Newton Food Centre

Newton Food Centre is a well-known open-air hawker centre located at 500 Clemenceau Avenue North in the Newton planning area of Singapore, near Newton Circus. Established in 1971, it houses 83 stalls offering Singaporean street food including seafood barbecue, satay, oyster omelette and local desserts. Notable for its evening dining atmosphere and appearance in popular media, it is a central example of Singapore's hawker culture and a frequent stop for visitors exploring the Orchard Road area.

Visitors can expect a large open-air hawker centre with rows of food stalls under a high-pitched roof and extensive communal seating. The setting is casual and bustling, especially in the evening when barbecue seafood and satay stalls are active. Visitors can walk between stalls, view food being grilled and prepared, dine at shared tables, and experience a lively local dining environment near Newton Circus and the city centre.

Opened in 1971 to serve the Newton Circus area, Newton Food Centre is one of Singapore's longstanding hawker centres built during the government's programme to relocate street hawkers into purpose-built centres. It underwent a major renovation from 2005 to 2006 to improve ventilation, seating and facilities.

Represents Singapore's hawker culture, which was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2020. The centre showcases multicultural Singaporean cuisine including Chinese, Malay and Indian dishes and reflects the communal dining tradition central to daily life in Singapore.