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My cafe kakis had a problem, “We run out of places to go to.” How is that even possible? There are about 10 to 20 new cafes opening up in Singapore every month. But “Same-old, same-old”. These are the same people who braved with me to try more than 250 cafes last year, and our […]

We reached the last month of the year, when cafes open, and cafes close. Our guess is local customers is always on a lookout for something different, refreshing (and photogenic), and therefore those who stay in the game are cafes which re-invent themselves, have regular new offerings, and keep customers updated via social media and […]

We will be frank to admit that this is the first month we are feeling both worried for and bored of the newer cafes. November and December are the months we typically get a boost (or rush) of new openings to welcome the holiday season. This year we are particularly seeing a lot a lot […]

Time to wake up when September ends. The year is flying past, with more than 200 new cafes that has opened up in Singapore. Still a shocker. The more exciting openings include Clinton St Baking Company & Restaurant Purvis St where some of my friends say the taste is very similar to NYC’s, and MOS […]

What a year. I remember doing this New Cafes for September 2014 – Enough To Keep You Awake Till September Ends listing, and a year has past. For the record, about 10-30 new cafes are opening up every single month in Singapore ever since. For these 2 months alone, we can be seeing at least […]

Oh, a London inspired café. No wonder, owner Phyllis Lau worked as a barista at a café next to Richmond Station in London, therefore the name. (Photo credit: Nicholas Tan @stormscape) There are many faces of London. Richmond Station Café situated at one end of Bali Lane takes a more casual, laid-back approach. (Whereas nearby […]

200 new cafes in Singapore 2015. Did the number surprise you again? To facilitate your café hopping adventures in Singapore, this is a new cafes list sorted by location and in alphabetical order. If your favourite new cafe is not found here, it is likely in last year’s list or too under the radar (that’s […]

Almost half the year has went by us, and a whooping number of more than 100 cafes has opened in Singapore for 2015. By contrast, almost 100 cafes which opened last year in 2014 have also closed, according to figures from Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority. There are some which ended their operations in […]

Time really flies, and it is already May. We are quite sure that new cafes in Singapore for 2015 have hit the 100 mark, and café hoppers are getting well…(fill in the blanks) Trends for new cafés in Singapore include – Korean (O’ma Spoon, Bing Go Jung, Snowman Desserts and Nunsaram) – Tarts and art […]

It’s time to venture to Lorong Kilat again. This stretch of road near Upper Bukit Timah is literally populated with a row of characteristic cafés and restaurants, making this THE potential hotspot for café hopping. Cravings for a slice of New York? East Manhattan Bakery Café attempts to present its side of the big apple […]