Singapore's brunch culture spans Aussie-style all-day cafes, Tiong Bahru patisseries, and Dempsey-tier weekend destinations. We rounded up 8 brunch spots that consistently deliver: Wild Honey (Mandarin Gallery), Common Man Coffee Roasters (Martin Rd), PS.Cafe (Harding Road Dempsey + Palais Renaissance), Tiong Bahru Bakery (Eng Hoon St), Carrotsticks & Cravings (Robertson Quay), Sarnies (Telok Ayer), Symmetry (Jln Kubor), and Atlas Coffeehouse (Bukit Timah). Price spread S$12-$36/pax, though only two of the eight quote prices you actually pay — most are before 10% service charge and GST. Best for: weekend family brunch, work-from-cafe productive mornings, dating without dinner-rate commitment.
Singapore's brunch map moved this month: PS.Cafe shut its Dempsey flagship for renovation on 23 August, Sarnies quietly collapsed its week into one set of hours, and Symmetry took the French toast it was famous for off the menu.
> Quick view: cheapest is Tiong Bahru Bakery at roughly S$12-22 all-in; the mid-tier cafes sit at S$14-30 before service charge and GST, and Symmetry tops the list at S$27-36++. Five of the eight take no online booking at all. Every price below was read off the venue's own menu in August 2026.
What brunch in Singapore actually costs in 2026
The menu number is not the bill. Six of these eight print prices before 10% service charge and GST, which adds close to 19% — a S$30 plate arrives as S$36. Only two quote what you pay: Atlas Coffeehouse's ordering menu is GST-inclusive, and Carrotsticks adds GST but charges no service.
| Spot | Menu band | What it means |
|---|
| Tiong Bahru Bakery | S$4.20 croissant, S$9.50-14 sandwiches | Coffee and a croissant ~S$12; sandwich and coffee ~S$21 |
| Atlas Coffeehouse | S$14.17-26.70 | Already includes 9% GST — the most predictable bill here |
| Carrotsticks & Cravings | S$14-26 | Plus GST only, no service charge; add-ons are +S$6 each |
| Sarnies | S$14-30 | Plus service + GST; the S$18.50 avo toast bills at ~S$22 |
| PS.Cafe brunch card | S$14-30 | Plus service + GST; the all-day menu from 11am is the expensive one (S$29-52) |
| Common Man | S$18-36 | Plus service + GST; full breakfast and a flat white lands near S$44 |
| Wild Honey | S$20-48 | Plus service + GST; most breakfasts S$24-32 |
| Symmetry | S$27-36 | Plus service + GST; no dish under S$27 on the brunch card |
A two-person weekend brunch with drinks realistically lands at S$45 at the bakery end and S$85-95 at Wild Honey, Common Man or Symmetry.
The SG brunch landscape, briefly
Australian-trained anchor cafes (top tier): Common Man Coffee Roasters, Sarnies, Atlas Coffeehouse, Symmetry — all founded by or led by Aussie-trained baristas and chefs.
Patisserie + counter food: Tiong Bahru Bakery — the destination for croissants and Kouign Amann. It does not run a benedict-and-avo-toast kitchen; the savoury range is croque monsieur, quiche, sandwiches and salads.
International breakfast specialists: Wild Honey — multi-cuisine breakfast formats served all day, from the English to the Tunisian to the Tokyo.
Premium occasion cafes: PS.Cafe — the most-booked weekend brunch brand in SG, though its Dempsey flagship is dark for renovation.
Healthy brunch: Carrotsticks & Cravings — bowls, smoothies and plant-forward plates without being preachy.
The 8 picks at a glance
| Rank | Spot | Price/pax (basis) | Best for |
|---|
| 1 | Wild Honey | S$24-32 ++ | International breakfasts all day |
| 2 | Common Man Coffee Roasters | S$18-36 ++ | Specialty coffee + work-from-cafe |
| 3 | PS.Cafe | S$14-30 ++ (brunch card) | Iconic SG setting + 1-for-1 spritz |
| 4 | Tiong Bahru Bakery | S$12-22 all-in | Croissants + heritage walk |
| 5 | Carrotsticks & Cravings | S$14-26 + GST | Healthy bowls + Singapore River walk |
| 6 | Sarnies | S$14-30 ++ | CBD-adjacent specialty coffee |
| 7 | Symmetry | S$27-36 ++ | Longest-running Aussie kitchen |
| 8 | Atlas Coffeehouse | S$14-27 incl GST | Bright Bukit Timah neighbourhood cafe |
What changed in 2026 — and what closed
The brunch map shifted this year, and most of these changes still haven't reached the listing sites:
- Closed for renovation — PS.Cafe Harding Road (Dempsey), from 23 August 2026 until further notice, per PS.Cafe's own outlet page. No reopening date has been published. This is the single most-booked weekend brunch room in Singapore and every guide still tells you to reserve it three weeks out.
- New — Park Side by PS.Cafe, at the Singapore Botanic Gardens Nassim Gate visitor centre (1 Cluny Road), open daily 8am-9pm with last order at 8pm. It is walk-ins only, no reservations, which is the opposite of what most 2026 guides say, and it runs its own cheaper menu — brunch S$22-28 until 4pm, big plates S$24-28, pizzas S$24-26, and GST with no service charge.
- Closed — PS.Cafe Katong served its final day on 15 March 2026. PS.Cafe now points Katong regulars to East Coast Park. Directory sites still carry a Katong page.
- Hours reset — Sarnies now runs 7.30am-5.30pm seven days a week on its Google Business listing. The late Wed-Sat evenings and the 4pm Sunday close that guides (including this one, until this update) quoted are gone.
- Menu reset — Symmetry dropped the French toast and the smashed avo from its April 2026 brunch card. Nothing on that card is under S$27 now.
- Still walk-in only — Atlas Coffeehouse has kept reservations on hold, and Common Man's Martin Road flagship has never taken them.
Booking reality
Weekend brunch (Sat-Sun 10am-2pm) at any of these fills up, and most of them cannot be booked:
| How you get a table | Spots |
|---|
| No bookings at all — walk-in | Tiong Bahru Bakery, Atlas Coffeehouse, Common Man (Martin Rd + Stanley St), PS.Cafe Park Side |
| Walk-in in practice | Sarnies — its site links an Oddle reservation page that currently lists zero bookable outlets |
| Phone the outlet | Carrotsticks & Cravings — no Chope, no online widget, just the two outlet numbers |
| SevenRooms, 3-5 days ahead | Wild Honey (5 pax and under online only; 6+ by phone or email) |
| Chope, fixed seatings | Symmetry — weekend brunch at 9.30am, 10am, 12pm or 2pm, table held 15 minutes, 1h50m sitting |
| Chope, 14-21 days | PS.Cafe mall and park outlets (Harding Road when it reopens) |
Note that pscafe.com/reservations currently redirects to Park Side's separate website, so start from the outlet page you actually want rather than the generic reservations link.
Weekday brunch (9am-11am) is meaningfully easier at all eight — though Symmetry only opens at 10am from Wednesday to Friday.
Sunday brunch in Singapore — who's open and who closes early
Sunday is the peak brunch day and the day opening hours catch people out. Verified Sunday hours:
| Spot | Sunday hours | Watch out for |
|---|
| Tiong Bahru Bakery (Eng Hoon St) | 8am-8pm | Croissants routinely sell out before 11am |
| Atlas Coffeehouse | 8am-7pm (last orders 6.30pm) | Walk-in only; closed Mondays, not Sundays |
| Wild Honey | 9am-9.30pm (last order 8.30pm) | The only spot here still serving brunch in the evening |
| Common Man (Martin Rd) | 7.30am-6pm | Walk-in only |
| Carrotsticks & Cravings | 7.30am-5pm Robertson Quay, 8am-5pm Telok Ayer | No dinner service |
| Sarnies | 7.30am-5.30pm | Same hours as every other day now — the old 4pm Sunday close is gone |
| Symmetry | 9am-7pm | Its earliest close of the week — Sunday is the one day it does not run late |
| PS.Cafe Park Side | 8am-9pm (last order 8pm) | Walk-in only, and Botanic Gardens parking fills by 9am |
Best Sunday strategy: the 10am-2pm window is the worst of the week everywhere. For the walk-in-only spots, be seated by 9am. For a late Sunday brunch, Wild Honey is the only one on this list still serving into the evening.
Earliest openings if you want breakfast, not brunch
If you want a proper Singapore breakfast rather than a midday brunch, opening time is the deciding factor:
- 7.30am — Common Man (Martin Rd + Stanley St, daily), Carrotsticks & Cravings Robertson Quay (daily), Sarnies (daily), Tiong Bahru Bakery Eng Hoon St (Mon-Fri) and Raffles City (Mon-Fri)
- 8am — Atlas Coffeehouse (Tue-Sun), Carrotsticks & Cravings Telok Ayer (daily), Tiong Bahru Bakery Eng Hoon St (Sat-Sun), PS.Cafe outlets and Park Side (daily)
- 9am — Wild Honey (daily), Symmetry (Mon-Tue and Sat-Sun; 10am Wed-Fri)
For a genuine before-work breakfast, Common Man Stanley Street, Sarnies and Carrotsticks & Cravings Telok Ayer are the three CBD-adjacent options that open at 7.30am within a few minutes of an MRT station.
Coffee depth ranking
For coffee-first patrons:
| Tier | Spots |
|---|
| S (own roastery, serious specialty) | Common Man, Sarnies |
| A (pours a specialty roaster's beans) | Wild Honey (Common Man beans), Atlas Coffeehouse, Carrotsticks (Allpress A.R.T. Espresso Roast) |
| B (good cafe coffee) | Tiong Bahru Bakery, PS.Cafe (its own India/Uganda/Ethiopia house blend) |
| C (coffee is incidental) | Symmetry |
If coffee is the priority, go Common Man or Sarnies. Wild Honey is the surprise — it prints "coffee by Common Man Coffee Roasters" on its own menu, so you get the anchor roaster's beans with the all-day breakfast menu.
Laptop-friendly vs occasion-only
Laptop-friendly (good wifi, sockets, time-tolerant): Common Man, Sarnies, Atlas Coffeehouse (3-hour OK on a quiet weekday).
Laptop-discouraged (no signage but social pressure): PS.Cafe, Symmetry, Tiong Bahru Bakery (small space + fast turnover).
Best laptop-brunch combo: Common Man Tuesday-Thursday 9am-11.30am.
8-week brunch tour
For a couple wanting to do all eight in eight weekends, with a coffee each and service charge and GST included:
- Week 1 Tiong Bahru Bakery — Sat 8am opening (walk-in) + heritage walk — ~S$22/pax
- Week 2 Atlas Coffeehouse — Sat 8am opening (walk-in) + Botanic Gardens / Bukit Timah walk — ~S$25/pax
- Week 3 Sarnies — Tue 7.30am weekday + Telok Ayer — ~S$30/pax
- Week 4 Wild Honey — Sat 11am (SevenRooms, 5 days ahead) + Mandarin Gallery shopping — ~S$44/pax
- Week 5 Symmetry — Sun 10am seating (Chope) + Kampong Glam wander — ~S$40/pax
- Week 6 Common Man Martin Road — Sat 7.30am opening (walk-in) + Fort Canning Park — ~S$44/pax
- Week 7 Carrotsticks & Cravings Robertson Quay — Sun 9.30am (phone ahead) + Singapore River promenade — ~S$26/pax
- Week 8 PS.Cafe — Sat 11am at Park Side (walk-in) or a Chope booking at Palais or Great World — ~S$37/pax
Total: about S$268/pax across eight weekends, or roughly S$34 a head a week. For a couple, ~S$536.
When NOT to brunch out
- Sunday 12pm peak — most spots have 60+ min waits and the kitchen rhythm slips
- Monday closures — Atlas Coffeehouse is closed Mondays; Symmetry and Common Man Joo Chiat, Alexandra and Sentosa all close early on Mondays
- Post-public-holiday Tuesdays — kitchens recover; not the best food
- Heavy rain mornings — outdoor terraces (PS.Cafe, Common Man, Park Side) lose their best seats; pick indoor-only spots that day
Pair with
- Best Cheap Lunch Sets in Singapore Under $15 — for the daily-lunch reality check; Atlas Coffeehouse appears in both lists
- Best Premium Lunch Set Promos in Singapore — for the elevated lunch tier; complements weekend brunch culture
- Father's Day Singapore 2026 — many of these spots are also FD lunch options
*Cover image: Wild Honey's own dish photo, from its official site.*
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