Napoleon Food & Wine Bar
Thirty-two European wines on Enomatic dispensers, three pour sizes, reds filed under smooth, fruity or spicy. Telok Ayer's gentlest wine school, with a brasserie attached.
- Where: Chinatown
- Price: S$60 and above
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Ma Cuisine
A Michelin-starred wine bar on Craig Road with a French cellar the restaurant puts at more than 1,000 wines, and food built for sharing. Set a budget before you open the book.
- Where: Tanjong Pagar
- Price: S$60 and above
Side Door
Bannie Kang, Bartenders' Bartender of 2021, and her chef husband Tryson Quek run a café-bright, 40-seat room on Neil Road. Book the counter and let Kang choose.
- Where: Tanjong Pagar
- Price: S$30–60
BOP (Bartenders of Pony)
Jigger & Pony's creative director goes Korean on Tras Street: soju bombs, dalgona cocktails, fried chicken with three sauces and his own records. The highest new entry on Asia's 50 Best Bars 51–100.
- Where: Tanjong Pagar
- Price: S$30–60
The Dragon Chamber
A kopitiam front on Circular Road where the drinks fridge is the door to a secret-society dining room. A group dinner with a party trick; check the current menu and hours first.
- Where: Boat Quay
- Price: S$60 and above
Cat Bite Club
Find the neon cat at Monument Coffee, push through the grey curtain and you're at a shelf of 200-plus agave bottles. Start with the margarita; the milk punch helps the cats.
- Where: Tanjong Pagar
- Price: S$30–60
Mr. Stork
Around ten teepee huts in a rooftop garden on Level 39 of the Andaz, with arrack cocktails and two house beers. The most relaxed sundowner in Bugis.
- Where: Bugis
- Price: S$30–60
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Spago's louder neighbour on top of Marina Bay Sands. Go late on a Saturday for house and techno with the bay below, dress properly and budget for the cover.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$30–60
Skai Bar
Seventy floors above the Padang, with the Civic District laid out below and a menu of 12 horoscope cocktails. Order your sign, or your date's, and compare.
- Where: Civic District
- Price: S$30–60
Nova
Singapore's highest rooftop bar, 63 floors above Raffles Place under a glowing steel star, with tom yum fries to soak up the altitude. Clear nights only.
- Where: CBD
- Price: Under S$30
Kinki Restaurant + Bar
A Japanese restobar at Customs House where the lift is wrapped in kintsugi, the rooftop is sprayed by ANTZ and a geisha in a fox mask glares at Marina Bay. The least corporate thing in Raffles Place.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$30–60
Milli
LG Han of Labyrinth cooks, Vijay Mudaliar of Native pours, and the Padang sits below the terrace. Order the chilli crab ice cream; leave the Level 5 Lounge to the boyband fans.
- Where: Civic District
- Price: S$30–60
Bars by mood
Bars for conversation
For a night of talking rather than shouting: grand rooms, bars with a local story, music or wine. Choose the mood, book one bar and stay put.
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