The best Korean dessert restaurants and cafes in Singapore

Co-founded by the leader of Korean boy band BTOB, Seo Eunkwang, PlusEightTwo burst onto the Singapore Korean dessert cafe scene just when you thought the trend of dessert cafes was becoming a thing of the past. Along with the usual snowflake bingsu you cab get at most Korean dessert shops, PlusEightTwo also offers Siltarae bingsu ($17.90), where the shaved ice comes almost as fine as silk threads, in three flavours; matcha, chocolate, and banana. The regular snow flake bingsu comes in a variety of flavours including melon and strawberry, with two sizes; cup ($6.80 – $7.80) or regular ($15.90 – $18.90). While you're at it, grab a refreshing ice cube soda ($7.50) in grapefruit, green grape, or peach to quench your thirst after a day out in Singapore's humid weather.

Korean for 'snowman', Nunsaram is another one standing in the blizzard of bingsu (shaved ice dessert) cafes springing up around Singapore. Serving milky-sweet shaved ice topped off with house-made toppings, choose from fruity bingsu topped with strawberry ($16.90) or mango ($16.90), or shoot for the ones dressed with black sesame ($15.90), green tea ($14.90) or Korean classic Patbingsu (red bean, $13.90). Besides the iced treats, the cafe also dishes out thick Korean toasts with garlic cheese ($7.90), honey ($6.90) and chocolate ($6.90) slathered generously on. 

The injeolmi bingsu ($14.90) is good to share with friends and comes with finely shaved ice that only tastes milky when you get to the bottom. It’s also topped generously with soybean powder, rice cakes and almond powder, so we recommend you mix everything in before you start eating, otherwise you'll be eating, or rather, drinking plain milk once the toppings are finished. 

An affliate of Wicked Snow Korea, a well-established bingsu chain with more than 70 branches in their homeland, O'ma Spoon Korean Dessert Cafe is here to bring their chilly desserts to Singapore. The bingsu's here are made wholly from premium milk, instead of just ice, and topped off with ingredients imported from Korea. Try the Choco Brownie Bingsu ($18.90) with a cookie crumble and milk ice base topped with bananas, brownie squares, whipped cream and chocolate ice-cream. If you fancy something more authentic, try the Injeolmi bingsu ($13.90) that comes dusted with soy bean powder and soy bean rice cakes, or the Choco Strawberry Honey Butter Bread ($14.90) that with honey and Nutella. For a more calorie friendly option, get a cup bingsu ($5.50), which includes one topping of your choice – keeping it simple.

Specialising in Patbingsoo (red bean shaved ice), order from the choice of popcorn, almond, green tea, melon and more. Go big with the Sinsa Patbingsoo where half a rock melon is filled with shaved ice, ice cream, cornflakes and nata de coco. Fancy, but worth it. 

Once known as the Banana Tree Café, this cosy little shop has re-invented itself and returned as the new and improved V café which specialises in Bingsu. Now under a different management team, this humble place has revamped its interior with a brick-and-mortar concept and wooden tables. It adopts a warm and rustic look that is definitely Instagram worthy. Get their Black Sesame Bingsu ($14.50) that infuses black bean soy milk in their ice shavings or Match Bingsu ($12.50). The plus side, V café is rather generous with their portions.

Situated right below the block is this cosy little place that specialises in delivering melt-in-your-mouth revitalising Bingsoos. With more than 10 varieties to choose from such as Red Bean ($12), Injeolmi ($13) and DaBang Coffee ($16), you will be spoilt for choice. The shaved ice is soft, smooth and has a good texture – which is a rare gem. However, the only downside is that the portions are relatively small given the price.

This bingsu speciality dessert house offers a variety of flavours from popular traditional picks of milk and red bean ($13) and injeolmi ($13) to fruit bingsu's like rockmelon ($16) and coco mango ($16). Bing Go Jung's bingsu's are topped with a generous portion of quality ingredients in a variety of textures to elevate your bingsu experience to a whole new level. Get 10% discounts or even a free americano or smoothie with the deals and promotions constantly going on so stay up to date by checking back with their socials.

Made popular by well known Korean dramas Descendants of the Sun and Goblin with over 100 outlets in South Korea, Dal.Komm currently has two outlets in Singapore for you to experience what it is like to be in a Korean drama. Find a cosy seat and sip on your drink, choose from espressos ($4.50), cappuccinos ($6/$6.50) and caffé lattes ($6-$7.50) brewed from three exclusively sourced Arabica bean blends. Alternatively, satiate your sweet tooth with refreshing drinks like the honey grapefruit ($8.50/$8.90) or strawberry cube ($8.50), where frozen strawberries are crushed and heaped on top of iced milk.