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Just OpenedLocal Kopitiam · Cafe by dayOpened March 2026

Peh Gao Coffeeshop

2026 opening record. Confirm current status

A Local Kopitiam, Cafe by day opening in Bukit Timah. Reported menu items include Kaya Butter Toast ($2.80++), Nasi Lemak Har Cheong Gai ($12++), Nasi Lemak Rempah Chicken ($12++).

Worth it for / Skip if

Not on record yet. Clauses here are generated only from named fields — a published price, a booking route, the verified hours — and this venue carries too few of them to draw the line honestly. Nothing is inferred to fill the gap.

What it costs

No priced item is on record for this venue. Forkin publishes a price only where a dated public source carries it, so nothing is estimated here. The venue's own published price band is Toast from $2.80++, lunch plates from $12++ to $19++.

How to get a seat

No online booking channel is on record for this venue. Verified hours are not on record either, so call ahead before travelling.

What to expect

  • Getting there — Botanic Gardens MRT · 10 Jalan Serene, Serene Centre, #01-06, Singapore 258748.
  • Dietary requests, dress code and group size — not on record. Ask when you call ahead.
Needs verification2026 opening

The longer version

Source-backed opening information; this is not a first-hand dining review.

Signature dishes

Dishes named in official sources for this venue:

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The official menu

No official menu is on record for this venue. Forkin transcribes a menu only from the venue's own published source, never from a review or an aggregator listing.

Opening hours

Day-by-day hours are not verified for this venue. The venue's own summary reads: Daily Peh Gao hours: Breakfast 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Lunch 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Transitions to Orh Gao Taproom at 4:00 PM.. Hours are published here only once a dated source has been read for the whole week, so a partial week is never shown as a full one.

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Photographs

Inside Peh Gao Coffeeshop

Two branded Orh Gao Taproom beer glasses on a bar counter, with a row of beer taps on the wall behind
Two Orh Gao Taproom glasses on the counter in front of the tap wall.
A staff member drinking behind the Orh Gao Taproom counter, with beer taps and illustrated beer boards on the wall behind
Behind the taproom counter, with the taps and beer boards above.
Overhead view of a shared table at Peh Gao Coffeeshop set with fried chicken, a bowl of curry, noodles, toast and a pan of rice topped with a fried egg, alongside glasses of beer
A shared table of dishes and beer, seen from above.
Diners serving themselves from shared bowls of noodles, curry and rice at a table set with glasses of beer
Diners serving themselves from shared bowls at the table.
Hands lifting a slice of toast above a bowl of curry, with an iced coffee in a branded glass on the table
Toast served with a bowl of curry and an iced coffee.

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Common questions

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At a glance

Bukit Timah10 Jalan Serene, Serene Centre, #01-06, Singapore 258748

Botanic Gardens MRT

Daily Peh Gao hours: Breakfast 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Lunch 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Transitions to Orh Gao Taproom at 4:00 PM.

Opened March 2026

$ Toast from $2.80++, lunch plates from $12++ to $19++

How this was assessed

This listing was assessed by the Forkin editorial desk from 2 linked substantive sources, at confidence medium, last assessed 3 September 2026. The full scoring breakdown and every source is below.

Official page only — no independent coverage on record. One source in total.

Why Peh Gao Coffeeshop scores 6.3

MIXED FORKS · band 5.5–6.9 (base 6.0)

The Forkin Evidence Score is a transparent calibration of the published evidence behind this venue's editorial stamp — not a personal dining rating, and never derived from Google data. It starts from the stamp's base value, applies the five evidence adjustments below, then clamps the result inside the stamp's band.

  • Source consensusmoderate+0.05two independent attributable sources or some disagreement
  • Critic calibreestablished+0.05established editorial food/lifestyle publication backing
  • Praise specificityhigh+0.10multiple concrete dish/experience signals and supporting guide detail
  • Consistencymoderate0.00generally favourable without a strong unanimity signal
  • Evidence recencycurrent+0.05newest assessment, publication, or verification is 2025 onward

Scores are rounded to one decimal place and are only published for venues carrying an evidence-backed editorial stamp. Full rubric: Forkin Evidence Score methodology.

Editorial stamp

MIXED FORKS

Confidence: medium

Forkin desk assessment of attributable public coverage — not a personal dining review.

Restored 3 September 2026 on two dated, independent, exact-outlet assessments from established publishers. Both identify a standout item alongside material shortfalls, so the coverage is uneven rather than solidly positive and the band is MIXED FORKS.

What public coverage says

Peh Gao Coffeeshop is the daytime concept of the Orh Gao Taproom team at Serene Centre in Bukit Timah, reopened in a new unit in early 2026 and serving kopitiam staples by day before turning into a craft-beer taproom at night. Two independent, dated assessments count and both are mixed. Daniel Food Diary found the Kaya Butter Toast underwhelming, without the crunch and warmth expected of freshly toasted bread. Honeycombers called the nasi lemak beef rendang a standout while judging the rest of the menu to be still finding its footing.

Last assessed 3 September 2026 · 2 linked substantive sources

Caveat: Band set to MIXED FORKS rather than WORTH A LOOK because both counted assessments lead with a reservation: DanielFoodDiary finds the kaya butter toast underwhelming and Honeycombers reports the menu beyond one dish as still finding its footing. Flagged for editorial review. The DanielFoodDiary citation is an 'Orh Gao Peh Gao' article covering the daytime Peh Gao concept; it is recorded as such rather than as an article titled 'Peh Gao Coffeeshop'. Its exact-outlet basis and evaluative quote were re-derived from the live page. The Seth Lui citation is unverifiable behind Cloudflare and is retained as context only. A previously located SG Food on Foot write-up states it is an invited tasting and remains excluded. Venue is on the desk's do-not-contact list: this assessment was made from published sources only and no approach was made to the operator.

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Full source log

This opening record is backed by the following public sources:

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