Queensway Hat Shop Open Daily Until 9pm: DaCave Store

DaCave Store is a hat and cap shop on the second floor of Queensway Shopping Centre, at 1 Queensway, #02-37/L, Singapore 149053, and it opens every day from 1pm to 9pm. The shop says it has been Singapore's go-to hat store since 1998 and has sold more than 120,000 hats. Expect walls of snapbacks, trucker caps, fitted caps, fedoras and newsboy caps, with most caps between S$45 and S$69 and a SONS Brand black fedora at S$109.

Queensway Shopping Centre opened in 1976 and is one of the oldest malls in Singapore. It is known locally as the sports mall for its floors of football boots, jerseys and running shoes, and DaCave fits that setting: this is a place for caps that go with trainers and team colours rather than a hat for a wedding. The business describes itself as 100% Singaporean owned and lists its trading name as Da'Cave Clothing.

The unit is small, so the stock goes up the walls. The website groups the range into baseball caps, trucker caps, snapbacks, fedora hats, and flat and newsboy hats, and it carries licensed labels such as New Era and '47 Brand alongside SONS Brand, Dark Seas and DaCave's own designs. The shop's own advice on its blog is to come to Queensway and try caps on in person, which is the main reason to visit rather than order online.

Licensed baseball caps are the core. The '47 Brand MVP New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers caps are S$59, and the '47 Clean Up caps are S$55. New Era's 9Forty A-Frame Plain Black Snapback is S$49, and the 9Seventy stretch-snap trucker hats in Red Sox, Yankees and Athletics colours are S$65. SONS Brand A-frame trucker caps sit at S$55, and Dark Seas trucker hats at S$59.

At the budget end, a Yupoong classic trucker mesh cap is S$24, and the plain SONS A-frame truckers are S$25, useful if you want a blank cap to customise. DaCave's own patch truckers, such as the Deal With It design in red, black or all black, are S$45. If you already own a dozen MLB caps, skip the licensed wall and head to the house designs, which you will not find in a mall chain.

DaCave is one of few places in Singapore to try a fedora at street-wear prices. The SONS Brand El Camino black felt fedora is S$109, and the Eastside Rolla porkpie is S$95. For heat and holidays there is the SONS Lowrider Shade straw fedora in white or beige tan at S$89. These are fashion hats rather than handmade Panamas, so judge them on shape and fit, and buy the straw one if you plan to wear it outdoors in Singapore weather.

Newsboy caps from the SONS Motley range cost S$59 in black, navy, dark grey herringbone and a moss brown plaid. They are the shop's answer to a flat cap and pair well with the fedora wall if you are dressing for an event. Try two sizes, as the fit on a newsboy changes more than on an adjustable snapback.

If you are not sure which cap shape you want, the walls here make the comparison easy. A snapback, such as the New Era 9Forty A-Frame, has a plastic strap at the back and fits most heads. A fitted cap has no strap and is sold in exact sizes, so it has to be tried on. A trucker has a mesh back panel that lets heat out, and on a humid afternoon in Singapore that mesh is the most practical feature on the shelf. New Era's 9Seventy is a stretch-snap hybrid that adds a stretch band to a snap closure.

The shop's best-known recent release came out on 8 August 2026, just ahead of National Day. The Make Singapore Cheap Again cap is a limited-edition snapback in black or red, priced at S$59, with the slogan embroidered in white thread across two lines. DaCave says the joke is aimed at COE and ERP charges, rent, groceries and petrol, and that it wanted something more local than another Merlion souvenir.

The cap is built on a USA-branded OTTO blank: a structured five-panel, mid-profile snapback with an adjustable closure. It was designed and embroidered by DaCave in Singapore, and the shop says there will be no second run once stock is gone. A matching 3D keychain costs S$5. If you want one, message the shop on WhatsApp to check stock before you travel.

DaCave runs a custom cap service. Embroidery has a minimum order of five pieces, while its 3DLayerlux heat-transfer method has no minimum, so a single personalised cap is possible. The plain trucker blanks on the shelf are a sensible base. Ask to see examples of both methods before you commit, because embroidery is stitched into the panel while a heat-transfer design sits on top of it.

For caps you already own, the shop sells a Deluxe Cap and Hat Cleaning Kit for S$24 and a CapCurve sculpting brim curving band for S$12, and it lists snapback repair among its cap accessories. Free delivery within Singapore applies to orders over S$40, and the shop ships to Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia.

Because DaCave opens at 1pm, a morning visit to Queensway will find the shutter down. Plan for the afternoon or evening instead, and use the 9pm close if you are coming after work. If DaCave lacks your size of fitted cap, New Era runs a flagship at Bugis Junction with its own customisation bar.

Queenstown MRT station on the East-West Line is the nearest stop, with Redhill one station along. Across Alexandra Road, IKEA Alexandra is the obvious stop for meatballs, and Anchorpoint Shopping Centre sits next to the mall for coffee and a sit-down.

Address: DaCave Store, 1 Queensway, Queensway Shopping Centre #02-37/L, Singapore 149053. Hours: daily 1pm to 9pm. Nearest MRT: Queenstown (EW19). Orders above S$40 get free local delivery.

Prices are from the DaCave online store: New Era 9Forty A-Frame S$49, '47 Brand MVP caps S$59, Make Singapore Cheap Again snapback S$59, SONS Motley newsboy S$59, Lowrider straw fedora S$89 and El Camino fedora S$109. Ask the Karpo APP for a Queenstown hawker stall to try after your cap hunt.