Künefe · Baked to Order · Fresh Daily
The legendary Turkish dessert — golden shredded pastry, a heart of molten cheese, pistachio and syrup — baked fresh when you order it at LAYALI, Kampong Gelam. Served daily until 1:00am.
From Hatay to Beach Road
Künefe is not a dessert you reheat — it is a dessert you wait for. Shredded kadayif pastry is pressed around soft cheese, baked until the edges caramelise, then drenched in syrup and finished with pistachio. At LAYALI Turkish Restaurant we bake every künefe to order, so the cheese pull at your table is the real thing — not a plated memory of it.
Every künefe goes into the oven when you order it — so the cheese pull arrives molten, the way it is served in Hatay.
The whole menu — desserts included — is prepared fresh daily by our own kitchen. No shortcuts, no compromise.
Künefe at midnight? Yes. We are open 10:00am to 1:00am every night — one of the only places in Singapore serving fresh künefe after midnight.
257 Beach Road, corner of Arab Street — 3 minutes from Sultan Mosque, 5 minutes from Bugis MRT.
The Sweet Finish
Our signature — baked semolina pastry with molten cheese, crowned with crushed pistachio and syrup. Sizzling from the oven to your table.
Layered filo pastry filled with chopped nuts, sweetened with syrup — baked in daily batches.
Traditional creamy rice pudding — the quiet classic of the Turkish dessert table.
The classic order: charcoal kebabs and meze first, künefe last — order it when your mains arrive and it lands at the table exactly when you are ready.
Open till 1am means dessert till 1am. Walk in late, order the künefe and a glass of çay, and let the night run a little longer.
It is assembled after you order, so the cheese is still stretching when it reaches your table.
Any time from 10am to 1am, every day.
257 Beach Road, Kampong Gelam, Singapore 199539, 3 minutes from Sultan Mosque.