Mother Dough Bakery

Mother Dough Bakery is a small bakery and coffee shop on Jalan Kledek, a quiet lane in the Kampong Glam area. It bakes sourdough bread, croissants, cakes and cookies by hand, fresh each day.

Mother Dough began in 2017 with pop-ups, and word of mouth helped it grow into a shop. Its founder and baker, Naadhira, trained at a cooking school in New York. She then spent four years working in New York bakeries, including Runner & Stone in Brooklyn. The bakery is named after its sourdough starter, which came from a Brooklyn bakery. Today a small team runs the shop, and the starter goes into its breads and pastries.

What to order

The range shifts through the week, with extra bakes at weekends. Pastries are the main draw, and the almond croissant is a good place to start.

• Croissants: almond and chocolate, plus savoury versions with meat and cheese fillings.
• Swirls and buns: a garlic swirl and cinnamon brioche buns.
• Danish pastries: seasonal fruit flavours that change through the year.
• Cakes and tarts: lemon drizzle, banana cake, plum cake and a passionfruit tart.
• Bread: sourdough loaves such as spelt baguettes and a whole wheat rye spelt loaf, plus brioche.
• Cookies: a dark chocolate sea salt sablé and a malted milk chocolate cookie.

Sandwiches, such as smoked salmon with pesto, make it easy to turn a coffee stop into lunch. The coffee menu covers lattes, cappuccinos and mochas. There is also chai, hot chocolate and flavoured lattes, such as ginger cardamom and maple sea salt.

The setting

The shop is easy to find thanks to its bright lime green walls and sign. On the ground floor you will find the counter and a few tightly packed seats tucked under the stairs. The upper floor has more room and suits small groups better. Window seats get plenty of natural light, which makes for a pleasant slow morning.

Good to know before you go

• You can pre-order online and collect your bakes as takeaway.
• Seating ends a little before the shop closes, so do not leave a sit-down visit too late.
• Eatbook found a gluten-free banana muffin in 2026. Ask at the counter what is available on the day.
• For large orders, the bakery has a separate bulk order service by email.
• Gift cards are sold through the website, but they can only be used for online orders.
• The nearest MRT station is Bugis, about a six-minute walk away.

Nearby

Mother Dough makes a good start or end to a walk around Kampong Glam and Haji Lane. You can also visit Sultan Mosque, the main landmark of the area. For another coffee stop not far away, try Apartment Coffee. Browse more cafés and bakeries across Singapore, or read our guide to Kampong Glam and Bugis to plan the rest of your day. If you need a place to stay, see our list of hotels in Bugis and Kampong Glam.