Cha Tra Mue

A scenic place for photos. A nice hotel in there and a Teo Chew restaurant situated in the premise of a historical building which uses to be a public free school back in the colonial days. Tourists (local and foreign) should visit this place once at least to consume the history of past Singapore and immerse themselves in the present.

Great place for a wild night out... plenty of bars and eateries to choose from. Only downside is that some bars don't have toilet facilities and you need to use the "complex" facilities which might not always be the cleanest and many times with long queues. Otherwise good place with nice views of old and new architecture.

When this enclave opened 2 decades ago, a sheltered historic conservation houses for food and entertainment right next to the prime business area, it came with much fanfare and near a decade of great food and lunch crowds during the day, and some hot pubbing scene after office hours. A decade ago the place started to go downhill as trends, new watering hole places more popular and crowds moved on. Weekday lunch was bustling though. Weekends dead and quiet as offices closed and there were no events or activities to attract weekenders. Now comes 2020 pandemic. Even in phase 2 opening many are working from home. Pictures posted are of peak lunch hours. Thus after office would be worse. Buildings and historical house still well maintained and nice, the ambience chill and cool. But sad to see the businesses here will struggle to survive. Plenty of food choices from local Prawn Mee to Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Westerns gourmet and pub grub. How many will soon shutter before the Pandemic is over.