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Award winners, hidden doors and hotel classics, one round at a time.
Singapore punches far above its size in cocktails: 11 bars made Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026 (top 100). Add hidden counters, agave and whisky dens and grand hotel bars. Most open around 17:00–18:00; expect about S$22–30 a drink before service charge and GST.
Order: Wasabi Highball or Yuzu Whisky Sour
Tanjong Pagar · $$$ · MRT Tanjong Pagar (EW15)
Sun–Tue 18:00–00:00; Wed–Sat 18:00–02:00
A polished hotel-lobby bar that turns classics into crowd-pleasers. It has led Singapore's rankings for years and still runs like clockwork.
Walk-ins are taken when there is room, but book for Friday and Saturday. Happy hour runs 18:00–19:30 daily.
Order: Iced Somaek and soju bombs
Tanjong Pagar · $$ · MRT Tanjong Pagar (EW15)
Tue–Thu & Sun 18:00–01:00; Fri–Sat 18:00–02:00; closed Mon
Uno Jang's Korean cocktail bar opened in January 2026 and went straight to No. 52 in Asia. Big flavours, comfort food, a loud happy room.
Bookings are expected, so reserve on SevenRooms. Cocktails start around S$16 and the kitchen keeps cooking until an hour before close.
Order: Spice-forward cocktails from Little India
Tanjong Pagar · $$$ · MRT Maxwell (TE18)
Tue–Thu & Sun 18:00–01:00; Fri–Sat 18:00–02:00; closed Mon
Yugnes Susela buys his spices at Tekka Market and turns Little India's flavours into drinks. No. 58 in Asia for 2026.
Happy hour runs all night on Tuesday and Wednesday. Walk-ins are fine on weeknights; book on OpenTable for Friday and Saturday.
Order: Melon Soda Pop with melon ice cream
Tanjong Pagar · $$$ · MRT Maxwell (TE18)
Hours unknown, check before you go
Bartender Bannie Kang and chef Tryson Quek grew this from a home supper club. Calm and minimal, with void-deck tiles on the counter.
Sit at the counter to watch both of them work. Cocktails average about S$22; finish with something sweet from the kitchen.
Order: Funky Daiquiri with chilli
Tanjong Pagar · $$$ · MRT Maxwell (TE18)
Hours unknown, check before you go
Opened in 2026 with exploratory cocktails and spirit tastings, from a chilli-spiked rum daiquiri to a smoky Islay sour.
Come between 18:00 and 20:00: Time Out found free prawn toast with drinks ordered then. Cocktails run about S$24–26.
Order: Cinematic cocktails in a 25-seat room
Tanjong Pagar · $$$ · MRT Maxwell (TE18)
Mon–Thu 17:30–00:00; Fri–Sat 17:30–01:00
A small, moody bar styled on Hopper's Nighthawks, tucked on the bend where Tras Street meets Tanjong Pagar Road.
Walk-ins only, and seats are few. Call the number on its website to check for space before you head over.
Order: A menu that changes every week
Tanjong Pagar · $$$ · MRT Maxwell (TE18)
Hours unknown, check before you go
Built by its bartenders without investors and now on Duxton Hill. Scruffy on purpose, warm in practice, with a list that turns over weekly.
Book on SevenRooms or message them on WhatsApp. The menu changes every week, so ask what is new instead of ordering from memory.
Order: Cat Bite Margarita
Tanjong Pagar · $$$ · MRT Tanjong Pagar (EW15)
Wed–Sun 17:00–00:00
A Duxton shophouse bar built around tequila, mezcal and Asian rice spirits, with a house margarita that has its own fan club.
Start with the margarita, then let the bartender steer you through the mezcal shelf. No. 86 in Asia for 2026.
Order: Regional spirits and foraged ingredients
Telok Ayer · $$$ · MRT Telok Ayer (DT18)
Mon–Thu 18:00–00:00; Fri–Sat 18:00–01:00; closed Sun
Vijay Mudaliar has championed regional spirits and produce since 2016. Cocktails upstairs, a fermentation menu a floor above.
Cocktails are on the second floor and the fermentation menu on the third. Closed on Sundays, so plan Amoy Street for another night.
Order: Modern classics with a rock soundtrack
Telok Ayer · $$$ · MRT Maxwell (TE18)
Café Mon–Sat 09:00–16:30; bar Mon–Sat 17:00–00:00 (last drinks 23:30)
Flamingo pours coffee until late afternoon, then the room turns into Stay Gold, a loud, friendly cocktail bar. Back on Asia's list in 2026.
Golden hour runs 17:00–19:00 with lower prices. Reservations are strongly advised on SevenRooms, especially later in the week.
Order: Get The Worm, a mealworm margarita
Telok Ayer · $$$ · MRT Telok Ayer (DT18)
Tue–Sat 17:00–00:00; closed Sun–Mon
Christina Rasmussen's bar mixes with low-carbon ingredients, from insects to invasive species. Stranger on paper than in the glass.
Be brave and order the mealworm margarita (S$24). Walk-ins are welcome; a booking needs a card to hold the table.
Order: Single-cask whisky flights
Telok Ayer · $$$ · MRT Telok Ayer (DT18)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A whisky room upstairs on Amoy Street, stocked with independent bottlings and casks from distilleries most people have never heard of.
Tell the staff what you usually drink and let them pour something new. The door is upstairs, above the restaurant Alati.
Order: Prohibition-era classics
Telok Ayer · $$$ · MRT Telok Ayer (DT18)
Hours unknown, check before you go
The Singapore branch of the famous West Village bar in New York. A proper dinner menu, high energy and a crowd that likes to stay.
Email or use the reservations page on its site for weekend tables. Book dinner and stay on at the bar as the room fills up.
Order: Savoury cocktails with Korean twists
Chinatown · $$$ · MRT Maxwell (TE18)
Mon–Sat 18:00–00:00
June Baek's tiny bar blends Korean heritage, local flavours and childhood nostalgia into savoury drinks. Twelve seats, so it feels secret.
Head downstairs from Club Street Laundry. Groups of four or fewer fit best; book via the restaurant's OpenTable or just walk in.
Order: Pop City Sour with Hibiki whisky
Raffles Place · $$$ · MRT Raffles Place (EW14/NS26)
Hours unknown, check before you go
Jigger & Pony and House of Suntory built four rooms here, from a folding-screen bar to a headphone listening corner. Whisky leads the menu.
Walk round the back of Barrel, find the neon-pink sign and climb to the unmarked black door. Happy hour runs 17:30–20:00.
Order: Seasonal cocktails with a DJ
Clarke Quay · $$ · MRT Clarke Quay (NE5)
Mon–Thu 18:00–00:00; Fri–Sat 17:00–01:00
A North Canal Road bar where the music matters as much as the drinks. The menu moves with the seasons and the DJs change nightly.
Go late on a Friday or Saturday, when it stays open to 01:00 and the room fills up. Book ahead for groups.
Order: Then-and-now cocktail pairs
Clarke Quay · $$$ · MRT Clarke Quay (NE5)
Daily 18:00–late
Behind a plain 1960s shophouse front, this small, dark bar helped kick off Singapore's cocktail boom when it opened in 2011.
There is no grand entrance, so look for number 28. Book on SevenRooms; the menu pairs an early classic with a new creation.
Order: It's Just Negi, a gin and leek-brine martini
Clarke Quay · $$$ · MRT Clarke Quay (NE5)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A 2026 opening steps from 28 HongKong Street, pairing Japanese technique with the energy of an American bar.
Happy hour cocktails were S$18 from 17:00 to 19:00 Monday to Thursday (from 16:00 Friday and Saturday). Hop to 28HKS after.
Order: Seasonal cocktails and small plates
River Valley · $$$ · MRT Fort Canning (DT20)
Mon–Sat 18:00–late; Sun 17:00–late
The bar sibling of Le Bon Funk, upstairs in New Bahru, with records spinning, sharp seasonal drinks and the kitchen's small plates.
Book through Bon Funk's site. Pair it with Bar Somma in the same complex for an easy two-stop night; parking fills up.
Order: Martinis and Italian plates
River Valley · $$$ · MRT Fort Canning (DT20)
Tue–Wed 18:00–23:00; Thu–Sat 18:00–00:00
Pink velvet sofas and tall arched ceilings in a former school library, with Italian-leaning cocktails and fresh pasta.
Arrive before 19:30: Time Out reports a free rigatoni carbonara with your first drink. Book on SevenRooms or join the waitlist.
Order: Spice-route cocktails
Robertson Quay · $$$ · MRT Havelock (TE16)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A day-to-night bar in a converted riverside warehouse, with drinks built on the spices and stories of the river's trading past.
Come on a weekday afternoon: classics are S$15++ from 15:00 to 19:00, Monday to Friday. Then stroll the river to Robertson Quay.
Order: Green Apple Highball
Tiong Bahru · $$ · MRT Tiong Bahru (EW17)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A pocket-sized bar hidden inside Dirty Supper that turns the kitchen's trimmings into drinks. Tiles, graffiti and zero pretence.
Walk through the dining room and past the curtains. Cocktails run about S$18–20, with cheaper happy hours early and late.
Order: Singapore Sling
Civic District · $$$ · MRT City Hall (EW13/NS25)
Sun–Wed 11:00–22:30; Thu–Sat 11:00–23:30 (last seating)
The Raffles bar that made the Sling famous. Expect tourists, peanut shells on the floor and a drink you should try once.
Go mid-afternoon to skip the queue, then walk to Writers Bar in the Grand Lobby for something more serious.
Order: Literary-themed cocktails
Civic District · $$$$ · MRT Esplanade (CC3)
Sun–Thu 17:00–23:30; Fri–Sat 17:00–00:00 (last order)
A calm corner of the Raffles lobby named for the authors who stayed here, with drinks that tip their hat to the books.
Cocktails start around S$30. It is the quieter Raffles pick for a client drink; dress smartly and book if you need a table.
Order: Modern classics with Asian plates
Civic District · $$$ · MRT City Hall (EW13/NS25)
Mon–Thu 16:00–01:00; Fri & eve of public holidays 16:00–03:00; Sat 12:00–03:00; Sun 12:00–01:00
A 60-seat shophouse bar opposite Raffles that gives young Asian bartenders and cooks a stage. Drinks first, food a close second.
Handy when the hotel bars close: it runs to 03:00 on Friday and Saturday. Happy hour lasts from opening until 19:00.
Order: Japanese-ingredient cocktails with izakaya plates
Civic District · $$$ · MRT City Hall (EW13/NS25)
Mon–Thu 12:00–15:00 & 18:00–00:00; Fri–Sat 12:00–15:00 & 18:00–01:00
A moody izakaya-bar in the Pullman on Hill Street, dressed like 1920s Japan, with drinks built around Japanese ingredients.
Adults only from 18:00. Book on SevenRooms; it is a short walk from City Hall MRT and from the Clarke Quay bars.
Order: Singlish-named cocktails, from Alamak to Shiok
Bugis · $$$ · MRT Bugis (EW12/DT14)
Mon–Thu 17:00–00:00; Fri–Sat 17:00–01:00
Colin Chia's bar folds local flavours into polished cocktails, with Singaporean plates alongside. The 2026 menu speaks Singlish.
Come before 19:00 for social hour, when six cocktails drop to S$16; the full list is S$26. Book online for weekend nights.
Order: The Last Word, or a dry martini
Bugis · $$$ · MRT Bugis (EW12/DT14)
Daily 17:00–00:00
Upstairs from Nutmeg & Clove and run by the same team: a calm, minimal bar with a short list of precise classics and simple Japanese food.
Order the namesake: gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino and lime. It is on the second floor of the same shophouse; book on its site.
Order: Cocktails on tap
Bugis · $$ · MRT City Hall (EW13/NS25)
Hours unknown, check before you go
The Singapore branch of a Taipei favourite pours its cocktails from taps, so drinks arrive fast and cost less than most on the street.
Ask for a small taste before you commit; the staff expect it. A good first round before dinner on Purvis Street.
Order: Gin martini
Bugis · $$$ · MRT Bugis (EW12/DT14)
Mon 15:00–00:00; Tue–Thu 12:00–00:00; Fri–Sat 12:00–02:00; closed Sun
The grand lobby of Parkview Square, all gilt and murals, with over a thousand gins stacked behind the bar. A 1920s film set to drink in.
Open from noon most days, so it suits an afternoon meeting too. Ask for a table with a view of the gin tower.
Order: Two-ingredient cocktails like Pandan x Coconut
Kampong Glam · $$$ · MRT Nicoll Highway (CC5)
Hours unknown, check before you go
Two bar veterans built a 21-seat room around drinks with just two core ingredients each: tight, balanced and unfussy.
Walk into WitBier, past the pool table and through the black door marked Players Only. Walk-ins only; cocktails about S$23.
Order: Modern Localism cocktails
Marina Bay · $$$ · MRT Esplanade (CC3)
Hours unknown, check before you go
The Mandarin Oriental's bar built its 2026 menu with Singapore partners in food, design, music and art: 11 drinks in all.
Cocktails are about S$26; add the laksa fries. From Marina Bay Sands it is roughly a 15-minute walk over the Helix Bridge.
Order: Clay-aged cocktails
Orchard · $$$ · MRT Dhoby Ghaut (NS24/NE6/CC1)
Daily 17:00–00:00
A 2026 opening spread across the chambers of the House of Tan Yeok Nee, a national monument, with drinks aged in clay vessels.
Book on TableCheck. Look up at the original timber beams, then try the Pepper Peddler (S$28) with makgeolli and baijiu.
Order: Nyonya-inspired cocktails
Orchard · $$$ · MRT Somerset (NS23)
Sun–Thu 17:00–00:00; Fri–Sat 17:00–02:00
Tucked among Emerald Hill's restored shophouses, a long-running bar dressed in Peranakan heirlooms, with Nyonya flavours in the glass.
Walk up Emerald Hill Road to see the shophouses first. Open to 02:00 on Friday and Saturday, which is rare on Orchard Road.
Order: House-finished spirits in classic cocktails
Orchard · $$$ · MRT Orchard (NS22/TE14)
Mon–Thu 18:00–02:00; Fri–Sat 18:00–03:00; closed Sun
A dark lounge inside the Marriott Tang Plaza that finishes more than 100 spirits in-house before they reach your glass.
Ring the doorbell to get in, and book on SevenRooms. It pours until 02:00, or 03:00 on weekends, so it works after a late dinner.
Order: Barrel-aged Manhattans
Orchard · $$$ · MRT Orchard Boulevard (TE13)
Hours unknown, check before you go
Old New York glamour on the second floor of the Conrad Orchard, with over 100 oak barrels ageing spirits and cocktails in-house.
Order something from the rickhouse barrels. A safe pick for a client drink; book ahead for weekend evenings.
Order: 16 cocktails about crossing cultures
Orchard · $$$ · MRT Orchard (NS22/TE14)
Daily 17:30–01:00
Adam Bursik runs a hotel bar that plays tropical produce against European ideas. Back in Asia's top 50 in 2026.
The dress code is smart casual. It is about a 12-minute walk from Orchard MRT, so take a taxi if it is raining.
Order: Japanese-shaken classics and fresh-fruit cocktails
Newton · $$$$ · MRT Newton (NS21/DT11)
Mon–Sat 18:00–01:00 (last drinks 00:45); closed Sun
Kazuhiro Chii, two decades behind the bar, runs a hidden counter above an omakase restaurant in a black-and-white bungalow.
Booking is essential: there are only 10 seats and access details come with your reservation. Cocktails run S$28–38.
Order: Gibson martini
Chinatown · $$$ · MRT Outram Park (EW16/NE3/TE17)
Sun–Tue 18:00–00:00; Wed–Thu 18:00–01:00; Fri–Sat 18:00–02:00
Upstairs on Bukit Pasoh, classic cocktails get a Southeast Asian twist. The house martini comes with pickled pomelo and a smoked quail egg.
Second floor of No. 20, a short walk from Outram Park Exit 4. Book ahead for weekends; Live Twice is downstairs for round two.
Order: Japanese-style gin cocktails
Chinatown · $$$ · MRT Outram Park (EW16/NE3/TE17)
Sun–Tue 18:00–00:00; Wed–Thu 18:00–01:00; Fri–Sat 18:00–02:00
Mid-century Japanese styling, film-noir lighting and precise, Japanese-technique cocktails. Like a hotel bar in an old Tokyo movie.
Happy hour is 18:00–20:00 daily, with S$16++ classics on their site. Walk-ins welcome; Gibson is upstairs for a second stop.
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