Best bars in Tanjong Pagar.

Manhattan and Atlas lead the field on World's 50 Best Bars history. The middle tier is the working rotation our editors use. The last three are the rooms that reward a 14-day reservation lead.

Voted World's 50 Best Bars No. 1 in 2017 and still on the list at 14 in 2024. The Manhattan menu rotates by American region. Drinks SGD 28. The 50-seat counter takes reservations only; book 14 days out for weekends.

The Parkview Square Art Deco room with the largest gin collection in the world: 1,300 bottles, 130 in the Atlas Martini menu. Drinks SGD 28. Worth the night-out price tag for the room alone.

The original Singapore speakeasy, an unmarked door on a quiet street. Drinks SGD 26. Six bartenders, 80-seat room. Reservations recommended; the bar seats 12 and the kitchen runs until 1am.

Luke Whearty's basement laboratory below Ann Siang Hill. No labels on bottles; the menu is a 16-drink list of one-word concepts. Drinks SGD 28. The most experimental cocktail program in the city.

A 30-seat second-floor shophouse bar with a SGD 18 cocktail program built on Southeast Asian fruit. Reservations open 30 days out; the room sells out every Friday. Time Out Singapore picked it Best Cocktail Bar 2024.

A 1950s Singapore-themed cocktail bar in the Carlton, run by Tess Posthumus and the Atlas team. Drinks SGD 26. The Pandan Old Fashioned is the order. Less crowded than Atlas; same level of program.

Vijay Mudaliar's Southeast Asian cocktail bar, with a list built entirely on regional ingredients down to the ice. Drinks SGD 25. The Antz cocktail uses Singaporean weaver ants; locals on the r/singapore subreddit consistently flag it as the most interesting menu in town.

The Hemingway-inspired room that opened in 2017 and made the World's 50 Best Bars list within a year. Drinks SGD 25. The For Whom the Bell Tolls is the call. Bar seats 12; arrive by 7pm for one.

The National Gallery rooftop with the Marina Bay panorama. Drinks SGD 28. Reservations essential at sunset; the terrace fills by 6:30pm. The cocktail program runs to 30 drinks built on Singaporean flora.

A Japanese-inspired listening bar with a 600-record vinyl collection and a tight ten-cocktail menu. Drinks SGD 26. Reservations are the only way in; walk-in is not an option.

The Singapore branch of the Hong Kong agave program. Drinks SGD 25. The mezcal flight is the call. World's 50 Best Bars list, No. 27 in 2024.

An eight-seat pocket bar that swaps its menu and identity every quarter. Drinks SGD 22. Reservations 14 days out; the smallest serious bar in the city.