The 5 Best Healthy Food Cafes in Singapore

Image: Onaka Restaurant

Nowadays, we humans are more seriously attentive to our health and we all know that eating right can help maintain a healthy weight and avoid hidden health problems. The only thing holding some of us back from eating healthily is that clean-eating foods are not always as delicious as the so-called sinful dishes.

If that is your reason so, think again. The large number of healthy food cafes mushrooming across Singapore in recent years reveals that more and more people have fallen in love with this health-friendly kind of foods. No doubt, only great innovations in culinary recipes have that life-changing power, making healthy foods taste better than ever.

You can explore by yourself with our list of the best healthy food cafes on hand.

1. Ci Yan Organic Vegetarian Health Food

Image: Ci Yan Organic Vegetarian Health Food

Address

8 Smith Street, Chinatown

Phone

+65 6225 9026

Opening hours

Daily 12:00 - 23:00

Add Ci Yan Organic Vegetarian Health Food to your healthy eatery list if you are a health conscious diner. Nestled in bustling Chinatown, Ci Yan is a small vegetarian eating place with a famous menu featuring organic ingredients.

Highlights:

Small sized yet big on quality menu: Ci Yan offers a very simple menu, simply written on a black board in front of the restaurant. Only 4 to 6 dishes are listed on that daily changing menu under categories of brown rice sets, noodles and desserts. Although there aren’t many options, the deliciousness, healthiness and affordability are always there to make up the space.

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Brown rice set
Thunder tea rice
Chinese pancake wraps
Cold noodles
Sichuan noodles
Veggie laksa

PRICES

S$5.50 for noodle dishes
S$6.50 for brown rice sets

LOOK AND FEEL: Nestled in a little old-fashioned shophouse and adorned with Tibetan Buddhist icons all over the walls, Ci Yan is a quiet place to escape the bustle of Chinatown and enjoy delicious healthy foods.

NOTES

You can call the eatery up to check what dishes are available on the day or when your favorite dishes will be served on the menu again.
Free books on Buddhist practice are available to take home.

2. Onaka Restaurant & Wine Bar @ ARC (Closed)

Image: Onaka Restaurant & Wine Bar

Address

460 Alexandra Road, #01-32 Alexandra Retail Centre

Phone

+65 6270 2012

Opening hours

Mon to Fri 11:00 - 20:00
Sat 10:30 - 20:00

While most of the healthy food eateries focus on just a certain dietary need, Onaka caters for a wide range of eating needs including gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, low glycemic, vegan and vegetarian. With menu items spread from Asian to Western style and from greens to meat, Onaka can satisfy any palates.

Highlights:

Extensive menu: Onaka offers an extensive range of organic vegetarian and non- vegetarian dishes, including a good selection of appetizers, mains, desserts and drinks. Infusing health-friendly cooking methods such as baking, steaming and sous- vide into creative recipes, Onaka makes the foods tasty and healthy.
Value-for-money set lunch ($28.00): Picking a set meal choice is a way to have delicious foods at better price when dining at Onaka. You can design your own food set by selecting your wanted entree, main and dessert.

Featured dishes
– Tofu Avo
– Mushroom Tea
– Duck Confit Pancake
– Eggplant Bacon
– Hot and Sour Prawns Rice Noodles
– 48 Hour Beef with Red Wine Reduction
– Chilli Crab Capellini
– Avo-Choco Emotion

Look & Feel
The décor is bright and modern with a combination of white colour and dark wood. In its quiet and comfortable atmosphere, nothing can stop you from enjoying a leisure meal.

Pricing
– S$8.00 -S$16.00 for all kinds of starters
– S$16.00 -S$18.00 for superfood entrees; S$20.00- S$26.00 for asiatique entrees; S$28.00- S$50.00 for premium entrees
– S$10.00 – S$14.00 for desserts

Notes
– All set meals come with complimentary Organic Coffee or Healing Tea.
– You can place orders off the menu for kids.
– A vending machine in front of the restaurant offers all kinds of organic health bars and snacks.

3. Real Food @ Somerset (Closed)

Image: Real Food

Address

110 Killiney Road, Singapore 239549

Phone

+65 6737 9516

Opening hours

Daily 10:00 - 22:00

Real Food is quite a find of healthy food fans right at Orchard. Its 3-in-1 concept featuring a restaurant, a bookshop and an organic grocery shop at a single location make things more convenient for its fans.

Highlights:

A relaxing healthy food cafe at bustling Orchard: Real food with its spacious room is a good place for an escaping moment at Orchard. Visit the place for a leisure meal at the dim-lit, modern dining area or just for a coffee with friends at the in-house bookshop.
Delicious organic vegetarian foods: Real Food has a wide menu of organic vegetarian fare with a good blend of Western and Asian dishes, freshly prepared and full of flavors.

Featured dishes
– Capsicum salad
– Beetroot burger
– Steamed dumpling
– Sorbets
– Original Strawberries and Banana Pancake

Pricing
– Breakfast: From S$6.80 to S$9.80
– Sandwiches: From S$9.80 to S$13.80
– Salads: From S$9.80 to S$13.80
– Pasta/Pizzas: From S$7.80 to S$13.80
– Rice/Noodles: From S$7.80 to S$13.80
– Soup: From S$7.00 to S$8.80
– Snacks: From S$4.00 to S$8.80
– Fresh juices: From S$5.80 to S$7.80
– Organic coffee/tea: S$4.00 to S$6.80

Notes
– Cash only
– The foods may take a long time to arrive on your table.

4. The Living Cafe & Deli

Image: The Living Cafe & Deli

Address

779 Bukit Timah Rd Singapore 269758

Phone

+65 6468 4482

Opening hours

Mon: 11:00 - 19:00
Tue - Fri: 11:00 - 22:00
Sat: 09:00 - 22:00
Sun: 09:00 - 19:00

The Living Cafe & Deli is a healthy food cafe, belonging to Balanced Living – a wellness centre offering holistic health support. The cafe specializes in raw foods, which rigorously excludes red meat, cow dairy, white sugar, preservatives, additives, artificial colorings and gluten to ultimately cater for its patrons’ needs.

Highlights:

Creative and tasty raw foods: The Living Cafe spotlights raw foods on its menu. Making raw ingredients flavorful is an art, and the chefs at this restaurant can make their food creations an art piece through jazzing up vegetables with delicious home-made sauces. Besides greens, protein options like chicken and salmon are added to the menu to satisfy other dietary needs.
Wonderful selection of desserts: Raw dessert is another highlight at The Living Cafe. You will be certainly melted with its beautifully presented and delicious sweet offers.
Kid-friendly dining place: In its spacious room, there is a playing section for kids to have some fun while enjoying meal.

SIGNATURE DISHES: Zucchini Pesto Pasta: Zucchini shredded to look like spaghetti and jazzed up with homemade pesto sauce

ATMOSPHERE: The Living Cafe has a new coat after renovation. It is easy for you to relax yourself in the restaurant’s full of sunlight, lofty, airy and beautifully decorated space.

AVG PRICE/PAX: S$35

NOTES

Catering service for private events is provided on request.
Cooking courses for children and adults from beginner to intermediate level are offered at Balanced Living.

5. Sunny Choice Cafe @ The Rail Mall

Image: Sunny Choice Cafe

Address

434 Upper Bukit Timah Road
The Rail Mall, Singapore 678060

Phone

+65 6892 2383

Opening hours

Daily 10:00 to 21:00

Sunny Choice is an organic destination where fans of healthy foods can enjoy tasty healthy dishes and shop for organic products. Located within the grocery store, the cafe is small but its menu is brimming with appealing food options.

Highlights:

Tasty vegetarian foods at affordable prices: With $10 diners can pick any food item on the restaurant’s menu. The delicious dishes are freshly prepared in Chinese, Korean or Western style, using organic ingredients and served in generous portions.
High-tech ordering system: At Sunny Choice, diners can place orders efficiently through the Samsung tablet provided at each and every tables.

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