What to eat at Rail Mall? This is our 2021 list of Rail Mall food outlets and restaurants to guide you. With the opening of Hillview MRT station and the development of the Singapore Rail Corridor, Rail Mall is gaining popularity as a place for casual dining in Upper Bukit Timah.
Rail Mall is an easy starting point to explore the Rail Corridor (Central segment). With a few rail bridges within walking distance – the Hillview Bridge, the Upper Bukit Timah Truss Bridge at its doorstep and the Bukit Timah Bridge (40 minutes walk), it is convenient to use Rail Mall as a start and end place for a two-hour walk. Food and drinks are close by at the end. If you are lucky, you can find a free parking lot as well.
Rail Mall Parking: Good news and Bad news
The Rail Mall is a stretch of single-storey shops that run parallel to Upper Bukit Timah Road. It comprises 43 single-storey shop units and 95 private carpark lots. In 2018, the mall was acquired by SPH Reits. The bad news is that parking barriers been erected putting to an end to the previous free-parking at Rail Mall. The good news is that they had not boarded up the whole place. Some parking lots and the space along the shops are outside the barriers. So there are still some free parking lots for the lucky ones.
Apart from the parking, the other visible change since SPH Reits took over are the Trompe-l’œil paintings on some of the walls to recreate a look of rustic houses and the old Bukit Timah railway station. I think that they are very well done, especially the train station one (top picture of this post).
The Rail Mall Food Outlets Near the Rail Bridge
The Rail Mall shops are organised in two separate blocks with the carpark in between them. We begin our list of Rail Mall food outlets and restaurants with the shorter block near the railway bridge and tracks.
Maison Marie Bistrot & Market
Maison Marie Bistrot & Market is the latest new cafe at Rail Mall. Its opening in March 2021 coincides with the reopening of the central stretch of the Singapore Rail Corridor. With the Bukit Timah Truss Bridge at its doorstep, this could be the best place to eat when exploring the Rail Corridor. Read more.
Maison Marie Bistrot and Market,The Rail Mall
380-384 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678040
Tel: +65 62350661 (Bistrot) +65 62353351 (Market)
Maison Marie Bistro Opening Hours: 11.30am to 10pm
Acqua e Farina Italian Restaurant
Acqua e Farina is run by two Italian chefs. One from the sunny South Italy and and the other from northern Milan. As a result, the menu is “a beautiful showcase of the highly distinctive cuisine from both the top and the bottom of the boot-shaped Italian Peninsula”. Read about our visit here.
400 Rail Mall
Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678050
Sixteen Ounces Craft Beer Bistro
Right next to the Italian restaurant is Sixteen Ounces Craft Beer Bistro. This place offers 8 types of craft beers on tap and a range of pub food to go with the booze.
398 Rail Mall
Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678049
Mon-Fri: 3:30-10:30pm
Sat-Sun: 11:30am-10:30pm
Springleaf Prata Place @ Rail Mall
Springleaf Prata Place is next door to Sixteen Ounces. This Rail Mall food place is described as “your one stop family restaurant for delicious Indian food”. We have tried their outlet at Sunset Way and cannot disagree with that. They have a wide range of food include popular items like prata, thosai, Noodles, murtabak and set meals. Read more.
96 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678048
Tel: 6219 2540, 9654 0711
Operating Hours: 8am to 12am*11.30pm to 11.45pm (Last Order)
The Cat Cafe @ Rail Mall
The Cat Cafe is one of the most charming food places at Rail Mall. Opened in 2020, it is also one of the newer outlets at Rail Mall. According to their website, Cat Cafe was opened by two cat lovers. The kitties were all once strays – abandoned by their owners and rescued by Kitty Care Haven. In addition to playing with the cats, freshly brewed coffee, top-notch tea and freshly baked pastries are also available.
The Cat Cafe @ Rail Mall
392 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Opening Hours:
Wednesday: 3pm to 10pm
Thursday – Tuesday, Public Holiday: 10am to 10pm
Green On Earth Vegetarian Restaurant
Further up the same block from Cat Cafe is Green on Earth. It is a vegetarian restaurant that moved to Rail Mall in January 2020. It serves ma la xiang guo and zi char dishes. Green on Earth is the last Rail Mall food outlet in this block.
Green on Earth
386 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678043
Rail Mall Restaurants Near Hillview MRT Station
Across the car park is the second row of shops that houses the rest of the Rail Mall food places. This set of shops is nearer to the Hillview MRT Station and next to the Bukit Panjang Methodist Church.
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf @ Rail Mall
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf probably does not need any introduction. The only thing we need to tell about this Rail Mall cafe is that it has WiFi and is open 24-hours.
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf @ Rail Mall
422 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678051
BLooiE’s Roadhouse Bar & Grill
BLooiE’s is a Rail Mall eatery in the style of an American roadhouse – which looks like an American version of a pub. Meat dishes, burgers and pizza are among the items on the menu.
Blooie’s Rail Mall
426/428 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678053
Opening hours:
Sunday to Thursday : 11.30AM – 1.30AM
Friday & Saturday : 11.30AM – 3.00AM
Tel : 6766 1588
Subway @ Rail Mall
Subway @The Rail Mall
430 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678056
Tel: 6762 2052
Opening Hours:
Mon-Fri 0830 – 2200;
Sat & Sun 0800 – 2200
Sunnychoice @ Rail Mall
Sunnychoice is both a health food store and a vegan and vegetarian friendly cafe. Their shop at Rail Mall is one of several across Singapore. Items such as Ipoh hor fun, thunder tea rice and ngoh hiang are on the menu.
434 Upper Bukit Timah Road
The Rail Mall
Singapore 678060
Tel: +65 6892 2383
Open Daily 10.30am – 9pm
Last Order: 8.30pm
EAT at Rail Mall
EAT. is one of the brands in the Fei Siong Group. Various types of local noodle dishes are on the menu: e.g. laksa, fishball noodles and bak chor mee. This Rail Mall food outlet is open 24 hours.
EAT. Rail Mall
436 Upper Bukit Timah Rd,
Singapore 678040
Nam Kee Pau
Next to EAT. is another Fei Siong brand, Nam Kee Pau which serves more than just paus. Several types of noodles such as ban mian are also available. They are perhaps most famous for their Amy Yip big pau. How big is it? You can read about it here.
Nam Kee Pau Rail Mall
380 Upper Bukit Timah Rd
Singapore 678040
Sundays to Thursdays: 7AM to 10PM
Fridays to Saturdays: 7AM to 3AM
Toast Box Rail Mall
Toast Box Rail Mall
448 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Open Daily: 8am to 8pm
Tel: 6468 5421
New Teck Kee Chicken Rice
Chicken rice is their speciality but this Rail Mall restaurant serves a wider range of food than its name suggests. From basic zi char favourites like stir fry vegetables, shrimp rolls to Thai chicken feet. Read more.
New Teck Kee Chicken Rice
450 Upper Bukit Timah Road
The Rail Mall
Singapore 678069
YuBa Hut @ Rail Mall
YuBa Hut is a Japanese casual restaurant at Rail Mall. Items on the menu include maki rolls, donburi rice bowls, sashimi and aburi style dishes.
454 Upper Bukit Timah Road
The Rail Mall
Singapore 678071
Kings Indian Banana Leaf Restaurant
Kings Indian Banana Leaf Restaurant provides any option for those looking for Indian food at Rail Mall. Set meals, nasi biryani, fish head curry, roti prata and naan are some of the items on the menu.
Kings Indian Banana Leaf Restaurant @ Rail Mall
456 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678072
Open daily: 8:30 AM to 10:00 PM
Cold Storage
Cold Storage supermarket rounds up our list of Rail Mall food places at Rail Mall.
As information on menus and opening hours often change, it is advisable to consult the respective restaurants for their up to date information if you are planning a visit.
Other Rail Mall Shops
In addition to places to eat, there are other shops at Rail Malls such as RHB Bank, Jan & Elly English Language School and Healthcare Medical Clinic (formerly known as Rail Mall Clinic). The clinic’s current opening hours are Mon to Thur : 8.30 am to 12.30 pm 2.00 pm to 4.30 pm 6.30 pm to 9.00 pm Fri and Sat: 8.30 am to 12.30 pm Sun: 9.30 am to 12.30 pm Closed on Public Holidays.
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