Weekends are precious. While we want to spend quality time with our kids, we also need to balance with time to catch up with our OWN friends…for self-care and sanity.
We’ve discovered a hidden ‘oasis’ in the middle of CBD that is perfect when occasions call for it. Spacious, cosy, good food, wide range of drinks (from our local Kopi-C to exquisite European craft beers) plus live bands performing live from 7:30pm nightly. Best of all, it’s ‘FAMILY DAY’ every Saturday with free children activities (think bouncy castle, electric cars, tricycles, play pen, ball pit etc.) from 12pm to 8pm where little ones can be let loose to have fun while we eat, drink and make merry. The central location, sense of space and family friendly environment make it a hidden gem for casual meet-ups and fellowship meetings.
Fiv五 Square is not your ordinary food court or a mere post-work watering hole. Five specially curated gourmet stalls are the anchor tenants in this food hall fit for 300. You can find Japanese curry rice and kaisendons from the Teppei SYOKUDO stall, Mexican tapas from CIN.QO, Korean Bulgogi from GOGIBOX, grilled meats & salads from OMNIVORE and cold-pressed fruit juice from HICJUICE. It runs on a fully automated self-service ordering and payment kiosk which will text you when your dish is ready (very techie!). Even though it’s situated right in CBD, prices are kept reasonable from S$4 to S$24.80 per dish. Our favorite stall here? GRUB NOODLE BAR, set up by the same folks behind Grub (at Bishan Park) and FIX (at HomeTeam NS-JOM Clubhouse).
Grub Noodle Bar dishes out hearty Asian-seasoned bowls of seriously good beef and miso pork noodles, among its delicious spread. The egg noodles are freshly made & contain no preservatives. The meatballs made from 100% beef chuck, no fillers or any additives.The beef broth is made by slow-cooking beef bones and vegetables & contains no MSG. Dana loves the broth so much she never fails to slurp every last drop!
Here are our recommendations of the ‘Must-Trys’ at Grub Noodle Bar:
- Pork Floss Fries (S$8): This was too delicious for words. Fried to cripsy golden texture then topped generously with your choice of toppings (pork floss, beef chilli or mentaiko mayo), it puts all other fries served at Fast Food Chains or even popular Western restaurants to shame!
2) Mantou Sliders (S$12): This creative, local take on ‘sliders’ took us by surprise. The deep fried mantou sliders come in 3 delectable fillings: crab-cake, Achas (asian pickles), prawn, cucumber salad stir-fried pork, fried onion were so yummy and filling! These sliders are great for sharing or pairing with a pint of ice-cold beer.
3) Mentaiko Drumlets (S$7.90) Cooked to a crispy golden-brown, drizzled over with the signature Mentaiko sauce and seaweed as garnish, these drumlets are so finger-licking good that you will be tempted to order a second helping. This is one of the favorite appetizers we order whenever we dine at Grub Noodle Bar!
4) Signature Beef Noodles (S$8.90-S$13.90): The beef slices are heavenly – they literally melt in your mouth. We love the springy ramen noodles and the rich, flavorful, no-MSG broth to bits. We were told each bowl features 100g of the best quality beef. Customers can choose either pasture-fed Brisket or Sirloin (premium cut, tender bite). I like the Sirloin beef as the texture is smoother.
5) Assam Laksa (S$10.90) – It’s hard to find a good bowl of Assam Laksa in Singapore but this received Penangnite David’s stamp of approval. A fine balance of sweet, sour and spicy all rolled into one dish, noodles served in a simmered fish gravy, with generous toppings of prawns, fresh cucumber and pineapple chunks. Truly satisfying, comfort food!
We ordered all these dishes which fed 3 Adults and 1 Child adequately and the bill came up to only slightly over SGD50. Super good grub at great value, given the air-conditioned comfort, the spacious, relaxed dining environment, ample parking options and the bonus kid-friendly amenities!
Grub Noodle Bar @ Fiv五 Square, Pickering Street
Address: FIVE Square (Stall 5), 1 Pickering Street, Great Eastern Centre, Singapore 048659
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Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10am to 9pm. Closed on Sundays
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Disclaimer: This is not a food tasting invite. We redeemed this meal using the food voucher we had won from their Instagram Contest. You can win too! Simply snap a shot of your meal at GRUB Noodle Bar, upload onto Instagram with the hashtag #GrubNoodleBar. They choose 4 favourite shots a month to win a meal worth S$20, so go on, dine and tag away!
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Jingxian
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I want to dine at Grub Noodle Bar because it’s near my office and I am a fan of its signature beef noodles.
Name: Oh Lye Choon
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wow the place looks doesn’t look like a food court at all.. looks pretty atas actually (or maybe it’s Dave’s excellent camera skills at work haha). Keeping this on my list of places to try!
Ai @ Sakura Haruka
I’d love to eat at Grub to try their Penang Laksa!! Miss it lots and it really is hard to find a good bowl in SG!
AI @ Sakura Haruka
Love the noddle and best it has indoor playground. Hope I can win this and bring my family there.
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I would like to dine at Grub noodle because I want to try the assam laksa.. Looks killer. The plus point is that it is a kids friendly place
I’ll like to dine in peace, i.e. kiddo can be playing at the playground while i feast. hehe.
Lovely food photos you have captured and I am totally drooling over the food. This doesn’t look like a food court at all!
I would love to dine at Grub Noodle Bar because I would love to try their unique fusion of food, great hearty and healthy dishes with a nice ambience to just relax and chill out with friends and family!
Because of the kids play area!! :p
Pork Floss Fries! oh my goodness just the sound of it!!! 🙂 Looks like this is a next must go place!
Would love to try the Mantou Sliders! Yummy sweet bun with meat.
Thank you for the giveaway!
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I want to dine at GrubNoodleBar because even though I am a beef lover, I still have no chance to eat premium high quality beef before hence I would love to experience the true essence of their Signature Beef Noodles ! Just by thinking of their beef noodles already make my saliva drooling and would be excited to share the beef noodles with my greatest, dearest and beloved mother and to give her a dream surprise & pamper her because my mother love Beef and also to reminisce our happy and nostalgic memories with my mother. Hope Life’s Tiny Miracles can make my wish come true and let me win the dining voucher to enjoy the beef noodle with my mother. I will also be taking many many nice and yummy pictures of all the food and post to all my social media and share my awesome dining experience with my family and friends !
The food looks so delicious, and i’m salivating just by looking at the picture! The price is also quite affordable. The environment is also very relaxed and nice. Hope to win the vouchers and get to enjoy the food.
Name : Felicia Leong
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I would love to dine in at Grub Noodle because i have never dine in before. And since, my close one, weekdays are always so busy, and that we hardly spend anytime together, since he is in army. I hope when he is out on the friday night, or rather during the weekends, or some off day during the weekdays, we could have dine in at Grub Noodle together ! It will be our first-hand experience, and trying for the very first time too ! We heard about it, and we are so tempted to try it. Drooling right now alreadyy ~
I’m working at Great Eastern Centre, Pickering St and I always pass by FIVE Square during lunch time but I never have the opportunity to dine there.
I’m a Penangite myself and I really miss my hometown’s asam laksa a lot. Looking at your photo makes me drool and I really want to try it out! Hope I get to win the voucher this time 🙂
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Love the kids play area! Assam Laksa looks shiok!
It was! Thanks for dropping by Andrew.
I used to eat at their Rangoon outlet before it closed . Hope to eat at the new outlet
Hope you’ll get to try it soon Jaime Chan….The ambience is quite cool too.
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Jazry chan
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we are frequent visitors of china square and far east square during the weekend as we love the quietness and quaintness of the place. And Grubnoodlebar is just next door! Must try!
Hi Jazry Chan. Yes…go for it. What a gem of a place.
My hubby and my daughter are fan of noodles! I personally had tried the noodles before. Verdict: Springy noodles! Totally love their fusion! So going to try the pork floss fries!
Lin Meibing
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Big slices of meat in my noodle!
I’m always on the constant lookout for children friendly dining place whereby we adults can enjoy a great meal while the little ones have something to keep them occupied. Would love to visit GRUB Noodle Bar soon!
Thank you for the giveaway!
I’ve been of fan of Grub since their first establishment in Bishan Park. And I’ve actually bookmarked a visit to Grub Noodle Bar when they first opened their doors at the previous location, but never got down to visiting. Now that they are located in a venue that is very child-friendly. I am certainly planning for a visit in the near future 🙂
I would like to try the Asam Laksa at GRUB as have never tried before and I love asam Laksa.
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I love Asam Laksa, last time i want to eat must go several place like CK Tangs or either Tan Tock Sing I also go, now got this friendly dining place my family can comfortable to enjoy their food, my three years old son very excited the kids corner my husband love to eat Beef noodles, and my two more elder kids love the fries and mantao sliders.hope to win this fabulous giveaway bring my family to celebrate my three years old son birthday.tks!
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I have never been to this Grub Noodle Bar so hope to win and bring my family there!
Khor Lee Ling
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Woahhh ~ I’ve been searching for a affordable family oriented to dine in . To be honest , other places are quite expensive . And there are wide varieties of foods . My girls sure like the french fries ( which kids doesn’t like ? ) The best part is there’s a play area for them to play , while Hubbie & I can dine peacefully ( FINALLY ? ) Hope to win the food vouchers ! ?
Name : Alice Tan
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Hi there
Thanks for the giveaway!
I am very much a foodie and the Assam Laksa looks good! I’ve just came from Penang and I am missing the taste of the good food there already!
The pork floss fries seem interesting too and I reckon my piggie daughter who loves it!
Cheers
Janette
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