Chinatown Food Guide
Hawker centres first, temple vegetarian at lunch, then Club Street or Keong Saik if you want a table.
Temple lunch
Lian Xin Vegetarian
Inside the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. Value rice sets, typically 7am–3pm. Official menu on the temple site.
Hawker
Maxwell & Chinatown Complex
Maxwell for chicken rice and cooked-to-order plates. Chinatown Complex for the wider stall mix, desserts, and late bowls.
Mall bowl
Tongue Tip Lanzhou Beef Noodles
Hand-pulled noodles at Chinatown Point. Useful when the street is crowded during lantern nights.
Temple-and-lunch walk-through: Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Lian Xin.
Hawker & Street Food
Chinatown Complex Food Centre
Singapore's largest hawker centre with over 260 stalls including Michelin-starred Hawker Chan.
Hong Lim Food Centre
Popular hawker centre known for famous prawn noodles and char kway teow.
Maxwell Food Centre
Iconic hawker centre famous for Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice.
Amoy Street Food Centre
Heritage hawker centre in Telok Ayer serving traditional dishes since 1983.
Restaurants
Blue Ginger
Renowned Peranakan restaurant serving authentic Straits Chinese cuisine.
Burnt Ends
One Michelin star modern Australian BBQ with custom-built dual-cavity oven.
Meta Restaurant
One Michelin star contemporary Korean by Chef Sun Kim.
Potato Head Folk
Three-storey heritage shophouse with burger joint, bar, and rooftop.
Thevar
One Michelin star modern Indian cuisine by Chef Mano Thevar.