Bae's Cocktail Club sits at 21 Tanjong Pagar Road in Singapore, a cocktail bar with a Korean theme that shifts into a late-night club after 10pm. The menu runs twelve signature cocktails inspired by Korean culture in an area often called the city's unofficial Korean town.
Who would love it: drinkers who want a strong cocktail list early and a dance floor later, all in one address. Who should skip it: anyone after a quiet, low-volume room, since the bar is built to turn into a club as the night goes on.
SG Magazine covered the opening as Tanjong Pagar's Gangnam-inspired hangout that runs to 3am, which sets the tone for how the night is meant to escalate. The bar sits right beside Restaurant Fiz, in the stretch of Tanjong Pagar Road known for its Korean restaurants and bars.
The twelve signature cocktails were built by co-founder Vijay Mudaliar, the bartender behind the award-winning Native, and lean into Korean flavours with drinks such as the Soju Basil Smash and the Kimchi Margarita. That pedigree is part of why the list reads as serious rather than a themed gimmick.
The kitchen backs the bar with Korean-leaning bar bites, from corndogs to chilli crab tteokbokki and sliders, with larger steak and fried-chicken plates for groups settling in. Ordering a few plates with the early rounds is the way to use the room before the music takes over.
Bae's sits at 21 Tanjong Pagar Road, a short walk from Tanjong Pagar MRT and inside the Korean-restaurant cluster that defines this part of the street. That location makes it a natural late stop on a crawl through the area.
The bar runs Wednesday through Saturday from 6pm to 3am and stays closed Sunday through Tuesday, so it reads as a weekend-night destination rather than an any-night local. Pricing sits in the upper-mid cocktail range, in line with the address and the late hours.
The format is the draw: a proper cocktail bar early that turns into a Gangnam-style club after 10pm, with the crowd and volume climbing through the night. Arriving early for the cocktails and the food, then staying for the later shift, is how the room rewards a visit.
The crowd skews young and group-led, pulled by the Korean theme and the late close, which keeps the energy high once the music starts. Booking ahead helps on weekends, when the limited seating fills before the club hours begin.
The Native connection matters, since Vijay Mudaliar's other bar has placed on international best-bar lists, and that same attention to building a drink runs through Bae's twelve signatures. The Korean angle is more than theme: the Soju Basil Smash and Kimchi Margarita use the flavours rather than just borrowing the name.
SilverKris, Singapore Airlines' travel title, has flagged Bae's among the city's drinking spots worth a stop, which points to a room that reads beyond its local late-night crowd. The location beside Restaurant Fiz, in the Korean-restaurant stretch of Tanjong Pagar Road, reinforces the theme on the street around it.
For a first visit, arriving before 10pm to take the cocktails and the food seriously, then deciding whether to stay for the club hours, is the way to get both sides of the room. The bar bites, from corndogs to chilli crab tteokbokki, are built to soak up a few rounds.
Practical notes: with the room open only Wednesday to Saturday and running to 3am, it is a weekend-night plan rather than a casual midweek local. Booking ahead secures a seat before the floor tips toward the club crowd later in the night.
As a cocktail bar with a credentialed list that doubles as a late-night club, Bae's earns a spot among Singapore's cocktail bars rather than its quiet speakeasies. See where it sits in our guide to the best cocktail bars in Singapore, and browse more rooms across the best bars in Singapore.
