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Don Pie and Toa Payoh: the comeback years, and the way there now

By The donpies.com team. Published . Updated . 2 min read.

A mosaic dragon playground between HDB blocks in morning light, the kind of heartland scene Toa Payoh is known for

Quick answer

There is no Don Pie outlet in Toa Payoh today. Toa Payoh North is where Don Pie founder Chef Don Lim rebuilt after selling the Don Pie brand: a crab bee hoon stall at Blk 206 from about 2015, then Don's Pie & Cake at Food Centre II (1008A) from 2019, until the move to Tyrwhitt Road in 2021. The nearest current outlet is the AMK Hub kiosk, three MRT stops north.

People still type “don pie toa payoh” into their phones, and the reason is a good one. For roughly six years, between about 2015 and 2021, Toa Payoh North was where Chef Don Lim, the founder of Don Pie, worked his way back. First he cooked crab bee hoon soup alone in a coffee shop. Then he went back to baking the chicken pies that had made his name in the CBD.

Both of those stalls have closed. The pies did not disappear, though. They are baked today by DonChef’s team at Chicken Pie Kitchen & Don Signature Crab, 39 Tyrwhitt Road in Jalan Besar, and sold there and at four mall kiosks. This section of the guide is about the Toa Payoh chapter: what was there, when, and how a Toa Payoh resident can get a Don pie now.

From Toa Payoh to a Don pie

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.

The two Toa Payoh addresses, in one table

Address What it was When Status
Blk 206 Toa Payoh North, #01-1197 Don Signature Crab, a coffee-shop stall selling crab bee hoon soup From about March 2015 (the brand’s own timeline says 2014) Closed
1008A Toa Payoh North, Toa Payoh Food Centre II Don’s Pie & Cake, Signature Crab: pies are back, alongside the crab From late 2019 until the move to Tyrwhitt Road in 2021 Closed

Both sites sit in the stretch of Toa Payoh North closest to Braddell MRT station (NS18). A 2017 food blog described the walk to Blk 206 as about six minutes from Braddell’s Exit A, through the estate.

Why Toa Payoh matters to the Don Pie story

Don Pie began in the CBD, at Far East Square, in 2000. Toa Payoh is not where the brand was born. It is where its founder started again after selling the brand, around 2014 to 2015. Food bloggers who found him there wrote about a one-man stall, a claypot of crab soup and a chef who had built a chain of pie shops in the CBD. When the pies came back in 2019, they came back here, at a food centre stall under the name Don’s Pie & Cake.

That is why the Toa Payoh years feel like the emotional middle of the story. They link the Raffles Place lunch pie of the 2000s to the restaurant on Tyrwhitt Road today.

Everything in this section

  1. Don Pie in Toa Payoh: the full story

    From a one-man crab stall to the return of the pies: the six years that link Raffles Place to Tyrwhitt Road.    An empty heartland coffee shop with marble-top tables and ceiling fans, HDB blocks outside

  2. Blk 206 Toa Payoh North: the coffee-shop crab years

    The one-man claypot crab stall that kept Chef Don cooking after he sold Don Pie.    An empty heartland coffee shop with marble-top tables and ceiling fans, HDB blocks outside

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. How to get a Don pie from Toa Payoh

    MRT routes to AMK Hub, Orchard and Tyrwhitt Road, with an interactive route map.    An elevated MRT track running between HDB blocks under a blue sky

  6. Toa Payoh: a heartland town, and why its food sticks in the memory

    The big swamp that became a model new town, and the food culture Don's pies were part of.    A mosaic dragon playground in an HDB estate in morning light, the kind Toa Payoh is known for

  7. The crab bee hoon side of the story

    How a pie chef ended up famous for claypot crab soup, and where to order it today.    A claypot of crab bee hoon soup with a whole crab in milky herbal broth on a coffee-shop table

  8. A short price history of the Don pie

    Six sourced price points, 2008 to 2026, from China Square to the $5 Toa Payoh pie.    A whole family-size chicken pie with two slices served on small plates for sharing

If you just want a pie today

Three options work well from Toa Payoh. The AMK Hub kiosk is three stops north on the North South Line and sells crab dishes as well as pies. The Wisma Atria kiosk is three stops south at Orchard and sells pies only. The Tyrwhitt Road flagship is further, but it is the only place with the full menu and seats. You can also order ahead online for pickup or delivery; our ordering guide explains how that works.

Where these facts come from

  1. SG Food on Foot, Don Signature Crab, Toa Payoh North (May 2017)
  2. UMakeMeHungry, Don's Pie & Cake, Signature Crab (September 2020)
  3. ieatishootipost, Chicken Pie Kitchen: The Don is back! (April 2023)
  4. Roots.gov.sg, Toa Payoh (National Heritage Board)

We read these pages in October 2026. Where sources disagree, we say so in the text rather than pick a side.

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