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Cafés in Holland Village & Dempsey

Lorong Liput bakeries, cafés in the old Dempsey barracks and the weekday coffee of one-north.

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Holland Village began as a kampung and takes its name from Holland Road, said to have been named in 1907 after Hugh Holland, an architect and amateur actor.1 In the 1950s the houses of Chip Bee Gardens were built beside it as married quarters for the British military, and from the 1990s shops and restaurants moved in as Orchard and Tanglin became prime residential areas.1

Dempsey Hill is a former British barracks turned dining precinct; it housed the Ministry of Defence and the Central Manpower Base from 1972 until 1989.2 one-north, a research and technology park launched in December 2001, has its own weekday cafés in the lobbies of its towers.4

Local tip: Pair an early walk in the Botanic Gardens, open from 05:00, with breakfast at Baker And Cook on Jalan Merah Saga, which opens at 07:30.

At a glance

57Cafés listed
10With opening hours
07:30Earliest opening
23:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Cafe O, from 07:30 (Daily 07:30–20:00).
  • Closes latest: ChoPSuey Café, until 23:00 (Mon–Fri 11:30–23:00 · Sat–Sun 10:30–23:00).
  • Most listed streets: Lorong Liput (4), Dempsey Road (2), Fusionopolis Way (2).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (5%), wheelchair access (5%), air-con (4%).

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Coffee chains in Holland Village & Dempsey

Getting there: Holland Village and one-north stations

Holland Village station on the Circle Line opened in 2011.1 one-north station opened on the same line on 8 October 2011 and connects to the basement of Fusionopolis.4 For Dempsey, the Singapore Botanic Gardens are the nearest landmark, with Napier station at the Tanglin Gate and Botanic Gardens station at the Bukit Timah Gate.3

Lorong Liput and Jalan Merah Saga

The village is a crescent of shophouses and small malls around Lorong Liput and Lorong Mambong, where Palm's Wine Bar started a wine-bar trend in the 1980s.1 One Holland Village, a mall begun in 2019, opened in December 2023, though in June 2025 The Straits Times reported that many shops had closed in 2024 and foot traffic had fallen.1

Cafe Idaki, at 17A Lorong Liput, is open 09:00–18:00 daily, Joy Cake at 25A until 21:00, and Kyushu Pancake and Tai Cheong Bakery are a few doors along at Nos. 25 and 31. Baker And Cook, at 44 Jalan Merah Saga, opens at 07:30 every day, and Cafe O opens at the same time and closes at 20:00.

Dempsey's barracks

In November 2006 the Singapore Land Authority put the Dempsey Road area out to tender as an interim lifestyle precinct called Tanglin Village.2 The conserved colonial blocks in its Dempsey, Minden and Loewen clusters now hold restaurants, galleries and antique dealers, and the Museum of Ice Cream opened on Loewen Road in 2021.2

Carrotsticks and Cravings, at 75E Loewen Road, serves 08:00–15:00 Monday to Saturday, and ChoPSuey Café at 10 Dempsey Road is open until 23:00 daily. The Botanic Gardens, founded in 1859 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 4 July 2015, open 05:00 to midnight, with free entry except to the National Orchid Garden.3

one-north and Science Park

Much of one-north was master-planned by Zaha Hadid Architects; Fusionopolis covers 30 hectares of it, and Biopolis houses biomedical research institutes.4 Its cafés keep office hours. One Man Coffee, at 4 Fusionopolis Way, opens 08:00–17:00 on weekdays only. Coffee Culture is at 31 Biopolis Way, Rocky Masters at 8 Biomedical Grove and Jimmy Monkey Cafe & Bar at 9 One-North Gateway.

Orange and Teal, at 35 Rochester Drive, stays open until 21:00, or 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and closes on Mondays. Further south, Kopifellas, Salted Caramel and Stokedi share 87 Science Park Drive, and s(he)brews café is at 365 Commonwealth Avenue.

Sources

  1. Holland Village, Singapore, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Tanglin, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Singapore Botanic Gardens, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. one-north, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Holland Village & Dempsey cafés: questions

Which MRT station serves Holland Village in Singapore?

Holland Village station, on the Circle Line, opened in 2011 and serves the shophouses around Lorong Liput and Lorong Mambong. one-north station, on the same line, opened on 8 October 2011 and connects to the basement of Fusionopolis. For Dempsey, Napier station is at the Botanic Gardens' Tanglin Gate.

What was Dempsey Hill in Singapore before its cafés and restaurants?

Dempsey Hill was a British military barracks, and it housed Singapore's Ministry of Defence and the Central Manpower Base from 1972 until 1989. In November 2006 the Singapore Land Authority offered the area for redevelopment as an interim lifestyle precinct; its conserved blocks now hold restaurants, galleries, antique dealers and cafés such as ChoPSuey Café at 10 Dempsey Road.

Where are the cafés on Lorong Liput in Singapore's Holland Village?

Cafe Idaki is at 17A Lorong Liput, open 09:00–18:00 daily, and Joy Cake at 25A, open until 21:00. Kyushu Pancake and Tai Cheong Bakery are at Nos. 25 and 31. Around the corner, Baker And Cook at 44 Jalan Merah Saga opens at 07:30 every day.

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