Is the East Side really the best side? That certainly seems to be the case, now with the opening of a brand-new shopping mall in Singapore’s Pasir Ris neighbourhood. Here is where and what you should be eating at Pasir Ris Mall when you make your next visit.
Located next to its namesake MRT Station, this latest retail destination is designed to be a hub. It will be connected to the upcoming Cross Island MRT Line and the refreshed Pasir Ris Bus Interchange. The Central Greenway, a walking and cycling corridor from Pasir Ris Park, also links to the mall. For cyclists, there are parking lots and shower facilities in basement 1.
The shopping complex houses over 150 brands, many of them serving food. There are food courts like Cantine by Kopitam and Malaysia Boleh!. Fast-food options include Jollibee, McDonald’s, and 4 Fingers. Japanese cuisine is rife here, ranging from butadon, ramen, tonkatsu, sushi, and yakiniku. Local cuisine can be found at The Hainan Story, Crave nasi lemak, Lau Wang Claypot Delights, and Adinda by Gerai Nenek Obek, which started in 1963 as a stall in Geylang Serai Market.
For coffee, look for Tim Hortons, Luckin Coffee, and Kopifellas. Nayana Plus is a haven for Kpop fans and Korean dishes. Tai Er takes on suan cai yu, while Lenu offers beef and pork noodles based on similar dishes in China and Taiwan. Craving Western food? There’s Earle Swensen’s, an upscale eatery with steaks and smashed burgers. Then finish off with circular croissants from Crolo. Discover the best restaurants below.
Address: 7 Pasir Ris Central, Singapore 519612.
How to get there: Alight at Pasir Ris MRT and walk 4 minutes (270m).
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12 best restaurants for food at Pasir Ris Mall today:
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Adinda by Gerai Nenek Obek
Adinda is a quick-service eatery opened by Gerai Nenek Obek, a hawker stall in Geylang Serai Market. The stall was founded in 1963 by the current owners’ great-grandmother, who made a name for herself by selling Indonesian dishes like nasi rawon and nasi jenganan. Now run by her fourth generation, Adinda serves some of her most popular items, which are still made according to her recipes.
What to order
The nasi rawon (S$9.90) with beef stew, tempe, sambal sotong, paru goreng (fried beef lung), begedil serunding, and sambal. The lontong (S$5.50) and nasi jenganan (S$9.90) are also signatures.
Halal certified
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Butahage
Hailing from Hokkaido, Butahage serves one of the Japanese prefecture’s specialities: butadon, or pork rice bowl. The meat is grilled to give it a smoky aroma, slathered with a sauce that the restaurant claims is over 90 years old, and served over Nanatsuboshi rice. The restaurant also has rice bowls with tempura and salmon.
What to order
Obihiro Meibutsu Japanese Pork Loin Don (S$18.80). The meal comes with miso soup, pickles, and green tea.
Daily, 11am – 9pm
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Crolo by Swee Heng
Swee Heng is a heritage bakery that knows how to keep up with trends. Case in point: Crolo, where the business sells croissant-inspired creations. Opened in 2021 after Crolo founder Eric Ng came across Japanese-style croissants in Taiwan, the takeaway store offers sweet and savoury versions like Milo Dinosaur and chicken floss salted egg lava. Crolo also offers a round croissant called “croroll.”
What to order
The chicken ham and egg croissant (S$3.20) and Biscoff croissant (S$2.80) are some of its most popular items.
Halal certified
Daily, 9am – 9.30pm
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Earle Swensen's
Stalwart Western food chain Swensen’s has a sister upscale restaurant in Earle Swensen’s. Billed as “halal certified haute gastronomy,” dishes range from a salad buffet to breakfast items like savoury croffles, as well as charcoal-grilled steaks topped with the restaurant’s house-made compound butter. Smashed burgers are another speciality.
What to order
Exclusive to Earle Swensen’s Pasir Ris Mall are the Butter Burgs: compound butter melted onto a beef patty between brioche bun (S$21 each). They come in flavours of onion balsamic, roasted pepper, or Dijon mustard.
Halal certified
Daily, 11am – 10.30pm
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Jollibee
For fans of fried chicken, it’s hard to say no to Jollibee. The largest fast-food chain from the Philippines now has a presence at Pasir Ris Mall serving its signature dish – made from a secret marinate, no less – together with specialities from the country, including their version of spaghetti, palabok, and halo-halo.
What to order
You’re probably here for fried chicken, so get the classic Jollibee Chickenjoy (from S$22) with gravy on the side for dipping. The Jolly Spaghetti with meat sauce (S$5.50) riffs on Italy’s most famous export with sweet sauce, hotdogs, and meatballs.
Daily, 10am – 10pm
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Kageyama Ramen & Tonkatsu
Kageyama serves a form of ramen that veers away from the ubiquitous tonkotsu broth. Instead, the Tokyo chain specialises in tori paitan, literally “white soup,” which gets its name from a pale chicken broth simmered until thick and creamy with collagen. Tonkatsu is another highlight here.
What to order
The shoyu ramen with chicken breast (S$11.90) exemplifies Kageyama’s rendition of the dish, whose rich taste can be doctored with a squeeze of the accompanying lemon. For the famished, the rosu katsu (roast pork) set (S$18.80) comes with unlimited servings of cabbage and rice.
Daily, 11.30am – 10pm
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Lenu Chef Wai’s Noodle Bar
Preparations of Lenu’s beef broth start the day before when the bones are simmered for 18 hours and the meat braised until tender. It’s a similar story with the pork broth, another of Lenu’s speciality, which is cooked for 12 hours until concentrated and rich in collagen. Both dishes can be ordered with your choice of noodles: either rice noodles, thick vermicelli, or la mian.
What to order
The braised wagyu beef noodles (S$18.30) is an elevated take on a dish found throughout mainland China and Taiwan. Prefer seafood? The fish fillet with preserved vegetable noodles (S$16.30), Chef Wai’s dry noodles with anchovies (S$9.30), and spicy Japanese scallop dry noodles (S$11.90) are also bestsellers.
set with appetiser and drink for an additional S$3.90
Monday – Friday, 11am – 10pm
Saturday & Sunday, 10.30am – 10pm
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Malaysia Boleh!
Checkpoint jam got you feeling frustrated? Malaysia Boleh! hopes to solve that. The food court brings together renowned street hawkers from across the causeway to serve iconic dishes like Kluang-style bak kut teh, KL Hokkien noodles, and Penang char kway teow.
What to order
You can’t go wrong with most dishes, but we’re partial to the durian chendol, which comes either in a bowl (S$4.70) or a cup (S$5.40).
Daily, 10am – 9pm
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Nayana Plus
Kpop stans, there is a restaurant for you. Nayana Plus is an extension of Nayana Kpop Cafe & Restaurant that serves a spread of Korean cuisine including army stew, barbecue, and fried chicken. The dining establishment is pet-friendly too.
What to order
The army stew (S$28.90) with noodles, chicken sausage, luncheon meat, beancurd, chicken, pork belly, beef, kimchi, zucchini, and enoki mushroom, which is topped with a cheese slice.
Monday – Friday, 10am – 10pm
Saturday, 8.30am – 11pm
Sunday, 8.30am – 10pm
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Tai Er
Tai Er’s founder was so focused on preparing food that he would forget to open the door of his small restaurant in China and his customers would tease him for being silly – tai er. But he leaned into the slang and opened a chain of eateries in 2015 selling suan cai yu (sauerkraut fish) and other Sichuan dishes, and now boasts over 600 outlets in mainland China and overseas.
What to order
Traditional suan cai yu contains a lot of bones, but the restaurant’s Chinese suancai and fish (from S$48) makes it easy with deboned tilapia slices topped with Sichuan peppercorns, pickled cabbages, and plenty of chilli. The poached sliced beef in hot chilli oil (S$26) and spicy chicken with chilli pepper (la zi ji; S$19) are also highly popular.
Daily, 11.30am – 9pm
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The Hainan Story Coffee House
The Hainan Story Coffee House brings together a wealth of Hainanese classics together from curry rice to pork chop. The restaurant also does traditional breakfast items like soft-boiled eggs and kaya toasts, as well as pandan waffles and Hainanese-style Western food.
What to order
Highlights include Ah Mai chee cheong fun (S$8.80), Hainanese pig’s trotter assam curry noodle ($10.80), and the comforting Hainanese pork patty noodle soup ($8.80). For Hainanese-Western fare, the baked Hainanese rice cake lasagna ($9.80) combines chwee kueh with the Italian dish, and the Old English beef stew ($16.80) comes with hash browns.
Daily, 8am – 9.30pm
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Yakiniku Like
What you see is what you pay for at Yakiniku Like. The Japanese barbecue restaurant lists all prices in nett while promising to serve orders in three minutes. While wait times can be long during peak periods, it’s an opportunity to dine affordably on premium Wagyu beef.
What to order
The Premium Karubi Trio Set (S$29.90) offers a chance to pit Japanese Wagyu beef short plate against its American counterpart. All sets come with rice, soup, and a choice of kimchi or salad, as well as unlimited servings of the restaurant’s dipping sauces.
Daily, 11am – 3pm, 5pm – 10pm
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