Westgate with Kids: Play, Classes and Family Facilities at Jurong East's Mall (2026)

29 September 2026 · 13 min read

Ask a Jurong East parent about Westgate and they will tell you about the rooftop playground. It closed on 17 February 2026. CapitaLand's notice says only to "stay tuned", with no reopening date, so if you are driving in for the tree house and the water play, do not.

Here is the odd part. Westgate with kids is better in 2026 than it was in 2025. Yooland, the indoor playground on Level 3, reopened on 9 September 2026 after a full rebuild, with a go-kart circuit and a three-lane rainbow slide.

Level 4 has quietly become the kids' floor: art, robotics, gym, ballet, hip hop, music and writing centres within a hundred metres of each other, plus Kiddy Palace, a kids' shower room and a nursing room. And a free netted playground sits one sheltered walkway away on Level 5 of Jem.

This guide covers all of it, place by place, with the unit number, the hours and the price. Where a centre publishes no fee we say so rather than guess. If you are planning a whole day in the west, pair it with our guide to things to do with kids in Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang.

Family favourites: play at Westgate

1. Yooland

Yooland on Level 3, reopened 9 September 2026. Photo: Yooland, Jungle listing

Yooland is the reason to come. The space-themed indoor playground at #03-36/37 shut for renovation in mid 2026 and reopened on Wednesday 9 September 2026 with nine zones across roughly 6,000 square feet.

The headline pieces are a go-kart circuit, a three-lane LED rainbow slide, a giant sand play area, the Yooland Donut climbing structure with a tunnel slide, a rainbow net galaxy, a trampoline and ninja zone, and a mini supermarket for pretend play. There is a birthday house and a party room at the back.

It is built for ages 1 to 8. A nine-year-old will find it small. Socks are compulsory and sold at the counter for $3 a pair, so bring your own.

Why kids will love it: They can drive a go-kart round a proper circuit, race a sibling down the rainbow slide, then fill a trolley in the mini supermarket and "pay" at the till. Toddlers stay in the sand and the nets. Weekday mornings after 11am are near-empty. Buy the two-hour ticket, because nobody leaves after one.

Book on Jungle: Yooland
Website: Yooland
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #03-36/37, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Thu 11am to 9pm. Fri to Sun 10am to 9pm.
Price: $23 per child for 1 hour, $30 for 2 hours. Adults $10 per hour. Socks $3. Bonus pass $230 for 12 one-hour visits.
Ages: 1 to 8.
Nearest MRT: Jurong East (NS1/EW24), Exit D.

2. Westgate Wonderland (closed since February 2026)

Westgate Wonderland was the free 11,000 square foot rooftop playground on Level 4: a 10-metre tree house with climbing nets and a winding slide, a giant flower pot with tunnels, a rock wall, a toddler zone for ages 2 to 5 and a water play area with a giant watering can. It opened with the mall in February 2014, closed in the pandemic, reopened in September 2022 and was showing its age by 2025.

CapitaLand closed it on 17 February 2026. As of 29 September 2026 the mall's concierge page still says only that something is "coming up next". Several parenting sites still list it as open. It is not.

Why kids will love it: Nothing to love yet. We are keeping this entry so you do not make the trip for it, and we will update it the day CapitaLand announces a replacement. Until then the nearest free playground is Jem Play, two minutes away by the link bridge.

View on Jungle: Westgate Wonderland
Website: Westgate concierge notice
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, Level 4, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: Closed since 17 February 2026. No reopening date.
Price: Was free.
Nearest MRT: Jurong East (NS1/EW24), Exit D.

3. Jem Play, next door

Jem Play is the free indoor playground on Level 5 of Jem, the mall on the other side of Gateway Drive, reached without going outside via the J-Walk bridge. It was rebuilt as a netted honeycomb playground in 2018: hexagonal climbing nets, a netted bridge, triangular rubber hammocks, hexagonal trampolines set into the floor and a short crawl tunnel.

Play panels along the food court's glass wall keep toddlers busy while older children climb. Jem's rooftop garden one floor up has water play, but check the signs on arrival, because sections have closed for maintenance before.

Why kids will love it: Bouncing on a floor-level trampoline then scrambling up a net to look down on the food court. Best for ages 3 to 9. It is fully indoors and air-conditioned, so it is the rainy day fallback for the whole of Jurong East. Weekend afternoons are crowded, so go before lunch.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Jem
Address: 50 Jurong Gateway Road, Level 5, Jem, Singapore 608549. Google Maps
Opening hours: 10am to 10pm daily.
Price: Free.
Nearest MRT: Jurong East (NS1/EW24), Exit C.

Two smaller family favourites do not need an entry of their own. Kiddy Palace at #04-23 (10.30am to 9.30pm) is the place for the forgotten swim nappy or a birthday present. The Smiley World train ride runs on Level 1 near Shake Shack, and Zoomoov's animal rides are on Level 4.

Learn and play: classes at Westgate you can book on Jungle

Ten enrichment centres operate inside Westgate, eight of them on Level 4. A parent can drop one child at ballet and take the other to robotics without leaving the floor. Every centre below is listed on Jungle, and every one offers a trial, four of them free.

4. My Gym

Photo: My Gym, Jungle listing

My Gym at #04-39 is the American children's gym franchise, running structured gym and play classes for babies from 7 months up to 8 years. The bands are Young Waddlers (7 to 11 months), Waddlers (12 to 18 months), Gymsters (19 months to 3 years), Terrific Tots (3 to 4), Mighty Mites (4 to 5) and Whiz Kids (5 to 8).

Classes mix gymnastics apparatus, songs, games and free play on the equipment. It is a one-minute walk from Exit D.

Why kids will love it: Swinging on the rings, walking the beam and being caught by a coach at the end of the zip line. Waddlers get a whole hour of safe climbing that a living room cannot offer. Best for under-fives who need to move.

Book on Jungle: My Gym
Website: My Gym Jurong East
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #04-39, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Thu 10am to 7pm. Fri to Sun 10am to 8pm.
Price: Trial class $45.40 (usually $65), or two weekday trials for $108. My Gym does not publish its membership fees online.
Ages: 7 months to 8 years.

5. NK Robotics

Photo: NK Robotics, Jungle listing

NK Robotics at #04-18 teaches robotics and coding from age 4 to 16. The youngest band, Coding Pioneers (4 to 6), uses screen-free robots and picture-block programming. Tech Explorers (7 to 8) moves to building and programming LEGO-style robots, and older children go on to competition robotics and text-based code. The nursing room and the kids' shower room are next door, which matters if you have a younger sibling in tow.

Why kids will love it: Their robot moves because of something they told it to do. Six-year-olds get a real robot to drive on the first day. Best for children who ask how things work.

Book on Jungle: NK Robotics
Website: NK Robotics Jurong East
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #04-18, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: By class timetable. Call 8038 7990.
Price: Free trial class. NK Robotics does not publish its term fees online.
Ages: 4 to 16.

6. Tree Art

Photo: Tree Art, Jungle listing

Tree Art's Jurong East campus is at #04-33. Creative Art covers ages 3 to 8, Professional Art starts at 8, and there are portfolio and DSA Visual Art streams for primary and secondary students. Classes run Tuesday to Sunday and the studio is closed on Mondays. The first-timer trial is free and the child takes home an art set.

Why kids will love it: Real canvases and real paint rather than a colouring sheet, and a finished piece to carry out of the mall. Best for ages 4 to 10 who like to make things.

Book on Jungle: Tree Art
Website: Tree Art
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #04-33, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: Tue to Fri 1.30pm to 7.30pm. Sat and Sun 9.30am to 7.30pm. Closed Mon.
Price: Free one-hour trial for first-timers. Tree Art does not publish its term fees online.
Ages: 3 to 18.

7. ARTARY

Photo: ARTARY, Jungle listing

ARTARY's Jurong Junior Campus at #02-47/48 is the only class on Level 2. Its Fine Art programme runs in five levels by age: ARTARY Play (3 to 3.9 years, 75 minutes a week), ARTARY 1 (4 to 5.4), ARTARY 2 (5.5 to 7.9), ARTARY 3 (8 to 10.4) and ARTARY 4 (10.5 to 14), the upper three at 90 minutes. There are also Creative Brain Labs and school holiday programmes. The trial is currently free, usually $53.50.

Why kids will love it: A 75-minute class for a three-year-old sounds long until you see them still painting at the end. Best for children who are ready for a structured art syllabus rather than free craft.

Book on Jungle: ARTARY
Website: ARTARY Jurong
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #02-47/48, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon 11am to 6.30pm. Tue to Fri 11am to 9pm. Sat and Sun 9am to 6pm.
Price: Trial free for a limited time (usually $53.50). ARTARY does not publish its term fees online.
Ages: 3 to 14.

8. Aureus Academy

Photo: Aureus Academy, Jungle listing

Aureus Academy at #03-18/19 is Singapore's largest music school chain and the only one in Westgate that publishes its prices. Lessons are one-to-one in piano, drums, guitar, violin and voice, with a Musical Adventure group class for the youngest. Three monthly packages, each for four lessons: 30 minutes at $279, 45 minutes at $399 and 60 minutes at $519. All include materials, the Aureus progress portal and certificates.

Why kids will love it: Their own teacher, their own song, and a drum kit they are allowed to hit. Best for ages 5 and up who want an instrument rather than a music-and-movement class.

Book on Jungle: Aureus Academy
Website: Aureus Academy Westgate
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #03-18/19, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: By lesson timetable. Call 6950 6169.
Price: $279, $399 or $519 a month for four 30, 45 or 60-minute lessons. Trial bookable online.
Ages: 2 to 18.

9. Yamaha Music School

Photo: Yamaha Music School, Jungle listing

Yamaha's Westgate centre at #04-40 pairs a music store with its music school, open 10am to 10pm every day. Yamaha's group courses start at age 2 with Music Wonderland and move through Junior Music Course from age 4, with individual piano, violin, guitar and drum lessons for older children. The group format keeps the cost below one-to-one schools.

Why kids will love it: Singing and clapping in a room of same-age children, then graduating to a real keyboard by five. Best for ages 2 to 6 as a first music class.

Book on Jungle: Yamaha Music School
Website: Yamaha Music School Singapore
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #04-40, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: 10am to 10pm daily (store). Classes by timetable.
Price: Yamaha does not publish its course fees online. Trial bookable in store.
Ages: 2 to 18.

10. The Ballet School Singapore

Photo: The Ballet School Singapore, Jungle listing

The Ballet School Singapore at #04-10 teaches the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus from age 3.5, with contemporary, jazz and hip hop added for older students. It is the branch to choose if you want graded RAD exams rather than recital-only ballet. Studios run Monday to Friday from noon to 9pm and weekends 9am to 9pm.

Why kids will love it: Pink shoes, a mirror wall and a teacher who calls them dancers. Best for ages 4 to 8 who respond to structure. Fees are not published, so ask for the term price and the exam fee in the same call.

Book on Jungle: The Ballet School Singapore
Website: The Ballet School Singapore
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #04-10, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Fri 12pm to 9pm. Sat and Sun 9am to 9pm.
Price: The school does not publish its term fees online. Call 6465 9338.
Ages: 3.5 to 18.

11. DF Academy

Photo: DF Academy, Jungle listing

DF Academy at #04-13 is a hip hop and K-pop dance studio, not a ballet school, and it is refreshingly clear about money. Kids and teens aged 5 to 16 pay $35 for a trial and $110 a month for four one-hour lessons of the same course. Book three days ahead. There are no walk-ins.

Why kids will love it: Learning the chorus choreography to a song they already know, then filming it. Best for ages 7 to 14 who would rather dance to Blackpink than Tchaikovsky.

Book on Jungle: DF Academy
Website: DF Academy class schedules
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #04-13, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: By class timetable. Booking required 3 days ahead.
Price: Trial $35. $110 a month for four one-hour lessons.
Ages: 5 to 16.

12. Write Edge

Photo: Write Edge, Jungle listing

Write Edge at #04-15 has taught English and creative writing since 2014. The Westgate centre runs P1 to P3 and P4 to P6 English enrichment, a creative writing stream, and O Level English for secondary students. The free trial class is booked over WhatsApp on 8823 4840. Fees are on a separate course fees page rather than the branch page.

Why kids will love it: Writing a story that gets read aloud rather than marked. Best for P2 to P5 children whose compositions are the weak paper.

Book on Jungle: Write Edge
Website: Write Edge Westgate
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #04-15, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Fri 2pm to 9.30pm. Sat and Sun 9am to 6pm.
Price: Free trial class. Term fees are on the school's course fees page, not the branch page.
Ages: 7 to 16.

13. MindChamps Reading and Writing

MindChamps Enrichment Academy at #04-16/17 sits between NK Robotics and Write Edge. It runs Natural Literacy for ages 2 to 3 and Reading and Phonics for ages 3 to 7, with a complimentary assessment before enrolment. It is the one Level 4 centre not yet on Jungle.

Why kids will love it: Phonics through songs and movement, not flashcards. Best for 3 to 5 year olds who are not reading yet and have a parent who is starting to worry.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: MindChamps Westgate
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #04-16/17, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: By class timetable. Call 6369 9455.
Price: Complimentary assessment. MindChamps does not publish its programme fees online.
Ages: 2 to 7.

Four of these ten trials are free. For the full island-wide list, read our guide to free trial classes for kids in Singapore. Browse Westgate classes on Jungle.

Eat with kids at Westgate

Westgate has about 80 food outlets and no Swensen's, no McDonald's and no KFC. What it has is better: two restaurants where children eat free and three with a printed kids' menu, most on the same floors as Yooland and the classes. The five entries below have a real children's offer. The rest follows.

14. Food Junction, Basement 1

Food Junction at #B1-29 is the food court, open 10.30am to 10pm with more than 20 stalls. It has the widest choice for a fussy eater in the building, from chicken rice to Japanese sets, and the open seating takes a stroller. Sushi Express (#B1-26, plates from $1.50) and Chateraise (#B1-24) are on the same corridor. It is loud at 12.30pm on a Saturday and empty at 11.15am.

Why kids will love it: Choosing their own stall, and the fact that nobody minds if lunch is a plate of fried carrot cake. Best for any age. Sit early or sit late.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Food Junction Westgate
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #B1-29, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: 10.30am to 10pm daily.
Price: Hawker prices, most plates $5 to $8.
Nearest MRT: Jurong East (NS1/EW24), Exit C.

15. PUTIEN: children in a high chair eat free

PUTIEN at #03-08 is the Michelin-listed Heng Hwa restaurant, and it is on the same floor as Yooland. Its standing family deal is the best in the mall: any child small enough to sit in a high chair eats free, with a complimentary plate of fried rice, sweet and sour pork and fruit. The food is mild, the bee hoon is soft enough for a two-year-old, and the pace is quick.

Why kids will love it: Their own plate of sweet and sour pork that arrives before yours. Best for ages 1 to 4, which is exactly the age that fits the high chair. Weekday lunch is quiet, and the kitchen closes between 3pm and 5pm Monday to Thursday.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: PUTIEN
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #03-08, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Thu 11.30am to 3pm and 5pm to 10pm. Fri to Sun 11.30am to 10pm.
Price: Kids in a high chair free. Heng Hwa bee hoon $14.80, sweet and sour pork with lychee $17.80.
Ages: Best for 1 to 4.

16. Paradise Hotpot: under-fives free, 5 to 12 half price

Paradise Hotpot at #03-10/11 is a Hong Kong style hotpot buffet two doors from PUTIEN. Children under five eat free and 5 to 12 year olds pay half the adult price. The adult buffet is $19.90 for the teatime Value Set and $37.90 for the dinner Premium Set, plus $3 on weekends and public holidays. There is a self-service counter with nuggets and fries and a soft-serve ice cream machine, which is what your child will remember.

Why kids will love it: Cooking their own fishball in the pot, then unlimited turns at the ice cream machine. Best for ages 4 to 10. Last seating is 8.30pm, so it works as an early dinner after a 5pm class.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Paradise Hotpot
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #03-10/11, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: 11.30am to 10pm daily. Last seating 8.30pm.
Price: Under 5 free. Ages 5 to 12 half price. Adults $19.90 teatime, $37.90 dinner, plus $3 weekends and public holidays.
Ages: Best for 4 to 10.

17. COLLIN'S: kids' meals $13 to $15

COLLIN'S at #01-05 is the western grill by the Level 1 entrance, open until 11pm. The kids' menu is four meals at $13 to $15: Tortiglioni Fiesta, Happy Fish Time, Sunshine Platter and Salmon Alfredo, each with a mushroom soup, an Iberico bratwurst, watermelon and a juice. Adult mains are $15 to $18 before the 10 per cent service charge. Note that COLLIN'S runs a kids-eat-free promotion at some outlets, and Westgate is not one of them.

Why kids will love it: A whole tray to themselves with a sausage, a soup and a juice, and pasta shaped like tubes. Best for ages 3 to 8.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: COLLIN'S
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #01-05, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: 11am to 11pm daily. Last order 10pm.
Price: Kids' meals $13 to $15. Chicken chop $15, fish and chips $18, plus 10 per cent service.
Ages: Best for 3 to 8.

18. Miam Miam: kids' pasta $9.50

Miam Miam at #02-27/29 is the Japanese-French cafe known for its souffle pancakes and its Miam Miam Spaghetti. The kids' menu is two dishes at $9.50: tomato pasta or creamy pasta, each with chicken fingers, carrots and corn. Adult mains run $18.90 to $28.50 plus service, so it is the priciest of the five, but the pancakes are the reward that gets a child through a haircut at the salon next door.

Why kids will love it: Chicken fingers on pasta, then a souffle pancake that wobbles. Best for ages 3 to 9. There is a queue from noon on weekends.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Miam Miam kids' menu
Address: 3 Gateway Drive, #02-27/29, Westgate, Singapore 608532. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Thu 11.15am to 9pm. Fri 11.30am to 9.30pm. Sat 11am to 9.30pm. Sun 11am to 9pm.
Price: Kids' pasta $9.50. Adult mains $18.90 to $28.50 plus service.
Ages: Best for 3 to 9.

The rest of the kid-friendly list

• Brotzeit, #01-04: schnitzel, fish fingers and spaetzle kids' meals, roughly $9 to $11. Until 11pm Tue to Sun, Mon 11am to 2pm.
• Guzman y Gomez, #02-06: kids' burritos, nachos and quesadillas. Sundays, GYG app deal: two free kids' meals (under 12) with two mains.
• Shabu Sai, #B1-12: hotpot buffet, children under 100cm eat free, 100 to 140cm $11.99 plus service.
• Genki Sushi, #03-05: conveyor belt sushi, tablet ordering, plates from $1.80, 11am to 10pm. Kids' bentos come and go, so ask.
• Tim Ho Wan, #01-13/14: dim sum with high chairs and a quick turnaround, from 9am on weekends.
• Paradise Dynasty, #02-13/14: xiao long bao $8.80 for six, egg fried rice $9.30. Open until 10pm, Sunday 8pm.
• Shake Shack, Level 1 by the kiddy train: no kids' menu, but a $5.50 hot dog and six chicken bites for $6.70.
• Dessert by floor: Geláre (#04-07) by Level 4 classes, Yolé (#03-02) by Yooland, Yo-Chi frozen yoghurt on Level 1 since September 2026.
• Birthday parties: Timezone (#B1-45/46) party packages $45 to $65 per child. Yooland has a party room and Birthday House, prices on request.

Family facilities at Westgate

• Nursing rooms: Basement 1 near Syoujin (#B1-13) and Level 4 near NK Robotics (#04-18).
• Kids' shower room: Level 4, near NK Robotics. Useful after Yooland's sand pit.
• Stroller loan: suspended. The concierge page still says loans of strollers and wheelchairs have "ceased". Bring your own.
• Family parking: none marked on the official concierge page. The stroller-friendly entrance is the Basement 2 lift lobby A.
• Car park: midnight to 6pm, $1.60 for the first hour then $0.55 per 15 minutes. 6pm to 11.59pm, $3.25 per entry. Grace period 10 minutes.
• Mall hours: 10am to 10pm daily.

Getting there

Westgate sits on top of Jurong East MRT (NS1/EW24) and the bus interchange.

• By MRT: Exit C and Exit D lead onto J-Walk, the sheltered second-storey walkway that links the station to Westgate, Jem, IMM and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. You can move between all four in the rain with a stroller.
• By bus: Buses 51, 52, 66, 78, 79, 97, 98, 105, 143, 160, 183, 197, 333, 334, 335, 506 and 870 stop at the interchange. From the station, Exit A goes to the bus interchange.
• By car and taxi: The taxi stand is on Level 1 near Tommy Hilfiger. Car park rates are under Family facilities above.

Make a day of it

Westgate's neighbours are a library, a lake and, further out, the pools, though several water play spots are shut right now.

• Jurong Regional Library, a ten-minute walk on Jurong East Central 1: open 10am to 9pm daily, with the children's library in the basement.
• Jurong Lake Gardens, one MRT stop west at Lakeside: Forest Ramble closes on Mondays. See the closures below before you go.
• The new Science Centre, next to Chinese Garden MRT: not due until the end of 2027.
• Public pools: for water play in the west you are better off at a public pool. Our guide to things to do with kids in Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang covers the pools north of here.
• Closed right now: as of late September 2026, Clusia Cove and the Waterwall Court at Jurong Lake Gardens are closed for maintenance, and IMM's Garden Plaza water play on Level 3 is closed until further notice.

At a glance

Westgate is a mall where the classes are the attraction and the playground is, for now, next door. Book a trial before you go, and browse every enrichment class in Jurong East on Jungle.