Bottoms up: New bars and cocktail menus in September 2022

Ce La Vi has a new bartender in Hans Anuar, who has introduced a slew of creations to the rooftop destination. For ideas, Anuar turned to flavours from his native Malaysia such as jambu asam boi, a mixture of pickled guava and chilli spice that is used in the Guavarita, and pisang salai, a traditional dessert of toasted banana peels and gula Melaka turned into the Rum-a-laka. Other serves include the High “T”, which transforms the whisky sour with spiced honey tincture, and a melon piña colada called Dewfinity.

S$25++ per cocktail

Daily, 5pm – 1am

Drunken Farmer brings their blend of natural wine and fermented foods to their third location at Robertson Quay. The wines traverse across a breath of styles from sparkling to orange, which are available by the bottle (50 labels) or glass (13 labels). If you can’t decide what to drink, the Farmers Selection (S$50++) offers three glasses curated by the team.

S$18++ onwards per glass
S$50++ onwards per bottle 

Tuesdays – Sundays, 6pm – 11pm

Ka-EN is a new grill and sushi bar by the EN Group, which also runs Japanese concepts Tamago-EN and Kiwami. They offer an extensive sake list with different gradings and prefectures, which spans house pours, bottles, and sake on tap starting from November 2022. For samplers, the restaurant serves the Ka-EN Otsumami Trio with Sake Flight (S$39++), which includes three seasonal sakes and bar bites. Other drink options include Suntory Kakubin Highball at S$10++, wines, and beers.

Daily, 11am – 4pm, 5pm – 10pm

The Horse’s Mouth has been transformed into Nomi Dining Bar, an izakaya that takes sake very seriously. Led by sake sommelier Jack Lau, the venue offers over 300 styles from all over Japan with a focus on seasonal and rare bottles. They also currently serve 55 sakes by the glass and carafe, which you can have with grilled items like yakitori. See here for more details.

Tuesdays – Sundays, 4pm – midnight

Night Hawk is a new bar in Tanjong Pagar fronted by popular local bartender Peter Chua. The venue takes cues from artist Edward Hopper’s mid-century masterpiece “Nighthawks,” and references both history and the future. Drinks have a celestial bent to them, from the Gamma-ray Holiday (gin, melon, pineapple, citrus, bitter gourd, soda) to Solar Flare Solstice with yellow Chartreuse, fino sherry, and beetroot . Cocktail shots and well-executed non-alcoholic serves are also on the menu.

Tuesdays – Saturdays, 5.30pm – midnight

Singapore craft brewer Pink Blossoms will be bringing its beers downtown with a beer truck parked outside three CBD buildings from 5 September to 4 December 2022. Pouring from their eight taps are beers from their core range like a refreshing New England IPA and a sweet stout, as well as seasonal styles like an Oktoberfest lager and a mixed berries sour. See here for more details.

S$7.90 to S$15.90 per beer

Capital Tower, Mondays and Wednesdays, 5 Sept – 30 Nov
Ocean Financial Centre, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 Sept – 29 Nov
The Promontory @ Marina Bay, Fridays – Sundays, 9 Sept – 4 Dec

The Club at Renku, which operates as an exclusive lounge for certain Marina Bay Sands hotel guests, is now opened to the public in the evening as Renku Bar & Lounge. The concept offers a cozy space to sip on regionally-inspired cocktails such as Southern Collins (lemongrass citrus vodka, hibiscus cordial, soda) and Vietnam Coffee (cognac, coffee, vanilla, egg yolk cream), as well as creations from a table-side gin trolley serving an array of local spirits. A live piano performance also happens daily.

S$24++ per cocktail

Daily, 7.30pm – midnight

The machine takes over your next drink order at JU95, which has teamed up with tech platform Tezarekt to launch the world’s first Random Cocktail Generator. The gachapon-style booth lets you choose three different drink strengths – from strong to strongest – then uses an algorithm to come up with different combinations of premium spirits and mixers. If you’re lucky, you might also win prizes from a free dinner to an NFT.

S$19.50 – S$26 per cocktail

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays, 6pm – midnight
Thursdays & Fridays, 12pm – midnight
Sundays, 5pm – 10pm