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Chinatown Complex Food Centre
Chinatown’s biggest food hall
The largest hawker centre, above the Chinatown market.
Photo Credit
In the area: The green cast-iron arches under the roof of Lau Pa Sat. Image courtesy of © Schnobby · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAbout Chinatown Complex Food Centre
NEA lists the Chinatown Market at Blk 335 Smith Street, with the most stalls of any centre in its list. The Bib Gourmand Lian He Ben Ji Claypot is on the second floor (MICHELIN). Hawker Culture in Singapore is inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2020). Stalls set their own hours and many close one day a week.
Our take
- Smith Street
- Claypot rice
- Address
- 335 Smith Street, Singapore 050335
Chinatown, Singapore - Nearest station
- Maxwell
200 m · 2 min walk
More distances
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Chinatown Complex Food Centre before you go.
Last checked: October 2026 How we choose
What’s nearby
Distances from Chinatown Complex Food Centre are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 12 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest MRT stations
- MaxwellThomson-East Coast Line200 m2 min walk
- ChinatownDowntown LineNorth East Line300 m4 min walk
- Outram ParkEast-West LineNorth East LineThomson-East Coast Line500 m6 min walk
Key sights
- Sri Mariamman Temple200 mWalk 3 minCycle 1 minCar or taxi 6 min
- National Gallery Singapore1.3 kmWalk 17 minCycle 7 minCar or taxi 9 min
- Merlion Park1.4 kmWalk 17 minCycle 7 minCar or taxi 9 min
- Raffles Singapore1.9 kmWalk 23 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 10 min
- Gardens by the Bay2.0 kmWalk 26 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 11 min
- ION Orchard2.7 kmWalk 34 minCycle 14 minCar or taxi 12 min
- Masjid Sultan2.8 kmWalk 35 minCycle 14 minCar or taxi 13 min
- Singapore Botanic Gardens4.3 kmCycle 22 minCar or taxi 17 min
- Jewel Changi Airport18 kmCar or taxi 55 min
Main railway stations
- Woodlands Train Checkpoint (to JB Sentral)20 kmCar or taxi 59 min
Location
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