7 Best Lontong in Singapore (2026)

Lontong is a Malay hawker breakfast built on compressed rice cakes, ladled with sayur lodeh - a turmeric-yellow coconut vegetable stew - and finished with a hard-boiled egg, fried tofu, sambal and a scattering of serunding. It shares a hawker lineage with mee rebus, mee soto and nasi padang, and several stalls sell more than one, so menus can blur together. This guide gathers seven stalls across Singapore's hawker centres and Malay eateries where lontong itself, not a neighbouring dish, is the reason people queue, each checked against recent independent coverage. Treat it as a shortlist to explore, and confirm opening days before a special trip, since several keep limited hours.

Queenstown Lontong has been synonymous with its namesake dish since the 1960s, when the family says a grandmother started the business; it now trades under a later generation at the rebuilt Margaret Drive Hawker Centre. The stall makes almost everything from scratch, including its own sayur lodeh, serunding, dried anchovies and sambal, and reviewers describe the lontong as rice cakes fully submerged in a thick, turmeric-yellow vegetable curry, topped with soft tofu, a hard-boiled egg, crisp anchovies and coconut serunding. Coverage of the stall in 2025 describes the gravy as rich and well balanced, with rice cakes that taste home-made. It is singled out as the food centre's one counter with a steady queue, and regulars say portions can run out before closing.

Margaret Drive (Queenstown)
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Nusa & Tara, at ABC Brickworks Market & Food Centre, is run by second-generation hawker Madam Mariani, who says she inherited the stall and its recipes from her mother-in-law. Food writers describe its lontong as a standout: rice cakes made in-house, a process the stall says takes up to three hours, submerged in a broth built on lemongrass, ginger and galangal for aroma and coconut milk for body, finished with a scattering of serunding for an earthy, toasted-coconut note, alongside stewed vegetables and tofu. The stall opens at first light, and reviewers advise arriving before mid-morning, since portions tend to run out. It has built a loyal following among nearby office workers as one of the more carefully made versions of the dish.

ABC Brickworks (Redhill)
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Hassan Stall has traded at Changi Village Hawker Centre since 1959, when the family says the late Mr Hassan began cooking from a makeshift set-up outside his kampung house, before the hawker centre itself existed; his children Azman and Suzana now run the counter. The stall is best known for its mee rebus, but its lontong draws a following of its own, with reviewers describing a comparatively light, mellow sayur lodeh ladled over rice cakes with the customary egg, tofu and toppings. The menu stays small and traditional, rounded out by a Perlis-style laksa, mee siam and handmade curry puffs. Regulars say the kampung-style approach has held steady across the decades, and the stall remains a fixture at the food centre.

Changi Village
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Kampong Glam Cafe has run from the corner of Bussorah Street and Baghdad Street, a short walk from Sultan Mosque, since 2004, when it was founded by former footballer Bashir Khan together with his late uncle, Abdul Rahim bin Musa. The cafe's lontong is a regular favourite among reviewers, who describe a fragrant, coconut-rich sayur lodeh spooned generously over soft rice cakes, with crunchy cabbage and long beans adding texture against the richness. It sits within a small menu of home-style Malay dishes such as nasi goreng and mee rebus, served in a casual, open-air setting that trades polish for character. Its spot in the Kampong Glam district makes it a convenient stop for visitors, as well as a long-standing breakfast habit locally.

Kampong Glam
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Java Corner operates out of a corner of Khong Guan Restaurant, an old-school coffeeshop on Stirling Road, where Rashida Ahmad has cooked her home-style Malay menu for more than two decades. The stall says its recipes trace back to her mother's stall at the old Margaret Drive, and its lontong has since drawn its own following, including a televised segment in which a taxi driver who once sold the dish himself rated it among the best he had tried. Rice cakes come under a mild, well-balanced sayur lodeh, alongside a wider spread of nasi padang, mee rebus, mee soto and tahu goreng. The stall keeps modest weekday-only hours, closing by mid-afternoon, and reviewers describe it as a hidden-in-plain-sight find rather than a queue-driven destination.

Stirling Road
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Delicious 美味 is a small counter at Tanjong Pagar Plaza Market & Food Centre run by a Chinese couple who have cooked their own take on three Malay hawker dishes - mee rebus, mee siam and lontong - since 2018. Reviewers single out the lontong for a well-balanced sayur lodeh, less sweet than some versions elsewhere, ladled over rice cakes with the standard egg and tofu. The stall is not halal-certified but says it uses no pork or lard, worth confirming directly if that matters to you. With only three dishes on the board, the kitchen has focused on refining each one, and coverage from 2025 notes it sells out by early afternoon. It is a distinctive, cross-cultural take on a Malay-Muslim hawker staple.

Tanjong Pagar
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Afghanistan Family Restaurant has served Malay and Muslim hawker fare in Tampines since 1967, one of the older names here, despite a name with little to do with its menu. Lontong is one of the dishes regulars single out most, its rice cakes and sayur lodeh served alongside murtabak, roti prata and nasi lemak. Built up over decades by its founder, the restaurant is carried on today by his family, and tributes from long-time customers after his passing spoke to how central the shop had become locally. It keeps longer daily hours than most hawker stalls, running well past breakfast, a rare option for lontong outside the usual morning window. Confirm current hours before a special trip, as with any small family-run kitchen.

Tampines
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