP #Sgfoodie #Sgcafehopping #Cafehopping #Sgcafe #Cafesg #JapaneseFood
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It’s clean sunshine vibes at Cafe Wabi Sabi’s new Scandinavian-inspired outlet at Joo Chiat. The new space is cosy and homey, with raw textured furnishings and wood accents, offering Japanese comfort food items with a modern touch.
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They’ve got a wide variety of sandos, donburis, chirashi sons, sobas and even sashimi. Highlights from the menu include the likes of Tamagoyaki Chizu Sandi ($16.90), Kinoko Beef Steak Don ($23.90), Japanese Curry Soba with Pork Katsu ($20.90), Salmon Sashimi Yuzu Salad ($17.90) and more.
Cafe Wabi Sabi Joo Chiat
Address: 283 Joo Chiat Rd, #01-00, Singapore 427537
Opening Hours: 8.30am-9.30pm daily
8. Pink Charlotte
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It’s been a hot minute since we’ve seen an all-pink café, and Pink Charlotte is bringing the trendy colour back with a dreamy coquette-inspired and pink-themed vibe. Located within a Hougang neighbourhood estate, Pink Charlotte is a patisserie and dessert spot for a post-dinner sweet treat.
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The sweets are affordably priced, with cakes as low as just $3 apiece, as well as macarons, cake rolls, cheesecakes, meringue biscuits and specialty drinks too. They’ve even got adorable lattes topped with bear-shaped ice cubes!
Pink Charlotte
Address: 124 Hougang Ave 1, #01-1434, Singapore 530124
Opening Hours: 12.30pm-9pm daily (closed on Thursday)
9. Eden Café
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We just love cafés with a garden vibe, and Eden Café ticks all the boxes for a tranquil and scenic café experience located within Chinese Garden. The café has both indoor and outdoor seats available, with stunning scenic views of the garden, lake and pagoda too.
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Enjoy both local and Western eats at the café, with items like Singaporean Har Cheong Gai Waffles ($22), Peranakan Laksa ($8.90), Mom’s Chicken Porridge ($7.90), Curry Creamy Pasta ($14), Seafood Beancurd ($8) and more.
Eden Café
Address: 70B Yuan Ching Rd, #01-04 Beside Cloud Pagoda, Singapore 619629
Opening Hours: Sunday-Thursday, 8am-8pm; Friday-Saturday, 8am-9pm
10. Abundance Century Square
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The viral Taiwanese café, Abundance, has just opened its third and latest outlet in the East, over at Century Square, and it’s their biggest outlet yet! The nostalgic retro diner-inspired space seats 80 persons, so hopefully you won’t have to wait long for a table here.
@brickredlips East side best side? 🤔 Popular Taiwanese restaurant #abundance opens in Tampines! With comforting Taiwanese dishes such as Oysters Lu Roilu Fan, cold noodles $11.90++, century egg noodles $13.90++ and 3 new desserts: – Yammy Ice Cream Bun $12.90++ – Roasted Peanut $7.90++ – Black Sesame Mochi $7.90++ We enjoyed the cold noodles with its perfectly al dente noodles texture and lightly creamy, fragrant sauce. We didn’t try the oyster Lu Rou Fan so pls try and let me know how it is! The vibes here are also on point 📍Abundance Century Square, L1 #sgfoodie #exploresingapore #sgfoodblogger #sgfoodreview #sgcafe #abundance
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Aside from the usual cult favourites, there’s also brand new outlet-exclusive menu items you can look forward to: Oyster Braised Pork Rice ($28.80), Century Egg Noodles ($13.90), Roasted Peanut Mochi ($7.90) and Taiwanese Cold Noodles ($11.90), just to name a couple.
Abundance Century Square
Address: 2 Tampines Central 5, #01-35 Century Square, Singapore 529509
Opening Hours: 11am-10pm daily
