For the best artisanal toast and breakfast in Singapore, go to sourdough specialists like Marymount Bakehouse, Baker's Bench Bakery and Lean & Rich, brunch cafes like Botany, Old Hen Kitchen and Tolido's Espresso Nook, and heritage kaya-toast spots like Kaya Kaya and Great Nanyang Heritage Cafe. Prices run from around $2.80 for a hawker kaya toast set to $20-30++ for a cafe brunch plate. The main clusters are Tiong Bahru and Duxton/Outram, Robertson Quay, Jalan Besar and Lavender, and Katong in the east. Many small cafes and bakeries close one or two weekdays, and Baker's Bench opens only Thursday to Sunday, so check the day before you go and arrive early on weekends.
Last verified: October 2026. Hours and prices can change — we re-check our guides regularly, but do confirm before a special trip.
- Tiong Bahru Bakery
- Wild Honey
- Common Man Coffee Roasters
- The Populus
- Atlas Coffeehouse
- Botany
- Baker & Cook
- Chye Seng Huat Hardware
- Marymount Bakehouse
- Old Hen Kitchen
- Tolido's Espresso Nook
- Baker's Bench Bakery
- Moonchild
- Great Nanyang Heritage Cafe
- Seng House
- Lean & Rich
- Kaya Kaya
- Maxi Coffee Bar
- Little Farms Katong Point Bistro
- Dough
The list
Tiong Bahru Bakery French bakery / cafe · $$
One of Singapore's best-known artisan bakery-cafes, known for flaky viennoiserie and kouign amann, with breakfast pastries and coffee at outlets across the island. The original outlet is in Tiong Bahru estate.
- Cuisine: French bakery / cafe
- Price: $$
- Must-try: Kouign amann, Croissants
- Where: 56 Eng Hoon Street, #01-70, Singapore 160056 (original outlet; multiple outlets islandwide)
- Area: Tiong Bahru
- Nearest MRT: Tiong Bahru (EW)
- Hours: Tiong Bahru outlet: Mon-Fri 7:30am-8pm; Sat-Sun 8am-8pm (other outlets vary)
Wild Honey All-day breakfast / international · $$$
An all-day breakfast pioneer in Singapore since 2009, serving travel-inspired breakfasts at Mandarin Gallery on Orchard Road. It takes online bookings for groups under six.
- Cuisine: All-day breakfast / international
- Price: $$$
- Must-try: Eggs benedict, Pancakes
- Where: 333A Orchard Road, #03-01/02 Mandarin Gallery, Singapore 238897
- Area: Orchard
- Nearest MRT: Somerset (NS)
- Hours: Mon-Thu & Sun 9am-9:30pm (last order 8:30pm); Fri, Sat & eve of PH 9am-10:30pm (last order 9pm)
Common Man Coffee Roasters Brunch / specialty coffee · $$$
The Martin Road flagship, opened in 2013, helped build Robertson Quay's specialty-coffee brunch scene. It serves an all-day brunch menu with house-roasted beans and has Grounded by CMCR, an alfresco coffee bar, upstairs.
- Cuisine: Brunch / specialty coffee
- Price: $$$ · Mains from around $18
- Must-try: Turkish Common Man Breakfast, Ox cheek eggs benedict
- Where: 22 Martin Road, #01-00, Singapore 239058
- Area: Robertson Quay
- Nearest MRT: Fort Canning (DT)
- Hours: Daily 7:30am-6pm
- Halal: No
The Populus Brunch / cafe · $$
A long-running industrial-chic cafe on Neil Road with house-roasted coffee and an all-day breakfast menu. The Populus Scramble comes with a buttery toasted croissant.
- Cuisine: Brunch / cafe
- Price: $$ · Brunch mains from around $23++
- Must-try: Populus Scramble, Populus All Day Big Brekky
- Where: 145 Neil Road, Singapore 088875
- Area: Duxton / Neil Road
- Nearest MRT: Outram Park (EW/NE/TE)
- Hours: Sun-Thu 9am-6:30pm; Fri-Sat 9am-9:30pm
- Halal: No
Atlas Coffeehouse Brunch / specialty coffee · $$
A Bukit Timah specialty-coffee cafe with house espresso blends and a wide single-origin filter list. Brunch is served from 8am.
- Cuisine: Brunch / specialty coffee
- Price: $$ · Hotcakes from around $17++
- Must-try: Hotcakes & passionfruit curd, Wurst rosti
- Where: 6 Duke's Road, Singapore 268886
- Area: Bukit Timah
- Nearest MRT: Botanic Gardens (CC/DT)
- Hours: Tue-Sun 8am-7pm; closed Mon
- Halal: No
Botany Brunch / cafe · $$
A bright, marble-topped Robertson Quay cafe. Its signature avocado toast, with kale, pomegranate and edible flowers, is served all day.
- Cuisine: Brunch / cafe
- Price: $$ · Avocado toast from around $19+
- Must-try: Signature avocado toast, Scallop truffle capellini
- Where: 86 Robertson Quay, #01-03 Robertson Blue, Singapore 238245
- Area: Robertson Quay
- Nearest MRT: Fort Canning (DT)
- Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-10pm; Sat-Sun 8:30am-10pm
- Halal: No
Baker & Cook Bakery / breakfast · $$
An artisan bakery-cafe chain known for sourdough, pastries and hearty breakfast plates. The leafy Dempsey outlet is open into the evening, and there are more neighbourhood outlets across the island.
- Cuisine: Bakery / breakfast
- Price: $$
- Must-try: Sourdough loaves, Breakfast plates
- Where: 30C Loewen Road, Singapore 248839 (Dempsey; multiple outlets)
- Area: Dempsey
- Nearest MRT: Napier (TE)
- Hours: Dempsey: Mon-Thu 8am-9:30pm; Fri-Sun 8am-10pm
Chye Seng Huat Hardware Specialty coffee / cafe · $$
A pioneering roastery-cafe in a converted Jalan Besar hardware shop, with an in-house roastery and an all-day brunch menu.
- Cuisine: Specialty coffee / cafe
- Price: $$ · Brunch from around $18++; espresso from around $4++
- Must-try: Tempura unagi wrap, Triple cheese grilled sandwich
- Where: 150 Tyrwhitt Road, Singapore 207563
- Area: Jalan Besar
- Nearest MRT: Bendemeer (DT) / Lavender (EW)
- Hours: Tue-Fri & Sun 8:30am-9:30pm; Sat 8:30am-10pm
- Halal: No
Marymount Bakehouse Sourdough bakery / brunch · $$
A sourdough-focused bakehouse, now a cafe in Farrer Park, known for its scored loaves, focaccia and hand-cut sourdough pasta. The toasted sourdough plate comes with eggs cooked your way.
- Cuisine: Sourdough bakery / brunch
- Price: $$ · Toasted sourdough plate from around $20
- Must-try: Toasted sourdough bread plate with eggs, Beef ragu sourdough pasta
- Where: 421 Race Course Road, Singapore 218668
- Area: Farrer Park
- Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE)
- Hours: Wed-Fri 9am-6pm; Sat-Sun 9am-3pm; closed Mon-Tue
- Halal: No
Old Hen Kitchen Brunch / specialty coffee · $$
A long-standing specialty-coffee cafe near Little India that brews Nylon Coffee Roasters beans and serves brunch staples like avocado toast and shakshuka.
- Cuisine: Brunch / specialty coffee
- Price: $$ · Avocado on toast from around $17.50+
- Must-try: Avocado on toast, Shakshuka, Cold brew
- Where: 127 Owen Road, Singapore 218931
- Area: Little India / Farrer Park
- Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE)
- Hours: Daily 9:30am-5pm
- Halal: No
Tolido's Espresso Nook Melbourne-style brunch · $$
A Melbourne-inspired brunch nook in a Lavender HDB block, often with a queue, serving shakshouka, rosti and specialty coffee.
- Cuisine: Melbourne-style brunch
- Price: $$ · Shakshouka from around $21++; rosti from around $20++
- Must-try: Shakshouka eggs, Rosti with sausage
- Where: 462 Crawford Lane, #01-63, Singapore 190462
- Area: Lavender
- Nearest MRT: Lavender (EW)
- Hours: Fri-Sun 8am-5pm; Mon, Tue & Thu 8am-4pm
- Halal: No
Baker's Bench Bakery Artisan sourdough bakery · $
A sourdough bakery on Bukit Pasoh Road, across from Pinnacle@Duxton, known for warm sticky buns and sourdough croissants. It opens only Thursday to Sunday, so go early.
- Cuisine: Artisan sourdough bakery
- Price: $ · Pastries from around $3.50
- Must-try: Sticky bun, Plain sourdough croissant, 100% sourdough shiopan
- Where: 6 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore 089820
- Area: Outram / Bukit Pasoh
- Nearest MRT: Outram Park (EW/NE/TE)
- Hours: Thu-Sun 8am-4pm
- Halal: No
Moonchild Brunch / cafe · $$
A Jalan Besar cafe from the Atlas Coffeehouse team. Its 'Morning Situation' breakfast menu runs from opening until 3pm, and then a separate midday-to-close menu takes over.
- Cuisine: Brunch / cafe
- Price: $$ · Brunch mains from around $21.90++
- Must-try: Potato stack, smoked salmon & poached eggs
- Where: 351 Jalan Besar, #01-01, Singapore 208988
- Area: Jalan Besar
- Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE) / Bendemeer (DT)
- Hours: Tue-Sat 9am-10pm; Sun 9am-7pm
- Halal: No
Great Nanyang Heritage Cafe Hainanese Western / kopitiam · $
An old-school kopitiam-style cafe on Craig Road for the traditional side of Singapore toast: kaya butter toast with soft-boiled kampung eggs, plus Hainanese Western mains.
- Cuisine: Hainanese Western / kopitiam
- Price: $ · Kaya butter toast from around $2.70++
- Must-try: Traditional kaya butter toast, Soft-boiled kampung eggs, Signature Hainanese chicken cutlet
- Where: 5 Craig Road, Singapore 089665
- Area: Tanjong Pagar
- Nearest MRT: Tanjong Pagar (EW) / Maxwell (TE)
- Hours: Daily 7:30am-10pm
- Halal: No pork, no lard
Seng House Hainanese-inspired cafe · $$
A Tanjong Katong cafe that mixes Hainanese flavours with Western cafe breakfasts, served all day. The Big Breakfast Bash comes with toast and a house-made kaya that is not too sweet.
- Cuisine: Hainanese-inspired cafe
- Price: $$ · Mains from around $13.80
- Must-try: Big Breakfast Bash with homemade kaya, Hainanese pork chop, Black tiramisu coffee
- Where: 214 Tanjong Katong Road, Singapore 437007
- Area: Tanjong Katong
- Nearest MRT: Tanjong Katong (TE) / Dakota (CC)
- Hours: Daily 8am-10:30pm
- Halal: No
Lean & Rich Artisan bakery / breakfast · $$
A minimalist UE Square bakery run by a Korean baker formerly of Tartine in Seoul. The menu is split between lean sourdough doughs and rich laminated pastries, and the Morning Platter is a bread-led breakfast.
- Cuisine: Artisan bakery / breakfast
- Price: $$
- Must-try: Morning Platter (sourdough, soft-boiled egg, whipped butter, fig jam), Caponata & burrata on sourdough, Pistachio croissant
- Where: 81 Clemenceau Avenue, #01-14 UE Square, Singapore 239917
- Area: River Valley / UE Square
- Nearest MRT: Fort Canning (DT)
Kaya Kaya Kaya toast / kopi · $
A Hong Lim Food Centre stall doing carefully made kaya butter toast with cold butter slices and traditional kopi. It is a budget heritage-toast breakfast in Chinatown.
- Cuisine: Kaya toast / kopi
- Price: $ · Sets from around $2.80
- Must-try: Kaya butter toast set, Kopi
- Where: 531A Upper Cross Street, #01-71 Hong Lim Food Centre, Singapore 051531
- Area: Chinatown
- Nearest MRT: Chinatown (NE/DT) / Clarke Quay (NE)
- Hours: Sun-Fri 8am-5pm; closed Sat
Maxi Coffee Bar Specialty coffee / toast bar · $
A specialty coffee bar that left Ann Siang Hill in June 2025 and reopened in October 2025 in a larger Club Street shophouse with a filter bar. Its savoury menu includes thick-cut kaya butter toast and toasted sandwiches such as a tuna melt.
- Cuisine: Specialty coffee / toast bar
- Price: $ · Kaya butter toast from around $7.50
- Must-try: Kaya butter toast on thick bread, Tuna melt, Iced cereal milk latte
- Where: 64 Club Street, Singapore 069438
- Area: Club Street / Chinatown
- Nearest MRT: Maxwell (TE) / Telok Ayer (DT)
- Hours: Tue-Fri 8am-4pm; Sat-Sun 9am-4pm; closed Mon
- Halal: No
Little Farms Katong Point Bistro Bistro / brunch · $$
The gourmet grocer's bistro at Katong Point serves brunch made with its own produce. The avocado smash on sourdough uses Australian avocados with poached eggs, feta and dukkah. Brunch runs 8am-2pm on weekdays and 7:30am-4pm on weekends.
- Cuisine: Bistro / brunch
- Price: $$ · Avocado smash on sourdough from around $23++
- Must-try: Avocado smash on sourdough
- Where: 451 Joo Chiat Road, #01-04 Katong Point, Singapore 427664
- Area: Katong / Joo Chiat
- Nearest MRT: Marine Parade (TE)
- Hours: Mon-Thu 8am-9pm; Fri 8am-9:30pm; Sat 7:30am-9:30pm; Sun 7:30am-9pm
- Halal: No
Dough Korean-style bakery-cafe · $$
A sprawling Korean-style bakery-cafe at CHIJMES from the team behind Glyph Supply Co and Runes. Breads, pastries and pastas are made in-house, and there is a garden-like alfresco area.
- Cuisine: Korean-style bakery-cafe
- Price: $$
- Must-try: Adzuki mochi danish, Pistachio raspberry croissant cube
- Where: 30 Victoria Street, #01-30 CHIJMES, Singapore 187996
- Area: City Hall / Bras Basah
- Nearest MRT: City Hall (EW/NS) / Bras Basah (CC)
- Hours: Daily 8:30am-6pm
- Halal: No
At a glance: compare every spot
| Spot | Cuisine | Price | Area | Halal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiong Bahru Bakery | French bakery / cafe | $$ | Tiong Bahru | — |
| Wild Honey | All-day breakfast / international | $$$ | Orchard | — |
| Common Man Coffee Roasters | Brunch / specialty coffee | $$$ | Robertson Quay | No |
| The Populus | Brunch / cafe | $$ | Duxton / Neil Road | No |
| Atlas Coffeehouse | Brunch / specialty coffee | $$ | Bukit Timah | No |
| Botany | Brunch / cafe | $$ | Robertson Quay | No |
| Baker & Cook | Bakery / breakfast | $$ | Dempsey | — |
| Chye Seng Huat Hardware | Specialty coffee / cafe | $$ | Jalan Besar | No |
| Marymount Bakehouse | Sourdough bakery / brunch | $$ | Farrer Park | No |
| Old Hen Kitchen | Brunch / specialty coffee | $$ | Little India / Farrer Park | No |
| Tolido's Espresso Nook | Melbourne-style brunch | $$ | Lavender | No |
| Baker's Bench Bakery | Artisan sourdough bakery | $ | Outram / Bukit Pasoh | No |
| Moonchild | Brunch / cafe | $$ | Jalan Besar | No |
| Great Nanyang Heritage Cafe | Hainanese Western / kopitiam | $ | Tanjong Pagar | No pork, no lard |
| Seng House | Hainanese-inspired cafe | $$ | Tanjong Katong | No |
| Lean & Rich | Artisan bakery / breakfast | $$ | River Valley / UE Square | — |
| Kaya Kaya | Kaya toast / kopi | $ | Chinatown | — |
| Maxi Coffee Bar | Specialty coffee / toast bar | $ | Club Street / Chinatown | No |
| Little Farms Katong Point Bistro | Bistro / brunch | $$ | Katong / Joo Chiat | No |
| Dough | Korean-style bakery-cafe | $$ | City Hall / Bras Basah | No |
Your questions answered
Where can I get the best artisanal toast and breakfast in Singapore?
For bread-led breakfasts, try Marymount Bakehouse (toasted sourdough plate), Lean & Rich (Morning Platter), Baker's Bench Bakery and Tiong Bahru Bakery. For cafe-style toast, there are Botany's avocado toast, Old Hen Kitchen, Little Farms and Maxi Coffee Bar's thick-cut kaya butter toast. For heritage kaya toast, go to Kaya Kaya at Hong Lim Food Centre or Great Nanyang Heritage Cafe.
How much does breakfast cost at these cafes?
Kaya toast sets start from around $2.70-$2.80 at Great Nanyang and Kaya Kaya, and bakery pastries start from around $3.50. Cafe toasts and brunch mains usually cost from around $17 to $29, often plus service charge and GST (shown as ++), so the bill comes to more than the menu price.
What is the difference between artisanal toast and kaya toast?
Artisanal toast usually means thick-cut, house-baked or sourdough bread with toppings such as smashed avocado, eggs or burrata, served at specialty-coffee cafes. Kaya toast is the traditional kopitiam breakfast of thin toasted bread with kaya (coconut-egg jam) and cold butter, eaten with soft-boiled eggs and kopi.
Are any of these breakfast spots halal?
None of the venues in this guide are halal-certified. Great Nanyang Heritage Cafe uses no pork or lard but is not certified, and several cafes, such as Seng House, serve pork. Muslim diners should check our halal cafe guides or confirm certification directly.
Which cafes open early for breakfast?
Common Man Coffee Roasters at Martin Road opens at 7:30am daily, as do Great Nanyang Heritage Cafe and the Tiong Bahru Bakery outlet on weekdays. Little Farms Katong Point opens at 7:30am on weekends, and Baker & Cook Dempsey, Seng House and Atlas Coffeehouse open at 8am.
Do I need to book, and should I expect queues?
Most small cafes and bakeries are walk-in only, and weekend queues are common at Tolido's Espresso Nook, Baker's Bench Bakery and Marymount Bakehouse. Wild Honey takes online bookings for groups under six, and Common Man Coffee Roasters' Martin Road flagship is walk-in only. Go early on weekends and public holidays.
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