Late-Night Food in Singapore: Where to Eat Supper, by Craving

Singapore does not really stop eating. It just changes gear. After dinner, the city moves on to supper: a plate of satay at midnight, dim sum at 2am, prata when the clubs let out. Locals call it supper, never a midnight snack, and for many families it is as fixed a meal as lunch.

This guide is organised by craving, so you can decide what you want first and then find out where it is still being cooked. If you have never been to a hawker centre, read our first-timer's guide to hawker centres before you go out. The rules are the same at 1am, just with fewer people.

One warning before we start. Late-night hours are the most changeable thing in Singapore food. Stalls cut hours, take unannounced days off and close early when they sell out. Every time below was checked against 2025–2026 sources, but treat them as a guide and check Google Maps or the venue's social media on the day.

Satay under the stars: Lau Pa Sat Satay Street

If you only do one supper in Singapore, make it this. Next to Lau Pa Sat, the Victorian cast-iron market in the CBD, Boon Tat Street closes to traffic in the evening and the satay carts wheel out their grills. The smoke rises between office towers, and you eat satay at folding tables in the middle of the road.

• Where: Boon Tat Street, beside Lau Pa Sat, 18 Raffles Quay
• When: Satay Street runs from about 7pm to 3am on weekdays and from about 3pm to 3am on weekends, according to Lau Pa Sat's own site. The main market building is listed as open 24 hours, though individual stalls inside keep their own hours.
• Getting there: Downtown, Telok Ayer and Raffles Place MRT stations are all a short walk away.

Tip: The carts are numbered, and each one is a separate business. Order your sticks (chicken and mutton are the classics, ten is a sensible start for two), add ketupat rice cakes, and tell them where you are sitting. Then order drinks separately. If you want to walk the CBD by day and finish here, follow our CBD day trail.

A note for anyone using an older guide: Satay by the Bay at Gardens by the Bay closed on 30 September 2026. Do not plan a night around it.

Dim sum till late: Swee Choon

Swee Choon has been feeding Jalan Besar since the 1960s, and it is the place most Singaporeans think of first for late dim sum. Expect steamed baskets, crisp fried snacks and a room that gets busier the later it gets.

• Where: 191 Jalan Besar (the restaurant spreads across several neighbouring shophouses)
• When: From January 2026, the Jalan Besar flagship opens daily, ending a Tuesday closing day it had kept for decades. Hours are about 7am to 2am Sunday to Thursday, and about 7am to 4am on Fridays, Saturdays and the eves of public holidays. Last orders are around 30 minutes before closing.

Tip: There is often a queue after 11pm on weekends. If you land late, Swee Choon Express in the Terminal 2 arrival hall at Changi Airport is listed as open 24 hours, which makes it a very good first meal in Singapore.

For something more raucous, 126 Dim Sum Wen Dao Shi at 126 Sims Avenue in Geylang was reported in 2025 to stay open into the early morning on weekdays (until about 5.30am Monday to Thursday) and round the clock on weekends. Its Friday hours are shorter, so check before you go.

24-hour prata and murtabak

Roti prata is the great equaliser of Singapore supper: crisp, flaky and cheap, eaten at 3am by students, taxi drivers and people in evening dress. Its heavier cousin, murtabak, is a prata folded around spiced minced meat, egg and onion. If the menu looks confusing, our prata decoder and our guide on how to order roti prata will help.

• Springleaf Prata Place (NEWest): 1 West Coast Drive, #01-108/109. This is the outlet listed as open 24 hours in 2026. Note that the other Springleaf branches close between about 9pm and midnight, so make sure you are heading to the right one.
• Al-Azhar: 11 Cheong Chin Nam Road, near Beauty World in Bukit Timah. A long-running Indian Muslim restaurant for prata, murtabak and teh tarik. A 2026 listing gives its hours as 7am to 3am daily; some older listings still say 24 hours, so do not count on it after 3am. Its Geylang Road branch (970 Geylang Road) is listed as open 24 hours.

Tip: Order plain prata first to judge the kitchen, then egg. Wash it down with teh tarik. Al-Azhar is Muslim-owned; if certification matters to you, ask to see the MUIS certificate, and see our halal hawker guide.

Bak kut teh at midnight

Bak kut teh is pork rib soup, and the Singapore Teochew style is clear, peppery and garlicky, with refills of soup poured at the table. It is a classic hangover cure and an even better cure for a cold night after rain.

• Ya Hua Bak Kut Teh: 7 Keppel Road, #01-05/07, PSA Tanjong Pagar Complex. A peppery Teochew-style specialist, still trading in 2025, and long known as one of the bak kut teh shops that serve past midnight.

Tip: Ya Hua's late hours have changed over the years and we could not confirm its current closing time from a 2025–2026 source. Many bak kut teh shops also close one day a week, often Monday. Check before you make the trip, and order you tiao (fried dough sticks) to dunk in the soup.

Seafood and BBQ stingray: Newton Food Centre and East Coast Lagoon

For the full outdoor seafood experience, go to Newton Food Centre, a short walk from Newton MRT. It is busiest in the evening, and several stalls keep going well after 10pm. Start with BBQ stingray: a wing of ray smothered in sambal, grilled on a banana leaf and finished with lime.

• Guan Kee Grilled Seafood: #01-53. Sambal stingray and grilled seafood, listed in December 2025 as open daily, 11am to midnight. Halal-certified.
• TKR Satay: #01-33. Chicken, mutton and pork satay, listed as open Wednesday to Monday, about 4pm to 12.30am.
• R&B Express: #01-76. BBQ chicken wings, listed as open daily from about 6pm to 3am, which makes it one of the latest stalls in the centre.
• Hup Kee Fried Oyster Omelette: #01-73. Orh luak, listed as open Wednesday to Saturday, about 5.30pm to midnight.

Tip: Newton has a reputation for touts and for prices that are not on the menu. Ask the price of seafood before you order, especially anything sold by weight. If you want chilli crab here, go early: the crab specialists listed by Eatbook close around 10.30pm. Syed Ishak at #01-52 is a drinks stall listed as open until about 2am on weekdays and 3am at weekends.

East Coast Lagoon Food Village on East Coast Park is the beachside alternative, with stingray, satay and BBQ wings in the sea breeze. It is an evening place rather than a 3am place: most stalls we found wind down between about 9pm and midnight, and several close one or two days a week. Go for a late dinner after a cycle along the coast.

Geylang: frog porridge and the supper district

Geylang Road and its numbered side lanes (lorongs) are Singapore's busiest supper strip. Some shophouses run to 3 or 4am; others close at 1am.

• Eminent Frog Porridge: 323 Geylang Road. Claypot frog in a dark, sticky chilli sauce with plain Cantonese porridge on the side. Listed in 2025 as open from 4pm to about 3.30am Sunday to Thursday and until about 4am on Fridays and Saturdays.
• JB Ah Meng: 534 Geylang Road (Lorong 30). A popular zi char (cooked-to-order) shop. Listings give its closing time as somewhere between about 2am and 3am.

Tip: Geylang is safe to eat in, but it is also a red-light district. Stick to the main road and the restaurants, and go in a group if you can.

Late-night hawker centres

Most hawker centres keep roughly 6am to 10pm hours, and many dinner stalls pack up before that. The big tourist names, Old Airport Road Food Centre and Adam Road Food Centre included, are best treated as dinner destinations: arrive by about 8pm and you will see them at their best. For real supper you need the exceptions.

• Lau Pa Sat: the building is listed as open 24 hours, and Satay Street runs until about 3am.
• Newton Food Centre: a handful of stalls trade until midnight and beyond (see above).
• [Bedok 85 Fengshan](/hawker/bedok-85-fengshan-market): the East's classic supper centre, best known for bak chor mee that runs past midnight. Chai Chee Pork Porridge at #01-23 serves silky Cantonese congee from 4pm to midnight, Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mondays).

Tip: Late at night, fewer stalls means more choice of tables but less choice of food. Walk the whole centre before ordering, and follow our hawker etiquette guide: return your tray, and do not chope a table with anything valuable.

Supper desserts

Singaporeans finish late nights with something sweet, and there are dessert shops built for exactly that.

• Tian Wang Desserts: 50 Keong Saik Road, Chinatown. Traditional Chinese desserts such as mango pomelo sago. Listed in October 2025 as open until about 2am Monday to Saturday and until about 1am on Sunday.
• Gong He Guan: 217 Geylang Road. Yam paste, sesame paste and other Cantonese tong sui. The Geylang Road shop is listed as open daily until about 2am; its other outlets close earlier.
• Dessert First: 8 Liang Seah Street, #01-04, near Bugis. Sesame paste with glutinous rice balls, ginkgo barley. Listed as open until about midnight Sunday to Thursday and 1am on Fridays and Saturdays.
• Wan Wan Thai Cafe: 127A Bencoolen Street. Thai bingsu and drinks, listed as open until about 3am daily.

Tip: If you prefer a hawker-style finish, look for an ice kachang stall at Newton before about 10pm.

• Check hours on the day. Every time above is a hedged guide. Stalls close when they sell out, and hours shift after festive periods.
• Mind the last train. MRT services generally end around midnight. After that, you will need a taxi or a ride-hailing app such as Grab or Gojek, and late-night surcharges apply.
• Bring cash and a card. Many stalls take PayNow and cards now, but not all. Small notes are always welcome.
• Order drinks separately. Kopi and teh come from the drinks stall, not the food stall. Our kopi decoder explains the codes.
• Expect it to be warm. Supper means outdoor tables, fans rather than air-conditioning and the occasional downpour. Dress for it.
• Lost? Use our near me page to find hawker food close to where you are staying.

If you would rather someone else handle the ordering, the "Singapore: Guided Street Food Tour at Night with 9 tastings" by Monster Day Tours on GetYourGuide is built for a first evening. It starts at Clarke Quay MRT (Exit E), works through nine tastings with a local guide over about 3.5 hours, and finishes at Lau Pa Sat, right next to Satay Street, with groups capped at 12. It is rated 4.6 out of 5 from more than 520 reviews (October 2026) and costs from about US$85 per person, though prices change (affiliate link: we may earn a small commission).

For daytime tours, private guides and other formats, see our guide to the best Singapore food tours.