Top 10 vegetarian food in Bugis and Fortune Centre you must try

10 places to try, one by one

1. 1. Herbivore

   

   A Japanese vegetarian restaurant at Fortune Centre, and the one on this list priced as upscale.

   Must try: Katsu Curry Set, Shitake Maki, Tempura Cha Soba, Unagi Kabayaki Non-Dairy

   💬 Diners call it a go-to for vegetarian food on Middle Road in Fortune Centre, praise the flavourful food, the buckwheat noodle soup and the avocado maki, and mention birthday meals with a reservation.

   • 📍 190 Middle Road
   • 🚇 About 3 minutes from Bencoolen MRT
   • 🕒 Mon–Fri 11:30am–2:30pm; Sat–Sun 11:30am–8:45pm
   • 💰 Upscale ($$$) · Restaurant

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2. 2. Seva Cafe

   

   A vegetarian café in Fortune Centre that mixes Indian and local dishes, which makes it different from most stalls in the building.

   Must try: Chicken rice, nasi biryani, nasi lemak, Indian rojak ($10.90), kambing soup ($7.90) and a satay set ($8.90)

   💬 Diners describe a cosy café with a friendly lady boss, a fully vegan savoury menu and a delicious fried carrot cake made with tofu.

   • 📍 190 Middle Rd, #03-19B, Singapore 188979
   • 🚇 About 3 minutes from Bencoolen MRT
   • 🕒 Daily 11am–9:30pm
   • 💰 Budget-friendly ($) · Cafe

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3. 3. Bodhi Deli 菩提齋

   

   Runs a different local dish on each day of the week, and lists allium-free local dishes.

   Must try: Vegan Drumstick Rice, Mee Siam, Lor Mee, Ban Mian Noodles Soup

   💬 Diners call it an OG of vegetarian local delights, mention the mee siam, meehoon soto and bakso balls, and say variety, quality and portions make lunch good value. The shop is cosy and on an upper floor.

   • 📍 190 Middle Road
   • 🚇 About 3 minutes from Bencoolen MRT
   • 🕒 Mon–Tue, Thu–Sun 10:30am–7pm; Wed 10:30am–3pm
   • 💰 Mid-range ($$) · Restaurant

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4. 4. Moon Chay Vegetarian

   

   A restaurant that leans Vietnamese, open daily from 9am to 9pm.

   Must try: Premium Stone Bowl Rice, Tofu with Lemon Grass, Vegan Crab Noodle

   💬 Diners call it a cosy hidden gem, one went back five days in a row, and they recommend the premium stone bowl rice, stone bowl noodles, moon chay rolls and dong que spring rolls.

   • 📍 190 Middle Road
   • 🚇 About 3 minutes from Bencoolen MRT
   • 🕒 Daily 9am–9pm
   • 💰 Mid-range ($$) · Restaurant

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5. 5. Red Apple Veggie Cafe

   

   A restaurant at Fortune Centre known for Chinese-style dishes written like a meat and seafood menu.

   Must try: Veggie Tempura, Spring Rolls, Golden Mushroom Satay

   💬 Diners describe a relaxed vegetarian dining experience that is crowded on Saturdays, though one had an order mixed up.

   • 📍 190 Middle Road, #01-32 Fortune Centre, Singapore 188979
   • 🚇 About 3 minutes from Bencoolen MRT
   • 🕒 Daily 10am–8pm
   • 💰 Budget-friendly ($) · Restaurant

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6. 6. Xing Hua Vegetarian Restaurant

   

   Open until 9:45pm, later than most places in the building.

   Must try: Xing Hua Fried Bee Hoon, Laksa, Xing Hua Braised Beancurd, Mala Hot Pot

   💬 Diners describe Putien-influenced vegetarian food without alliums or eggs and recommend the crystal bun, though one reported being charged $38 for a $25 order.

   • 📍 190 Middle Road
   • 🚇 About 3 minutes from Bencoolen MRT
   • 🕒 Daily 10:30am–9:45pm
   • 💰 Mid-range ($$) · Restaurant

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7. 7. Living Wholesome Vegetarian (Fortune Centre)

   

   A Hakka vegan stall at Fortune Centre. A published listing says no garlic is used. Open for lunch, Monday to Saturday.

   Must try: Thunder Tea Bee Hoon, Thunder Tea Brown Rice

   💬 Diners call it a favourite stall in Fortune Centre with pretty good thunder tea rice, a yuan yang version with brown rice and bee hoon, and a modern take on leicha.

   • 📍 190 Middle Rd, #01-23, Singapore 188979
   • 🚇 About 3 minutes from Bencoolen MRT
   • 🕒 Mon–Sat 11am–3pm; closed Sun
   • 💰 Budget-friendly ($) · Hawker

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8. 8. Red Apple Vegetarian

   

   A stall on Queen Street, about four minutes from Bugis MRT, open from 6am.

   Must try: Lor Mee, Satay Bee Hoon, Kway Chap

   💬 Diners say it is tasty Chinese vegetarian food with a great selection of sides, such as a plate for $8.20, and one who visited several outlets found them consistently good.

   • 📍 269B Queen Street
   • 🚇 About 4 minutes from Bugis MRT
   • 🕒 Mon–Fri 6am–5pm; Sat–Sun 6am–7pm
   • 💰 Budget-friendly ($) · Hawker

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9. 9. Jin You Yuan

   

   A hawker stall at Berseh Food Centre, about four minutes from Jalan Besar MRT.

   Must try: Fried Kway Teow, Claypot Braised Chicken Rice, Sambal Petai Fried Rice, Vegetarian Floss

   💬 Diners describe an expansive, reasonably priced menu under a new owner, with braised tofu rice and fried kway teow, and note there is only one cook, so waits can be long.

   • 📍 166 Jln Besar, #02-35 Berseh Food Centre, Singapore 208877
   • 🚇 About 4 minutes from Jalan Besar MRT
   • 🕒 Tue–Sun 11:30am–7:30pm; closed Mon
   • 💰 Budget-friendly ($) · Hawker

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10. 10. Supreme Vege 善心缘

    

    An upscale Chinese vegetarian restaurant near Bras Basah MRT, closed on Tuesdays.

    Must try: Golden Tofu with Pumpkin Sauce, Nonya VGN Fish, Dim Sum, Mala Hot Pot

    💬 Diners call it a first vegetarian dining experience that exceeded expectations, praise the pumpkin tofu and a fragrant fried rice with wok hei, and mention a Chinese New Year family dinner.

    • 📍 12 Queen St, #02-03 Hotel Royal Queens, Singapore 188553
    • 🚇 About 2 minutes from Bras Basah MRT
    • 🕒 Mon, Wed–Sun 11am–3pm and 5pm–9:30pm; closed Tue
    • 💰 Upscale ($$$) · Restaurant

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Good to know

• Getting there: Fortune Centre sits on the corner of Middle Road and Waterloo Street, about a five-minute walk from Bugis MRT (exits B and C). Rochor MRT and Bras Basah MRT are just as close. Look for the boxy building with the yellow trim.
• Come for lunch. The stalls inside cook for the weekday lunch rush, so noon to 1pm is when every stall is open and the spread is biggest. Turn up mid-afternoon and you will still eat well, just with fewer dishes left.
• Give yourself time to wander. The ground floor and the third floor hold most of the food, and half the fun is walking a full loop before you decide. The choice really is enormous.
• Stricter diet? You are spoilt here. Many stalls are proper Buddhist vegetarian (斋), so no egg, no dairy, no onion and no garlic. If a dish matters, just ask the stallholder, they are used to the question.
• Carry a bit of cash. Most stalls take PayNow these days, but a few of the older hawkers still prefer notes and coins.
• Weekends, and the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, get busy. Vesak Day is shoulder to shoulder. Wonderful atmosphere, longer queues.
• Rest days inside Fortune Centre are staggered, so one closed shop rarely means a closed building: New Green Pasture Cafe is closed on Mondays, Jaspat International on Tuesdays and Green Bliss Habitat on Thursdays. Most places close between 7pm and 9:45pm.
• If you avoid egg or garlic, ask first. Several places here state it: Tracy Juice Culture says no egg, garlic, onion or dairy, Jaspat International sells egg substitutes, and Living Wholesome says no garlic is used.

All 26 places in the directory

Veg-An

5.0(3)

Closed Now · $$ · Restaurant · Vegan

Rochor

EYWA

4.9(3)

Closed Now · $ · Restaurant · Vegan

Rochor

Bodhi Deli 菩提齋

4.8(7)

Closed Now · $$ · Restaurant · Vegetarian

Bugis

Cookie Coffee Cafe Bar

4.8(3)

Open Now · $ · Cafe · Bakery · Vegetarian

Bugis

Living Wholesome Vegetarian (Fortune Centre)

4.8(3)

Closed Now · $ · Hawker · Vegan

Bugis

Red Apple Vegetarian

4.8(3)

Closed Now · $ · Hawker · Vegetarian

Bugis

Moon Chay Vegetarian

4.7(3)

Open Now · $$ · Restaurant · Vegetarian

Bugis

Tian Yuan Healthy Vegetarian Food Paradise

4.7(3)

Closed Now · $$ · Restaurant · Vegetarian

Rochor

Jin Hong Vegetarian 金红素食

4.6(3)

Closed Now · $ · Hawker · Vegetarian

Rochor

Nature Cafe (SMU)

4.5(4)

Open Now · $$ · Restaurant · Cafe · Vegetarian

Bencoolen

Pine Tree Cafe

4.5(3)

Open Now · $$ · Restaurant · Cafe · Vegetarian

Bugis

Tracy Juice Culture

4.5(3)

Closed Now · $$ · Restaurant · Cafe · Vegetarian

Rochor

Herbivore

4.4(4)

Open Now · $$$ · Restaurant · Vegetarian

Bugis

Jin You Yuan

4.4(6)

Closed Now · $ · Hawker · Vegetarian

Rochor

Seva Cafe

4.4(3)

Open Now · $ · Cafe · Vegetarian

Rochor

Fo You Yuan 佛有缘素食馆

4.3(4)

Open Now · $$ · Restaurant · Vegetarian

Rochor

Mama Patisserie

4.3(3)

Open Now · $ · Bakery · Vegan

Rochor

New Green Pasture Cafe

4.3(3)

Open Now · $$ · Restaurant · Cafe · Vegetarian

Bugis

Red Apple Veggie Cafe

4.3(3)

Open Now · $ · Restaurant · Cafe · Vegetarian

Bugis

Su Shi Piao Xiang Vegetarian Food

4.3(7)

Open Now · $$ · Restaurant · Vegetarian

Bugis

Supreme Vege 善心缘

4.3(6)

Open Now · $$$ · Restaurant · Vegetarian

Bugis

Granny's Pancake

4.2(3)

Closed Now · $ · Dessert · Cafe · Vegetarian

Bugis

Jaspat International

4.0(3)

Open Now · $ · Restaurant · Vegetarian

Rochor

Green Bliss Habitat Vegetarian 綠福苑素食

3.9(3)

Open Now · $$ · Restaurant · Vegetarian

Bugis

Xing Hua Vegetarian Restaurant

3.4(3)

Open Now · $$ · Restaurant · Vegetarian

Rochor

Tuo Yuan Vegetarian

New

Closed Now · $ · Hawker · Vegetarian

Rochor

Common questions

Where is Fortune Centre in Singapore and how do I get there?

Fortune Centre is at 190 Middle Road, on the corner of Waterloo Street, in the Bugis area of Singapore. It is about a five-minute walk from Bugis MRT, and Rochor MRT and Bras Basah MRT are close by. The vegetarian food is spread over several floors, with most of it on the ground floor and the third floor.

Is Fortune Centre vegetarian food also vegan?

A lot of it is. Every stall is meat-free and seafood-free, and many are Buddhist vegetarian, so they also leave out egg, dairy, onion and garlic. That makes much of the food vegan by default. A few dishes still use egg, so check with the stall if you need to be sure.

What vegetarian dishes can I get at Fortune Centre?

Almost anything you would find at a normal hawker centre, done meat-free: laksa, Hokkien mee, char kway teow, economy rice (cai fan), yong tau foo, claypot rice and bee hoon, plus mock-meat zi char, Buddhist set meals, kueh, desserts and fresh juices. Prices run from a few dollars for a hawker plate up to a proper sit-down meal.

When is the best time to visit Fortune Centre for vegetarian food?

Weekday lunch, roughly noon to 1pm, when every stall is open and the choice is widest. Many stalls wind down by mid to late afternoon, so it is a lunch destination more than a dinner one.

Which vegetarian places in Bugis are open after 9pm?

Xing Hua Vegetarian Restaurant at 190 Middle Road is open until 9:45pm daily, and Seva Cafe until 9:30pm. Moon Chay Vegetarian closes at 9pm, and Supreme Vege at 9:30pm on most days.

Which MRT station is closest to Fortune Centre?

Bencoolen MRT is about three minutes on foot from Fortune Centre at 190 Middle Road. Bugis MRT and Bras Basah MRT are the nearest stations for the Queen Street places.