Zion Riverside Food Centre

A hawker centre doesn't need 100 stalls. Zion Riverside makes do with 32 and two Bib Gourmands.

Zion Riverside is a hawker centre at the right size: 32 stalls, a river alongside and two of them on Michelin's Bib Gourmand list for 2026. It suits an after-work meal around River Valley and Robertson Quay, or a feed before drinks along the water. The compromise is that both Bib stalls draw queues and plenty of the others keep their own days and hours, so decide on your two stalls before you leave and check they're trading.

The two queues worth joining

No. 18 Zion Road Fried Kway Teow is the famous one. Order the char kway teow and watch the wok while you wait, which is most of the entertainment and all of the education. A few stalls away, Zhi Wei Xian Zion Road Big Prawn Noodle is a one-man show doing pork rib prawn mee, dry or soup, in sizes that climb well into sharing territory. It shuts on Mondays, so don't build a Monday around it.

The supporting cast

Lau Goh Teochew Chye Thow Kway is run by Peter Goh, a deaf hawker who has made carrot cake for about four decades and takes orders from a pointing menu; point at black, white or mixed. Seng Huat Western has been doing fish and chips and chicken chop since 1968, but trades only a few days a week. Mornings belong to Kang's Wanton Noodle, which is no relation to Chef Kang's and closes by early afternoon. As the light drops, Chong Pang Huat fires up the satay grill: chicken, pork or mutton, ten sticks minimum, and BBQ chicken wings if you are already committed.

A little history

It opened on 1 October 1976 as Zion Road Food Centre, with most of its first hawkers moved in from the riverbank near the old Great World Amusement Park, and took its current name after a renovation in 2002 and 2003. In 1990 it was among the first five hawker centres fitted with self-flushing urinals (progress comes in many forms).

How to do it

Come after work, join one Bib queue and send someone to the other. Finish with satay at a table on the open side, where whatever breeze the river offers is yours. The centre runs from morning to night, but the stall hours are what count, so check the one you want before you set off. Great World is the nearest MRT station.

What to order

• Char kway teow · No. 18 Zion Road Fried Kway Teow · #01-17On Michelin's Bib Gourmand list for 2026. Expect a queue, and watch the wok while you wait.
• Pork rib prawn mee, dry or soup · Zhi Wei Xian Zion Road Big Prawn Noodle · #01-04Bib Gourmand 2026. A one-man stall; the bigger sizes are for sharing. Closed Mondays.
• Black, white or mixed carrot cake · Lau Goh Teochew Chye Thow Kway · #01-26Peter Goh has run it for about four decades; order from the pointing menu.
• Satay (pork is the pick) and BBQ chicken wings · Chong Pang Huat · #01-15Evening trade. Satay has a ten-stick minimum, so bring someone to share.
• Fish and chips or chicken chop · Seng Huat Western · #01-12Since 1968. Limited trading days, so check before you go.
• Wanton mee · Kang's Wanton Noodle · #01-06Mornings only, and no relation to Chef Kang's.

Good to know 70 Zion Road, near Great World MRT. The centre is open 8am–10pm, but individual stalls keep their own hours and rest days, so check before going for a specific dish.

Zion Riverside Food Centre | 70 Zion Road, Singapore 247792 | Nearest MRT: Great World