Five Oars Coffee Roasters Heritage is the Tanjong Pagar chapter of a Singapore roastery that began, as the story goes, with a group of friends in a living room raving about the simple satisfaction that great coffee brings. From those conversations came a mission: to discover the flavours and aromas hidden in bean varietals all over the world and make them known back home — and to carve out a place of respite in the concrete jungle where that craft can be practised and enjoyed with those who appreciate it most.
At 43 Tanjong Pagar Road, the Heritage café pairs coffee roasted by Five Oars with a kitchen that prides itself on high quality ingredients and cooking from scratch — from housemade breads and pastas to its sauces. It opens daily from 8am to 10pm, with last kitchen orders at 9pm, so it works as easily for a first-thing coffee as for a slow evening meal.
Beyond the café there is a small retail world of its own: roasted coffee beans and a FOCR Pantry range to take home, plus seasonal releases such as the exclusive 7th anniversary charms. True to the brand's nautical spirit, the invitation is simple — step on board and sail into the endless weekend with the ones you call home.
At 43 Tanjong Pagar Road, in the stretch of shophouses where Tanjong Pagar's heritage streets meet the towers of the CBD, Five Oars Coffee Roasters Heritage pairs coffee from house-roasted beans with a kitchen that builds its food from scratch. It is the Heritage chapter of a Singapore roastery whose origins were far cosier than its current reach, and it opens daily from 8am to 10pm, with the kitchen taking last orders at 9pm.
As the story goes, Five Oars Coffee Roasters began with a handful of friends in a living room, raving about the simple satisfaction that great coffee brings. From those conversations came a mission: to discover the flavours and aromas of life hidden in bean varietals all over the world, and to make them known back home. The roastery has stayed true to that idea, sourcing beans globally and roasting them for the cafés it runs across Singapore.
The nautical theme is no accident. Visitors are invited to step on board and sail into the endless weekend with the ones they call home — language that runs through the brand from the oars in its logo to the lost-at-sea note on its shipping page. Beneath the playfulness sits a sincere idea: that a café can be a place of respite carved out of the concrete jungle, and that the sense of comfort in community is the anchor holding it all steady.
Plenty of cafés serve food alongside coffee; Five Oars makes a point of how its food is made. The team states it plainly on the menu page: they pride themselves on using high quality ingredients and making their food from scratch — from housemade breads and pastas to their sauces. The bread on your table, the pasta on your plate and the sauces that finish the dish all begin in the kitchen rather than arriving from a supplier.
That philosophy extends to what you can take home. Alongside the café menu, Five Oars sells its roasted coffee beans and a retail range called FOCR Pantry, so regulars can keep the café close between visits. Occasional releases add to the pull — the exclusive 7th anniversary charms, for instance, marked seven years of the roastery with collectibles of their own.
Heritage operates on generous hours: daily from 8am to 10pm, with the kitchen serving until 9pm. That spread makes the café work for an early-morning brew before the office day begins, a long lunch in the shophouse light, or an unhurried dinner — the kind of visit the founders describe as delicious food and coffee coupled with unforgettable service, catching you up in the weekend you so crave and deserve. Reservations can be made in advance through the Reserve A Table page on the website, which is worth doing for weekends and larger groups.
Heritage is one of three Five Oars locations. A sibling café at 6 Upper East Coast Road keeps the same daily rhythm of 8am to 10pm, while a takeaway coffee bar at Asia Square Tower 1 serves the weekday crowd from 8am to 5pm, closing on public holidays. The roastery's operations base and mailing address sit at Pasir Panjang, and questions are fielded through a support hotline that runs from 8am to 10pm daily.
A few practical notes round out the picture. Menu prices are subject to 9% GST, and dine-in orders carry an additional 10% service charge — worth factoring in when the bill lands. For anything from delivery questions to feedback, the team can be reached at [email protected] or through the support hotline between 8am and 10pm daily. Whether you come for the coffee, the housemade pastas or simply a corner of calm in Tanjong Pagar, the invitation is the one the founders have extended since the living-room days: step on board, and sail into the endless weekend.