Singapore is full of delightful cafes and restaurants offering a range of benefits that make them worthwhile dining destinations. Particularly, there is always new cafes and restaurants popping up around the city. These establishments offer diverse cuisine in a vibrant setting, perfect for relaxed gatherings with friends or family. Here are 16 of the best new cafes and restaurants to try in Singapore this March 2025.
1. Casa Cicheti
Singapore’s Tiong Bahru is home to a charming new Italian trattoria named Casa Cicheti. Concepted by the Cicheti Group, the rustic restaurant is located in a pre-war flat offering a homely vibe mixed with old-world charm and modern vibrancy. Menu highlights include handmade pastas, delicious pizzas, desserts like tiramisu and pistachio slava cake, to name a few. Meanwhile, there are more than 80 curated wine selections. Certainly, the perfect new restaurant for family night or group dinners.
📍78 Guan Chuan St, #01-41, Singapore 160078
2. Cavern Restaurant
Singapore’s first and only cave restaurant, inspired by the UNESCO Mulu Caves in Sarawak, opens on March 12. Cavern Restaurant is a 150-seater eatery located within Rainforest Wild Asia. Diners can enjoy Michelin-like western meals in a striking man-made cave featuring crystalline lights and earthly tones. Learn more.
📍20 Mandai Lake Road, #02-32 Rainforest Wild ASIA, Singapore 729825
3. Average Service
Average Service is a new cafe, founded by Jerls Su, in Jalan Besar. The cafe offers a unique blend of artisanal coffee, tea-based cocktails, inventive dishes like Thick Slab Bacon and Mentai Handkerchief Pasta, among others. Particularly, the space is thoughtfully designed with features like a sunken conversation pit and open kitchen bar seating. Definitely, the perfect communal space for vibrant discussions. Plus, the venue hosts workshops.
📍315 Jln Besar, Singapore 208973
4. Borderless Coffee
Why not try out a top-quality coffee from the new chic cafe Borderless Coffee? The venue sources speciality green coffee from Curate Coffee Roasters. Meanwhile, there are a number of nutty and sweet white coffees with notes of orange, chocolate, black coffee, plum flavours, and more. Certainly, a wonderful new coffee spot to try!
📍65 Tg Pagar Rd, Singapore 088486
5. Lo Hey HK Seafood
Lo Key HK Seafood, located on the third floor of One Holland Village, offers a unique dining experience inspired by the golden age of Hong Kong cinema. The restaurant combines retro decor with neon lights, jade tiles, and movie posters, alongside fresh Hong Kong-style seafood and Cantonese dishes. Plus, there are private dining rooms and a pet-friendly alfresco dining terrace. Definitely, one of the best new restaurants in Singapore.
📍One Holland Village, 7 Holland Vlg Wy, #03-22/23/24, Singapore 275748
6. Latido
This new Colombian restaurant, located in Tanjong Pagar, is helmed by Bogotá-born Chef Fernando Arévalo. Indulge on vibrant Colombian cuisine, blended with traditional flavours, modern touches, and Singaporean influences. The adventurous menu features standout dishes like grilled chicken hearts with red wine-egg yolk sauce, braised rabbit wraps, luxurious lobster soup, desserts like sweet corn cake, and other unique options. Pair it with Colombian wines for some extra pleasure!
📍40 Tras St, Singapore 078979
New opening before March 2025:
7. 2050 Coffee
A new futuristic cafe from Japan’s Kyoto opened its first international outlet in Singapore. 2050 Coffee features a sleek, industrial-inspired interior with concrete tones and automated beverage taps. The cafe serves cold brew coffees, matcha lattes, and other drinks directly from taps, as well as espresso-based beverages made with advanced coffee machines. Definitely, a unique experience for coffee enthusiasts.
📍267 Beach Rd, #01-01, Singapore 199545
8. Cheeky Cuppas
Looking for a takeaway coffee? This cosy cafe has quickly gained attention for its handmade drinks and unique offerings. Standout items include the rich matcha latte made with premium Japanese matcha powder named Chaspanner, as well as a smooth long black Einspanner, as well as delicious savoury sandwiches, and kaya toast, to name a few things.
📍24 Sin Ming Road #01-47A, Singapore
9. Camp Caribbean
Singapore’s only Caribbean restaurant has opened in the pet-friendly Gourmet Park. Helmed by a Jamaican-born chef, the restaurant offers a vibrant menu, inspired by traditional recipes from the Caribbean islands. Menu highlights include jerk chicken, jerk BBQ pork ribs, marinated stingray, curried goat, chocolate bread pudding, and other grilled bites. Meanwhile, the Jam Rock Platter with a feast of meats and sides like rice and oxtail with spinners are popular choices.
📍66 Kampong Bugis, Gourmet Park, Singapore 338987
10. Otter & Peddles
This new Japanese cafe in Novena offers a zen-like atmosphere, with Japanese garden-inspired designs and interiors. Indulge on Japanese-style brunch dishes with modern twists, from udon to sandos, as well as Dutch souffle pancakes, donburi, and more. Menu highlights include Beef Patty Loco Moco, comforting bowls of rice with pork belly, Pistachio Souffle Pancakes, as well as unique drinks like Coffee Miso Caramel Latte.
📍8, Sinaran drive #01-05/07, Outside of Oasia Hotel, First floor corner unit, Singapore
11. Tonshou
Tonshou is a popular new restaurant born in Busan in South Korea. The famous tonkatsu restaurant has opened its first international outlet in Singapore. Known for its unique four-step cooking process, Tonshou specialises in charcoal-grilled pork cutlets that are tender, flavourful, and smoky. Menu highlights include Rosu Katsu and Hire Katsu, as well as Shrimp Tempura sandwiches, Chilled Corn Soup, and more. The small restaurant accommodates 19 diners at once which adds to the intimate setting.
📍51 Tras St, Singapore 078990
12. Korio
Korio, the beloved sandwich and doughnut shop, has reopened with a permanent location at IOI Central Boulevard Towers in the Central Business District in Singapore. The venue offers a dine-in seating zone with an expanded menu featuring signature items such as Grilled Cheese Sandwich and Brooklyn-inspired Brioche Doughnuts. Learn more.
📍#01-11 in IOI Central Boulevard Towers, 2 Central Blvd, Singapore
13. Magpie
This new restaurant in Tiong Bahru is currently in its soft launch phase. Helmed by Kurt Wagner, who is known for introducing Singapore to the best African food, promises innovative dining with experimental and borderless soul food. Diners can expect a vintage-style decor, New Zealand beers, craft cocktails, and more.
📍57 Eng Hoon St, #01-88, Singapore 160057
14. Kaya at The Standard
The Standard’s new restaurant Kaya offers contemporary Japanese izakaya with bold flavours, in a botanical-style setting with floor-to-ceiling windows, on the second floor of the hotel. This stylish restaurant is the perfect place to enjoy Japanese-inspired flavours and innovative cocktails from the Kaya Bar. Menu highlights include playful creations like Drowning Beef, Finding Miso, dessert such as Sweet Potato Mont Blanc, to name a few.
📍12 Orange Grove Rd, #02-00, Singapore
15. Mizue Cafe & Wine Bar
This new cafe and wine bar, along the popular Club Street, offers a unique dual-concept experience with a Japanese-inspired ambiance. By day, it operates as a lovely cafe serving artisanal coffees and brunches in a minimalist space. Meanwhile, at night it transforms into a moody wine bar with curated wines, sakes, and inventive dishes combining Italian flavours with Japanese techniques. Definitely, one of the best new wine bars in Singapore.
📍87 Club Street, Singapore 069455
16. Carlitos
Be transported to the streets of Madrid and Barcelona at this new Spanish restaurant along Joo Chiat Road. The affordable tapas eatery, co-founded by Esquina’s Chef Carlos Montobbio and La Bottega’s Antonio Miscellaneo, offers more than 30 types of tapas from all across Spain. From Spanish Octopus to Tortilla, Patatas Bravas, Galician Beer, and more…you’ll be spoilt for choice in a relaxed setting. Certainly, one of the best new restaurants in Singapore.
📍350 Joo Chiat Rd, Singapore
SEE MORE: The Best Things To Do This Weekend In Singapore