White Shades: Telok Ayer’s bodacious new cocktail bar built on a four-storey concept
A recent foray into Boon Tat Street had my gaze arrested by one particularly swanky new establishment: the modish White Shades.
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Jigger & Pony’s 10th-anniversary Menu elucidates the mixological Diligence driving the best bar in Singapore
If mixology is an art, Jigger & Pony can be seen as Singapore’s pre-eminent gallery for fine cocktail arts. This institution is a cornerstone of Singapore bar history — many of today’s top bartenders can be traced back to the storied speciality bar.
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Singapore Cocktail Festival 2023 Blog: A Festival Village Retrospect
Last weekend, the three-day-long Singapore Cocktail Festival unfolded right at the foot of the iconic Marina Bay Sands, condensed into a 7,400sq m tented festival village made to house guest shifts and brand showcases from all quarters of the world.
Atlas is a Bar that intoxicates everyone with the most splendorous ambience in Singapore
Not all that glitters is gold. Nonetheless, Atlas’ splendour is pure bliss for the senses. It’s not an audacious claim to say that no other bar in Singapore is as recognisable as the Parkview Square anchor unit with all its gilded majesty.
Amoy Street’s Golden Boy — Stay Gold Flamingo Overflows with no-holds-barred Rock ‘N’ Roll CHarm
Unit number 69 — nice. A foray into Stay Gold Flamingo’s Amoy Street shopfront may initially feel like a catfishing experience. The amiable cream walls, complimented by a smattering of auburn accents and an array of voguish floral arrangements, barely utter a hint of dive bar irreverence.
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A Sense of Wonder, born of the bespoke craft at bar stories
Jouncing with a frenetic rhythm, an icy avalanche rung out with lyrical resonance as each wrist flick sent them flying through hollow metal receptacles. As soon as the frenzy subsides, a mellifluous transition guides the mouth of the container, mesh strainer now affixed, to the rim of a chilled glass and the concoction rushes in to fill the concave bed. Behold, the first cocktail of the service at Bar Stories.
Las Palmas Rooftop Bar is a Glamorous breath of Tropic Vibrance for Singapore’s cocktail scene
Aloft at the thirty-third level of somewhere in Novena, I observed as shards of the auburn evening glow dipped into a radiant cerulean pool, one that stretched to the far edges of the rooftop. A genial breeze rustled my loose collar while I studied the uneven cityscape that peeped out from within a flourish of clouds.
Nutmeg & Clove Marries Singapore Flavours with Sleek Bartending while serving free Chicken Sandos
Nutmeg & Clove is a legendary name in Singapore’s bar scene. Love it or hate it, there’s no doubt the bar is one of the trailblazers, leading the charge for local speciality craft bars in the early 2010s with its inspired incorporation of regional flavours.
Groovy Off-Kilter nights at Offtrack, the bar of quirky Tunes, Tipples & Treats
Hypnotic rhythms seep through your pores, and you start feeling an unexplainable excitement flood through your veins, compelling your body to sway, intoxicatingly, and your head to be set into an undulating choreography. You’d just been there 10 minutes but you can already feel the euphoria slowly taking over as Offtrack’s entrancing playlist caresses your auditory senses.
woodland’s spiffy O/T Bar caters surprisingly good drinks for after-work unwinding
The idea of overtime is so disheartening yet so recurrent in Singapore. As our work schedules move into our suburban flats, it becomes even harder to unwind. Tipsy Collective’s new O/T Bar is a tongue-in-cheek gastro bar that understands that enervation perfectly and pokes fun at Singapore’s noxious entanglement with work, hoping to give weary souls a respite from routine drudgery.