6 Best Places to Go Shopping in Little India

Mustafa Centre is a 24-hour shopping mall that offers designer products at low prices. Shopping at this mall is akin to shopping at an indoor market – narrow aisles jam-packed with all manner of products. 

Sure, it’s messy, a little disorganised, and packed every day, but if you come in search of a specific item you can’t find anywhere else in town, you might just find an entire aisle dedicated to it at Mustafa Centre. 

Sim Lim Square, located 500 metres west of the Little India MRT station, is one of the largest IT malls in Singapore. The 6-storey complex has around 200 stores selling computers, cameras, phones, gadgets, TVs, and audio equipment. 

Prices are rather affordable – even more so if you try your hand at a spot of bargaining – and the choices are inevitably vast. If you get bored of the gauntlet of gadgets, there are a few decent restaurants and cafes where you make an escape to.

Tekka Food Centre is known for its rows of hawker stalls, a wet market (on the ground floor) and variety of cheap clothing stalls. The complex has some excellent prices if you want to buy fresh produce in bulk, or are looking for some quality fabrics or materials.

After shopping, head over to the food court area for a wide range of delicious dishes, from curry-canteens to Chinese hawker stalls, and traditional Malay snack-stalls to cheap Singapore noodle stands.

City Square Mall is an eco-mall integrated with an expansive urban park. Directly connected to Farrer Park MRT Station, it spans 9 levels of retail and entertainment spaces. There are over 200 stores to browse, including high street clothes stores, electronic brands, and jewellery shops. Like most shopping malls, you’ll find a cinema, games arcade centre, and a wide range of restaurants, cafes, and fast-food chains. 

Find a colourful array of converted shophouses on Serangoon Road, right in the centre of Little India. The compact series of meandering alleyways present a nice selection of stores, selling traditional Indian dresses, dried herbs and spices, flamboyant accessories, colourful artwork, aromatic incense and sweet shops. You can also try your hand at bargaining on some of the fresh food (if buying in bulk), or get a discount on some electrical items on sale.