Singapore is Asia's most consistent cocktail city. Five Singapore bars have won World's Best Bar (Atlas, Manhattan, Jigger & Pony, Native, Operation Dagger). The 10 below span the rooftops, the speakeasies and the Asian-ingredient-led modern cocktail rooms. Most are walkable from each other in the central business district or Tanjong Pagar.
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The 10 best bars in Singapore
01 · Singapore
Tanjong Pagar
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Magazine-themed menus
Indra Kantono's Singapore flagship — every menu is designed as a magazine. World's Best Bar 2023.
Order: Whatever's on the magazine cover
02 · Singapore
Bugis
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Art Deco lobby · 1,300 gins
The Parkview Square lobby bar. The world's most encyclopaedic gin collection. The room itself looks like a Bond villain's penthouse.
Order: Atlas Martini (their house gin, 50/50)
03 · Singapore
Amoy Street
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Hyper-local · Fermented
Vijay Mudaliar's room is built around Southeast Asian agriculture — palm sugar, betel leaf, pandan. Nothing like it anywhere else.
Order: Rice (named for what's in it)
04 · Singapore
Orchard
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Borough-themed · Conrad
At the Conrad Centennial. Each part of the room represents a Manhattan borough. World's Best Bar 2017.
Order: A Manhattan, off the Manhattan menu
05 · Singapore
Ann Siang Hill
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Modernist · Underground
Underground modernist cocktail bar. House-made fermented and distilled ingredients. Every drink is built from scratch ingredients.
Order: Whatever the bartender suggests modernist
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06 · Singapore
Boat Quay
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Speakeasy · Dim
The OG Singapore speakeasy. Through an unmarked door at 28 Hong Kong Street. Long-running classics-led program.
Order: A perfect Manhattan
07 · Singapore
Tanjong Pagar
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Restaurant + cocktail tasting
Restaurant + serious cocktail bar in one. Tasting-format cocktails with optional food pairing. Asia 50 fixture.
Order: The full cocktail tasting
08 · Singapore
Boat Quay
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NYC franchise · Late-night
Singapore branch of the NYC original. Late-night kitchen, tarot reader, Asia-friendly versions of the original menu.
Order: Provençal (gin, vermouth, lavender)
09 · Singapore
South Bridge Road
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No menu · Counter
No-menu cocktail bar. You tell the bartender what you want; they build it. Casual, friendly, technically excellent.
Order: Bartender's choice with whisky
10 · Singapore
Chinatown
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Three-floor · Casual
Three-floor casual cocktail bar in Chinatown. Each floor has a different vibe; all share one bar program. Asia's 50 Best Bars.
Order: Whatever's on this month's seasonal menu
More Singapore bars by categoryCocktail, rooftop, hidden gem — the full Singapore index.
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How Singapore became Asia's bar capital
Singapore's combination of strict regulation, deep talent and serious money has produced the world's most consistent high-end cocktail scene. Native, Operation Dagger and Atlas Bar exemplify three different approaches: hyper-local Southeast Asian, modernist-experimental, classical-encyclopaedic. Most bars peak between 9 and 11 PM; some run later in Tanjong Pagar.
