Open today · 8am – 6pm

Slow mornings, honest food.

Small-batch coffee, sourdough baked at dawn and an all-day menu made from scratch, in a sunlit Tiong Bahru shophouse.

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Since 2018

We bake bread properly, pour coffee with care, and learn our regulars' names. Everything else follows.

Read our story
A barista pouring latte art into a white cup
A sliced sourdough loaf
baked at 5am

Signatures

Worth the queue.

Full menu
Thick French toast with blueberries and butter

Pandan French toast

$18

Brioche, kaya custard, gula melaka, toasted coconut.
Rows of freshly baked croissants

Kaya croissant

$6.5

Laminated over three days, filled with our pandan kaya.
A brunch spread seen from above

The Saltwood spread

$42

Brunch for two: eggs, sourdough, granola, fruit and coffee.
Hands brewing pour-over coffee

From the bakery

One oven. Six years. Still up before dawn.

Everything on our counter is made a few metres from where you sit, from the kaya to the granola. Our coffee is roasted weekly with a local roaster we've worked with since day one.

2018Baking since
120Loaves a day
100%Made in-house
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Inside Saltwood

Pull up a chair.

The bright café dining room
The café counter with plants
A latte on a wooden table
Coffee and cake
Tables by tall windows

Kind words

Our regulars say it best.

★★★★★
“The pandan French toast is worth the queue. Lovely staff, too.”
Sample review · Weekend brunch
★★★★★
“My go-to spot on a weekday morning. Great coffee, quiet corners.”
Sample review · Regular
★★★★★
“We booked the back room for a birthday brunch and it was perfect.”
Sample review · Private booking

Visit us

Save yourself a seat.

Walk-ins are always welcome. For weekends and groups of six or more, booking ahead is a good idea.

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