Grain Traders

Used to love this place for their healthy bowls for lunch but loving this place even more for their wholesome breakfast!! They have a sweet or savory options for breakfast and I honestly can never decide one over another. Sweet breakfast is usually coconut oatmeal with granola and banana on top - I would gladly have this for my death row meal. Savory breakfast is a choice between pita or polenta, with egg, two veggies, and dips. Super yummy too❤️ My greatest fear would be them stopping the breakfast menu💀💀

Delicious, hearty and nutritious grain bowls! One of my go-to grab delivery staples. Their ingredients are extra fresh and tasty too, the Jackfruit Pad Kra Pow is extra tasty and I almost cannot believe it’s vegan! The beef parrillada is my go to for protein— not tough at all and has a nice bite despite being well done. I love their thin and chewy soba noodles which don’t have that grainy, wheaty flavour some places have. Portions are crazy generous: I believe each serving of vegetables, grains and protein are a whopping 200g each.

Hadn't been here in a long time. Walked in with a friend at 115 and found a seat easily. Enjoyed the healthy bowl and good coffee although some items were finished. Service was excellent.

delicous, healthy lunch in the cbd! lots of options but it does get very busy at around 12-1:30. love it!

Have been a weekly patron for the last 8 years. My week feels incomplete without this staple. Delicious, hearty and clean. Value for your dollars for the cleanest food in town.

Great healthy and tasty food. Friendly staff too. Shame that it doesn’t have many tables and no reservations. Hope it’ll open more outlets.

The foods are fantastic n very tasty. I like the roast beef, baked salmon. Salmom Quiche n Eggplant Quiche n more. D place decoration is very cosy n comfortable . I take away 19 orders for my company event lunch today. Sometime i dine in. Lunch time always long quene ard 11.30am to 2pm. I specially would like to give a big credit to 3 fantastic staffs. Their name is Mila, Devi and Serene. They have provided an excellent service. They are so super friendly and so helpful. They let me feel to come back more often. Well done, Mila, Devi and Serene. Keep up the good jobs.

This is a good place to have a healthy bowl for lunch. It’s a busy place so definitely not easy to find seats. Price is a bit on the high side but portions are good. They have tuna as a meat option which is kind of unique, not seen that elsewhere. Tuna was good and I recommend. The vegetables are also salted appropriately and is tasty Will come here once in a while for sure..

One of my favorite breakfast/lunch places when I wanted something healthy in Singapore! For breakfast, I've had their polenta and oatmeal. They give you two 2-3" circular pieces of grilled polenta with greens, beans, and avocado. For oatmeal, it's a big hearty scoop with delicious toppings. Oatmeal's a little bit on the sweeter side but what I loved about it was how sticky it was. Both are $8 SGD which is a little bit pricey but totally worth it. For lunch, I usually make my own bowl. I've had their tuna, salmon, and chicken as protein with toppings such as apple kimchi, beans, and roasted veggies. For dressing, their beetroot feta yogurt, wasabi, and coconut curry were my favorites. All the ingredients are super fresh. I also love their concept- it's healthy with unique flavors! The only thing I wished they offered was giving the option of doing half greens and grains for the base (you can only get salad only or noodles/rice only). Service is super quick (even during peak hours) as it is in the hustle and bustle area of CBD. Definitely recommend this place to anyone in Singapore who is looking for something healthy and hearty!

Let me make it clear, I am only taking off one star because of the price, as other people mentioned, of the bowls and drinks. As everyone says, the quality is there, but for lunch, it may be too pricey for an every day occasion. HOWEVER, I did want to review something that most people don't think of when they think of Grain Traders: THE BAGEL SANDWICHES. Only $10 and you get: a bagel, a protein, a spread, a veggie, and something extra. I always get their plain bagels toasted (they only have 2 types of bagels unfortunately), with jalapeno cream cheese, cured salmon, avocado, and spinach. ALL THAT FOR JUST $10! Great deal! The only sad part is that breakfast is only available 8am-10:30am. Booooo. I want bagels for dinner!

This will put a dent in your wallet, but once it touches your lips, it's just so good! I understand the appeal. In CBD, tons of people want healthier options, and this is definitely one of them. There are a lot of choices here, and possibilities seem endless. I'm usually the type who'd rather just choose whatever combos they offer, but none of them really appealed to me so I went the custom bowl route. You get to choose from lots of different grains, proteins, and veggie add-ons. Everything I chose tasted great: the charred corn, striploin steak, pickled capsicums, and the bean pico de gallo. Additionally you can choose a sauce, and that in itself took me a while because there was a lot and I wanted to try so many! Depending on what you get it could be $15-20. For Singapore, that's a pretty expensive lunch. To beat the crowd, you seriously have to go between 11-11:45, because once 12 comes around the queue spans the entire restaurant and there are no seats available. Enjoy your healthy lunch! I, on the other hand, just need to learn how to make all of these ingredients at home so I can assemble myself!

Delicious.. BUT EXPENSIVE! I really don't understand. Does eating lunch in CBD has to be this expensive? I know there are bankers and lawyers but there are also underpaid consultants (aka me) and also others who earn a decent salary for a living. I call this pure indulgent eating here, and can only do it once a while. That being said, Grain Traders serves really good, fresh food. I enjoyed my food here tremendously. It definitely reminds of the fuss- free, health-conscious restaurants you get in Australia or the US. The concept is the same like The Daily Cut, you can either order set meal called "Hero Bowls" or DIY your own lunch. Same price at $16 nett. Hero Bowls section comes in 6 choices but since I was hangry (read: hungry + angry), i head straight to the DIY section. For the price you get to choose: 1 grain (quinoa, brown rice, japanese rice, or soba) 1 protein (beef, salmon or chicken) 1 hot vege (various items to choose from) 2 cold vege (various salads, kimchis etc) 1 topping (no, im not talking about rainbow sprinkles or m&ms here) 1 sauce (you MUST MUST try the MISO CARAMEL sauce!!) ........................and you get a bowl of wholesome meal. There;s also a coffee bar on the other side of the restaurant that serves decent coffee at the price you get from 'bucks. I got myself a cup of latte and it was pretty good, at $5.50. I spent a total of $21.50 of lunch today, which is equivalent to almost 3 plates of normal mixed rice from the hawker center. Will i come back, yes. Maybe once every fortnight. Or else I might have to get a bank loan to eat here daily. Lunch crowd (12-1pm) tends to get overwhelming so come really early or late to avoid the madness. Service is prompt and efficient overall! p/s: The miso caramel sauce is as good as the maple butter syrup from clinton st bakery. I can drink it on its own, I swear

Simple, good food that's also healthy fast food! The menu hasn't changed since they first opened, which is a good sign - it's not an F&B outlet that follows the latest food trends. A little on the pricey side, but your body will thank you, trust me! Satisfying meals every time I visit, and pretty good (attentive) service too!

Delicious healthy lunch option that you'll thoroughly enjoy eating. Every time I visit SG, I retreat to Grain Traders to cleanse a bit after a few days of extensive hawker center food.

This is my new favorite lunch place! The food and coffee are both above par, and I love the variety of healthy and colorful food options.

What's with the attitude here, ladies? Grain Traders must have the shittest service in Singapore, hands down. Not a single smile and really curt replies when we ask questions. It wasn't even at peak lunch hour. And I thought it was just me, maybe I had too many questions since it was my first time, but my two other girlfriends had the same treatment. There wasn't anyone in line after me at 2pm. Ok, maybe they were tired from lunch service. The quinoa was yummy. The beef ok... For the same price I could get just as yummy a salad without the bitchiest attitude from the whole bunch of staff. Not cool, Grain Traders!

Great food, crazy lunch crowd on a weekday (avoid if you wanna get seats) healthy eating never tasted so good. love the idea of the buffet line- the colors of the vegetables against great serving plates are clever. $16 for a bowl of hearty healthy portion. not cheap on the wallet but then again, we're in the CBD area. I will come back again

Love, love, love this place. I could probably eat it every day, for realz. Although I'd then be broke, but I'd be healthy, so what's more important? Anyway, my work people rave about GT all day every day, so I thought let me go see what all the fuss is about. I ordered the upstream which was really really good. The dressing was the real star, and although when you look at the amount of food you are getting, you start to panic, but you'll be full. I promise. You can also make your own salad, or bowl, or whatever, but they have some pretty good ones already put together. The second one I tried had chicken, and more of a Mexican feel, but the upsteam was def. better. For a meal, snack and water will run you $16. Not cheap, but def. worth it. I saw they also do breakfast, and have some interesting stuff going on, so looking forward to go when I have a free minute to spare in the AM. Perfect for those who work in the CBD and need a quick, healthy lunch, or live in the area and need something after a work out, or on the way home from a late night at the office.

Food is good but very expensive starting at $16 per bowl. The food has a lot of flavor and tastes healthy. Long but fast line during lunch time. Unfortunate that they don't provide water to their customers and cafe will not let you have tap water.

Obsessed with this place! My husband took me for lunch today and I forgot to take pictures of the food, but I had the steak and salmon bowls to share. Coffee was alright but the juices were delicious. Definitely recommend, but seating is limited and it's super packed during lunch hours. Still, people don't eat for more than 15 mins on a busy work week so turnover is not slow. Steak is more filling and salmon is healthier. Husband said he also tried the pork which was good. I can't wait to try the rest of the menu. Will come during non peak hours since I'm in school anyway and don't have a set lunch time. Too bad they don't have one near my school (INSEAD) otherwise they would sell out so quick! Maybe do a pop up for a month or something. Anyway, right now daily cut and salad stop are the only healthy options. And class ends late so it would be nice if healthy options are open, not just bar food. Anyway, go and eat healthy here!

Bought the Grain Traders SILO membership card for SG$ 160 several weeks ago because it gave me the chance to eat "create-your-own" bowls with salmon, tuna or chicken at a lower price per bowl. I don't eat red meat for religious reasons. Today, I went to Grain Traders at 100AM and tried to order a salmon protein for my "create-your-own" bowl. I was told I could not use my SILO member card to pay for the bowl, but had to pay extra for the salmon or tuna. If this was the case, I would have never purchased the SILO membership! What entitles you to raise the prices AFTER selling me the product? Feeling #rippedoff.