5 Cafes In Singapore With Old-School Board Games, Five Stones, Pool Tables & More
Gone are the days when having fun meant playing board games with your siblings or a game of catch down at the playground. Nowadays, leisure and ‘fun’ come in the form of keeping up to date with social media and mobile games that don’t even require you to step out of the house. Thankfully, there are some cafes here in Singapore that cater to the games and pastimes of the good old days so that you now have a reason to get your butt out of the house.
From a boardgame-dedicated cafe to ones where you can play five stones at, here are 5 cafes in Singapore literally spend an entire afternoon at playing games with your friends!
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COFFEEMIN
Promoting themselves as a ‘home away from home’, the space at Coffeemin is free for anyone and everyone to do anything they wish—whether it is to read, play, study, chat or play games, guests have free reign as long as they respect others in the space.
Games at Coffeemin include Xbox games, LAN games and a pool table. The best part? The snacks, games and drinks here are all free—except for the time you spend there. It costs S$6.50/pax for the first hour on weekdays and S$8.50/pax on weekends and S$1 for every subsequent 10min afterwards. Otherwise, you may pay just S$30 to be there the entire day.
6 Eu Tong Sen Street,
Clarke Quay Central #02-33
Singapore 059817*
Tel: +65 6222 6100
Mon to Sat: 11am – 9.30pm
Sun: 11am – 10.30pm
Nearest Station: Clarke Quay
(*Coffeemin has several outlets islandwide)
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EXPERIENCE POINT
Conveniently located just a 5-minutes walk away from Lavender MRT, Experience Point is where you should head to if you are tired of facing a screen to play games. Boasting over 200 variations of board games, Experience Point is a heaven for all things old-school.
Their games are separated into 3 categories: tabletop, board and party games. In other words, they have everything regardless of occasion for you and your friends to have fun with!
803 King George’s Avenue #02-190
Singapore 200803
Mon to Fri: 5pm – 11pm
Sat & Sun: 12pm – late
(closed on Wednesdays)
Nearest Station: Lavender
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OLD SCHOOL DELIGHTS
Foodies, here is where you can get a taste of nostalgic delights while having fun with retro card games at the same time. While eating, guests can take a walk down memory lane and relish the joy of playing retro card games such as Old Maid and traditional games including Five Stones and Snakes & Ladders.
You’d be glad to hear that Old School Delights whips up local comfort food and perennial favourites such as mee siam, nasi lemak, chendol and pandan chiffon cake—most of them priced under S$10.
8 Raffles Ave, #02-25
Esplanade Mall,
Singapore 039802
Tel: +65 6909 3507
Daily: 12pm – 10pm
Nearest Station: Esplanade
THE MIND CAFE
Possibly one of the most popular board game cafes in Singapore, The Mind Cafe offers over 200 board games, including old-school games such as Taboo and Clue.
The rates go at S$5 per pax per hour excluding food and drinks. Should you be feeling hungry, fret not because here you may tuck into a wide variety of comfort food. Just take your pick from their extensive food menu!
60A Prinsep Street
Singapore 188664
Mon to Thu: 2pm – 11pm
Fri: 12pm – 6am
Sat: 10am – 6am
Sun: 10am – 2am
Nearest Station: Bencoolen
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THE SETTLERS CAFE
You wouldn’t believe that this cafe has over 600 games for their guests to choose from. Known to be Singapore’s first ever board game café, you’d likely find The Settlers Cafe familiar if your group of friends is one who appreciates time away from technology and would rather get their hands on old-school games.
The cafe has a package for drinks gaming, whereby guests get access to free-flow beverages on top of 2 hours of gaming. What’s more, their food menu is entirely halal, making it friendly for all of our Muslim pals as well.
39 North Canal Road
Singapore 059295
Tel: +65 6535 0435
Tue to Thu: 6pm – 11pm
Fri & Sat: 1pm – 1am
Sun: 2pm – 8pm
Nearest Station: Clarke Quay
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