BOP, short for Bartenders of Pony, is a Korean cocktail dining-bar that opened on Tras Street in early 2026, pairing a Korean-leaning kitchen with a full cocktail list in Tanjong Pagar.
The address is 76 Tras Street, on the Tanjong Pagar stretch of conserved shophouses that has become one of Singapore's densest bar districts. The Honeycombers new-bars roundup for 2026 lists it among the openings worth a stop, which is how a new room earns a first wave of drinkers on a street this competitive.
The format is a dining-bar rather than a pure cocktail counter, so plates and drinks arrive together rather than as separate acts. The Korean angle sets it apart from the gin-and-whisky rooms nearby and gives the kitchen a clear point of view.
Cocktails start at about S$23 a glass, which places BOP in the mid-to-upper band for the district without reaching the four-figure-tasting-menu territory of the marquee rooms. The pricing suits an evening built around a couple of considered drinks and a few plates rather than a long session.
Hours run into the night across most of the week. The bar opens at 6pm and serves until 1am from Sunday and Tuesday to Thursday, pushing to 2am on Friday and Saturday, and closes on Mondays, so a midweek visit avoids the weekend crush.
Who would love it: drinkers who want dinner and cocktails together and like a Korean slant on both, and anyone exploring the Tanjong Pagar bar strip. Who should skip it: anyone after a quiet old-school cocktail bar, since this is a newer dining-led room rather than a hushed counter.
As a 2026 opening the menu is still settling, so the smart move is to ask what the bar is most proud of pouring that week rather than chasing a fixed signature. The Tras Street setting puts a dozen other bars within a short walk if the night runs long.
Drinkers working Tanjong Pagar can set it against our guide to the best cocktail bars in Singapore and the wider Tanjong Pagar bar scene, within reach of the cocktails at Jigger & Pony and the speakeasy pours at Sago House, and the cocktails at Gibson. For the wider city, see our Singapore bar guide.
Tras Street is the context. The block forms part of the Tanjong Pagar bar cluster, one of the densest in Singapore, so a new room competes directly with established cocktail bars within a few doors. The Korean dining-bar angle is how it carves out a separate lane on a street already full of whisky and gin rooms.
As an early-2026 opening, the room is still building its reputation, which cuts both ways. The upside is a quieter visit before word spreads; the trade-off is a menu still finding its signatures, so a return may read differently from the first night.
What to order
- 01
Korean-leaning plate
From the dining-bar kitchen, sized to share
market price - 02
Signature cocktail
Ask what the bar is pouring that week
from S$23 - 03
Spirit-forward build
A stirred-down option for after the plates
from S$23