The Reading Room

This is by far one of the most interesting places I’ve seen in Singapore… Set up to look like a library, The Reading Room has a varied selection of books to read (and to purchase) while being a full functioning café. I only went for afternoon drinks and was delightfully surprised by very nice happy hour offerings, on glasses of red and white wine as well as on beers, and other drinks. It did look like it had a nice brunch menu, and their burger offerings for dinner looked quite nice. At around 6:30 PM however, they shut off most of the lights, which I think was a real mood killer. No need to have lighting resembling that of a sketchy club, when you are in a nice café where people want to go to talk each other, and in fact, see each other too.

We were on our way to another café but spotted The Reading Room enroute. The charming façade looks cozy and enticed us to make a quick stop to view the place.
We ended up staying for an hour and a half!
Very cozy atmosphere with unique, vintage-​like decoration. The coffee was average in quality but the atmosphere was the pull factor for us to return the next time.
Book lovers will rejoice as the place is a good, quiet hide-​out from the busy world to have a cuppa and to have a good reading session. For those who want a place to chill out with friends and catch-​up, there’s a bigger seating area at the back for big groups. Board games and card games are also available and placed discreetly on the bookshelves — the trick is to be the first to find them!
Will definitely recommend this place to friends.