If you find a long queue of people at any food stall, the food must be good. Place your order and they will cook on the spot and immediately serve you piping hot. Therefore food from the food centre are equivalent good, tasty and the price is reasonable.

Like so many of Singapore's hawker centers, some of the best food we had can be found here. And the cheapest, as you can buy a dish for $3-6 singaporean dollars, and drinks are $1-3.50. Hard to pick a favorite stall. All kinds of Asian food, many of it comfort food - Indonesian dishes, cantonese, chicken and rice, fishball soups, noodle dishes, vegetarian, and on and on. One guy makes dishes fresh to order on a huge flaming wok (we like the mie goreng here, but honestly, anything out of a hot wok tastes good), dumplings were yummy, popiah stand converted us to popiah lovers, and the dessert stands are marvelous (try the chendol, the grass jelly drinks, the soymilk, the fruit shakes, the green bean soup). In the morning, lines are long for the peanut congee and fried noodles, the black carrot stir fry is yummy, there are yam cakes too. We had some of the best chinese donuts (you tiaos) ever and some of the best congee of all. Everything is homemade and fresh, as you can see them patting out the dough or rolling out the meatballs, etc, at the back of the tiny stands. Not all stalls are open at any given time, so you never know what you'll get when you show up.

We opted for hawker food over restaurant food any day, and it was never the wrong choice. Don't be dissuaded by the chaos and griminess - it's really some of the best food you'll have in Singapore.

A few tips:
1. Stake your claim on a table first (one under a fan is nice), and then canvass for food
2. Bring lots of tissues, there are no napkins anywhere to be found
3. Handy to have some small bills ($2, $5, $10) as it is so cheap, though they are able to give change when needed
4. When you are done, leave dirty dishes at the table as there are staff who will bus the table, but there are also tray return areas if you want to bus it yourself. They have some kind of system where the right bowls and utensils are returns to the right stalls.

I have my meals at albert centre quite often as it has a good selection of local delights.

Fried carrot cake will always be in my order list. With Uncle's smiley face, though the queue and waiting time is kinda long, you will not feel any surge of anger at all.

You get the best chwee kueh from the stall which sells it solely, and of course... not forgetting Bai nian (百年)， personally i feel that they have the tastiest & healthiest niang dou foo in their sweet soup broth .. no selections needed, just let them know if you want a $4/ $5 bowl, with or without bittergourd, don't forget to get their chilli for dipping...Yummy!

All the food shows on TV talk about the great Hawker Centers in Singapore. I had read that Albert was a good one, and as I was exploring the Bugis area, I decided to give it a try. I have always followed the policy that the place with the longest line is the place from which I should buy my food. So I got in the longest line. Unfortunately, that place was not serving chicken rice. So I went to the place with the SECOND longest line, and that was the place for chicken rice.

I have had chicken rice from several vendors in Singapore, and this was as good as I had anywhere. For the uninitiated, chicken rice is strips of boiled or stewed chicken, a mound of rice, some stewed vegetables and a bowl of broth. For SG$3.50, it was a very filling meal. They offered two sauces, chili sauce and "brown" sauce, which was indeed brown. I chose the brown sauce. This is a delicious dish, and if very spicy food is not your thing, then chicken rice (without the chili sauce) is a wonderful way to sample the cuisine of Singapore. And the Albert Hawker Center is a good choice.

This is probably the best place in Bugis Street area for wide choices of good & cheap local food. Always come here when at Bugis Street area.

It's a local "hawker" food centre, similar to those in nearby Chinatown area ( ie Hong Lim Complex/Chinatown Complex).

Fusion: Fried carrot cake stall ( Guan Kee)- this item comes in either white or black version. Preferred white as Black is quite sweet.

However, the friendly owner offers 'Fusion' option ie you can have a mix of part white/part black. Creative idea, so customers can try both versions without buying 2 different sets.

Take note of following:

1. Quite a number of stalls are closed either on Monday or Tuesday (restdays).

2. Must avoid lunchtime (about 12-2pm) as super crowded with offices staff. Can't get seats. Queues very long.
Many stalls are closed after lunch, in mid afternoon.

3. Most stalls are closed during dinner time. No point coming here during dinner. Go to Chinatown for dinner instead.

4. Every 3 months ( ie Mar/June/Sept/Dec), this food centre will be closed for 3 days of routine washing/cleaning. Banner informing this is put up about 2/3 weeks or so in advance. Same as with the food centres in Chinatown area.