The best satay in Singapore now Satay by the Bay has gone

The bay has gone dark. Order ten of each somewhere else.

With Satay by the Bay gone, our two answers are Pang's Satay in Chinatown Complex, for pork and pork belly with a peanut sauce thick with pineapple, and Haron Satay at East Coast Lagoon, for the sea breeze the bay used to supply. The compromise is the clock: most satay stalls trade in the evening and close one day a week, so check before you go. Then order in tens.

Satay by the Bay closed on 30 September 2026 to make way for the Wetlands by the Bay redevelopment, after trading since 2013. The charcoal is back in the neighbourhoods, which is where the arguments always were. Halal stalls grill chicken, beef and mutton, sometimes tripe. The Hainanese-style pork stalls stir pineapple into the peanut sauce and will defend that choice to the end. Pick your side.

Pang's Satay, Chinatown Complex

The first stop if you eat pork. Pang Yan Mui has been grilling here for about 11 years, on the second floor of Chinatown Complex: pork, chicken and pork belly, with a red-brown sauce thick with fibrous pineapple. The sauce is the reason to come, and the pork belly is worth ordering alongside the standards. Check its trading days before you go, and allow for a wait at peak times.

Kwong Satay, Geylang

The Geylang supper version. Pork belly satay with a pineapple-laced peanut sauce, pandan-scented ketupat and a barbecue chicken wing with a sharp chilli dip. Stick to the chicken and pork, and make it the late end of a Geylang evening.

Kim Satay, Old Airport Road

The pick for people who think pineapple has no business in peanut sauce. It's an old-school stall with a thick, nutty sauce and none of the fruit. Chicken and pork come with a ten-stick minimum, which is no hardship. It also sells muah chee, so dessert is sorted without changing queues.

Chai Ho Satay, Clementi

The west's queue magnet, known for its peanut sauce. Order everything at once rather than going back for more: at busy times a second order means queuing all over again. Sticks are cheap, so a big first order won't hurt; check the board for current prices.

Haron Satay, East Coast Lagoon Food Village

If you miss Satay by the Bay, this is the nearest thing: skewers with the sea alongside. Order an even split of beef and chicken, add satay bee hoon from a neighbouring stall and eat it in the breeze off the water. Go after sunset, when the heat breaks.

Chomp Chomp Satay, Serangoon Gardens

Chomp Chomp is an evening institution, and its satay comes as it should: with achar, chunky peanut sauce, onions and rice cakes. Go on a weekday if you can; weekends are busy. If you want real heat, The Warung in the same centre does an Indonesian-style version with green chilli.

Order ten of each to start. You'll be ordering again before the plate is cold (at Chai Ho, order the second round with the first).

What to order

• Pork, chicken and pork belly satay · Pang's Satay · #02-213Sauce thick with pineapple; add the pork belly. Chinatown Complex Food Centre, 335 Smith Street.
• Pork belly satay, ketupat, BBQ chicken wing · Kwong SatayPineapple-infused peanut sauce; a Geylang supper. 27A Eating House, 549 Geylang Road.
• Chicken and pork satay; muah chee · Kim Satay · #01-06No pineapple in the sauce; also sells muah chee. Old Airport Road Food Centre.
• Satay with peanut sauce · Chai Ho Satay · #01-10Order everything at once. Clementi 448 Market & Food Centre.
• Beef and chicken satay · Haron Satay · #01-55Beef and chicken with a sea view. East Coast Lagoon Food Village.
• Satay with ketupat and chunky peanut sauce · Chomp Chomp Satay · #01-34Comes with achar and ketupat; go on a weekday. Chomp Chomp Food Centre.

Good to know Most of these stalls trade evenings only and close one weekday; check Pang's and Kwong's trading days before you go. Satay by the Bay closed on 30 September 2026.