One of the few food enclaves that rarely comes to mind is probably Goldhill Plaza. Unless you happen to live, work or send your kids for tuition around the area, this humble plaza would pretty much still be unheard of by most who don’t visit the vicinity.

But little does anyone know that nestled within Goldhill Plaza lies a fairly sizeable array of eateries and cafes—the options are pretty awesome too! From real-deal Italian fare, cosy Japanese food and even pub and grub spots for a night out with your mates, here is our list of 13 food spots to check out in Goldhill Plaza—you’re most welcome!

AH CHEW DESSERTS

A busy day at work or even having to brave Singapore’s midday sun almost always calls for an invigorating bowl of dessert. Serving a variety of hot and cold ‘tong sui’, Ah Chew Desserts is the go-to place if you ever find yourself hankering for something sweet.

Their range of traditional and modern Chinese-style desserts are pretty wide, but our go-to’s are always the Mango Sago with Pomelo and the Yam Sago.

181 Thomson Road,
Goldhill Centre,
Singapore 307627
Tel: +65 6254 8198
Mon to Fri: 12pm – 12am
Sat & Sun: 12.30pm – 12am
Nearest Station: Novena

CHYE KEE GOLDHILL ROASTED CHICKEN RICE

While their signboard reads ‘Chye Kee Roasted Chicken Rice”, we recommend ordering their dry macaroni instead. Apart from being a rather unique and uncommon kopitiam-style food, we feel it does the popular stall more justice than their regular chicken rice—which we found to be rather dry.

The dry macaroni is topped with blanched chye sim, roast chicken and swims in a delicious dark sauce.

No. 151, Thomson Road, #01-151,
Goldhill Shopping Centre,
Singapore 307606
Tel: +65 9143 4147
Mon to Sat: 8am – 7pm
Sun: 8am – 4pm
Nearest Station: Novena

CRAFTSMEN SPECIALTY COFFEE

A popular coffee stop for office workers or even students searching for a quiet place to study, Craftsmen Specialty Coffee is your answer to delicious coffee and all-day breakfast items. Inspired by flavours from abroad, most of their nosh are designed with the intention to complement their freshly roasted and brewed coffee.

The Craftsmen Full Breakfast comes close to a traditional English breakfast while the Pulled Pork Burrito is divine on so many levels.

173 Thomson Road
Goldhill Centre
Singapore 307623
Tel: +65 96580769
Sun to Thu: 8.30am – 9pm
Fri & Sat: 8.30am – 10.30pm
Nearest Station: Novena

DA LUCA ITALIAN RESTAURANT

Serving up real-deal Italian food Da Luca Italian Restaurant is one spot that never fails to leave an impression. Owned by chef-owner Luca Pucciani along with his wife, this cosy Italian restaurant in Goldhill Plaza dishes out an arsenal of stellar antipasti, pasta and hearty mains.

Fresh ingredients, masterful preparations, friendly owners and good vibes all rolled out into one, this is without a doubt a place that promises a sensational dining experience.

1 Goldhill Plaza Novena #01-19/21,
Singapore 308899
Tel: +65 6258 4846
(Closed on Mondays & Tuesdays)
Wed to Sun: 12pm – 2.30pm, 6pm – late
Nearest Station: Novena

HUANG TAI YANG CAFE

Huang Tai Yang Cafe is a small stall that sells halal-certified grub at affordable prices. The eatery can easily go unnoticed if you had no intention of searching for it but office workers working in the nearby areas will tell you that tucked inside this small stall is decent nasi padang worth stopping for.

Ingredients are bountiful and they are all kept hot, meaning that you will almost always never end up with a plate of cold, unsatisfying food.

153 Thomson Road
Goldhill Centre
Singapore 307607
Tel: +65 8323 9331
Nearest Station: Novena

MUFIZ PRATA POINT

Got a hankering for some prata and other Indian comfort foods? Then Mufiz Prata Point is where you need to be. The food here is decently priced and yummy enough for us to consider making return trips.

We especially enjoyed how their prata is so fluffy and not as oily as we expected it to be and their briyani options come in massive portions.

159 Thomson Road
Goldhill Shopping Centre
Singapore 307612
Tel: +65 8388 1165
Daily: 7am – 11pm
Nearest Station: Novena

NANTA BBQ

If you’re a fan of hearty Korean fare especially when it finds itself doused in an unhealthy amount of stretchy cheese, then Nanta BBQ is a place you should definitely check out. Located in Goldhill Centre, this Korean barbecue joint serves up an array of meaty mains as well as small bites.

The Cheese Pork Spare Rib (Set A) comes highly recommended. Think sweet, porky flavours surrounded by a rich cheese flavour that just makes the post-meal food coma all the more worth it.

175 Thomson Road, #01-175, #01-177
Goldhill Centre,
Singapore 307624
Tel: +65 6258 1391
Daily: 11.30am – 3pm, 5.30pm – 11.30pm
Nearest Station: Novena

NARA

Offering quality Japanese food, service that’s hard to fault and an overall intimate dining experience without breaking the bank, Nara is one spot that will take your taste buds on a sensorial journey.

If you’re ballsy, you should definitely opt for the shirako ponzu (fish sperm served in ponzu) when it’s in season.

167 Thomson Road,
Singapore 307619
Tel: +65 6256 6568
Daily: 11.30am – 2.30pm, 5.30pm – 10.30pm
Nearest Station: Novena

THE CLUE-LESS GOAT

The Clue-Less Goat is a speciality coffee house decked out in simple industrial decor with a laid-back atmosphere. They offer coffee from Common Man Coffee Roasters and serve up a decent array of affordable all-day brunch fare.

Interesting dishes to try at this humble cafe include their Truffle Tater Tots and Avocado BLT.

189 Thomson Road,
Singapore 307631
(Closed on Mondays)
Tue to Thu: 8am – 6pm
Fri: 8am – 7pm
Sat: 9am – 7pm
Sun: 9am – 6pm
Nearest Station: Novena

SUSHI MATSUO

Featuring a pretty extensive lineup of sushi, sashimi and donburi options made using fresh seasonal produce, Sushi Matsuo is one spot to satisfy your craving for raw seafood without the fine dining price tag.

Set in a small yet homely space, the restaurant dishes out anything from uni to tuna served several ways and will have you feeling as if you were dining in a restaurant in the suburbs of Tokyo.

1, Goldhill Plaza, #01-17,
Singapore 308899
Tel: +65 6356 2603
Mon to Sat: 11.30am – 2.30pm, 6pm – 10pm
Sun: 6pm – 10pm
Nearest Station: Novena

THAILILY RESTAURANT

Granted that it may seem a tad dodgy and unappealing from the outside, this unassuming Thai eatery serves up a pretty good selection of traditional Thai food.

What you can expect to find here is nothing that far off from your usual tom yum, papaya salad and Thai green curry lineup.

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165 Thomson Road
Goldhill Shopping Centre,
Singapore 307618
Tel: +65 6251 0123
Mon to Fri: 11am – 3pm, 5pm – 11pm
Sat & Sun: 11am – 11pm
Nearest Station: Novena

TOGATHER KITCHEN & BAR

ToGather Kitchen & Bar is a melting pot of 4 different dining concepts featuring American burgers, Japanese food, Fusion-Asian cuisine and more. During the day, this unassuming eatery is basically a slightly more upmarket coffee shop but once the sun sets, it turns into a full-on bar.

Food options are aplenty and the beer taps never run dry, so what are you waiting for? Round up your hungry buddies or gal pals for a solid night out.

1 Goldhill Plaza #01-05
Singapore 308899
Tel: +65 6256 0261
Daily: 11am – 11pm
Nearest Station: Novena

UDDERS

An ice cream parlous that needs no introduction, Udders is our go-to ice cream spot for quirky flavours, boozy concoctions and some of the best waffles around. For durian loves, just know that their highly acclaimed Mao Shan Wang flavour will not disappoint.

155 Thomson Road,
Singapore 307608
Tel: +65 6254 6629
Daily: 12pm – 11pm
Nearest Station: Novena

I meant to blog about U.d.d.e.r.s Ice Cream during October as I was enjoying my ice cream every day (excuse: sorching hot weather), but obviously I didn’t. What I really wanted to tell you was this: no matter what you are doing, please remember to have your ice cream.

Udders ice cream is a local homegrown ice cream shop in Singapore that is famous for their ‘adult’ ice cream. If you like liqueur in your ice cream, you will like Udders ice cream.

I have a good imagination: I’ll bring a book to the ice cream cafe, buy myself a scoop of ice cream, sit by the side and press my nose to the glass and stare outside. Then, I’ll imagine that there’s snowflakes falling from the sky while I enjoy my ice cream, but there’s really just the depressing rain. Still, I think it’s very nice to have ice cream during rainy days. Don’t you agree with me? Ice cream is really an all-season kind of thing.

Anyway, see the gorgeous waffle up there? Haato used to be my favorite ice cream place for waffles, but I currently believe that Udders has one of the best waffles in Singapore.

A word of caution though, only order it with a scoop of ice cream. If you prefer to have the waffle on it’s own, Udders do not serve it with the usual butter and syrup.

I probably sampled almost all the ice cream flavors on the few occasions I was there, and there were hits and misses of course. One of my favorites at Udders is definitely the Snickers Mars Honeycomb Vanilla. It has huge chunks of Snickers Mars bars within the silky smooth vanilla ice cream. The Mao Shan Wang Durian ice cream is another popular choice at Udders ice cream, but I won’t touch that for anything. Wineberries is a new flavor, which has Port and cranberries as the main ingredient – and I personally think that the use of dessert wine in ice cream is brilliant.

When I was in Kuala Lumpur, I noticed that there’s a lack of local homemade ice cream parlors there. Sure, they have well known ice cream brands like Haagen Dazs, New Zealand Natural & Baskin-Robbins, but it’s just different compared to the local ice cream shops if you get what I mean? We are so lucky to have all the ice cream places like Udders ice cream, Island Creamery, The Daily Scoop, and Tom’s Palette in Singapore.

Udders ice cream currently has five locations in Singapore: Novena Goldhill, West Mall, Lorong Kilat, Siglap and Serangoon Gardens. For those who stay near any of the Udders branches, it’s time to have an ice cream party!

If ice cream is not your thing, read my list of dessert places in Singapore.

Singapore Food Restaurant Review
U.d.d.e.r.s Ice Cream
17 Lorong Kilat #01-08
Kilat Court Singapore
Tel: +65 6466 1055

Udders Siglap
87 Upper East Coast Road Singapore
Tel: +65 6448 8732

Udders Novena
155 Thomson Road
Goldhill Shopping Centre Singapore
Tel: +65 6254 6629

Udders Serangon Gardens
#01-11 MyVillage

Udders West Mall
1 Bukit Batok Central Link #02-10
West Mall Singapore
Tel: +65 6862 2192