48 Hours of Drinking in Singapore

28 HongKong Street opened in 2011 and effectively established the modern Singapore cocktail scene. The bar has no signage — you find the door at 28 HongKong Str Drop bags. Find a hotel-adjacent bar within a five-minute walk. Order something simple to anchor yourself to the city.

Ce La Vi at Marina Bay Sands draws a steady local crowd in Marina Bay. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The polished room you'd take a first date to. Sit at the bar. Talk to the bartender. Stay one drink — you're scouting, not committing.

Harry's Bar Boat Quay draws a steady local crowd in Boat Quay. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Walk into the city's drinking quarter (the heart of the night, not the tourist version). Two drinks, two rooms. Pace yourself — Saturday is the long day.

Analogue Initiative is Singapore's most sustainability-focused cocktail bar — zero-waste cocktail program, locally-sourced ingredients, and a hyper-modern techn Sunset. Find a rooftop. Order whatever the house specials around sundown. Take photos but don't lose 90 minutes to your phone.

Anti:dote at Fairmont draws a steady local crowd in City Hall. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Eat somewhere with serious bartending built in. The right room is one you order both your dinner and your nightcap from.

Archipelago Brewery draws a steady local crowd in Robertson Quay. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The bar that made you book the trip. The pre-research one. Reservation-only ideally. Stay until last call.

Parkview Square, 600 North Bridge Road, Singapore 188778 Mary, Mimosa, or whatever low-ABV house play the room runs. Eat. Pay. Walk.

Atlas Bar occupies the lobby of Parkview Square — Singapore's most photographed art deco building. The 14-metre gin tower at the centre of the room holds over 1 Find the hotel bar at your departure airport equivalent — somewhere quiet, low-volume, well-staffed. End the trip on a martini and a clean conversation.