Clarke Quay

Clarke Quay is a riverside dining and entertainment quarter on the north bank of the Singapore River, in the Singapore River planning area, named after Sir Andrew Clarke, the second Governor of the Straits Settlements. Its warehouses and shophouses received conservation status on 7 July 1989, and URA describes the warehouses as the largest conserved cluster of this building type in Singapore. Craftsmen restored the shophouses in 1993, after decades in which they had been hidden behind makeshift sheds.

CapitaLand runs the precinct under the name CQ @ Clarke Quay. An upgrade that began in August 2022 was officially unveiled on 26 April 2024: seven warehouses were restored with their godown form and jack roofs reinstated, and about 60 restaurants, bars, shops and clubs are grouped into three zones called The Riverfront, The Warehouses and The Circuit. Steps at the Read Bridge landing double as seating, a nod to the bridge's old role as a meeting place, and the warehouse walls along Tan Tye Place carry a mural on the area's history as a Teochew enclave. Clarke Quay and Fort Canning MRT stations are each about five minutes' walk away. The precinct opens from 10am until late, and individual outlets set their own hours.