This guide to Singapore’s best macarons was last updated on 4 April 2015.

What’s there not to love about macarons? Two light and crisp cookie shells sandwiching ganache, jam or buttercream filling – it is the ultimate indulgence for dessert lovers. There is just something irresistible about macarons.

Here is our guide on where to get the best macarons in Singapore.

ANTOINETTE PATISSERIE

Antoinette Patisserie by Chef Pang Kok Keong - one of the most talented pastry chefs in Singapore – is among our favourite dessert spots in town. Beyond its array of beautiful cakes, Antoinette is also known for its delicious macarons which are available in 12 flavours. Our top picks are their antoinette (earl grey tea with chocolate), chloe and rose macarons.

Price: S$2.50/pc, S$16.05/box of 6

333A Orchard Road
#02-33/34, Mandarin Gallery
Tel: +65 6836 9527
Daily: 11am – 10pm
Nearest Station: Orchard

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BONHEUR PATISSERIE

Over at Bonheur Patisserie, you can find more than 20 flavours, including Thai iced tea, baileys, rose, and salted caramel. Bonheur Patisserie offers more macarons during the weekend, so if you ever find yourself at Grandstand for brunch, remember to drop by Pasar Bella to grab some macarons.

Price: S$3/pc, S$27/box of 10.

Bonheur Patisserie’s macaron is listed in our guide to Singapore’s 50 Must-try Desserts.

200 Turf Club Road
#02-06 Pasarbella
The Grandstand
Tel: +65 6466 1498
Mon to Thu: 10am – 8pm
Fri to Sun: 10am – 8.30pm
Nearest Station: Clementi/Botanic Gardens

BOUFE

A new cafe at Phoenix Park, Boufe – which combines boutique and cafe – is a beautiful white space with both indoor and al fresco seating.

It has a small range of desserts such as Opera Cake (S$7), Strawberry Shortcake (S$8), Citron Tart (S$5.50), Tiramisu (S$6.50), as well as Macarons (S$3.30). Everything is baked freshly on premise every day.

The macarons are offered in eight flavours – Hazelnut, Strawberry, Cream Cheese Raspberry, Lemon, Pistachio, Salted Caramel, Chocolate, and Chocolate Blueberry.

Price: S$3.30/pc

308 Tanglin Road
Phoenix Park #01-01
Tel: +65 6734 7656
Tue to Sun: 10am – 10pm
Nearest Station: Redhill/Orcahrd

ET ARTISAN SWEETS

A little patisserie which made its name for offering some of the best macarons in town. ET Artisan Sweets used to be located in a quiet residential neighbourhood at Holland Grove, but it has since moved to a bigger stage at Grand Stand (formerly known as Turf City) where you can enjoy its selection of cakes and macarons in the cafe.

The macarons are available in classic flavours like Rose, Salty Caramel, Chocolate, as well as seasonal flavours such as Yuzu, Black Sesame and Pumpkin Spice.

Price: S$2.50/pc, S$15/box of 6, S$48/box of 24.

ET Artisan Sweets’ macaron is listed in our guide to Singapore’s 50 Must-try Desserts.

200 Turf Club Road
The Grandstand #01-35A
Tel: +65 6468 6700
Mon to Sat: 9am – 7pm
Nearest Station: Clementi/Botanic Gardens

LADURÉE PATISSERIE

Undoubtedly one of the most famous patisseries in the world, Ladurée is synonymous with macarons, and many loyal fans of this famed Parisian macaron shop were delighted when it opened in Singapore last year.

Ladurée Singapore carries 15 flavours at the two locations in Takashimaya. In addition, you can also find nougat, chocolates and a range of Ladurée merchandise.

Price: S$3.80/pc, S$30.40/box of 8.

#02-09, Takashimaya Shopping Centre
391 Orchard Road
Tel: +65 6884 7361
Daily: 10am – 9.30pm
Nearest Station: Orchard

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PATISSERIE G

From cakes, to eclairs, croissants, chocolate truffles and macarons, Patisserie G produces exquisite top quality French pastries. It is impossible to find something that you do not like.

While Patisserie G may not be the first name that comes to mind when thinking of this Parisian sweet treat, their macarons are certainly good enough for you to make a trip to Millenia Walk. The macaron flavours include butter chocolate, olive, lychee rose, green tea & cherry, and passionfruit coconut.

Price: S$3/pc, S$18/box of 7, S$36/box of 14

9 Raffles Boulevard
#01-40 Millenia Walk
Tel: +65 6338 7578
Mon to Fri: 7.30am – 10pm
Sat & Sun: 10.30am – 9pm
Nearest Station: Promenade/Esplanade

SWEETSPOT

This patisserie by Marina Bay Sands Hotel has remarkably good cakes, pastries, chocolates, and macarons. Not only are the desserts prepared to a high standard, they are also consistently good.

The macarons available at Sweetspot include Salted Caramel, Pistachio, Strawberry Basil, Coffee, but our favourites are Raspberry and Passionfruit.

Price: S$2.70/pc, S$14/box of 6, S$25/box of 12

10 Bayfront Avenue Lobby Level
Tower 3 Marina Bay Sands
Tel: +65 6688 8588
Daily: 7am – 10pm
Nearest Station: Bayfront

TWG TEA SALON

For unique tea-based macarons, go to TWG Tea Salon, a homegrown brand which has expanded to many countries over the past few years. While its repertoire of premium brews is the highlight, you should also not miss their tea-infused macarons.

Since launching its original range of eight tea-infused macarons back in 2007 – which include the popular Napoleon tea & caramel, and bain de rose tea macarons - TWG has added two new creations, its matcha, and vanilla bourbon tea & kaya macaron last year.

Price: S$2/pc, S$12/box of 6

#02-21, ION Orchard
2 Orchard Turn
Tel: +65 6735 1837
Daily: 10am – 10pm
Nearest Station: Orchard

Antoinette is a Parisian pâtisserie and salon du thé by Chef Pang Kok Keong, who is one of Singapore’s best pastry chefs.

Sugar Daddy Group – which currently includes Antoinette and Pique Nique – is Chef Pang’s first business venture after a career of working for different hotels and Les Amis group’s Canele restaurants.

I was over the moon to hear about Antoinette Patisserie. Needless to say, I was very excited to try all the desserts. My first visit was a media tasting session and we had the chance to try quite a few dishes.

Since then, I’ve been there on numerous occasions as a regular customer, and ordered various items on the menu. My goal was, or still is, to try all the cakes by Chef Pang.

Cakes make me happy. I want to eat cakes.

Antoinette currently has three outlets at Penhas Road (near Lavender MRT), Mandarin Gallery and Scarlet Hotel. While the French tea salon at Mandarin Gallery has a great location, it is much smaller than Penhas Road.

I’d definitely recommend going to Penhas Road instead of Mandarin Gallery as the latter does not allow reservations and there is always a queue during peak hours.

If I could only choose one cake, I would definitely go for Antoinette ($9).

Even up till now, I could still remember my first encounter with it. The Chocolate Earl Grey cake caught my attention with its glossy surface; I could almost hear it calling out to me.

I took a fork and tapped it lightly, unsure of how soft or hard it would be. My fork easily went through the milk chocolate mousse infused with earl grey tea cake. The only words to describe it? Luxurious, chic, and heavenly.

I will go so far as to say that my hunt for the best cake in Singapore ended with the Antoinette chocolate earl grey cake. It is rock-my-socks-off good!

If the Antoinette cake was divine, the Saint Honore L’amour ($8.5) – made up of choux pastry, rose petal cream, and strawberry compote on an almond tart – would be the perfect representative of love and romance.

Another interesting option is the Chocolieux ($9.5). When the staff brought it to our table, we thought that we were having ice cream as it was molded into the shape like a magnum. How wrong we were.

It was actually a dessert (I find it difficult to call it a cake) made up of dark chocolate cream, hazelnut nougatine, dark chocolate biscuit and almond chocolate.

On my fourth (or fifth time) there, we tried Strawberry Shortcake ($8) and Café Caramel ($8).

The Café Caramel ($8) – an almond tart composing of caramel a la fleur de sel, genoise cafe, and coffee mousse – was well executed, but nothing special.

To be honest, I was a little unsure about the Strawberry Shortcake as I didn’t have a good impression of the one Chef Pang made at Canele Patisserie. It was actually not too bad. I’d include it in my list of best Strawberry Cakes in Singapore, but it is not my favourite.

I marvelled at the Religiuese of Caramel with fleur de sel ($8) when it arrived at the table. It was so beautiful! I found it to be a little too sweet, so you might want to order this to share.

Among the cakes at Antoinette Patisserie, I also had the Exotique ($8.5) – mousse exotique with coconut cremeux and poached pineapple; Pudding Maple ($6.5) – maple flan with caramel, in a cup; and Strawberry Baba ($8) – baba pastry, citrus rum syrup and vanilla crème Chantilly.

If you prefer savoury food, you must try their Chicken Burger, which is one of the better burgers that I’ve had. Besides desserts, Antoinette also has All Day breakfast ($9 – 20) such as Eggs Florentine, Baked Omelette; French Toast ($10.5), Crepes ($15 – 20) and Pancakes ($10 – 15); entrees ($10.5 – 23) like Salad and Foie Gras Terrine; and main courses ($16.5 – 38) which include options like Bouef Bourguignon and Gnocchi Carbonara.

Antoinette, without a doubt, is my favourite patisserie in Singapore. But then again, I am a big fan of Chef Pang, so I’m definitely biased. Don’t take my word for it, go there and try the cakes for yourself. Service can be very patchy depending on the time you are there, but really, who cares so long we can have good cakes.

The French patisserie is a great place for a quiet afternoon high tea. If I lived near the Lavender area, I could imagine myself dropping by the Parisian tea salon every other day.

Singapore Food Blog Review
Antoinette Patisserie Tea Salon
30 Penhas Road
Tel: +65 6293 3121

333A Orchard Road
#02-33/34 Mandarin Gallery
Tel: +65 6836 9527

33 Erskine Road
#01-02/03 Scarlet Hotel

For more recommendations, read my list of best dessert places in Singapore.

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When it comes to chocolate desserts, no one does it better than Laurent Bernard Chocolatier. Formerly known as The Chocolate Factory, the newly renamed Laurent’s Café & Chocolate Bar has two branches at Robertson Quay and Portsdown road. Whenever I’m having dinner at the Robertson Quay restaurants, I always find it hard to decide between Canele Patisserie or Laurent Bernard for desserts.

For those of you who are having a chocolate craving, I’m sure Laurent’s Cafe & Chocolate Bar can satisfy you with the chocolatey truffle cake, my favourite Plaisir Sucré, the delicious chocolate tart and of course, their famous Chocolate Souffle.

One of my favourite cakes from Laurent Bernard Cafe is definitely the Pleasure ($9.80). The classic Plaisir Sucré comprises whipped chocolate cream and ganache in between the beautiful and delicate chocolate sheets, and a base of hazelnut and praline; it is out-of-this-world.

The Trianon ($7.80) reminds me of the Plaisir Sucré. In place of the chocolate sheets, it has the dark yet rich chocolate mousse, and the base of hazelnut dacquoise is excellent. Look at the picture on top, the dessert looks so gorgeous!

Having the Chocolate Soufflé ($16.50) may takes time and patience, but straight out from the oven, it’s instant gratification. Once you start digging your spoon into the souffle cup, it’s almost impossible to stop, that is, until you are down to the last smear of the spoon.

The chocolate souffle is moist, dark, rich, and intense while the accompanying raspberry sherbet is sour, tangy and provides the perfect balance to the dessert.

There’s a waiting time of 15-30 minutes for the chocolate soufflé, and like they say: good things come to those who can wait. But sometimes, I’m not so sure. Between the chocolate soufflé and warm chocolate lava cake, I’m inclined to go for the latter – who can resist the magnificent oozing effect? Not me.

Chocolate bars are my Disney land, somehow they know how to make me happy. If you are in the Esplanade or Vivocity area, go to Max Brenner Chocolate Bar, and if you are somewhere near Robertson Quay or Portsdown road, then it’s a must to go Laurent Bernard Chocolatier to satisfy your chocolate craving.

Laurent Bernard Chocolatier
#01-11 The Pier at Robertson Quay
80 Mohammad Sultan Road
Tel: +65 6235 9007
Mon: 6pm – 11pm
Tue to Thu: 1pm – 12 midnight
Fri & Sat: 1pm – 1am
Sun: 1pm – 11pm
Nearest Station: Clarke Quay

Updated on 25 Aug 2014: Canele Patisserie is now closed. 

I have been eating a lot of cakes recently. Hold on, please allow me to rephrase that: I eat a lot of cakes all the time, but recently, I have been having them way too often.

Canele Patisserie currently has three locations: Robertson Walk, Orchard Paragon and Shaw Centre. It has been a long time since my last visit, but it’s mainly because I wanted to check out the other patisseries in Singapore. Are you game for more cakes?

If someone ever tells you that it is wrong to eat cakes at night — THEY ARE LYING! I bet they are secretly having that slice of moist chocolate-y cake without you! Listen to the food blogger: life is short, and we should always eat whatever we’re craving for. Remove all the mirrors at home, get a bigger pair of jeans, or simply exercise more the next day — everyone should have their cake, and eat it. I can’t possibly imagine a world without cakes.

The Macha ($7) is one of my favorite at Canele Patisserie, besides the Le Royale. I’m no fan of Japanese Matcha, but Canele’s interpretation won me over with its smooth and delicate green tea mascarpone mousse. Right in the middle of the cake, there’s also the hidden chestnut cream, and together with the almond crumble; they were the perfect complement to the green tea mousse.

I never had Canele Patisserie’s St Marc ($8) before. There was a thin layer of dark chocolate cream sandwiched in between the vanilla creme Chantilly. I couldn’t quite describe it, but the cake was very pleasant and likable.

Peanut butter and chocolate are always a good combination, but I didn’t enjoy Canele’s Charlie Brown ($9). It was essentially a slice of cake with 64% dark chocolate cream, chocolate brownie salty peanut caramel, and peanut butter feuilletine. The sticky salty peanut caramel was a good contrast to the crunchy peanut butter feuilletine, but the whole cake was too heavy and overwhelming.

Canele Patisserie is definitely one of the best dessert places in Singapore. If you have a sweet tooth, you must try Canele’s Macarons – they are absolutely delicious! What is your favorite cake at Canele’s?

Singapore Food Restaurant Review
Canele Patisserie Singapore
11 Unity Street #01-09
Robertson Walk Singapore
Tel: +65 6738 8145

1 Scotts Road #01-01A
Shaw Centre Singapore
Tel: +65 6738 9020

290 Orchard Road #B1-25
The Paragon Singapore
Tel: +65 6733 8893

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