Ros Lamul

A neighbourhood Thai kitchen on Guillemard Road, and our editor's new favourite.

Ros Lamul is the kind of neighbourhood Thai restaurant you only hear about from someone who lives nearby, and that is exactly how it reached us. Jamie, who edits Shioklist, ate there on Sunday 8 November and came back with a short verdict: the food was incredible, and it is now his favourite Thai restaurant in Singapore. That is one meal and one person, so treat it as a strong tip rather than a ranking, but it is the reason this page exists.

What it is

Ros Lamul sits in the row of shophouses at 379 Guillemard Road, between Geylang and Old Airport Road. It describes itself on Instagram simply as authentic Thai food at Guillemard, and the room is a casual dining room rather than a destination. Dakota on the Circle Line is the nearest station, about 400 metres away, with Aljunied and Mountbatten each under a kilometre.

What to order

The restaurant's own posts point to its salads and street-food staples. It launched a deep-fried minced pork salad in January 2022, then priced at $15 a plate: crisp minced pork tossed with dried chillies, mint and lime and served with raw cabbage and cucumber to cool it down. Its Instagram also promotes pad thai, a spicy seafood salad, Thai-style chicken feet salad and steamed chive dumplings, and recommends ending with tub tim grob, the red ruby dessert of water chestnut beads in sweetened coconut milk.

On Burpple, diners single out the Chiang Mai curry noodles, khao soi, for their thick curry; the deep-fried pork belly with fish sauce, which staff are reported to recommend; and a crabmeat curry with rice noodles. We have not checked current prices, because the restaurant does not publish a menu online.

Why it matters

It is easy to treat a Thai lunch as one plate each, and that is the quickest way to miss what the cooking is for. Ros Lamul's own posts make the opposite case: build a proper Thai table, with rice as the anchor, then something wet like a curry or soup, something dry and fried, something fresh and something spicy, all shared. For anyone living in Geylang, Dakota or Mountbatten, a place that cooks for that kind of meal without a trip into town is worth knowing about.

Our advice

Go with three or four people so you can order across the menu, start with the minced pork salad and one curry, and leave room for the red ruby. Check the hours before you set out: two listings say it is closed on Sundays, yet Jamie ate there on a Sunday, so message the restaurant on Instagram or book through Eat App to be sure. Listings also say payment is cash or PayNow, so do not count on a card.

Good to know About 400m from Dakota MRT (Circle Line). Listings disagree on hours: Burpple gives Monday to Saturday 12pm–3pm and 4pm–10pm, Eat App Monday to Saturday 12pm–9pm, and both list Sunday as closed, although our editor ate there on Sunday 8 November. Check before going. Payment is listed as cash and PayNow.

Ros Lamul | 379 Guillemard Road, Singapore 399783 | Nearest MRT: Dakota