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Don Pie, from Toa Payoh to your table.

Chef Don Lim's chicken pies, baked today under the DonChef name: the names, the menu, five outlets, and the Toa Payoh years told straight.

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A golden flaky-crust chicken pie cut open on a marble coffee-shop table beside a cup of kopi, with HDB blocks behind

Don Pie is the chicken pie of Chef Don Lim, who opened his first shop at Far East Square in 2000 with a recipe he dates to 1983. Today the kitchen he co-founded bakes them under the DonChef name at Chicken Pie Kitchen & Don Signature Crab on Tyrwhitt Road.

The recipe, by the brand's account
1983
First shop, Far East Square
2000
Outlets selling Don pies today
5
Personal Original Chicken Pie, Feb 2026 menu
$6.80

Read Don Pie explained or jump to why it has so many names.

From about 2015 to 2021, Toa Payoh North was where Chef Don rebuilt: crab bee hoon at Blk 206, then his pies again at Food Centre II. Both stalls have closed, and there is no Toa Payoh outlet now. Here is how to get a Don pie from the estate today.

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There is no Don Pie stall in Toa Payoh any more. Pick where you are starting from and where you want to end up, and the line shows the trip.

Starting from
Going to
Schematic route diagram from Toa Payoh to current Don pie outletsThe North South Line runs from Ang Mo Kio (NS16) through Bishan, Braddell, Toa Payoh, Novena, Newton and Orchard to Dhoby Ghaut (NS24). The AMK Hub kiosk is at Ang Mo Kio, the Wisma Atria kiosk at Orchard, and the Tyrwhitt Road flagship is a walk from Farrer Park (NE8) on the North East Line. Two former Toa Payoh North sites near Braddell are marked as closed.Next stop City Hall (NS25): change to the East West Linefor Tiong Bahru (EW17) and Pasir Ris (EW1)Blk 206 Toa Payoh Northcrab stall from 2015, closed1008A Toa Payoh NorthDon's Pie & Cake 2019 to 2021, closedAng Mo KioNS16BishanNS17BraddellNS18Toa PayohNS19NovenaNS20NewtonNS21OrchardNS22SomersetNS23Dhoby GhautNS24Little IndiaNE7Farrer ParkNE8AMK Hub kioskWisma Atria kiosk39 Tyrwhitt Road
Schematic only, not to scale. Station order follows the North South and North East Lines.

Toa Payoh Central to the AMK Hub kiosk

  1. Start at Toa Payoh station (NS19) on the North South Line.
  2. Take a northbound train (towards Jurong East) for 3 stops to Ang Mo Kio (NS16).
  3. Follow the underpass from the station into AMK Hub and go down to Basement 2.
  4. The kiosk is at #B2-44, next to the NTUC FairPrice Xtra entrance. Takeaway only, and it sells crab dishes as well as pies.

Toa Payoh Central to the Wisma Atria kiosk

  1. Start at Toa Payoh station (NS19) on the North South Line.
  2. Take a southbound train (towards Marina South Pier) for 3 stops to Orchard (NS22).
  3. Follow the signs into Wisma Atria and head to Basement 1.
  4. The kiosk is at #B1-46, near the restrooms, beside Fruce and Subway. Pies only.

Toa Payoh Central to the Tyrwhitt Road flagship

  1. Start at Toa Payoh station (NS19) on the North South Line.
  2. Take a southbound train for 5 stops to Dhoby Ghaut (NS24).
  3. Change to the North East Line heading towards Little India, and ride 2 stops to Farrer Park (NE8).
  4. Walk about 10 minutes to 39 Tyrwhitt Road, opposite Jalan Besar Stadium. Lavender (EW11) and Jalan Besar (DT22) are also about 10 minutes away on foot.

Toa Payoh North / Braddell to the AMK Hub kiosk

  1. Start at Braddell station (NS18) on the North South Line.
  2. Take a northbound train (towards Jurong East) for 2 stops to Ang Mo Kio (NS16).
  3. Follow the underpass from the station into AMK Hub and go down to Basement 2.
  4. The kiosk is at #B2-44, next to the NTUC FairPrice Xtra entrance. Takeaway only, and it sells crab dishes as well as pies.

Toa Payoh North / Braddell to the Wisma Atria kiosk

  1. Start at Braddell station (NS18) on the North South Line.
  2. Take a southbound train (towards Marina South Pier) for 4 stops to Orchard (NS22).
  3. Follow the signs into Wisma Atria and head to Basement 1.
  4. The kiosk is at #B1-46, near the restrooms, beside Fruce and Subway. Pies only.

Toa Payoh North / Braddell to the Tyrwhitt Road flagship

  1. Start at Braddell station (NS18) on the North South Line.
  2. Take a southbound train for 6 stops to Dhoby Ghaut (NS24).
  3. Change to the North East Line heading towards Little India, and ride 2 stops to Farrer Park (NE8).
  4. Walk about 10 minutes to 39 Tyrwhitt Road, opposite Jalan Besar Stadium. Lavender (EW11) and Jalan Besar (DT22) are also about 10 minutes away on foot.

Lorong 8 to the AMK Hub kiosk

  1. Walk or take a feeder bus to Toa Payoh (NS19) or Braddell (NS18) station, whichever is nearer your block. The steps below start from Toa Payoh.
  2. Take a northbound train (towards Jurong East) for 3 stops to Ang Mo Kio (NS16).
  3. Follow the underpass from the station into AMK Hub and go down to Basement 2.
  4. The kiosk is at #B2-44, next to the NTUC FairPrice Xtra entrance. Takeaway only, and it sells crab dishes as well as pies.

Lorong 8 to the Wisma Atria kiosk

  1. Walk or take a feeder bus to Toa Payoh (NS19) or Braddell (NS18) station, whichever is nearer your block. The steps below start from Toa Payoh.
  2. Take a southbound train (towards Marina South Pier) for 3 stops to Orchard (NS22).
  3. Follow the signs into Wisma Atria and head to Basement 1.
  4. The kiosk is at #B1-46, near the restrooms, beside Fruce and Subway. Pies only.

Lorong 8 to the Tyrwhitt Road flagship

  1. Walk or take a feeder bus to Toa Payoh (NS19) or Braddell (NS18) station, whichever is nearer your block. The steps below start from Toa Payoh.
  2. Take a southbound train for 5 stops to Dhoby Ghaut (NS24).
  3. Change to the North East Line heading towards Little India, and ride 2 stops to Farrer Park (NE8).
  4. Walk about 10 minutes to 39 Tyrwhitt Road, opposite Jalan Besar Stadium. Lavender (EW11) and Jalan Besar (DT22) are also about 10 minutes away on foot.

We do not give journey times because they depend on your block and the time of day; a journey planner app will be more precise. Outlet details are as of October 2026.

What happened to Don Pie

Toa Payoh years

  1. 1983

    The recipe is born

    By the brand's own account, Chef Don Lim creates his chicken pie recipe while baking for a staff cafeteria at a large technology company.

  2. 2000

    First shop: Far East Square

    "DON: Your Personal Pie Club" opens at Far East Square in the CBD. Some brand pages give 2001 instead.

  3. 2000s

    China Square and beyond

    The business grows into a restaurant at China Square Central, across the street. Food blogs in 2008 list a whole pie at $18.

  4. c. 2014-15

    The brand is sold

    Chef Don sells the Don Pie brand. Sources disagree on the year, so we say around 2014 to 2015.

  5. 2015

    Crab bee hoon at Blk 206

    Don Signature Crab opens in a coffee shop at Blk 206 Toa Payoh North (March 2015 per two food blogs; the brand says 2014).

  6. 2017

    Toa Payoh's claypot crab

    Food bloggers write up the Toa Payoh stall, with crab bee hoon from about $25.

  7. 2019

    Pies return: Don's Pie & Cake

    From late 2019, Chef Don sells his pies again as "Don's Pie & Cake" at Toa Payoh North Food Centre II (1008A).

  8. 2020

    A $5 pie in Toa Payoh North

    A September 2020 food blog visit records a personal chicken pie at $5 at the Toa Payoh stall.

  9. 2021

    Tyrwhitt Road opens

    With his nephew on board, Chef Don opens Chicken Pie Kitchen & Don Signature Crab at 39 Tyrwhitt Road, and the Toa Payoh chapter closes.

  10. 2022

    Pies by delivery

    The kitchen launches pie delivery in September 2022, alongside takeaway kiosks in malls.

  11. 2025

    The pie club returns online

    donpieclub.com.sg soft-launches in April 2025 with online orders that go to the same kitchen. A Tiong Bahru Plaza kiosk is listed as new.

  12. 2026

    Five outlets today

    The February 2026 menu prices a personal Original Chicken Pie at $6.80. The pies are sold at Tyrwhitt Road and four mall kiosks.

The dated timeline, with every source

Personal feeds one, whole feeds four to six. Prices from the February 2026 menu, as of October 2026.

Filter the full menu and prices

Where should I go for a Don pie?

Where are you?
What do you want?

Hours as of October 2026. Kiosks may close earlier if sold out. Check the official site before you go. "Open now" uses Singapore time and the regular weekly hours; it does not know about public holidays or sell-outs.

Ang Mo Kio is three stops north of Toa Payoh on the North South Line, and Orchard is three stops south.

Best match

AMK Hub kiosk (Ang Mo Kio)

Address
53 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, #B2-44, AMK Hub, Singapore 569933
Hours
Daily: 10am to 9pm, or earlier if sold out
Nearest MRT
Ang Mo Kio (NS16), linked to AMK Hub by underpass
Sells
Pies and crab dishes for takeaway

Also close: Wisma Atria kiosk (Orchard)

Hands holding an open white box of four round chicken pies at an HDB void deck

Don pie, Don pies, Don's pie?

Grabbing a don pie at AMK Hub before the train home.

Singular. "Don Pie" is the name of the brand Chef Don Lim founded, and people use it for the pie itself. It is the most common way the name is searched.

Bought six don pies for the office, two of them black pepper.

Plural. The pies themselves, more than one. Handy when you are ordering for a group or a whole family.

Nothing beats Don's pie with half an egg tucked inside.

Possessive. The pie that belongs to Don, as in Chef Don Lim. It echoes "Don's Pie & Cake", the name he used in Toa Payoh North from 2019.

Ordering from the Don Pie Club, the long name from the Far East Square days.

The long form of the original shop name, "DON: Your Personal Pie Club", first used at Far East Square in 2000.

Two of DonChef's Original Chicken Pies to take away, please.

Present day. DonChef is the name Chicken Pie Kitchen & Don Signature Crab bakes under today: every pie it makes is a DonChef pie, made to the original 1983 recipe.

Every name, explained

Is Don Pie halal?

No pork. No lard. Not Halal-certified.

The brand says its flagship serves alcohol and welcomes pets, so it does not claim any product is halal. The full position

Worth reading next

  1. Is there a Don Pie in Toa Payoh now?

    The plain answer: no. Plus the nearest outlets and why old listings still say Toa Payoh.    A covered walkway between HDB blocks after rain, the floor still wet

  2. Don Pie and Chicken Pie Kitchen: how the names relate

    One chef, two names: how Don Pie and Chicken Pie Kitchen connect, in plain terms.    A small mall-basement takeaway counter with a warmer full of round golden pies

  3. Is Don Pie halal?

    No pork, no lard, not Halal-certified: the exact position, and why.    A whole family-size chicken pie with two slices served on small plates for sharing

  4. Don's Pie & Cake at Toa Payoh North Food Centre II

    Late 2019 to 2021: the food-centre stall where Chef Don's pies came back.    A hawker centre in daylight with a tray holding a chicken pie and a cup of teh

  5. Chef Don Lim: the founder behind Don Pie

    From a 1983 cafeteria recipe to the Tyrwhitt Road kitchen: the founder's story.    Hands crimping the edge of an unbaked pie, with chicken and potato filling nearby

  6. Don Pie reviews: what food writers and diners say

    The praise, the criticism and the disclosures, with links to every source.    A golden flaky-crust chicken pie cut open on a marble coffee-shop table beside a cup of kopi, with HDB blocks behind

All 34 articles in the journal

The questions everyone asks

Short answers here, longer ones on the full FAQ. Last updated: October 2026.

Is there a Don Pie in Toa Payoh now?

No. Chef Don Lim's two Toa Payoh North stalls closed by 2021. The nearest current outlets are the AMK Hub kiosk, three MRT stops north of Toa Payoh, and the Wisma Atria kiosk, three stops south. More

Is Don Pie halal?

No pork, no lard, not Halal-certified. The kitchen serves alcohol and welcomes pets at its flagship, and it does not claim any product is halal. More

How much is a Don chicken pie?

On the February 2026 menu, a personal Original Chicken Pie is $6.80 and a whole pie, which feeds four to six, is $33.80. Prices as of October 2026; check the official site before you go. More

Is Don Pie the same as Chicken Pie Kitchen?

They share a founder and a recipe. Chef Don Lim founded Don Pie in 2000, and since 2021 his Don pies have been baked at Chicken Pie Kitchen & Don Signature Crab, 39 Tyrwhitt Road, which he co-founded, under the DonChef name. More

Where can I buy Don Pie today?

At the Tyrwhitt Road flagship in Jalan Besar and at kiosks in AMK Hub, Wisma Atria, White Sands and Tiong Bahru Plaza, or by advance order for pickup or delivery. More