Geylang Serai Wet Market

Written by Gary Ho | October 02, 2024

Address

1 Geylang Serai, Singapore 402001

Opening hours

Daily 06:30 – 12.00 (Wet market)
Daily 08:00 - 22:00 (Food centre)

Geylang Serai Market is one of the biggest and busiest wet markets in Singapore. Since 1964, this market has been a focal point for the local Malay community, with a good selection of Malay and Indian-Muslim specialties on offer.

Highlights:

A market in a traditional Malay kampong house: Situated in the heart of the Singapore Malay community, Geylang Serai Market plays the focal role of a hub celebrating Malay culture in its way. After the renovation, this market is dressed in a cultural suit – a traditional Malay kampong house. Together with Malay spices and foods offered there, the building’s pattern and structure say the celebrating word.
Offering ingredients for cooking Malay culture-rich dishes: This market is where many Malay Singaporeans get ingredients to prepare traditional dishes. If you are looking for peeled and blended tapioca for making kueh, Geylang Serai Market is a place to check out.
Malay spices and Middle Eastern spices: Geylang Serai Market supplies all sorts of Malay spices and a variety of spices from the Middle East. Visit BB Spices (stall 01-166) to get cloves, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon and many more.
Best Malay food: The second floor of Geylang Serai Market is home to hundreds of food stalls with a main focus on Malay and Indian cuisine. This is the best food court to enjoy Malay dishes such as asam pedas stingray (spicy stingray), beef rendang (spicy beef), ikan terubok (fried fish) and goreng pisang (banana fritters).

WHAT ARE ON OFFER?

Vegetables
Fruit
Fresh meats
Poultry
Live seafood
Tofu
Spices
Eggs
Dry goods
Noodles
An array of fabrics and decorative materials

PRICES: Prices here are among the lowest in Singapore, especially fish prices.

ATMOSPHERE: Reopened in 2010, the new Geylang Serai Market has become brighter and cleaner but the atmosphere of the old traditional market still remains. This vibrant place is where middle-aged shoppers come to do their daily shopping and young people come for good foods at weekends.

NOTES:

Come early for the best selection
Bargain for better prices
At spice stalls, you can get dazzling curry recipes from the owners
Pork is not on offer at this market

GETTING THERE:

Buses: 2, 7, 13, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30, 51, 67, 154, 155 and NR7 (Walk 1 min from bus stop B82049)
Nearest MRT station: Eunos MRT (EW7) (Walk 8 mins from Exit B)

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