📍 Hawker Centre📸 Tourist Attraction

Lau Pa Sat

Cecil, Singapore

4.5 (0)

Overview

Historic building in Singapore used as a food centre. It sits within Singapore's compact, walkable island, reachable by MRT in well under an hour from almost anywhere in the city.

Why visit: Singapore's real dining rooms — open-air food courts where Michelin-listed stalls sell lunch for a few dollars.

Things to do

›Queue at the stall with the longest line — it's the local verdict
›Try chicken rice, laksa and char kway teow
›Grab a seat first and 'chope' it with a tissue packet
›Finish with kopi or sugarcane juice

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Travel Information

Best time

Year-round; go at 11:30 AM or after 8 PM to miss the office rush

Weather

Equatorial and consistent all year — 25–33°C, humid, with a downpour most afternoons. The wetter northeast monsoon runs November to January; nothing here counts as a cool season.

Entry fee

Free to enter; dishes roughly ₹250 – 600

Hours

Most stalls 8 AM – 9 PM; individual stalls close on their own rest days

Est. budget

₹400 – ₹1,200 per meal

Duration

1 – 2 hours

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