The Book Café

The Book Café is a café Singapore River Singapore located in Singapore.

8 / 10
391
ratings
  • Phone

    +65 6887 5430

  • Website

    thebookcafe.com.sg

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  • Type

    Café

Address

#01-02 Seng Kee Building (20 Martin Road) 239070 Singapore

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express & MasterCard)
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating Yes
Restroom Yes
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks Beer, Wine, Cocktails

Comments / 125


Keywords:

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Truc Huynh

This is a very hip and trendy cafe on River Valley Close area. I found the service good as well as the food. A great selection of food and drinks on offer with reasonable prices. Below's salmon ceasar

Chen Jingwen

Tried the Eggs Benedict and pan fried cod fish dinner set. One of the poached eggs is a little bit overdone. Cosy place for you to chill over some magazines and books . GREAT SERVICE too!! =)

Yasmine Faingnaert

Very chill to work (everyone does), you can either work inside, on the lazy couches , surrounded by books or at the tables or on the terrace . Good all day breakfast and very good coffees . Free Wi-Fi.

Naveeshini Nair

Definitely came here for the atmosphere.The coffee was all right but it's a great place to study or get work done.They have a wonderful reading selection and the staff members are very friendly .

Lusy Aaltje

One of the places to be 'lost in time' for bookworms and coffee lovers in Singapore! I love the coffee , lovely service, sofas , books and the cakes - in that order! Price is okay for a frequenter.

Margarita Cherkasova

Cozy , quite small though. Wi fi , lots of books and magazines and some children playing around. Bring your laptop, get a latte and feel like you are at the communal kitchen struggling with your essay.

Omer Hiziroglu

One of my favorite places when I travel to singapore. The staff is friendly and competent. The food is suprisingly good. There are plugs everywhere, one can spend whole afternoon catching up on emails

Nurul Nadia Ramlee

Great service, always going around topping up our water. And plenty of power sockets outdoors for those who fancy doing work while smoking... with free WiFi !

Shirley Lau

Weekend special lemon pine nut pie is yum. As others commented the staff is super friendly and makes you feel comfortable working here for hours. Wifi + sofa + good food make a productive afternoon~

Tobias Weißenfels

Nice place with a lot of stuff to read and a really good eggs benedict . Good coffee too, enjoy.

Yiling Ding

Comfortable seating , power outlets , good wifi , good coffee and decent food. My favorite place to get some work done in the city .

Fritz Q

They use real honey instead of the commercial sugar syrup , awesomely refreshing to order an iced honey lemon on a hot day and hazelnut chocolate cake is delicious but not overly sweet

Cody Griggers

Super friendly staff actually encourage you to set up camp with your laptop by showing you the power points! Great place to work or chill as long as you want. And the lemon pinenut pie is awesome!

Grace Barrett

Great coffee , lovely staff , and a nice relaxed atmosphere with mellow music . Perfect for Monday morning breakfast before a hectic day, and free Wi-Fi too.

Uncle V

Love their Latte . Tastes good. Many power plugs available. Comfortable environment.

Anna Ragen

Great place to hang out, there's a good selection of reading material and comfy couches . Plus free wifi and plenty of power points. Staff will even provide extension cords.

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A great cafe to chill out , peaceful and comfy . Food is good too, they have all my favorites. I love their yolkless cheesecake !

Kars Alfrink

Has a section with comfortable couches and low tables perfect for screwing around on your laptop or (gasp) actually reading a book .

Melvin Chan

Had the cheese burger and it's very good. Mildly crispy buns and beef patty 's done just right with the right mix and doneness.

Truc Huynh

Great service staff . I just stopped by The Book Cafe yesterday for a drink to cool down the heat in Singapore. Longan Frosty killed.

Sebastian Sonne

Best place to sit outside and work. The Food is okay. Would recommend the smoked turkey sandwich and the salmon breakfast !

Darren G.

Great lattes and food, good people watching as well . Check their schedule as particular nights have group gatherings that fill the place.

Mark Ashworth

Great place for coffee and working. Lots of plug sockets. Cosy area to break out and read. Nice cakes too.

Hyemin Koo

Coffee and food (I had the salmon breakfast ) could be better but great service, lovely ambience and very well air conditioned .

Jisun Yu

best place to work so far in SG - free wifi , many outlets , comfy sofas , friendly service , excellent coffee , decent food :)

Szabolcs Sándor

Service is a bit chaotic but the coffee is great and the whole place has a great atmosphere. Don't order fresh juice , it comes in a small glass and not the best either. Food is fine, good brunch place

Cassie Utt

Decent omelet and iced latte . It was a nice quiet spot for calls and work!

Alexander Lobov

Books . Coffee . Wifi . Powerpoints. Couches . Outside smoking area . All day breakfast . This place is a recipe for win. What's not to like, honestly?

Martina Voborníková

Having a nice cup of cappuccino here. It's pleasant to read a book while sitting in the huge comfy sofa :)

Berner

Celeb spotting: just saw our pal Woody grab a coffee here. If you see him say "Hi Allen". He prefers to stay anonymous

G Sim

Cozy and quiet place for reading books . The apple pie was delicious!!

Sat

Great coffee and dessert , while you can browse their extensive library of new magazines , travel guides and books .

Ian Thomtori

The turkey ham Avocado egg white sandwich is excellent!! Coffee kinda weak for me.. #ThomtoriEats

ChiewMei Lim

Grab the cosy two seater at the corner, good lighting for reading. The cheesecake and hot honey lemon are perfect for a rainy day.

Eileen Lin

All time favourite cafe with smoking area and good service / free wifi

Carlo Garcia

You can spend an entire afternoon with friends here - coffee and food is good. For tourists , they offer free WiFi here.

Regina Bautista

Ask questions- for example: the breakfast set strictly ends after 11:30 AM BUT you can ask for the all day breakfast . They won't suggest it otherwise. :p

safia r

Cute location and has wifi , but the food and drinks are not amazing. The soy latte is my go-to drink here.

Simon

The dinner set comes with choice of full serving of soup of yr choice, mains plus dessert of the day with drinks. Quite a good deal

Grace Choong

If you love the combination of a good book with a fresh pot of tea like me, don't forget to try Thai Lemongrass & Ginger tea . Sheer pleasure for your body & soul.

Edd

Asked for a piccolo but nay, no can do. So went for a flat white instead. To my surprise, a small cup of delicious warm cuppa came. U've got urself a returning customer fo' shizzle.

Lynne ???? Qu

Be aware it's crowded Sunday afternoon, and there is a smoking area if you don't want to sit in accidentally. The flat white is good.

Aysun

Great breakfast , books and coffee & coach. ????????????

Eva K

Well ..it is a kind of living room feeling so kind of a place to relax ...that's fine..only..why in empty cafe getting the order takes 30min...nobody knows

Nicholas Chia Tze Yong

Super comfortable place to work at!

Mighty Travels

Fast wifi , great food and good atmosphere. Wouldn't come back for the coffee though...

Julia Janelle

Be prepare to wait longer during lunch time, must have time to relax and eat here

Ariel Christabelle Chan

Lots of power sockets and comfy sofas . Dim lighting . Somewhat annoying and inconsistent music . And lots of books and magazines to browse. Heard the food's so-so but smells good from where I was.

Ming Man

Busy but quiet place to relax and enjoy a coffee .

Els D.

Comfy little place for wasting away the afternoon with great coffee and a good book

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