Lau Pa Sat: satay street, hours and what to expect
Updated
Lau Pa Sat at 18 Raffles Quay is open 24 hours. Satay Street on Boon Tat Street runs to 03:00, from 19:00 on weekdays and 15:00 on weekends. The hall is the former Telok Ayer Market, a national monument, and it is not on NEA's list of hawker centres.
The address is 18 Raffles Quay, Singapore 048582. The phone on the satay page is +65 6220 2138, and the email is hello@laupasat.sg.
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Satay Street
Satay Street is Boon Tat Street, outside the hall. The official satay page says Lau Pa Sat has nine satay carts, and that you order the skewers there and eat outside.
The operating hours block on that page is the clock to use:
- Weekdays, 19:00 to 03:00
- Weekends, 15:00 to 03:00
A later sentence on the same page says the street runs daily from 19:00. That does not match the weekend start in the hours block. This page follows the hours block, and it does not smooth the two lines into one. Check the page on the day you go.
The page does not name the carts. It does not name a stall number. This page does not add names from a write up.
What else to order
The satay page is the official page that could be read in October 2026. It does not publish a directory of the stalls inside the hall, and it does not name a second dish. A blog list would be someone else's menu. Until the hall prints its own, this page stops at satay.
What it costs
No price per stick, and no price for a plate inside, appears on that page. Checked 22 October 2026. Approximate secondary menus are easy to find and they do not agree, so they are not printed here either. Read the cart.
Hours
The address block marks the hall at 18 Raffles Quay as 24 hours. Satay Street uses the evening hours above, and it ends at 03:00. Those are two clocks, not one.
The nearest MRT
The satay page names four stations and does not time the walk: Downtown (DT17), Raffles Place (EW14 and NS26), Shenton Way (TE19), and Telok Ayer (DT18).
LTA's TEL3 brochure places Lau Pa Sat at this address, about five minutes from Maxwell station Exit 4. Maxwell Food Centre is the hawker centre at that station.
How it differs from a hawker centre
NEA's hawker closure list had 123 centres when the file was read on 22 October 2026. Lau Pa Sat is not among the names or the addresses. It does not follow that cleaning calendar. Maxwell does.
The building is also not a standard hawker centre shed. URA lists the former Telok Ayer Market, now Lau Pa Sat, as a national monument at 18 Raffles Quay, preserved on 28 June 1973. NHB Roots is the heritage account, paraphrased here and not quoted. It is known as Lau Pa Sat, the old market, and NHB calls it the only survivor of five markets that served the town. James MacRitchie designed the building that went up from 1890 and was finished in 1894. The plan is octagonal. The cast iron was prefabricated by Walter MacFarlane and Company of Glasgow. It became a hawker centre in 1972, was taken apart for the MRT in the mid 1980s and put back, was renamed Lau Pa Sat in 1989 as a festival market, and reopened in 2014 after a refurbishment. NHB describes it as a CBD landmark and a lunch spot for office workers.
What that means for a meal: a monument and a festival market, a hall with one published 24 hour clock, and a satay street with its own hours. It does not mean a proven tourist markup. The official page publishes no prices, so this page does not claim the sticks cost more than a hawker centre.
If it is packed
Maxwell Food Centre is the closer hawker hall, beside Maxwell station, with Tian Tian chicken rice and a Monday closure at that stall. It is a different building and a different clock.
There is no Singapore itinerary on this site yet. The Japan pages that share this eat section are Gyukatsu Motomura and Ichiran Shibuya, if the trip continues there.
Sources
Last checked: 22 October 2026.
- Satay Street: nine carts, Boon Tat Street, the operating hours block, the later "daily from 7 pm" sentence, the 24 hour address, the phone, the email, and the four MRT stations with no walk time.
- NHB Roots: the heritage dates and the building, paraphrased above. Page last updated 15 October 2020, read 22 October 2026.
- URA conservation record: national monument, preserved 28 June 1973, current address 18 Raffles Quay.
- NEA closure file on data.gov.sg: 123 centres on 22 October 2026, and no Lau Pa Sat.
- LTA TEL3 brochure: about five minutes from Maxwell station Exit 4.
Questions
Is Lau Pa Sat worth it?
Yes, if you want satay on Boon Tat Street in the evening, or a 24 hour hall in the CBD. It is a national monument. It is not one of NEA's hawker centres, and the official site does not publish stall prices.
What should I order at Lau Pa Sat?
Satay, from the carts on Boon Tat Street. The official page says there are nine carts and does not name them. It also does not publish a stall list for the hall, so this page does not invent one.
How much does Lau Pa Sat cost?
The official satay page does not print a price per stick or a price for anything inside. Checked 22 October 2026. This page does not guess a dollar figure.
When does Satay Street open?
The operating hours block says weekdays 19:00 to 03:00 and weekends 15:00 to 03:00. A later sentence on the same page says daily from 19:00. Use the hours block, and check the page on the day.
Is Lau Pa Sat open 24 hours?
The address block on the satay page marks 18 Raffles Quay as 24 hours. Satay Street is not. It has its own evening hours and closes at 03:00.
Which MRT is nearest to Lau Pa Sat?
The satay page names Downtown DT17, Raffles Place EW14 and NS26, Shenton Way TE19, and Telok Ayer DT18, without a walk time. LTA's TEL3 brochure puts it about five minutes from Maxwell station Exit 4.
How is Lau Pa Sat different from a hawker centre?
It is a national monument and a festival market, with a 24 hour hall and an evening satay street. It is not on NEA's list of 123 hawker centres, so it does not follow that cleaning calendar. No official price list was found to compare with a hawker stall.