Skai Bar

The Padang, the domes and the bay, straight down, and a cocktail chosen by your birthday.

Skai is the rooftop bar to pick when you want the Civic District rather than the bay. From Level 70 of Swissôtel The Stamford you look straight down on the Padang, the domes and colonnades, with Marina Bay beyond, and the reason to go now is a cocktail list chosen by star sign. It suits an anniversary or out-of-town guests who want the postcard; the compromise is a hotel-bar bill, so book a window seat and make the round count.

The list is called SOLLA SYSTEM, a pun on the name of the head mixologist, Solla Hyun Jung Park, and the solar system. It launched in August 2026 with 12 horoscope-themed cocktails that blend Korean and Singaporean flavours. Park came from Jigger & Pony, after a stint at Le Chamber in Seoul, with more than seven years behind the bar and a Giffard West Cup Asia title.

It comes as illustrated cards: pick your element (fire, earth, air or water), then find your sign. Gemini gets a tiki-style Pandan Sling with mandarin and coconut, served in a Merlion vessel. Capricorn gets the Kopi O Kosong Peng, a Manhattan-style drink with kopi-infused rye that arrives with kaya toast, which is the most Singaporean thing to happen to a Manhattan. Taurus gets Babamba, rum under a chestnut makgeolli foam, and Scorpio a Guava Paloma with Tajín. There is a Jalapeño Cantarito for the fire signs and a Velvet Yuzu too.

Four zero-proof drinks, one per element, use Lyre's non-alcoholic spirits: a Bloody Virgin Maria, an Apple Southside, a Mandarin Amaretto Sour and a Merlot Spritz, so nobody at the table has to sit the horoscope out. For anyone who doesn't believe in star signs, the bar keeps a wide range of spirits and wines, a Singapore Sling and straight classics such as dirty martinis and whisky sours.

How to do it well: book ahead and ask for a window table, then arrive before sunset and stay until the city lights come on, because that is the view you are paying for. Order your own sign first, then your date's, and argue about which is better. City Hall MRT is directly below. If you only order one, make it the Capricorn, which comes with kaya toast.

Good to know Level 70, Swissôtel The Stamford, 2 Stamford Road, above City Hall MRT. Book ahead, request a window table and check the closing time, which runs later at weekends.

Skai Bar | Level 70, Swissôtel The Stamford, 2 Stamford Road, Singapore 178882 | Nearest MRT: City Hall