Singapore City Entertainment

  1. 1 Nite Stand Comedy Club

    Belly laughs aplenty at this big, carpeted bar, with mostly overseas stand-ups hamming it up for an appreciatively drunk crowd. An energetic house band keeps the masses entertained in-between acts.

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  2. Actors

    Gay-friendly Actors is more like an effeminate version of Cheers than an out-and-out gay bar; bartenders mete out vodka shooters and sympathy to queers and straights as required. Expect a relaxed vibe, a 25-to-35 crowd, impromptu musical jams and the odd game of pool.

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  3. Alley Bar

    Sky-high ceilings, dark timbers, candlelight and slick stylings paint this alleyway bar with restrained melodrama. Yuppies and expats converse in shadowy, cushioned nooks, quaffing wine and on-tap Belgian beers.

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  4. Altivo & Glass Bar

    Part of the small complex atop Mt Faber Hill that sucks in the cable car and spits it out towards Sentosa, the Altivo outdoor lounge and impossibly hip indoor Glass Bar are both magical spots to watch dusk slide into night over the sea below.

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  5. Archipelago

    Hopping merrily on the Singapore microbrewery bandwagon, Archipelago has embarked on an aggressive campaign to sell its Asian-accented beers in other bars across the island, but this, its flagship pub on a Y-junction in mildly seedy Circular Rd, is still the best place to enjoy them.

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  7. Asylum

    In a town where everyone's working some kind of mad angle or gimmick, Asylum is refreshingly sane. It's a fold-back the windows and watch the world go by kinda joint, with casual dining on the deck.

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  8. Attica

    Attica has secured a loyal following among Singapore's notoriously fickle clubbers, modelling itself on New York's hippest clubs but losing the attitude somewhere over the Pacific. The outdoor section is mostly colonised by 30-something expats, who find all the noisy dancing kids inside a bit too much. A cover charge of around S$25 includes two drinks.

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  9. Babyface

    Three levels of harbourside decadence: chill-out bar, live band room and pumping disco. The house band's unsexy stage posturing is unforgivable, but baby-faced clubbers don't seem to mind.

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  10. Backstage Bar

    The balcony at this cosy men's pub is a great spot to chat, flirt with local lads and otherwise play Rapunzel. Don't be put off by the 'PLU Members Only' sign downstairs - friends of the rainbow flag have automatic membership. The entrance is on Temple St.

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  11. Baden

    If you're a German beer fan, there's more Grolsch, Heineken and Erdinger in this low-ceilinged beer-cranny than is probably wise. Finger food might keep you sober long enough to make it home to bed.

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  13. Bar & Billiard Room

    Forget the Long Bar, this is the quintessential Raffles drinking hole. Gentle lighting, genteel service, the clack of billiard balls and a breezy veranda next to the spot where Somerset Maugham used to set up his typewriter.

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  14. Bar Opiume

    Opiume's gleaming glass bar fuses industrial chic with polished floorboards, oversized chandeliers and big-ass couches (not that the skinny clientele command any respect in that department). Seductive river views extend from painted wicker chairs on the terrace.

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  15. Bar Sá Vanh

    Sá Vanh's soft candles shed light on dusky shadows as gorgeous svelte things flit by the fishpond and the water wall, expats sink into sunken lounges, platters of Asian tapas make the rounds, and ambient tunes snake into the night - all under the heavy-lidded gaze of Buddha himself.

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  16. Bark Café

    A relaxed, easygoing café right next door to the Changi Chapel, the Bark stays fairly low-key even on weekend nights, with a friendly crowd of mainly local residents enjoying the outdoor breeze, pool table, ample beers and excellent local (and international) food. Their 'red plum soda' is evidently of some repute.

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  17. Barrio Chino

    Across the street from Union, BC's is an unpretentious Spanish bar with just enough 'This is Barcelona' interior design. Cheese boards and dip platters are best drowned with some peppery rioja or sangria.

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  19. Beaujolais Wine Bar

    A tiny, raffish bar in a barely renovated shophouse, Beaujolais is the perfect antidote to the large corporate entertainment venues that are consuming the city. The upstairs lounge is a gem.

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  20. Bedroom Bar

    Yes, you read it right: this narrow Canadian-owned hole-in-the-wall stays open until - a magnet for hardcore drinkers. Gloomily decorated with Chinese lanterns and a pink-lit fish tank, it has a certain dingy charm. Happy hours run from to .

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  21. Bellini Room

    Cool, stylish jazz and swing bar lit in deep red and blue, with a live band doing sets throughout the night. Great fun.

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  22. Bernie's Bfd

    American-style saloon bar popular with East Coast expats, taking full advantage of the sea breezes and its seaside location, but retaining the dimly lit, dark-wood interior serious boozers require. There's live music most nights.

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  23. Bisous Bar

    Bisous seems to have cut a deal with Heineken; familiar green awnings and frangipani trees sheltering drinkers from whatever they're trying to forget. Big-screen TVs draw business types and sports fans, sipping lychee martinis and savouring snacks from a decent Mexican/Mediterranean menu.

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  25. Blooie's Roadhouse

    Though hidden up a suburban side street in the heart of the affluent Siglap district, this jovial, rough-hewn bar feels like it should be facing a beach (or, apparently, a North American highway), with a rustic outdoor area, live music, hearty pub food and a boozy crowd.

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  26. Blue Note

    Yep, management sure thought long and hard about naming this jazz bar, but Blue Note does rain some classy musical atmospheria on Circular Rd's bleary, karaoke-strained parade. Good for an afternoon brew too.

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  27. Blujaz Café

    A beautiful old building, renovated as a bar and decorated in a decidedly eccentric bohemian style which, coupled with its location on the edge of the Arab Quarter and next to an artists' studio, makes it pretty much unique in Singapore. Live jazz downstairs on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays completes the mood.

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  28. BQ Bar

    This quayside box fills with phone-wielding businessmen having one-way conversations about selling photocopiers. The amazing concrete bar and lilting jazz give it the edge over its Boat Quay brethren. Marathon happy hours run from to daily.

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  29. Brewerkz

    The first among Singapore's crop of microbreweries and still among the best - and certainly the biggest. Some might prefer the more intimate surroundings of its rivals, but Brewerkz manages to combine large scale with great service - something of a rarity in Singapore. The beers are uniformly superb, and lunchtime boozers will find the S$5 pints from noon to an invitation to dispense with other plans for the day.

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