$16++
Chef's pick
Battered Fish & Chips
Old-school crispy batter. Hearty, juicy pollock, fries and a dressed side salad.
Good food, real jobs · since 2013
Eat well.
Belong here.
Hearty breakfasts, steaks and pastas at friendly prices — cooked and served by a team trained through our own kitchen-skills programme, at our cafés in Ang Mo Kio and Tampines.
Chef's recommendations
Start with the ones we're known for
Three plates our regulars keep coming back to, at both cafés. Prices before the usual 10% service charge and GST.
$16++
$21++
Breakfast, 9–11am
Striploin Steak & Eggs
A generous breakfast spread of juicy steak, sunny-side-up eggs, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and toast.
$12++
Vegetarian
Vegetarian Spaghetti
For the vegetarians! Tangy spaghetti served with a generous portion of vegetables.
This month at the kitchen
On the specials board
The kitchen keeps things moving — a monthly special, weekday lunch bowls and a mocktail of the month. Ask the team when you order.
Meet the team
Trained here.
Hired for real.
Common Ground started as a single stall run by two job coaches who wanted their trainees somewhere real to prove themselves — not a classroom, an actual kitchen with actual customers. In 2013 that stall became a café.
Today both kitchens are run day-to-day by a team trained through Bridgework Singapore, a Singapore employment-support programme — paid properly, rostered like any other job, and backed by a job coach whenever they need one.
Every Hand Trained
Two cafés, one big table
Find us in Ang Mo Kio & Tampines
Both cafés are open to the public — walk right in. Mon–Sat & public holidays, 9am–9pm, last order 8.20pm. Closed Sundays.
Ang Mo KioOur first kitchen
Blk 712 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6, Singapore 560712
A handful of lots right outside; the community carpark two minutes away is rarely full.
The newest campus café
TampinesOur newest kitchen
Blk 201 Tampines St 23, Singapore 521201
Street parking along the block, or the multi-storey carpark a short walk north.
Rather stay in?
Takeaway is always available — just ask at the counter.
Private events
Host it at the kitchen
Birthdays, office lunches, intimate soirées — even weddings. Cosy spaces, customisable buffet and set menus from $18++ to $88++ per pax, and every booking keeps meaningful jobs going. Brownie points with your guests, guaranteed.
A proud employer, not a charity case
Our mission is simple: serve good food at fair prices through a team trained, paid and rostered like any other kitchen crew. Every plate you order funds another shift, another paycheck, another line on someone’s resume.