EVENTFUL GUIDES · TAMPINES MALL
What to eat at Tampines Mall
- Address
- 4 Tampines Central 5, Singapore 529510
- Mall hours
- 10am to 10pm daily
- Nearest station
- Tampines Central
- In this guide
- 15 places, every unit number checked
Tampines Mall opened in 1995 and is the original of the three malls that now sit shoulder to shoulder in Tampines Central. It is the everyday one: supermarket, cinema, food court, and a basement full of kiosks that the whole east side runs on.
Basement 1 is the eating floor and it is almost entirely kiosks, which is why it is fast and cheap. Level 4 is the sit down cluster next to the food court. Unit numbers on everything below.
In this guide
The list, floor by floor
1. Seorae Jib / Pocha! Korean Street Dining
A dual concept in the basement: Korean barbecue on one side, street food and pocha snacks on the other. Good for a group that wants to graze.
2. Legendary Hong Kong
Hong Kong cafe food in the basement. Roast meats, milk tea, claypot rice, and it goes on late enough to be dinner.
3. Cut Butchery
A butcher in a mall basement, importing to restaurants and selling to you as well. Worth knowing about if you are cooking rather than eating out.
4. Tanjong Rhu Pau
Traditional pau from a name that has been doing it a long time. Cheap, filling, and good for the bus home.
5. Ging Sun Ho King of Bun
Shanghainese buns and dumplings from a basement kiosk. Sheng jian bao with the crisp bottom, eaten standing up.
6. Lee Wee & Brothers
Nyonya kueh and local snacks, halal certified. The kueh is the thing.
7. Kuan Zhai Alley 宽窄巷子
Sichuan street food across three units on Level 1. Cold dishes, noodles, and a proper mala hit if you order for it.
8. Lola's
Coffee done unfussily, in a mall where most of the coffee comes from a chain. Two units, Level 1 and Level 2.
9. Din Tai Fung
Xiao long bao on Level 2, and the busiest restaurant in the building at weekend lunch. Put your name down and go shopping.
10. PUTIEN
Fujian Heng Hwa cooking, and the best proper meal in the mall. Stir fried yam, fried bee hoon, and it holds up against the town outlets.
11. Seoul Garden
Korean barbecue and steamboat buffet, halal certified, on Level 4. The birthday dinner default in this part of the island.
12. IM QALB by Pun Im
Thai Malay, and one of the more interesting kitchens in the mall rather than another chain. Level 4.
13. Wingstop
Wings by flavour, halal certified. Their own listing has the chain at over 2,000 locations, and it tastes the same in all of them, which is the point.
14. Kopitiam
The Level 4 food court, and where most of the mall actually eats. Local hawker stalls at hawker prices.
15. So Pho
Vietnamese pho, halal certified. Light, quick, and the option when everyone else is having something heavy.
Quick answers
How do I get to Tampines Mall?
It sits at 4 Tampines Central 5, a short covered walk from Tampines MRT and the bus interchange. Bus services listed by the mall include 3, 4, 8, 10, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37, 38, 39, 46, 65, 67, 69, 72, 81, 168, 291, 292, 293, 553 and 969.
What time does Tampines Mall open and close?
The mall runs 10am to 10pm daily. The Level 4 restaurants next to the cinema generally serve later than the basement kiosks.
Where is the cheapest food at Tampines Mall?
Basement 1, which is almost entirely kiosks: pau, kueh, sushi, fried chicken, bakeries. Kopitiam on Level 4 is the food court if you want to sit down with a tray.
Is there halal food at Tampines Mall?
Yes. Seoul Garden, So Pho, Wingstop, PastaMania, Swensen's, Nando's, KFC, Lee Wee & Brothers, Ritz Apple Strudel, Polar Puffs & Cakes, Famous Amos, Dough Culture, LiHO and Stuff'd are all flagged halal certified in the mall's own directory.
What is the difference between Tampines Mall, Century Square and Tampines 1?
They are three separate malls within a few minutes of each other in Tampines Central. Tampines Mall is the oldest, opened in 1995, and is the everyday one with the supermarket, cinema and food court. People walk between all three in one trip.
Is there a supermarket at Tampines Mall?
Yes, NTUC FairPrice is one of the mall's anchor tenants, alongside Golden Village and Kopitiam.