Singapore City Restaurants

  1. Al-Tazzag

    Café Le Caire beats it for food, but Al-Tazzag wins the atmosphere competition. Set in the quiet backstreet of Haji Lane, this colourful café also spreads out along the five-foot ways, serving up meals, mint teas and shisha to Singapore's hipsters until the early hours. No alcohol - but boozy BluJaz Café is metres away.

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  2. Café Le Caire

    Blink and you'll miss it during the day, but at night this alcohol-free Egyptian café becomes a miniature scene, especially at weekends, colonising both sides of the street with tables and rugs, filled with lounging shisha -smokers and eager diners gorging on kebabs and superb dips. A must.

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  3. El-Sheik

    Desert hues wash over this up-market Lebanese option on the fringe of Kampong Glam. If the English Premier League in the front room proves distracting, take your tub of blue Mediterranean honey (!) and jaw-clenchingly strong coffee and head for the lantern-lit roof terrace.

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