The 10 Best Cocktail Bars 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. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Tuesday and Wednesday before 9pm, when the regulars haven't filled the room yet. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Saturday after 10pm gets crowded — book ahead or arrive early.

Analogue Initiative is Singapore's most sustainability-focused cocktail bar — zero-waste cocktail program, locally-sourced ingredients, and a hyper-modern techn. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: any weeknight between 7pm and 9pm, when the bar settles into its rhythm and the bartender has time to talk. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Friday from 8pm fills up; reserve a counter seat or a high table.

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. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Sunday from 6pm, when it's the room's quietest premium night and the kitchen is unhurried. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Avoid post-match nights if the local team is playing — the upstairs gets loud.

Archipelago Brewery draws a steady local crowd in Robertson Quay. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Thursday late or Friday early, when you'll catch the room building toward its weekend tempo. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. First-Friday traffic in the district can mean a 20-minute wait at the door.

Parkview Square, 600 North Bridge Road, Singapore 188778. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Tuesday and Wednesday before 9pm, when the regulars haven't filled the room yet. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Saturday after 10pm gets crowded — book ahead or arrive early.

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. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: any weeknight between 7pm and 9pm, when the bar settles into its rhythm and the bartender has time to talk. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Friday from 8pm fills up; reserve a counter seat or a high table.

Bartini at Grand Park City Hall draws a steady local crowd in City Hall. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Sunday from 6pm, when it's the room's quietest premium night and the kitchen is unhurried. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Avoid post-match nights if the local team is playing — the upstairs gets loud.

Bitters & Love has been quietly winning awards since 2013 and the Tanjong Pagar neighbourhood has grown up around it. What makes it special is the combinati. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Thursday late or Friday early, when you'll catch the room building toward its weekend tempo. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. First-Friday traffic in the district can mean a 20-minute wait at the door.

Bochinche Bar draws a steady local crowd in Tanjong Pagar. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Tuesday and Wednesday before 9pm, when the regulars haven't filled the room yet. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Saturday after 10pm gets crowded — book ahead or arrive early.

Ceviche Bar combines Peruvian ceviche with a deep South American natural wine list — Argentinian Malbecs, Chilean Carmenere, and Uruguayan Tannat from small pro. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: any weeknight between 7pm and 9pm, when the bar settles into its rhythm and the bartender has time to talk. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Friday from 8pm fills up; reserve a counter seat or a high table.

Ah Sam Cold Drink Stall hides on the second floor of a Boat Quay shophouse, run by Jigger and Pony alum Sam Wong. The room keeps an old-school Singapore look with biscuit tins and latticed grilles, and the bartenders build bespoke cocktails to taste rather than from a fixed card. Order: a dealer's choice, stirred and spirit-forward. Best time: a weeknight before 9pm, when the counter has room. Time Out and PUNCH both rank it among the river's best.

Barbary Coast spreads across two floors of shophouses at 16 North Canal Road, with the rowdy Deadfall on the street and the plush Ballroom upstairs. The cocktails are colour-coded and kept approachable, and the venue carries a place on Asia's 50 Best Bars. Order: pick a drink by its colour on the Ballroom list. Best time: early evening upstairs before the room fills.

Cat Bite Club opened in 2023 on Duxton Road and holds Singapore's largest library of agave and rice-based spirits. The grungy speakeasy room makes a strong case for the city's best margarita, and it entered Asia's 50 Best Bars at No. 44 in 2025. Order: the margarita or a mezcal flight. Best time: open from 5pm, quietest before 7pm.

Hopscotch sits in the gallery quarter of Gillman Barracks at 45 Malan Road, working local flavours into a molecular cocktail program. The courtyard setting suits a slow evening, and the bar runs satellite spaces around the city too. Order: a local-ingredient signature like the laksa or kaya riff. Best time: after a gallery walk on a weekend afternoon.

The Long Bar at Raffles Hotel is the birthplace of the Singapore Sling, first mixed here in 1915. The room keeps its colonial styling and peanut-shells-on-the-floor tradition, and walk-ins line up through the day. Order: the Singapore Sling, around S$37. Best time: right at the 11am open to skip the queue.

Offtrack puts music first at 34 North Canal Road, built with local collectives Darker Than Wax and Ice Cream Sundays for a steady run of DJs. The drinks are cult-classic cocktails and the plates are Pan-Asian. It ranked No. 23 on Asia's 50 Best Bars in 2025. Order: a classic cocktail with the smacked cucumber. Best time: later in the evening when the DJ takes over.

Ume San 100 hides inside Fortune Centre at 190 Middle Road, reached through a row of Japanese vending machines. It claims Singapore's largest umeshu selection, sourced from Wakayama, and pours highballs and umeshu cocktails beside ramen. Order: an umeshu highball with the mala ramen. Best time: an evening seating after 5pm.