Best Singapore bars for cocktails: eight top spots with innovative and exciting drinks
- Ahead of next month’s annual Singapore Cocktail Festival, we take a look at the bars turning Singapore into Asia’s cocktail capital
- From a cocktail made with ants to one named after your favourite song, the city state has it all
Singapore is rising up the ranks of the cocktail world. The city state took five spots in last year’s World’s 50 Best Bars list – third only to perennial cocktail capitals London and New York. All eyes will be on the Lion City again when it hosts the announcement of Asia’s 50 Best Bars in May.
Coinciding with the announcement will be the fifth edition of the Singapore Cocktail Festival. Taking place from May 10 to 18, the festival’s programme will feature pop-up stations of award-winning bars, an artisanal spirits tasting room, a food street with novel pub grub and more.
“Drinkers’ palettes here have grown more sophisticated [over the years]”, says Wai Mayleng, the festival’s co-founder. “We are not just drinking more, but drinking better.
“We also have a strong bar trade community open to collaboration with talents and businesses outside Singapore, so we are able to continuously put up exciting and innovative bar concepts in this competitive space.”
Whether it’s drinks inspired by songs, travel or nature, here are eight cocktail joints in Singapore worth visiting to raise a glass.
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