Buona Vista Market

About

A neighbourhood market near Holland Village loved by students, expats and families for affordable, quality hawker food.

📖 The Story

Buona Vista sits in one of Singapore's most unlikely food pockets — tucked between the polished cafes of Holland Village and the sprawling research campuses of one-north. The market serves a community that is part old-guard neighbourhood, part international academic, and entirely unpretentious. Students from INSEAD and NUS eat alongside the retirees who have lived in the surrounding flats since the 1970s. The prices reflect none of the Holland Village premium that exists just minutes away. That is the entire point.

✨ Vibe: Holland Village's sensible, delicious secret

Local Quote

Heritage Timeline

Legendary Stalls

• Buona Vista Prawn Noodles

  Prawn Noodles

  Rich, deeply reduced prawn broth that takes hours to build. The shells are cracked and simmered until the stock turns a deep amber. A bowl that professors and cleaners queue for with equal patience.

• Holland Drive Wanton Mee

  Wanton Mee

  Springy egg noodles tossed in a char siew sauce with crispy lard. The wantons are hand-folded and thin-skinned. A breakfast that has been starting the neighbourhood's mornings for thirty years.

• Buona Vista Kaya Toast & Kopi

  Kaya Toast Set

  Old-school kopitiam coffee from a sock filter, kaya toast with cold butter, soft-boiled eggs with white pepper and dark soy. The most Singaporean breakfast there is, done without theatrics.

Must Try Dishes

• Prawn Noodles
• Wanton Mee
• Nasi Lemak
• Kopi

This Place Is Perfect For

• Students
• Expats
• Families
• Pre-Holland Village stop