TOP restaurants and food places in Fusionopolis and One North, Singapore

One-North, Fusionopolis and the other zones in this area that stretches from the Buona Vista MRT to the One-North MRT stations have always been confusing to us until we started exploring the place and finding out what to eat there. So no worries, today we have The Ordinary Patrons’ (TOP) List of restaurants and food places in Fusionopolis and One North. We will also try our best to describe the area to you.

First we start by defining what exactly is One-North. It is neither one nor in the north. It is made up of many areas in a huge 200 hectare zone overseen by JTC. According to the JTC One North website: “one-north is designed to host a cluster of world-class research facilities and business park space, all built to support the growth of Biomedical Sciences, Infocomm Technology (ICT), Media, Physical Sciences and Engineering.”     

One North is made up of separate components – such as Fusionopolis, Rochester Park, Mediapolis, Wessex and Nepal Hill,  Biopolis and JTC Launchpad.  Mixed up among all these areas are two other developments:  Metropolis and Star Vista. These are private projects and are not technically part of One-North or looked after by JTC, but we will include them in here nonetheless because there are places to eat.

 Fusionopolis

Here are the restaurants that we have tried in Fusionopolis. The cluster of buildings around the One North MRT Station is “designed to provide an environment conducive to growth in the information and communications technologies (ICT), media, physical sciences and engineering industries.”

Bread Yard

The Bread Yard is a bakery and a cafe. Its menu predictably revolves around bread items – sandwiches, all day breakfast dishes, plus a small section of mains such as rib eye steak.  Read our review here.

Bread Yard
1 Fusionopolis Place
#01-23/24 Galaxis
Singapore 138522

Tel: +65 97735318

Rong Hua Bak Kut Teh

The roots of Rong Hua Bak Kut Teh (榮華肉骨茶) can be traced back to the 1920s, when the founder, Mr Chua Ah Hua migrated to Singapore from China. They serve the clear, peppery Teochew type of bak kut teh soup.  Read our review here.

榮華肉骨茶 Rong Hua Bak Kut Teh @ Fusionopolis
1 Fusionopolis Way , #02-13, Connexis, Singapore 138632
(Directly Above One North MRT, Circle Line)

Tel: +65 6469 3536

Hoodadak

Hoodadak is a relatively new Korean Restaurant that opened in March 2016).   Its raw, industrial look does not look very traditional but the food certainly was. Read our review here.

Hoodadak Korean Fusion Dining Room
#01-10 Fusionopolis Galaxis
1 Fusionopolis Place
Singapore 138522

Yunnan Garden

The Yunnan Garden Chinese restaurant has a bright contemporary decor and serves mainly the classic Chinese dishes, including a limited range of dim sum for lunch. Read our review here.

Yunnan Garden Chinese Restaurant
1 Fusionopolis Place
#02-02 Galaxis
Singapore 138522

Tel: +65 6665 8888

Foodbarn

Foodbarn Restaurant is an attractive restaurant located on the ground floor of the Galaxis. True to its name, Foodbarn is decorated with a country barn theme.  It serves Western cuisine, mainly sandwiches, burgers and breakfast food. Read our review here.

FoodBarn @ Galaxis Fusionopolis
1 Fusionopolis Place #01-13
Singapore 138522

Tel: +65 6556 0711

Arkadas cafe

Arkadas cafe is a Turkish restaurant located in the Sandcrawler building that houses the George Lucas Studios.   Read our review here.   May the food be with you.

Arkadas Cafe
1 Fusinopolis View
#01-02, Sandcrawler

Singapore 138577

Tel : +65 6466 9918

Rochester Park

Rochester Park is another component of One North. It is located right next to Star Vista. It is not very near Fusionopolis. The nearest MRT Station is Buona Vista. It covers the modern Rochester Mall and some of the surrounding colonial houses. “Rochester Park was developed to bring an inspiring dining and lifestyle retail environment to one-north’s expanding community. “

Mezza Italian (formerly PastAmore)

Pastamore Italian Restaurant is a family run restaurant in a single-storey structure lined with traditional red bricks. It is a stand-alone building that looks like it was an auxiliary building to one of the colonial bungalows.  Read our review here.

Mezza Italian
39 Rochester Drive
Singapore 138641

Tel : +65 6684 8414

Metropolis

Metropolis is a private development by Ho Bee Land. There are direct exits from Buona Vista MRT Station and its office tenants include the SGX and CDP.  There are f & b outlets on the ground floor.

Ikki Izakaya

Ikki Izakaya is a casual Japanese eatery that serves a wide range of the usual Japanese types of dishes.  Read our review here.

Ikki Izakaya
9 North Buona Vista Drive
#01-06/07
Singapore 138588

Tel : +65 81388578

Peach Garden

Peach Garden is a traditional Chinese restaurant in Metropolis.  Read our review here.

Peach Garden @ The Metropolis
9 North Buona Vista Drive
#02-02, The Metropolis Tower 1
Singapore 138588

Tel: +65 6334 7833

Mediapolis

According to the JTC website, Mediapolis was “created for the rapidly expanding infocomm, media, physical sciences and engineering sectors, the 19-hectare hub in one-north is supported by a robust IT infrastructure.” It is located at the southeast corner of the One North zone.

The most prominent corporate here is Mediacorp which is moving from their Caldecott Hill premises. From observations made at our last visit, it does not seem that the move has been completed. We suggest that celebrity spotting should be held off till the end of 2016.

Cafe Melba

Cafe Melba is another restaurant on the roof park of Media Campus. It serves mostly the usual Western fare like pizza, pasta, sandwiches and burgers. Read our review here.

Cafe Melba Mediapolis
1 Stars Avenue, #03-01
Singapore, 138507

Nearest MRT Station: One-North

Tel: +65 6352 2721

JTC Launchpad 

JTC Launchpad is basically several blocks of old buildings used as premises for start-ups. It is  a “vibrant, nurturing environment for start-ups and incubators in the biomedical sciences, infocomm, media, cleantech, electronics and engineering industries”.

The main eating place within the Launchpad is Timber+. There are hawker stalls selling the usual types of Singapore food, including two stalls that serve some of the best noodles in Singapore. There are some mini-restaurants, that serve Spanish, Cebu and other types of food and retro food trucks that serve French, American, Japanese and other types of international cuisines.  See our summary of the food outlets at Timbre+.

Biopolis

“Biopolis at one-north is one of JTC’s key projects to boost the biomedical industry as Singapore’s next engine of economic growth.”  What we are more interested in are the food places here – and there are many of them. 

Star Vista

Star Vista is an extra-ordinary building which is a collaboration between Singapore’s leading developer and a large church. Essentially, it is a 5,000 seat auditorium perched on top of three levels of restaurants and shops. See our story on the Restaurants at Star Vista.

We hope you find the TOP restaurants and food places in Fusionopolis and One North, Singapore useful.  Cheers!