MavRx Coffee Apothecary

Chinatown & the CBD


Get your daily caffeine injection at this monochromatic hole-in-the-wall coffee dispensary. The La Marzocco espresso machine gleams on the bench, and the baristas behind it meticulously create their concoctions made with blends by New Zealand roaster Allpress.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Chinatown & the CBD attractions

1. Singapore City Gallery

0.14 MILES

See into Singapore's future at this interactive city-planning exhibition, which provides compelling insight into the government's resolute policies of…

2. Buddha Tooth Relic Temple

0.16 MILES

Consecrated in 2008, this hulking, five-storey Buddhist temple is home to what is reputedly a tooth of the Buddha, discovered in a collapsed stupa …

3. Pinnacle@Duxton

0.21 MILES

For killer city views at a bargain S$6, head to the 50th-floor rooftop of Pinnacle@Duxton, the world’s largest public housing complex. Skybridges…

4. Siang Cho Keong Temple

0.24 MILES

Small, Taoist Siang Cho Keong Temple was built by the Hokkien community in 1867–69. Left of the temple entrance you’ll see a small ‘dragon well’: drop a…

5. Sri Mariamman Temple

0.26 MILES

Paradoxically in the middle of Chinatown, this is the oldest Hindu temple in Singapore, originally built in 1823, then rebuilt in 1843. You can't miss the…

6. Seng Wong Beo Temple

0.27 MILES

Tucked behind red gates next to the Tanjong Pagar MRT station, this temple, seldom visited by tourists, is dedicated to the Chinese City God, who is not…

7. Thian Hock Keng Mural

0.29 MILES

Spanning 44m, this mural, painted by Singaporean artist Yip Yew Chong (accountant by weekday, artist by weekend), tells the story of Singapore's early…

8. Al-Abrar Mosque

0.29 MILES

Incorporated in a row of shophouses, Al-Abrar Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Singapore. At prayer times worshippers often spill out onto the…