12 Best Cafes in Singapore

The best cafes in Singapore span three overlapping scenes: micro-roasters obsessing over single-origin espresso, all-day brunch spots plating hotcakes and big breakfasts, and photogenic, minimalist rooms built for slow mornings. This guide gathers twelve established names, each checked against its own website or Instagram. Opening hours, outlets and menus change often, so treat it as a shortlist to explore rather than a strict ranking.

A specialty coffee roaster and all-day brunch kitchen on Martin Road in Robertson Quay, open since 2013, that bills itself as championing specialty coffee and the best brunch in Asia. Expect barista-made espresso alongside big breakfasts, house-made granola and grain bowls in a lively, sociable room. It also roasts and retails its own beans, so you can take a bag home.

Robertson Quay
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The flagship of local roaster PPP Coffee, set in a conserved Art Deco shophouse on Tyrwhitt Road in Jalan Besar; the name means to flourish again, a nod to the building's hardware past. Under one roof it runs a roastery, a 360-degree coffee bar where you can watch the baristas work, a retail annex of brewing gear, and an all-day menu of food and bakes. PPP frames the space as serving honest coffee and food to the Jalan Besar community.

Jalan Besar
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A neighbourhood brunch cafe on Duke's Road in Bukit Timah that puts precision, seasonality and quality at the heart of what it does, and calls the corner its home for the past 10 years. The kitchen runs an inventive all-day menu of breakfast sandwiches, French toast and pasta, while the coffee side is known for a signature Einspanner topped with umami cream foam. The mood is cosy and unfussy, a fixture of the area's cafe scene.

Bukit Timah
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A micro-roastery and coffee bar tucked beneath the HDB blocks at Everton Park, roasting on site since 2012. The team centres its work on what it calls sustainable, traceable and transparent relationships across the coffee chain, roasting in small batches twice a week and serving a tight espresso-and-filter menu. The counter-led space is small and unpretentious, drawing regulars who come for the coffee first.

Everton Park
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A French-leaning bakery-cafe from the Spa Esprit Group whose original outlet sits on Eng Hoon Street in Tiong Bahru, with further branches across the island. It is built around fresh, small-batch viennoiserie, with its croissants and kouign-amann the signatures, paired with coffee for an easy pastry-and-flat-white stop. Bright and casual, it reads as a neighbourhood bakery to drop into on a weekend morning.

Tiong Bahru
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A homegrown group of design-led cafes whose Harding Road outlet at Dempsey is among its best known, tucked into greenery and summed up on its own site as of lush greens and escape. The all-day menu runs to brunch plates, mains and desserts, served in an airy, plant-framed room that leans into the surrounding foliage. It is a long-standing choice for a leisurely, photogenic weekend meal.

Dempsey
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The Singapore arm of Kyoto specialty-coffee brand Kurasu, with its flagship on Waterloo Street near Bugis and a takeaway Stand at Orchard. Its own line, from Kyoto to the world, captures the focus: Japanese specialty coffee in lighter roasts, matcha, and a retail wall of brewing equipment from makers such as Hario and Origami. The room is minimalist and calm, a quiet spot for a pour-over or a matcha latte.

Bugis
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A minimalist specialty-coffee studio now on Selegie Road, trading as Apartment and built around a homely, counter-led welcome. It leans into single-origin coffee, with monthly limited releases and its own roasting, served in a pared-back, white-toned space. Small and considered, it is aimed at drinkers who like to talk through what is in the cup.

Selegie
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The Singapore presence of Kyoto-born % Arabica, a specialty-coffee brand known for its stripped-back, all-white spaces and single-logo branding. Its first local store opened on Arab Street in Kampong Glam with an in-house roastery on view, and the brand now runs several outlets across the island. Expect a short, coffee-forward menu and a photogenic, minimalist counter that regularly draws a queue.

Kampong Glam
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An all-day dining cafe, restaurant and bar on Jalan Kubor near Kampong Glam and Bugis, open since 2012, that describes itself as having the laid-back sensibility of Aussie culture. Mornings bring a contemporary Australian brunch and coffee, while evenings shift to mains and cocktails, under its tagline that good mornings and great evenings start with us. It suits groups after a brunch that can roll on into the night.

Kampong Glam
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A brunch cafe from the team behind The White Tiffin and Manna Pot Catering, set inside The Secret Haven, a restored 1960s chapel on a quiet hill at Mount Sophia near Dhoby Ghaut. The building keeps its stained-glass windows, soaring ceilings and church facade, with roof panels letting in enough natural light that the room reads as bright rather than solemn. The kitchen runs a small, all-day brunch menu, while the coffee side is handled by sister brand AM Coffee. The venue also operates as an event space and is a popular choice for weddings, trading on the same chapel setting that draws in cafe-goers. It suits a slower visit built around the room itself as much as the plate.

Mount Sophia
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A specialty coffee roaster and cafe near King Albert Park on Bukit Timah Road, run out of a car-showroom building that gives no hint of what is inside. The company sources across the spectrum of specialty-grade beans, from rare Gesha lots to affordable varietals from smaller farms, and frames its coffee subscriptions as ritual, delivered and its drip bags as brewing gear you can take anywhere. It also publishes coffee journals aimed at demystifying brewing rather than assuming expertise. The kitchen runs a food menu built for a sit-down visit, with dishes such as a creamy miso wild mushroom pasta and breakfast plates like avocado and kumara with poached eggs. The room itself is warm and spacious, not the pared-back look common to newer roasters.

King Albert Park
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