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Natural wine, deep cellars, a sake bar and a room that pours only bubbles.
Wine is taxed hard here, so the good bars earn their mark-up: natural pours around Club Street, big cellars on Bukit Pasoh and Craig Road, Burgundy on a rooftop and sake flights in Tanjong Pagar. Most open at dusk. Book on Fridays.
Club Street/Ann Siang · $$$ · MRT Telok Ayer (DT18)
Fri–Mon 12:00–22:00; Tue–Thu 17:00–22:00 (kitchen breaks 15:30–17:00)
Skin-contact whites, chilled reds and a daily-changing menu of small plates in a Club Street shophouse.
Ask for something 'funky but not too funky' and let them pour. Book via their site; the kitchen pauses mid-afternoon.
Holland Village · $$$ · MRT Holland Village (CC21)
Mon–Thu 17:00–22:00; Fri–Sun 12:00–22:00
The second Le Bon Funk, out in Holland Village, with the same natural-leaning list and produce-led plates.
Weekend lunch from noon is the easy way in. The kitchen breaks 15:30–17:00 but the bar keeps pouring.
River Valley · $$$ · MRT Fort Canning (DT20)
Wine bar daily 10:00–00:00; restaurant Mon–Wed 18:00–00:00, Thu–Sun 12:00–00:00
Pick a bottle off the shelf or settle at the bar with cheese and charcuterie. Natural and biodynamic wines lead.
The wine bar opens at 10:00, so it works for a long lunch too. Park in the New Bahru compound if you drive.
Tanjong Pagar · $$$ · MRT Maxwell (TE18)
Mon–Sat 18:00–00:00; closed Sun
A sommelier-run bistro where you walk into the cellar to choose your bottle, or order a flight to compare a few.
Their corkage rule is 1-for-1: buy a bottle from the list and you may open one of your own. Closed Sundays.
Chinatown · $$$ · MRT Outram Park (EW16/NE3/TE17)
Mon–Fri 17:00–23:00; Sat 12:00–23:00; Sun 12:00–21:00
An oyster bar on Bukit Pasoh where the wine list runs from easy whites to bottles that start a conversation.
Oysters from S$2 and glasses of wine from S$14 until 19:00 daily; on Mondays the oyster deal runs all day.
Telok Ayer · $$$ · MRT Telok Ayer (DT18)
Mon–Fri 12:00–00:00; Sat 18:00–00:00; closed Sun
A Telok Ayer wine bar where about 32 European wines rotate weekly, poured in tasting sizes so you can try several.
Order small pours and work across the list. The sharing menu runs all day on weekdays. Closed Sundays.
Chinatown · $$$$ · MRT Outram Park (EW16/NE3/TE17)
Mon–Sat 17:30–late; closed Sun
A plush, magenta-hued wine bar with over 500 labels, heavy on rare Champagne and Burgundy, and raw-bar plates to match.
Book on SevenRooms. Over-21s only; dress code is 'party casual'. Last food orders 23:00 (23:30 Fri–Sat).
Club Street · $$$ · MRT Maxwell (TE18)
Tue–Fri 17:00–00:00; Sat 12:00–00:00; closed Sun–Mon
Hearty comfort cooking and a wine list with plenty of natural bottles, in a shophouse on Club Street.
Closed Sunday and Monday. Saturday opens at noon, which makes it a good long-lunch spot after a late Friday.
Marina Bay · $$$ · MRT Downtown (DT17)
Mon–Fri 11:00–23:00; Sat, Sun & PH 12:00–22:00
The wine-retail group's Marina Bay bar: bottles, glasses and a food menu for the office crowd at IOI Central Boulevard.
A short walk from Downtown MRT, one stop from Bayfront and MBS. Set lunch on weekdays; last drinks 30 min before close.
Dempsey Hill · $$$ · MRT Napier (TE12), then a walk or taxi
Hours unknown, check before you go
A French bistro upstairs at Dempsey where the pâté is made in-house and the wine list is kind to your bill.
Order the chef's pâté and a bottle from the list. Hours are not on their site, so book by email or phone first.
Tanjong Pagar · $$$ · MRT Tanjong Pagar (EW15)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A Tanjong Pagar bar devoted to sake: discovery flights, carafes and cocktails that use sake as the base.
Start with a discovery flight and tell them what wine you like; they will translate. New, so check hours first.
Tanjong Pagar · $$$ · MRT Outram Park (EW16/NE3/TE17)
Mon–Sat from 18:00; Bonsoir wine club Fri–Sat from 22:00; closed Sun
A French gastro wine bar with a cellar of over 3,000 bottles and cooking built to go with them.
Book ahead by email or phone. Late on Friday and Saturday it turns into Bonsoir, a wine-bar night from 22:00.
Keong Saik · $$$ · MRT Maxwell (TE18)
Mon–Sat 12:00–14:30 & 18:00–22:00; closed Sun & PH
A small restaurant where the wine, sake and spirits list gets equal billing with the modern cooking.
Lunch is the quieter, better-value way in. Closed Sundays and public holidays; street parking is on Teck Lim Road.
Telok Ayer · $$$$ · MRT Telok Ayer (DT18)
Hours unknown, check before you go
A velvet-lined speakeasy where bubbles are the point, from big houses to small grower Champagnes.
It hides behind Mamma Mia Focaccia on Amoy Street. Guests must be 25 or over. Check Instagram for opening nights.
Boat Quay · $$$ · MRT Clarke Quay (NE5)
Hours unknown, check before you go
The rooftop of South Bridge Reserve: an intimate space pouring rotating Burgundy, with the CBD skyline for company.
Wine flights start at S$48. Go at dusk for the skyline. Book through South Bridge Reserve on SevenRooms.
Unofficial · not affiliated with TOKEN2049. Hours and prices change; check before you go.