Newton & Novena

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1. 1 Must see within Newton & Novena

   Newton Food Centre

   Newton Circus Food Centre opened in 1971 as a tourist-friendly open-air hawker centre at the Newton roundabout; rebuilt in 2006 and immortalised as the satay-and-chilli-crab feast in Crazy Rich Asians. With close to 100 stalls it placed five on the 2025 MICHELIN Bib Gourmand list — the most of any hawker centre — and is the gastronomic heart of Newton.

   Look for Mostly evening stalls; open late

   500 Clemenceau Avenue North, Singapore 229495

   By Roots.gov.sg (NHB), Eatbook.sg, Seth Lui

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   2 Must see within Newton & Novena

   Novena Church (Church of St Alphonsus)

   The Redemptorist church that gave Novena its name — and its MRT station: built 1950 to a Swan & Maclaren design, eclectic-Modern with a triple-arched front pediment and circular stained-glass window, conserved in 2011, with a Gothic-style worship hall added in 2017. Its Saturday Perpetual Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help draws worshippers of every faith.

   Look for Catholic church; Saturday novena services are its busiest hours

   300 Thomson Road, Singapore 307653

   By Wikipedia, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Roots.gov.sg (NHB)

3. 3 Must see within Newton & Novena

   Goodwood Park Hotel (Tower Wing)

   A turreted, Rhineland-castle-style clubhouse built in 1900 as the Deutsches Haus of the German Teutonia Club, confiscated in WWI, bought in 1918 by the Manasseh brothers as Goodwood Hall and opened as a hotel in 1929 — gazetted the 22nd National Monument (1989). Its café is the city's famous durian-dessert address.

   Look for National Monument; working hotel — the Tower Wing is viewable from the grounds

   22 Scotts Road, Singapore 228221

   By Roots.gov.sg (NHB), Wonderwall, TheSmartLocal

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   4 Must see within Newton & Novena

   Bukit Brown Cemetery

   Singapore's largest Chinese cemetery and reputedly the largest outside China: ~100,000 graves on 70–86 ha of overgrown hills, opened as a municipal cemetery on 1 Jan 1922 and closed to burials in 1973. Grand Peranakan and Hokkien tombs with Sikh guardian statues and tiled tablets; partly exhumed in 2012–13 for a highway, which sparked a heritage campaign that now runs free guided walks.

   Look for Free; join a Brownies heritage walk (weekends); bring insect repellent

   Lornie Road / Kheam Hock Road, Novena, Singapore

   By Wikipedia, All Things Bukit Brown (bukitbrown.org), Ministry of National Development (Singapore)

5. 5 Must see within Newton & Novena · Hawker & zi char

   Heng Carrot Cake

   A Newton fixture since 1971 and a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand stall: the owner has 50+ years at the wok and still steams the radish cake in-house rather than buying it factory-made, frying black and white versions (plus oyster omelette) with vegetable oil only — no pork or lard.

   #01-28 Newton Food Centre, 500 Clemenceau Avenue North, Singapore 229495

   By Michelin Guide — Bib Gourmand, Eatbook.sg, Dr Leslie Tay (ieatishootipost)

6. 6 Must see within Newton & Novena · Hawker & zi char

   Kwee Heng Duck Noodle

   A 40-year-old braised-duck stall whose boneless, herbal-braised duck — over rice, congee or noodles — earned back-to-back MICHELIN Bib Gourmand listings (2023–2025); one of five Newton stalls that made the 2025 Bib list, the most of any hawker centre.

   #01-13 Newton Food Centre, 500 Clemenceau Avenue North, Singapore 229495

   By Michelin Guide — Bib Gourmand, Eatbook.sg

7. 7 Must see within Newton & Novena · Hawker & zi char

   Alma by Juan Amador (Goodwood Park Hotel)

   The one-MICHELIN-Star contemporary European dining room inside the Goodwood Park Hotel — Juan Amador's restaurant, and the starred table of the Newton/Scotts Road edge.

   Goodwood Park Hotel, 22 Scotts Road, Singapore 228221

   By Michelin Guide, Ordinary Patrons

8. 8 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena · Hawker & zi char

   Da Luca Italian Restaurant

   An underrated Italian dining room in Goldhill Plaza by Novena — pricey, but the pasta plates earn it and the tiramisu is the one people come back for; a constant on Novena lists from Lady Iron Chef (2018) to Seth Lui and Honeycombers.

   Goldhill Plaza, Thomson Road (Novena), Singapore (unit + postal to confirm at geocode)

   By The Honeycombers Singapore, Seth Lui, ladyironchef (Brad Lau) +1, SilverKris (Singapore Airlines)

9. 9 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena · Cafés & modern

   Smiths Authentic British Fish and Chips (Balmoral Plaza)

   Since 2006, two British founders have run what they call Singapore's only true British chippy: UK-imported cod and haddock in the founder's grandfather's 1950s batter, plus cottage pie and the deep-fried Mars bar — reviewed by Eatbook, Seth Lui, City Nomads and Time Out.

   Balmoral Plaza, 271 Bukit Timah Road #01-02, Singapore

   By Eatbook.sg, Seth Lui, Time Out Singapore +1, City Nomads (Singapore city guide)

10. 10 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena · Cafés & modern

    L'Espresso (Goodwood Park Hotel)

    Goodwood Park's poolside café, a byword for elegant teatime since 1968: a daily English afternoon tea buffet of dainty sandwiches, savouries, pastries, a chocolate fountain and traditional scones — reviewed by Miss Tam Chiak, Seth Lui, Little Day Out and SGFoodOnFoot (2022).

    Goodwood Park Hotel, 22 Scotts Road, Singapore 228221

    By Miss Tam Chiak, Seth Lui, Little Day Out +1, SG Food on Foot

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    Tan Tock Seng Hospital Heritage Museum

    Opened 2001 inside Singapore's first privately funded hospital (founded 1844 by philanthropist Tan Tock Seng 'for the sick poor of all nations'): artefacts, old medical equipment and a time capsule trace its fights against tuberculosis in the 1940s and SARS in 2003.

    Look for Small free museum inside the hospital

    Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433

    By Little Day Out, Wikipedia

12. 12 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena · Wok noodles

    Newton Old Signboard 25 Fried Hokkien Prawn Noodle

    Newton's Hokkien mee benchmark: a smoky, lard-laced tangle of bee hoon and yellow noodles simmered down in a generous prawn stock — singled out by Eatbook for its wok hei and reviewed by the Ordinary Patrons blog.

    #01-25 Newton Food Centre, 500 Clemenceau Avenue North, Singapore 229495

    By Eatbook.sg, Ordinary Patrons, The Singapore Women's Weekly

13. 13 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena · Hawker & zi char

    Waffletown (Balmoral Plaza)

    A family-run retro American fast-food diner serving for more than three decades — fried chicken with Belgian waffles, burgers — that Lady Iron Chef, Seth Lui and Eatbook all describe as a time-travel back to the '80s; listed in Honeycombers' Newton guide.

    Balmoral Plaza, 271 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore

    By ladyironchef (Brad Lau), Seth Lui, Eatbook.sg

14. 14 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena · Malay & nasi Padang

    Hajah Monah Kitchen (Newton)

    One of Newton's most popular Muslim stalls: homely halal Malay nasi padang in generous servings, 6am-3pm daily — reviewed by Miss Tam Chiak and listed in Eatbook's 15 best Newton stalls (Seth Lui has covered it too).

    #01-83 Newton Food Centre, 500 Clemenceau Avenue North, Singapore 229495

    By Miss Tam Chiak, Eatbook.sg, Seth Lui

15. 15 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena · Thai

    Baan Ying (Royal Square at Novena)

    A Bangkok family's first overseas outpost (they run seven restaurants at home): home-style Thai cooking with many Northern Thai recipes, steamed sea bass and most dishes under $10 — reviewed by Seth Lui and Daniel Food Diary, and on Lady Iron Chef's Novena guide.

    Royal Square at Novena, 103 Irrawaddy Road, #02-07, Singapore

    By Seth Lui, Daniel Food Diary, ladyironchef (Brad Lau)

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    Goodwood Park Hotel Coffee Lounge (durian desserts)

    The hotel coffee lounge behind Singapore's best-known durian desserts: the Mao Shan Wang mousse cake, crêpes and Swiss rolls sold year-round and a seasonal all-you-can-eat durian dessert buffet each mid-year — covered annually by Eatbook and Time Out, and a long-running SGFoodOnFoot favourite.

    Goodwood Park Hotel, 22 Scotts Road, Singapore

    By Eatbook.sg, Time Out Singapore, SG Food on Foot

17. 17 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena · Hawker & zi char

    The Line (Shangri-La Singapore)

    The Shangri-La's garden-and-pool-view buffet since 2005 — sixteen live stations from sushi, sashimi and seafood on ice to dim sum, Indian curries, made-to-order roti prata, a noodle bar and Singaporean hawker staples; Miss Tam Chiak calls it the buffet to be at, and it's reviewed by Seth Lui and Time Out.

    Shangri-La Singapore, 22 Orange Grove Road, Singapore 258350

    By Miss Tam Chiak, Seth Lui, Time Out Singapore

18. 18 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena · Malay & nasi Padang

    Alliance Seafood (Newton Food Centre)

    Newton's iconic sambal stingray & satay hub, featured in Crazy Rich Asians.

    #01-27 Newton Food Centre, 500 Clemenceau Avenue North

    By Eatbook.sg, Miss Tam Chiak (misstamchiak.com), Seth Lui

19. 19 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena

    Cairnhill Conservation Area

    A former nutmeg plantation turned early-1900s residential quarter for the wealthy, conserved by URA on 7 Jul 1989: a stretch of mostly two-storey Late and Art Deco-style terrace houses raised above the road on flights of steps, with recessed verandahs and geometric ventilation blocks — several restorations have won URA Architectural Heritage Awards. On NHB's Orchard Heritage Trail, which also points out the c.1926 Tan Chin Tuan Mansion with its bell-shaped turret.

    Look for Free; private homes — view from the street

    Cairnhill Road, Newton, Singapore

    By Urban Redevelopment Authority, Roots.gov.sg (NHB)

20. 20 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena

    Kwang Kee Teochew Fish Porridge

    A 60-year-old Teochew fish-porridge stall now run by the second generation — fresh-sliced fish in a clean broth, as porridge or soup — MICHELIN Bib Gourmand 2021–2023 and on Seth Lui's Newton best-of (Oct 2024 update).

    #01-20 Newton Food Centre, 500 Clemenceau Avenue North, Singapore 229495

    By Michelin Guide — Bib Gourmand, Seth Lui

21. 21 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena · Hawker & zi char

    XO Minced Meat Noodles (Newton)

    Bak chor mee given a luxe twist with XO sauce — one of the Newton stalls that the local food press point to beyond the tourist seafood row (Daniel Food Diary's 12 Newton stalls; City Nomads' 8-stall guide).

    #01-10 Newton Food Centre, 500 Clemenceau Avenue North, Singapore 229495

    By Daniel Food Diary, City Nomads (Singapore city guide)

22. 22 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena · Malay & nasi Padang

    TKR Satay (Newton)

    Satay since 1998: juicy charcoal-grilled chicken, mutton and pork sticks dunked in chunky peanut sauce, plus prawn satay, BBQ wings and otah — evenings from 4pm; on Eatbook's 15 best Newton stalls and Daniel Food Diary's 12 Newton stalls.

    #01-33 Newton Food Centre, 500 Clemenceau Avenue North, Singapore 229495

    By Eatbook.sg, Daniel Food Diary

23. 23 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena

    Min Jiang (Goodwood Park Hotel)

    Goodwood Park's Sichuan-Cantonese dining room since 1982 — one of Singapore's most respected Chinese restaurants (Frommer's), famous for its wood-fired Beijing duck carved at the table and served in two courses; refurbished in 2020 with Ernesto Bedmar interiors. Reviewed by critic Andy Hayler.

    Goodwood Park Hotel, 22 Scotts Road, Singapore

    By Frommer's, Andy Hayler (restaurant critic)

24. 24 Worth the detour within Newton & Novena

    Shang Palace (Shangri-La Singapore)

    Singapore's oldest hotel-run Chinese restaurant, opened with the Shangri-La in 1971 in Newton's Orange Grove: a Chinese-garden dining room serving an extensive menu of old-time Cantonese classics hard to find elsewhere — featured by the MICHELIN Guide among its business-lunch picks; the dim sum menu is the affordable way in (Ordinary Patrons, 2024).

    Shangri-La Singapore, Orange Grove Road, Singapore 258350

    By Michelin Editorial, Ordinary Patrons

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