Singapore is nicknamed the green city of the world – so we know we aren’t short of botanical eateries to tick off in Singapore. From green cafes with floral-inspired settings, to nature-inspired restaurants, and more…you’ll be spoilt for choice. We’ve discover the top garden-themed restaurants and cafes in the city, providing beautiful backdrops, lush greenery, and a calming ambience. Here’s 28 of the best botanical eateries in Singapore.
Nature-inspired dining Singapore
1. Slow Bakes
This secret waterfront bakery café in Yishun is the perfect place to enjoy delicious food and relax amongst nature. With a view of Yishun Pond, customers can enjoy affordable dishes, from famous kaya toast, to big breakfasts, a selection of sourdoughs with homemade kopi, and more – all against the backdrop of nature. Plus, they offer gluten-free and vegan items so nobody will feel left out.
📍30A Yishun Central 1, Singapore 768796
2. Surrey Hills Grocer @ VivoCity
The new VivoCity outlet of Surrey Hills Grocer will make you feel as if you’re dining in the Australian rainforest. The pet-friendly restaurant serves authentic food and brunches, in a lush forest-like setting with animatronics decorations, and an ability to sit 130 people at once. Get the full details.
📍1 HarbourFront Walk, #03-02 VivoCity, Singapore 098585
3. Cafe Kreams
One of the most unique cafes in Singapore, Cafe Kreams, offers a distinctive autumn-themed dining experience. The popular Korean cafe is adorned with vibrant autumn leaves, tree trunks, and fairy lights to create a cosy, picturesque atmosphere. The menu features Korean-style dishes, authentic desserts, pizzas, and specialty beverages.
📍32 Maxwell Rd, #01-07 Maxwell Chambers, Singapore 069115
4. Air CCCC
A new restaurant at Dempsey Hill has gained international fame recently from being named on Time Magazine’s World’s Greatest Places 2024 list. Air CCCC is a unique venue combining a restaurant, cooking school, and garden, offering a sustainable dining experience in a nature-inspired setting. Learn more about Air.
📍25B Dempsey Road, Singapore 249670
5. Arbora Hilltop Garden & Bistro
Escape to this tranquil hilltop at Mount Faber Peak which is one of the best alfresco terraces. Certainly, you’ll love the delightful Asian bites while taking in majestic views. Pair your meal with botanical-inspired drinks which make the perfect insta-worthy moment above the city. Wonderfully, it is child-friendly too.
📍 109 Mount Faber Rd, Faber Peak, Singapore 099203
6. Wheeler’s Tropicana
Wheeler’s Tropicana is a hidden tropical cafe located in Gillman Barracks. Dine in a charming outdoor oasis with a feast of delicious Australasian cuisine. Guests will feel as if they are on a tropical island dining beside a lush dipping pool, rustic and bamboo features, paired with tropical cocktails. Plus, it’s one of the best new brunch places in Singapore so you know you’ll be treated to the good stuff.
📍9A Lock Rd, Singapore 108926
7. Eden Restaurant
This botanical restaurant is located inside Pullman Singapore Orchard. Housed in a green-filled glasshouse, the eatery offers an immersive experience through the best Asian delicacies refined with modern interpretations. From Satay Lamb Rack, to Tuna Ceviche, Papaya Salad from Thailand, seafood options, and other gastronomic delights…you’ll be in your element. It’s the perfect date restaurant if you ask us!
📍Level 4, Pullman Singapore Orchard, 270 Orchard Rd, Singapore 238857
8. Canopy Café
This pet-friendly café at Changi City Point is the third outlet by the Canopy Garden brand. It features an all-day dining experience, surrounded by nature in a unique garden-themed space. Dine inside the restaurant or on the alfresco wooden terrace…the choice is yours.
📍5 Changi Business Park Central 1, #01-70/71 Changi City Point, Singapore 486038
9. Bee’s Knees
First opened in 2017, this pet-friendly garden café has become a hotspot for dog owners. Situated in one of the best parks, the Botanic Gardens, it’s the perfect place to indulge on all your favourite foods in the sunshine. Relax to soothing tunes, opt for a delightful picnic on the lawn, or tuck into wholesome pastas, pizzas, breakfasts, and more no matter the time of day.
📍Botanico at The Garage, Cluny Park Rd, Level 1 The Garage, 50, Singapore 257488
10. Open Farm Community
This well-known Open Farm Community restaurant is situated on Singapore’s first urban farm. Step into a green-filled garden setting, and enjoy sustainable meals from an open-concept kitchen, against a beautiful backdrop. After all, it’s one of the most instagrammable cafes in Singapore. If you sit inside, avail of the natural light and capture wonderful moments at wooden tables, with lush green plants hanging above. Alternatively, the exterior provides a jungle-like setting to chill in. Definitely, one of the best botanical restaurants in Singapore.
📍 130E Minden Rd, Singapore 248819
11. Surrey Hills Grocer @ ION Orchard
This dreamy botanical glasshouse café is located at Level 5 of ION Orchard. Surrey Hills Grocer just opened at the end of 2022, and it’s exhibits an authentic grocery store, bakery and florist. Relax in a green-inspired space, on cosy green couches, surrounded by rustic furnishing and hanging plants. Read further about Surrey Hills here.
📍 2 Orchard Turn, #05-02, Singapore 237973
12. You Are My Sunshine
As the largest beauty and lifestyle mecca in Singapore, it comes as no surprise the space boasts a gorgeous nature café to feel pretty at after getting your hair done. Menu highlights include Korean Fried Chicken, Salmon Truffle Pastas, Kroffles and Ice Cream, pizzas…the list is endless. Add a green juice to feel totally zen!
📍391B Orchard Road, #05, #05A Ngee Ann City, Singapore 238874
13. Jungle
This vibrant new bar and restaurant in Singapore, inspired by Bangkok’s nightlife, evokes a sense of being in a lush jungle setting against the backdrop of funky music. Jungle serves unique Thai dishes such as handmade curries, Southern-style charcoal grilled chicken, desserts like Grilled Banana Cake, and much more.
📍10 Ann Siang Hill, Singapore
14. Dusit Thani Laguna Greenhouse
Step into this picturesque forest-themed restaurant, for the ultimate meal, in a greenhouse setting. Savour all-day, authentic dishes form different cultures. Think the likes of Japanese delights, traditional Indian and Cantonese dishes, mouthwatering Mediterranean pizzas, and much more from five show kitchens. Be sure to swing by the nature-themed bar in the complex for a drink when you’re done.
📍11 Laguna Golf Green, Singapore 488047
15. Walking On Sunshine
Another award-winning hair salon and nature cafe brought to you by the folks behind You Are My Sunshine. Immerse yourself in nature away from the bustling city while getting a makeover and indulging on an array of Korean and Western fusion dishes. Equally, there’s plenty of instagrammable corners to pose at.
📍181 Orchard Rd, #03-07 Orchard Central, Singapore 238896
16. Q Classified
This gorgeous pink café decked in florals offers an instagrammable fairytale affair. Read all about it here. Definitely, one of the best pink nature cafes in Singapore.
📍 391 Orchard Road #03-15 Takashimaya Shopping Centre, Singapore 238872
17. Knots Café And Living
This garden-inspired café combines the sale of food, flower and furniture all in one place. Decked out in plants and sustainable pieces, feel at home while devouring soul-satisfying meals that nourish the body. Certainly, you can unwind peacefully here. Definitely, one of the best botanical eateries in the city.
📍Two Locations
18. Lucky Saigon Café
Escape the bustling city to dine at this green garden oasis. Cross a charming wooden bridge over a river, surrounded by an array of plants to reach this outdoor cheap dining spot. They serve a range of the best Vietnamese delights that will send your taste buds to heaven. Indeed, one of the best botanical eateries in Singapore.
📍356 Tanglin Rd, Singapore 247674
19. Le Jardin
As one of the most instagrammable cafes in Singapore, you’ll be treated to something special at this French and European-inspired eatery. Indeed, capture wonderful shots alongside nature. Additionally, this café is one of our favourite alfresco dining and pet-friendly places.
📍 5 Cox Terrace, Level 2, Fort Canning Arts Centre, Singapore 179620
20. Wildseed Café
These two nature-themed restaurants are an excellent place for a date with your pet. Each café is nestled among blooms but offers two diverse experiences. For example, the Alkaff Mansion branch has a stunning outdoor pet-friendly greenhouse to dine in while there’s an opportunity to eat dinner in a dome at Summerhouse.
📍 The Summerhouse, 3 Park Lane, Singapore 798387
📍 The Alkaff Mansion, 10 Telok Blangah Green, Singapore 109178
21. Botanico @ The Garage
This branch presents two different botanical-themed concepts. Botanico is one of the best romantic dining eateries in Singapore, with a lovely alfresco area lit up with fairy lights at night. Meanwhile, we already mentioned Bee’s Knees above.
📍 50 Cluny Park Rd, Level 2 Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore 257488
22. Under Der Linden
Indulge on European food off-the-beaten-track at this iconic floral café. Wonderfully, you’ll be treated to the greatest botanical affair with plenty of photo ops. Read all about it here.
📍5B Portsdown Rd, Singapore 139311
23. Garden at One Ninety
This lush botanical dining spot is found in the exquisite Four Seasons Hotel. Nestled in a sophisticated sheltered terrace, expect wellness focused meals with a plant-based selection, brunches, botanical-inspired afternoon teas and craft cocktails, to name a few. Certainly, one of the best nature-themed cafes in Singapore.
📍190 Orchard Blvd, Singapore 248646
24. Hortus
On the second floor of Flower Dome, this Mediterranean restaurant is wowing Singaporeans. Indulge on vibrant salads, shared platters, cakes and more surrounded by Gardens By The Bay. It doesn’t get much more botanical than that. Additionally, check out Marquerite occupying the former Pollen on the ground floor. Definitely, one of the best places for Mediterranean food.
📍18 Marina Gardens Dr, #01-09 Level 2 Flower Dome, Singapore 018953
25. PRAIRIE by Craftsmen
Spend a morning hidden among greenery at this breezy glasshouse café in Singapore. Definity, one of the top botanical-themed eateries in Singapore and you’ll feel zen after a hearty coffee.
📍 501 Bukit Timah Rd, #01-05C Cluny Court, Singapore 259760
26. Au Balcon
Enjoy a weekend brunch or dinner at this beautiful countryside restaurant by The Summerhouse. Au Balcon, translates to ‘on the balcony’, and offers visitors a French and European-style meal, overlooking a picturesque garden resembling Europe. It’s the perfect place to connect with nature and have lunch with a group. Definitely, one of the best botanical eateries in the city.
📍3 Park Ln, Level 2, Singapore 798387
27. The Secret Garden
Enjoy a delicious selection of Halal French-inspired cuisine, and Parisian high teas, in a botanical-themed brasserie in Kampong Gelam. From drooling bakery items to crowd-pleasing soups and steak chips…it’s the perfect place for casual dining surrounded by nature. Definitely, one of the best botanical eateries in Singapore.
📍19 Baghdad St, Singapore 199658
28. The Halia
Another phenomenal romantic restaurant located at the Singapore Botanical Gardens. Unwind in a tranquil setting among lush greenery while diving into vegetarian dishes. Certainly, a fantastic place to strike up intimate conversations. Definitely, one of the best botanical eateries in Singapore.
📍1 Cluny Rd, Ginger Garden Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore 259569