Changi Village: hawker supper, then twenty taps
- Total time
- 3–4 hours
- Budget
- S$30–60 — Changi Beach Park is free; hawker supper with most dishes about S$3–9; beer and smokehouse food at Little Island Brewing Co (prices not listed).
- Works on
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Timing
- At the beach around 6pm for the last of the light, then supper and the brewery; any day but Monday. On Sundays the brewery closes at 10pm.
- Stops
- 3 stops, in order
- Good for
- A friend, A group
Days are worked out from each stop's usual opening hours; check before you go.
The end of the line, and the point of going. Sort the ride home before the twentieth tap.
Worth the trek for a group of friends who want a proper night out without dressing up, and the trek is the compromise: Changi Village is the end of the line, and getting home is the part to plan. Agree who is organising the ride back before the first pint, and avoid Mondays, when the brewery is shut.
Changi Beach Park, around 6pm. One of Singapore's oldest coastal parks, with barbecue pits, a war memorial and jets passing low overhead. Wander while the sky is still doing something and the city's noise is well behind you. Leave the coastal walk out of this one.
Changi Village Hawker Centre. Where the Pulau Ubin ferry crowd refuels. Nasi lemak is the argument here, with more than one stall in the running, and Ipoh hor fun and fried bananas as the supporting cast. Order across a few stalls and share; it is cheap enough to over-order, and stall rest days vary, so check any favourite.
Little Island Brewing Co. Twenty copper taps, a smokehouse and the beach a stroll away. If supper left room, the smokehouse is there; if not, work your way down the taps. It goes last because it stays open longest, though on Sundays it shuts at 10pm, so start earlier that night.
Everything is within the village, so once you are here the only transport question is the last one (which is why it gets an organiser). If it rains, skip the beach and go straight to the brewery, which opens from noon.
The plan
6pm · Beach at dusk: Changi Beach Park
Jets overhead and a war memorial; skip the coastal walk.
Hours: Open 24 hours
Hawker supper: Changi Village Hawker Centre
Nasi lemak, Ipoh hor fun and fried bananas; share across stalls and check stall rest days.
8.30pm · Craft beer: Little Island Brewing Co
20 taps and a smokehouse. Open until 11pm Tue–Thu, midnight Fri–Sat and 10pm Sun; closed Mondays.
Hours: Tue–Wed 2pm–10pm; Thu, Sun & PH 12pm–10pm; Fri, Sat & eve of PH 12pm–midnight; closed Mon
If it rains
Skip the beach and go straight to Little Island Brewing Co, which opens from noon, then eat at the hawker centre once the rain eases.
Researched from the sources listed, not a first-hand review. Prices, hours and access can change — check the official site before you go.
