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9 Best Croissants in Singapore (2026)

Nine Singapore bakeries famous for croissants and viennoiserie, from classic French butter croissants to almond, pain au chocolat and inventive laminated bakes.

By: Amir Wahab
Edited by: Amir Wahab
Published: 26 Sep 2026
Reading time: 5 min read

A basket of golden flaky butter croissants at a Singapore bakery with buttery layers visible

The best croissants in Singapore come from a mix of classic French patisseries, homegrown artisan bakeries and inventive bakehouses spinning the pastry into new flavours. This guide gathers nine established names known for their croissants and viennoiserie, each checked against its own website or official channels and confirmed to be trading in 2026. Outlets, hours and daily bakes change often, so treat it as a shortlist to explore rather than a strict ranking.

1. Tiong Bahru Bakery

A French-leaning bakery-cafe from the Spa Esprit Group, with its original shop on Eng Hoon Street in Tiong Bahru and further branches across the island. Its own site describes a croissant that is crisp outside and light, buttery and tender at the centre, baked in small batches through the day from French flour and French butter. The viennoiserie counter runs to the plain and almond croissant, pain au chocolat and a signature kouign-amann, making it an easy pastry-and-coffee stop.

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2. Baker & Cook

The artisan bakery and food store from baker Dean Brettschneider, built on long-fermented sourdough but with a viennoiserie counter of buttery croissants and pastries baked in-house each day. You will find rustic loaves and laminated bakes side by side, plus larder goods to take home. It runs several outlets across the island, including at Dempsey, Dairy Farm, the Asian Civilisations Museum and Guoco Midtown, so a croissant and a flat white are rarely far away wherever you happen to be.

Dempsey
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3. Le Matin Patisserie

A laminated-pastry specialist at Viva Vista in Pasir Panjang, a short walk from Haw Par Villa MRT, where sourdough-based croissants and viennoiserie lead the counter. Its own line sums up the day as pastries and coffee by day, gelato by night, with grilled brioche sandwiches, brioche rolls and whole celebration cakes alongside. The sourdough lamination gives its croissants a tangier, more open character than a standard butter croissant, and it bakes on a Wednesday-to-Sunday week, so plan around its closed days.

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4. Keong Saik Bakery

A no-pork, no-lard artisan bakery on Bendemeer Road whose counter leads with classic buttery croissants and pastries alongside breads, cakes and cookies. It is known among croissant lovers for turning the pastry into cube-shaped, filled creations, and it pairs its bakes with kopi and teh for island-wide office catering and delivery. The lard-free promise makes it a useful option for anyone avoiding pork who still wants a properly laminated, buttery croissant rather than a compromise.

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5. La Levain

An artisan bakery on Hamilton Road in Jalan Besar that bakes croissants, viennoiserie and its signature sourdough egg tarts fresh daily. Beyond the classics it leans into croissants with a Japanese twist, among them a hojicha mochi croissant and a twice-baked takoyaki croissant, alongside seasonal mooncakes and festive cookies. It has also run a pop-up at Jewel Changi Airport, so it is worth checking which outlet is open before you go, as the range differs between the main bakery and the airport counter.

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6. Mother Dough Bakery

A Muslim-owned, halal artisan bakery in Kampong Glam, on Jalan Kledek, that has baked from scratch since 2017 and started life as a one-woman pop-up. Everything is baked off fresh each morning, and its almond croissant, layered with sweet almond frangipane, is the item most regulars come for. The small shop also turns out other viennoiserie and breads, with a little seating and coffee service, which makes it a handy halal stop for a morning croissant near Bugis.

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7. Pâtisserie CLÉ

A French bakery on River Valley Road that, in its own words, was founded here in 2018 and is focused on doing a small number of things very well. Founders Germaine Li and Joy Chiam trained in high-end kitchens, and the counter covers the classics: a plain croissant, an almond croissant and pain au chocolat, alongside French-technique tarts and cakes. The pitch is French technique with flavours that feel at home in Singapore, so expect precise laminated pastries rather than a sprawling menu.

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8. Brotherbird Bakehouse

A homegrown bakehouse known for playful, flavoured croissants, with outlets at Raffles City Shopping Centre near City Hall and at Tampines 1. It built its name on inventive viennoiserie, from mochi croissants to a rotating line of monthly croissant flavours and cruffins released as pre-order bake boxes. Both shops open late morning and bake till sold out, so popular flavours can run out early; its earlier Haji Lane cafe has closed, leaving the two mall outlets as the places to catch its croissants.

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9. Bakery Brera

A small-batch bakery that describes itself as baking from Singapore's heartlands since 2016, with its original shop near Empress Road by Farrer Road and a cafe inside the National Gallery. It calls its French butter croissant its signature pastry, perfected through French tradition, and rounds it out with a traditional pain au chocolat and an almond croissant scented with rum. The team is also known for its cruffins, led by a bestselling Ferrero Rocher version, with seasonal flavours appearing from time to time.

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How to choose

Decide whether you want a classic or a creation. A plain butter croissant and a pain au chocolat test a bakery's technique most honestly, while almond, mochi and novelty croissants are more about flavour and fun, so pick a shop that leans the way your craving does.
Judge the lamination. A well-made croissant shatters into flaky shards, shows an open, honeycomb crumb when you tear it, and tastes of butter without feeling greasy, so try the plain croissant before ordering anything fancier.
Check the wider viennoiserie range. Bakeries strong on croissants often also do kouign-amann, cruffins, danishes and brioche, so if you are buying for a group, a shop with a broad laminated-pastry counter gives everyone something they will like.
Choose between dine-in and takeaway. Some of these are sit-down cafes where a croissant comes with coffee and breakfast sets, while others are counters built for grab-and-go, which matters if you want a leisurely morning versus a quick pick-up.
Go early and eat soon. Croissants are best within a few hours of baking, and popular flavours and small-batch items sell out well before closing, with some bakeries baking only till sold out, so an early visit gets you the freshest, widest choice.
Match the bakery to your needs. Outlets cluster in areas like Tiong Bahru, Jalan Besar, Kampong Glam and Bukit Timah, and a few are halal-certified or bake without pork and lard, so confirm the current outlet, hours and any dietary certification on the bakery's own channels before travelling.

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Published 26 Sep 2026. No changes recorded since.

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Amir Wahab

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Amir Wahab is the founder and editor of LocalRank, an independent Singapore rankings and local guides publication.

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