Atlas Coffeehouse

Atlas Coffeehouse is a speciality coffee café at 6 Duke's Road in Bukit Timah, close to the Singapore Botanic Gardens. It serves brunch, waffles and pasta alongside espresso drinks.

The café opened in January 2016 as a sister to Assembly Coffee. The team says it puts precision, seasonality and quality first. It uses speciality-grade beans from farms in many coffee-growing countries.

What to order

The brunch menu covers both sweet and savoury plates:

• Sweet: hotcakes with passionfruit curd, smoked brûlée French toast, and banana bread.
• Savoury: the B.E.C. sandwich, chorizo eggs with avocado, wurst rösti, and mushroom confit with poached eggs.
• Lighter: chia pudding with yogurt, or a tropical fruit bowl.

Waffles come with toppings such as salted caramel or candied bacon. For something heartier, the mains include a fried chicken sandwich, mushroom bacon carbonara, cereal prawns, a salmon soba bowl, and chicken and biscuits. Sides include truffle fries, honey butter tater tots and quail croquettes.

The coffee list runs from espresso and long blacks to flat whites, mochas, an Einspänner and iced lattes. There are also matcha and chai lattes, pots of tea, cold brew teas and slow-pressed juice. Children can order a babyccino.

The setting

The café sits on a corner just off Bukit Timah Road. Big windows look out onto the street. Space is limited, so tables fill up fast at busy times. It is a casual place that draws students and young professionals as well as people who live nearby.

Good to know before you go

• Reservations: bookings are on hold for now because space is limited, so plan to walk in.
• Ordering ahead: you can order online through the café's website.
• Getting there: the nearest MRT station is Botanic Gardens, on the Circle and Downtown lines. Many bus routes stop nearby, and there is parking along Duke's Road, Queen's Road and at Crown Centre.
• Gifts: vouchers are sold on the website.

Nearby

The Singapore Botanic Gardens are a short walk away, so a coffee here pairs well with a morning walk. Inside the gardens, Pangium serves Peranakan food at the Gallop entrance. For more places like this, see our cafés and bakeries in Singapore and our guides to cafés and coffee. You can also browse all restaurants in Dempsey, Tanglin and Holland. The latest menu is on the Atlas Coffeehouse website.