Novena

Markets

Adam Road Food Centre

Novena

Adam Road Food Centre is a government-run hawker centre in Singapore, operating 32 cooked food stalls under the programme through which Singapore rehoused its street hawkers from the 1970s.

Markets

Whampoa Drive Block 90 (Whampoa Drive Makan Place/Whampoa Food Centre)

Novena

Whampoa Drive Block 90 (Whampoa Drive Makan Place/Whampoa Food Centre) is a hawker centre in Novena, Singapore with 80 cooked food stalls and 12 market stalls, run by the National Environment Agency. The agency describes it: "Known also as Whampoa Drive Makan Place, this is one hawker centre in Singapore which has become inceasingly famous over the years. Patrons can easily find popular stalls serving up excellent dishes to satisfy their palate. Be prepared to wait during peak hours as the premise is packed with diners!"

Visit info checked Sept 2026

Markets

Whampoa Drive Block 91/92 (Whampoa Drive Makan Place/Whampoa Market)

Novena

Whampoa Drive Block 91/92 (Whampoa Drive Makan Place/Whampoa Market) is a wet market and hawker centre in Novena, Singapore with 52 cooked food stalls and 112 market stalls, run by the National Environment Agency. The agency describes it: "Known also as Whampoa Drive Makan Place, this is one hawker centre in Singapore which has become inceasingly famous over the years. Patrons can easily find popular stalls serving up excellent dishes to satisfy their palate. Be prepared to wait during peak hours as the premise is packed with diners!"

Visit info checked Sept 2026

Architecture & design

Sun Yat Sen Villa

Novena

Sun Yat Sen Villa is a gazetted national monument of Singapore in Novena, Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.

Civic & heritage

Tanglin Community Club

Novena

Tanglin Community Club is a People's Association community club in Novena, Singapore. Community clubs are the buildings through which most everyday public activity in a Singapore neighbourhood is organised, from courses and clubs to elections.

Civic & heritage

Whampoa Community Club

Novena

Whampoa Community Club is a People's Association community club in Novena, Singapore. Community clubs are the buildings through which most everyday public activity in a Singapore neighbourhood is organised, from courses and clubs to elections.

Cafés

Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee Novena

Novena

Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee Novena is a cafe at 10 Sinaran Drive, #B1-113 Novena Square 2, in Novena, Singapore. The Novena outlet of a roaster run by the second generation of a family that supplied coffee to Queenstown coffee shops from the 1960s.

Cafés

Wheeler's Yard

Novena

Wheeler's Yard is a cafe at 28 Lorong Ampas, in Novena, Singapore. A Lorong Ampas warehouse converted into a bicycle shop and cafe, a Balestier landmark.