Shopping and Dining near Bloomsbury Residences

Food and shopping around Bloomsbury Residences range from the cafes of the Wessex estate and the plaza at its own gate to the malls of one-north and Buona Vista and the restaurants of Holland Village. Distances below are straight lines on OneMap from the site.

At the Gate of Bloomsbury Residences

Bloomsbury Shoppes, the development’s own retail plaza, puts about 400 square metres of shops and food outlets at the corner of Media Circle and Portsdown Road, around a plaza with communal seats and a children’s playground. The developer describes it as a boutique retail plaza for residents and the community, with everyday necessities within reach.

Across Portsdown Road, the Wessex estate has some of the most characterful places to eat in the west: Colbar, about 150 metres away, Under der Linden and Luss Restaurant & Bar, which the brochure puts a minute’s walk away, and Wessex Village Square about 90 metres away.

At the gate

Bloomsbury Shoppes.

About 400 square metres of shops and food outlets around a plaza at the corner of Media Circle.

Malls in one-north and Buona Vista near Bloomsbury Residences

Galaxis, about a kilometre away above one-north station, has a food and retail podium, and Fusionopolis next to it a Cold Storage supermarket, which the brochure puts four minutes away by bicycle. At Buona Vista, Rochester Mall is about 1.4 kilometres away and The Star Vista, with its performing arts centre, about 1.6 kilometres; The Metropolis, office towers with food outlets at their base, is about 1.4 kilometres away.

Measured on OneMap (SLA) from the site; walking routes are longer.

Markets and Hawker Food near Bloomsbury Residences

Tanglin Halt Market, about 750 metres away, is the nearest market and hawker centre, and Holland Village Market & Food Centre is about 1.9 kilometres away. Queensway Shopping Centre, about 1.2 kilometres to the east, is known for sports shops and small eateries, and Anchorpoint and IKEA Alexandra lie a little beyond it.

Holland Village and Dempsey Hill from Bloomsbury Residences

Holland Village, with its bars, restaurants and Holland Village MRT station, is about two kilometres north, and Dempsey Hill, with restaurants in former barracks buildings, about two kilometres north-east; the brochure gives about nine minutes by car to either. The location page gives every distance from Bloomsbury Residences.