ToMo Café is a Japanese-style café at 185 Upper Thomson Road in Singapore, built around the idea 'come as you are, leave as a friend.' The café combines a strong coffee culture with a food menu described as simple and hearty, blending Japanese influences with a twist of overseas culture, and offers vegetarian options upon request.
ToMo works with local and overseas suppliers to source fresh, high-quality ingredients for both its food and drinks menus. Beyond coffee, the café serves breakfast and brunch dishes, pasta, rice don, burgers, sharing plates, and sweet treats, alongside matcha, artisanal tea, and signature drinks.
The café takes online reservations, offers takeaway ordering and delivery through third-party platforms, and runs a membership programme called 'Become a ToModachi.' It also caters to events such as birthdays and anniversaries, and offers events and catering enquiries directly through the website.
On Upper Thomson Road in Singapore, ToMo Café brings together two things it takes seriously: coffee and food. The café describes itself as combining a strong coffee culture with a robust food culture, wrapped in a cozy neighbourhood setting under the motto 'come as you are, leave as a friend.'
ToMo is a Japanese-style café serving simple, hearty food with a twist of overseas culture, alongside authentic espresso coffee. The café works with local and overseas suppliers to source fresh, high-quality ingredients across both its food and drinks menus, and offers vegetarian options upon request for those who need them.
The food menu leans into brunch favourites like the Salmon English Muffin, made with smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, baby spinach and cherry tomatoes, alongside a Ham English Muffin and a vegetarian Mushroom English Muffin. The Chuffle Breakie pairs chuffle and bratwurst sausage with scrambled eggs, tater tots, baby spinach, pomegranate and truffle mayo for a heartier option.
Beyond breakfast, ToMo serves a Shoyu Butter Vegetarian Pasta with linguine, zucchini and eggplant, a Grilled Salmon Don built on Japanese rice with onsen egg and yuzu ponzu, and the Wagyu Hamburg — ToMo's own wagyu beef patty on a brioche bun with yaki mayo, served with fries. For sharing, there's a Tater Tots plate with a choice of truffle or mentaiko mayo, and a Brownie rounds out the sweet treats.
On the drinks side, ToMo covers the coffee basics — espresso, black coffee, white coffee, piccolo latte, and flavoured coffee in French vanilla, roasted hazelnut, or mocha, with a choice of fresh, oat, or soy milk. An affogato and a babyccino (fresh milk with a sprinkle of cocoa powder) round out the coffee list for those wanting something different.
Beyond coffee, ToMo has a dedicated matcha and houjicha section, led by the Kagoshima Matcha Latte, plus an artisanal tea called Sakura Spring, made with green tea, sakura and rose. The café's signature drinks section features the Hot Kuro Goma Milk, a black sesame and milk drink that stands apart from the usual café offerings.
ToMo takes table reservations online, so regulars and first-timers alike can book ahead rather than walk in and hope for a spot. For those not dining in, the café offers takeaway ordering directly and is also available through delivery platforms. Frequent visitors can join the café's membership programme, 'Become a ToModachi,' for access to news and deals.
ToMo positions itself as a place to stay awhile, whether that's for a morning coffee, lunch, or afternoon tea — and the café also caters to bigger occasions, including birthday and anniversary celebrations, with dedicated events and catering enquiries available through its website. Between its brunch menu, Japanese-inflected mains, and range of coffee, matcha and tea, ToMo aims to be a genuine neighbourhood spot on Upper Thomson Road rather than just a quick coffee stop.