BOP, short for Bartenders of Pony, runs a Korean cocktail bar on Tras Street in Singapore's Tanjong Pagar district. It is the Jigger and Pony Group's most accessible concept to date, opened in early 2026 and led by creative director Uno Jang, named the world's favourite bartender of 2025 by Time Out. The room is built around the way Koreans drink, social and food-led, with cocktails starting at 16 Singapore dollars.
Published April 2, 2026 · By Mei-Lin Zhao
The room
The space holds a casual dining-bar crowd rather than a hushed cocktail den, with a one-page menu that drops the group's signature menuzine format. Honeycombers describes the mood as relaxed and conversation-first, a deliberate step down in formality from Jigger and Pony itself. The design leans into a modern Seoul drinking room rather than a classic Singapore speakeasy.
Tanjong Pagar, the surrounding district, is one of Singapore's denser nightlife grids, a run of bars and restaurants south of the central business district. BOP sits among them at 76 Tras Street, a short walk from the group's other rooms. That clustering makes it an easy stop on a Tanjong Pagar crawl rather than a destination set apart.
What to order
The headline drink is the iced somaek at 16 dollars, a riff on the soju-and-beer combo built with crisp Korean beer, Chuga soju and snowy shards of shaved soju. The wider list keeps prices between 16 and 23 dollars, which Time Out flags as the group's most affordable spread yet. Soju bombs and dalgona-inspired cocktails round out a menu that leans playful rather than technical.
The food programme, shaped by chef Jason Oh, is built to share, from perilla oil noodles to tuna gimbap and crispy fried chicken. The pairing of generous Korean plates with low-priced cocktails is the point, since the bar is designed for eating and drinking together. A somaek to start, then a soju bomb across a few dishes, is the order the room is built around.
Who it is for
BOP fits a drinker after Korean drinking culture without a high bill, a group that wants food alongside cocktails, and anyone curious about the Jigger and Pony group's most casual room. Skip it for a quiet date or a slow, spirit-forward tasting, since the space is loud and social by design. It rewards a table that comes to eat, drink and stay a while rather than nurse one glass.
Best time to go
The bar opens at 6pm and runs to 1am on weeknights and 2am on Friday and Saturday, with Monday closed. An earlier seat catches the room before the Tanjong Pagar dinner crowd moves through for late drinks. Weekends fill fast given the group's name, so a booking is the safe call.
Friday and Saturday are the busiest, when the district is at full tilt and the bar runs latest. A weeknight visit is the calmer way in, with more of the staff's attention on the somaek pour. Plan around the Monday closure, and arrive hungry, since the food is half the draw.
The detail worth knowing
The access angle is the detail that sets BOP apart, since it deliberately undercuts the group's flagship pricing to open Korean drinking to a wider crowd. Uno Jang's 2025 title as the world's favourite bartender, awarded at Time Out's industry vote, is the reason the opening drew attention beyond Singapore. That pedigree, attached to a 16-dollar somaek, is the unusual mix here.
The Jigger and Pony Group has built a run of well-reviewed Singapore bars, and BOP is its move toward volume and accessibility rather than the awards circuit. The one-page menu and share-plate food mark the shift. For drinkers who know the group only by its high-end rooms, BOP is the casual counterpoint.
The bottom line
BOP is the Jigger and Pony group's Korean cocktail bar in Tanjong Pagar, a social, food-led room where cocktails start at 16 dollars and the iced somaek leads the list. Come hungry, book on weekends, and order across the table. It is the group's most accessible night out, and the Korean drinking format is the reason to go.
Keep exploring with our best cocktail bars in Singapore guide, the full Singapore bar guide, and our edit of cocktail bars worldwide. Pair BOP with Jigger and Pony, Gibson, and Operation Dagger.
