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The first Killiney Kopitiam, still trading on the road that named it, a short walk from Somerset. Come for an early kaya toast and the backstory; the menu is the one the branches serve.
The Katong bakery-kopitiam that closed in 2018 and came back in 2021 with its marble tables, cream horns and charcoal-toasted buns intact. Go early, before the good bakes go.
Red velvet, a golden elephant and more than 1,000 whiskies in a Jacques Garcia room in Little India. Book Thursday to Saturday, when the house quartet plays.
Behind an unmarked wooden door at the old NCO Club on Beach Road, a 60-seat room built for listening to a band. A better date than another dinner. Book, and arrive before the first set.
A brewery at the end of the island, with 20 copper taps, a 15-hour brisket and the sea at the bottom of the road. It is ulu by any measure, and that is the reason to go, not the excuse.
Twenty-three craft beer taps in a Jalan Besar shophouse shared with a Chinese druggists' association. Serious list, kopitiam chairs. Start the evening here; a weeknight is best.
Walk into the cellar, choose from 350-odd labels, and let a sommelier-led team explain what you picked. Duxton Hill's wine classroom, with escargot and one-for-one corkage.
Carpenter Street's low-intervention pioneer: around 150 labels, stemless glasses and chicken nuggets with house sriracha. Serious about the wine, and about nothing else.
Five floors above the Boat Quay menu-wavers, a shophouse rooftop with the river bend, Parliament House and a half-dozen dressed-up oysters. For two, not for a birthday.
A rooftop at The Fullerton Bay Hotel named after the red lamps that once lit Clifford Pier, with the bay switching on in front of you. Go at sunset, book ahead; the pool is for hotel guests.
A gentle way into bouldering: an 80-minute intro class, then two weeks of unlimited climbing to get hooked. Do the class at Sembawang, the bigger wall.
A children's arts centre at Goodman where the installation is for climbing, and it changes every year. For under-nines and an adult who'll crawl through a tunnel; book ahead.
