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Best cafés in Bugis

We round up the best cafés to drop by while you're in Bugis
Written by Time Out Singapore editors
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Take a break from shopping and sight-seeing, and pop by these cafés for brunch or a tea-time snack while you're in Bugis. Since most cafés are air-conditioned, they're also a great way to cool down in between walking in this hot weather. 

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Symmetry
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Symmetry

When historians decades from now catalogue the food culture of the 21st century, Symmetry will be their definitive example of a ‘hipster...
Paper Crane
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Paper Crane

Paper Crane is one of those cafés you might miss if you weren’t looking for it. Nestled within the premises of the Singapore Council of...
All Things Delicious
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All Things Delicious

Don’t go searching for All Things Delicious at Crawford Lane – the Halal café has since moved to bigger and brighter lodgings (courtesy of...
The Lab SG
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The Lab SG

Fans of Breaking Bad will appreciate this café, but it’s got nothing to do with meth – beakers, test tubes and copper pipes create...
Butter Studio
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Butter Studio

This Halal cake brand has grown to two takeaway outlets in the city, but you’ll want to retreat into its cottage-like Jalan Besar flagship for a sweet...
Tanuki Raw (National Design Centre)
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Tanuki Raw (National Design Centre)

We know – this is a restaurant, you say. But given that Tanuki Raw’s outlet in the National Design Centre shares its space with a retail store,...
LOWERCASE
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LOWERCASE

Perhaps its location in an art school has compelled this café, whose name is annoyingly stylised as LOWERCASE (oh, how ironic), to look the...
I Am
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I Am

This people-watching corner spot at Haji Lane also doubles as Dutch-inspired Halal café, I am. Scaling back on the breakfast-as-lunch fare elsewhere,...
Artistry
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Artistry

Part-café, part-gallery space, Artistry with its white-washed walls and concrete floors makes for a soothing sight for square eyes. When you're...
CAD Café
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CAD Café

Located on the busy pedestrian crossroad of Arab Street, Haji and Bali Lane, this hole-in-the-wall coffee joint is the perfect place to set up camp for a...
Chye Seng Huat Hardware
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Chye Seng Huat Hardware

Follow the hipster past the huge covered metal gates and you’ll find Chye Seng Huat’s semi-secret (well, not so much anymore) compound in the Jalan...
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