The Banana Leaf Apolo
Race Course Road’s fish head curry house, from a 1974 thosai stall and named after Apollo 11. Bring friends to share the head, eat off the leaf, and call ahead for a big group.
- Where: Little India
- Price: S$30–60
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Singapore with Kids
Ideas for a day out together.
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Swee Choon Tim Sum Restaurant
Dim sum until 4am at weekends across six knocked-through Jalan Besar shophouses. Come for the hour and the fried oddities, not the textbook har gow, and go to the original.
- Where: Jalan Besar
- Price: Under S$30
Changi Beach Park
The east's barbecue beach: book a pit with NParks, bring a bike and watch the planes come in over the sea. Wear covered shoes on the rocks, and don't count on the Coastal Walk.
- Where: Changi
- Price: Free
Kusu Island
Pilgrimage season runs until 8 November: boatloads of devotees, special ferries only. After that it's two lagoons, a tortoise sanctuary and far fewer people.
- Where: Southern Islands
- Price: Under S$30
Lazarus Island
Imported sand, a crescent lagoon and, since the St John's jetty closed, every ferry landing here. The quiet beach is a little less of a secret, and still our pick of the islands.
- Where: Southern Islands
- Price: Under S$30
St John's Island
Singapore's old quarantine island, now a lagoon, a picnic lawn, a cat colony and a skyline view. The ferry lands on Lazarus, and the walk across is the price of the quiet.
- Where: Southern Islands
- Price: Under S$30
Changi Chapel and Museum
Singapore's war told through what the Changi prisoners kept: a hidden camera, a Morse set in a matchbox, a 400-page diary. Allow an hour, and note it shuts on Mondays.
- Where: Changi
- Price: Under S$30
National Museum of Singapore
The Singapore History Gallery reopened on 10 October 2026 after its first full revamp in 20 years, with a 1978 HDB lift, the Zouk sign and a rickshaw you can pull. Bring a grandparent.
- Where: Civic District
- Price: Under S$30
Changi Village Hawker Centre
Where the Ubin ferry and the cycling clubs refuel: two rival nasi lemak stalls, Ipoh hor fun and fried bananas. Just back from October repairs, so check it's open first.
- Where: Changi
- Price: Under S$30
Ghim Moh Market & Food Centre
A breakfast estate: chwee kueh from a stall trading since 1959, a morning-only carrot cake and, for anyone who slept in, a Bib Gourmand braised duck. Go before 9am.
- Where: Ghim Moh / Buona Vista
- Price: Under S$30
East Coast Lagoon Food Village
The hawker centre at the end of the East Coast cycle path: charcoal satay, stingray in banana leaf and a sea breeze no fan can match. Arrive by bike, late afternoon.
- Where: East Coast
- Price: Under S$30
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Photo: Kaeru, CC BY 2.0, via FlickrChomp Chomp Food Centre
Serangoon Gardens' night-shift hawker centre: shutters up after 4pm, barbecue smoke by dinner and a Hokkien mee worth crossing the island for. Bring a group and a table-holder.
- Where: Serangoon Gardens
- Price: Under S$30
Kid-friendly by neighbourhood
Mandai wildlife parks
Pick the Mandai park you actually want and do it properly. Trying to cover them all in one day leaves nobody with energy for the last one.
- 4 picks
Sentosa
Pick one Sentosa: beach, heritage, sea life, waterpark or rides. Trying to do three in a day is how a family ends up silent on the way home.
- 5 picks
West-side family day
Pick one anchor: Jurong Lake Gardens and Forest Ramble for an outdoor day, or Science Centre and KidsSTOP for a wet one. Not all four in an afternoon.
- 4 picks
Collections
Let the kids choose
Ask them first: climbing, experimenting, animals or stories. Then book one anchor activity and leave the rest of the afternoon for snacks.
- 6 picks
Ideas for different ages
‘Good for kids’ covers everyone from toddlers to teenagers, which is the problem. Choose the session, route or activity for the children actually coming with you.
- 4 picks