High Bar Society sits at 52 Tanjong Pagar Road in Singapore, a cocktail bar built around an unusual house specialty: alcoholic gelato. The room serves cocktail gelatos at 6% ABV, which the bar bills as a Singapore first, next to a standard cocktail list.
Who would love it: drinkers curious about a dessert-and-cocktail crossover who want something the rest of the strip does not offer. Who should skip it: purists after a classic cocktail-only bar, since the gelato concept is the whole point here.
MiddleClass.sg, reviewing the venue, describes it as Singapore's first 6% ABV alcoholic gelato bar, founded by the award-winning gelato maker Sharon Tay. That detail, the boozy gelato made in-house, is what separates the room from the cocktail dens around it on Tanjong Pagar Road.
The bar reworked its concept in early 2025, and the trade site In Chef Mode covered the refresh, which leaned into a playful, gamer-inspired interior behind the sleek all-black storefront. The small bar at the front leads into an intimate seating space rather than a sprawling room.
On the drinks side, the menu runs both the alcoholic gelatos and a set of cocktails, so a visit can be a dessert flight, a round of drinks, or both. Pairing a gelato with a cocktail is the house move, and it keeps the visit closer to a treat than a long session.
High Bar Society sits at 52 Tanjong Pagar Road, in the thick of the area's bar strip and a short walk from Tanjong Pagar MRT. That places it among the cluster of cocktail rooms that make the street a natural bar crawl.
The room runs evenings, from 5pm to midnight Sunday through Wednesday, until 1am on Thursday, and until 2am on Friday and Saturday, so it stretches later than a dessert cafe would. The pricing stays in everyday-treat territory rather than premium cocktail-bar rates.
The seating is compact, which fits the dessert-bar format and keeps the focus on the counter and the gelato display. It works best as a stop within a longer night out rather than a full evening's anchor.
The crowd runs young and curious, drawn by the novelty of the boozy gelato as much as the cocktails, which keeps the mood light. Walk-ins are workable on quieter nights, though weekends fill as the surrounding street gets busy.
The alcoholic gelato is genuinely the hook, and it is worth treating the visit as a tasting of that rather than a standard cocktail round. Founder Sharon Tay's background as a gelato maker is the reason the dessert side holds up rather than reading as a gimmick bolted onto a bar.
The 2025 refresh that In Chef Mode covered leaned into a gamer-inspired fit-out, which gives the small room a distinct look against the sleeker cocktail bars nearby. The all-black storefront keeps it low-key from the street, so it rewards drinkers who already know to look for it.
For a first visit, ordering a gelato flight alongside a cocktail is the clearest way to see what sets the room apart, since the two halves of the menu are meant to work together. The compact counter means it is better as a stop on a crawl than a destination for a long sit.
Practical notes: the late Friday and Saturday hours to 2am make it a useful end-of-night option on the Tanjong Pagar strip, and the everyday pricing keeps a round affordable. Quieter weeknights are the easier time for a walk-in and a seat at the counter.
As a cocktail room with a one-of-a-kind house specialty, High Bar Society earns a place among Singapore's cocktail bars rather than its cafes or dessert spots. See where it lands in our guide to the best cocktail bars in Singapore, and browse more rooms across the best bars in Singapore.
