Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 1:42 pm Post subject: Nightlife in singapore Guide (Bars, Clubs, Music, etc...)
Nightlife in singapore Guide (Bars, Clubs, music, etc...)
After-hours drinking and dancing is not as diverse as in many big cities around the world – the range tends to be upmarket, trendy bars and clubs or alternatively karaoke lounges. There is little room for an alternative music scene but the range of clubs and hotel bars are popular, especially at weekends. The bars in the major hotels along Orchard Road are a good bet for a refined drink or even to meet clients. Locals who can’t afford the high prices of such places are happy to drink beer in some of the all-night hawker centres or food streets.
Certain areas and venues are popular with wealthier foreign workers and tourists. Boat Quay is filled with tourists; a string of shop-houses converted into noisy bars and restaurants overlook the river and passers-by are enticed in with happy-hour drinks. One of the best known places is Harry’s Bar, a favourite haunt of Baring’s Bank fraudster Nick Leeson (and other wealthy ex-pats) with live jazz and jamming sessions most evenings.
The East Coast bars are also renowned as something of an ex-pat enclave, while a more ‘creative’ clientele hangs out in Tanjong Pagar and Club Street, where many of Singapore’s advertising and PR agencies are based. There is also a clubbing centre along Mohammed Sultan Road for trendy locals and Chijmes has plenty of places for eating and drinking. The clubs and bars on and around Orchard Road are popular with locals and tourists, while Emerald Hill, lined with Singapore’s most exquisitely converted shop-houses, has a great selection of lively pubs, cosy wine bars and beer taverns. Further to the west, Holland Village is eternally busy, with younger Singaporeans filling its wine bars and retro coffee lounges.
Most clubs are open 2200–0100 Sunday to Thursday and 2200–0300 Friday and Saturday. Dress code is generally smart-casual and the minimum age limit for drinking alcohol is 18 years, although some clubs won’t let in anyone under 23. There is normally a cover charge, especially at weekends, usually around S$25 for the more trendy places.
Bars: Singapore has a bar to cater for every taste, from the refined colonial grandeur of Raffles Hotel’s Bar & Billiard and the Long Bar, to the live music at Muddy Murphy’s Irish Pub, opposite Orchard Towers, Orchard Hotel Shopping Arcade, 442 Orchard Road. The 19th-century Peranakan shop-houses on Emerald Hill contain a good cluster of bars. These include No. 5, 5 Emerald Hill, Ice Cold Beer, 9 Emerald Hill, and Que Pasa, 7 Emerald Hill, the city’s oldest wine bar. The Alley Bar, 2 Emerald Hill, is a stylish new addition and, as its name suggests, is converted from the narrow space between shop-houses. Opium, Empress Place Waterfront, near the Fullerton Hotel and next to Indochine (see Restaurants), is a fashionable new bar on the waterfront, with tables and huge sofas for alfresco drinking. Altivo Bar, 109 Mount Faber Road, sits on top of Mount Faber, good on a hot evening with a club, chill-out area and bar catering to a fairly hip crowd. Duxton Road has lots of small bars, many with karaoke lounges, such as JJ Mahoney, 58 Duxton Road, which has three floors featuring on first a DJ, on second games and English karaoke on the third floor.
Casinos: Casinos and all other gambling activities are illegal in Singapore. The only legal alternatives are various lotteries and on-course betting on horseraces at Singapore Turf Club (see Sport).
Clubs: Still going strong is Zouk, Jiak Kim Street, one of the best-known clubs in town, and good enough to attract famous foreign DJs (Fat Boy Slim played there in 2002). It is also home to other clubs within its walls: Velvet Underground, which attracts a more mature crowd and offers a mellower brand of cool; Phuture and the Wine Bar. The place of the moment is The Gallery Hotel on Orchard Road, which is home to many bars, including The Liquid Room, a dimly lit, retro-style bar, with a large alfresco area and huge dance floor. Centro 360, at One Fullerton, is a super-hip huge venue, with gay nights on Sunday. Bar None, in the basement of the Singapore Marriott Hotel, has a small dance floor, often has live music and is packed at weekends. Indigo, 25 Mohammed Sultan Road, is a new trendy dance club, playing New York house, with plush lounges, private booths and a spacious dance floor, as well as an outdoor terrace. On the same street, Madamme Wongs also attracts a young trendy crowd, and Next Page, a long-standing favourite with ex-pats, especially journos.
Karaoke: As in the rest of Asia, karaoke remains an inordinately popular evening’s entertainment. Sparks, 7th Floor, Tower B, Ngee Ann City, is South-East Asia’s largest nightspot with 18 karaoke rooms. At the Lava Lounge, Grange Road, you can sing along against the backdrop of its 70s space age disco lounge and retro music. There are plenty of other karaoke bars off Smith Street in Chinatown and along Duxton Road, like Fine Night (number 59) and Boomerang KTV Lounge (number 45).
Live music: The infamous Harry’s Bar, Boat Quay, features a live jazz band and jam session Tuesday to Sunday nights with pot luck on Mondays, while at Crazy Elephant, further along on Clarke Quay, rhythm and blues bands alternate with classic rock’n’roll and alternative underground music daily. Overseas jazz musicians are hosted at Somerset’s Bar at the Westin Stamford Hotel. The Hard Rock Café, Cuscadem Road, features the Malay reggae band Bushmen, every Sunday night,
Where to go party in Singapore?
Find below some of the well known spots:
City Hall
Centro, One Fullerton 6220-2288
TJ Live House, 2 MacKenzie Road 6339-4627
Canto Pub, 5 Marina Grove #01-03 6225-1383
China Jump, 30 Victoria St. #B1-07/08 Fountain Court Chijmes 6338-9338
Europa EastCoast, 902 East Coast Parkway 6447-0869
Europa Sailing Club, 1212 East Coast Parkway 6449-5118
Father Flanagan's, B106 Chijmes 30 Victoria Street 6333-1418
Mahalo Hawaiian Beach Bar, 10 Siloso Beach Walk, Sentosa 6274-2378
Moods, 20 Craig Road, Craig Place 6220-9343
Sunset Bay, 60 Siloso Beach Walk Sentosa 6275-0668
The Long Bar, 1 Beach Road Raffles Hotel 6337-1886
Xpace / Insomnia, Blk 4 New Bugis Street #01-04 6333-3243
Chinatown
pinkK, 44 - 46 Club Street 6221-3466
Asian Restaurant , Bar New Market Road 6532-6006
Boom Boom Room , 130-132 Amoy Street, Far East Square 6435-0060
Carnegie's , #01-01 Far East Square 6534-0850
Holland Village
Wala Wala , 31 Lorong Mambong Holland Village 6462-4288
Orchard
Bar None Basement, Marriott Hotel, 320 Orchard Rd 6831-4656
Brix 10/12 Scotts Road 6738-1234
China Black Pacific Plaza Penthouse Scotts Rd 12th Fl 6734-7677
Chinoi's Chinoi's 8 Grange Rd #01-01 Cathay Cineleisure Orchard 6733-9555
Devil's Bar #02-01 Orchard Parade Hotel 6732-0819
Europa Music Underground 360 Orchard Road #B1-00 6235-3301
Europa Ridley's 277 Orchard Road #B1-02 Specialist's Shopping Ctr 6834-1221
Grease #08-00 Ngee Ann City 6735-6133
Hard Rock Cafe 50 Cuscaden Road #02-01 HPL House 6738-8887
Home Dance Club & Wine Bar 333 Orchard Road, Basement One,
OUB Building (Mandarin Hotel) 6732-8266
NuErHONG 81 Bencoolen Street, Singapore 189645 6837-3740
PapaJoe's 180 Orchard Road Peranakan Place 6732-7012
Phuture 17 Jiak Kim Street 6738-2988
Roar 15 Cairnhill Rd, #02-01, Cairnhill Place 6238-7337
StarEast Club #02-02 Liat Towers 6732-7827
Studio Europa 16 Nassim Hill #02-00 6235-0135
Velvet Underground 17 Jiak Kim Street 6738-2988
Zouk 17 Jiak Kim Street 6738-2988
Clarke Quay / Boat Quay
Brewerkz 30 Merchant Road #02-07 Riverside Point 6438-7438
Crazy Elephant Blk 3E River Valley Road #01-07, Trader's Market 6337-1990
Buzz Entertainment Bar 88 Circular Road, Boat Quay 6536-9557
Fluid 11 Purvis Street 6337-0527
Harry's Bar 28 Boat Quay 6538-3029
Jams2000 3A River Valley Road #03-01 Clarke Quay 6333-5535
Lox Clarke Quay Blk 3C, River Valley Rd, #02-04 6334-4942
Mad Monk's Bar B01-01/16 River Walk Galleria 6536-3280
Mambo No. 5 60 Boat Quay 6557-0127
Rootz 20 Upper Circular Rd, The Riverwalk 6534-5716
Shooters 3B River Valley Rd #01-01 Clarke Quay 6883-1179
Zodiac: de Club 51 Circular Road 6438-4337
Mohamed Sultan
Double O (dbl O) 11 Unity Street, #02-20 Robertson Walk 6735-2008
Club Eden 5 Mohamed Sultan Road 6738-0720
Eastside 207 River Valley Rd #01-51/52 UE Square 6235-6418
Siam Supperclub 207 River Valley Road UE Square, #01-53/54 6738-9819
Liquid Room 76 Robertson Quay, #01-05 The Gallery Evason 63338117
Lush 07 River Valley Road #01-75 UE Square 6733-6388
Madam Wong's (SOS) 5 Magazine Road #01-02/03 Central Mall 6557-0828
Madam Wong's 8/29 Mohamed Sultan Road 6834-0108
Milk Bar 6 Robertson Quay, #01-09 Gallery Evason Hotel 6836-4431
Mirage and Celavie Bar (Vogue) 7 Magazine Road #01-01/02 Central Mall 6536-4566
Newsroom Bar #01-19 Robertson Walk, 11 Unity St 6836-7870
Orange 33 Mohamed Sultan Rd 6734-4680
Pravda 207 River Valley Road, UE Square #01-58, Singapore 238275 6732-2612
Seven (VII) 16 Mohamed Sultan Road 6733-4678
Shanghai Sally 5 Magazine Road #01-02/03 Central Mall 6557-0828
Tajie 27 Mohamed Sultan Road 6887-0007
Two Rooms 207 River Valley Rd, #01-59/60, UE Square 6735-6193
I'd just like to add some thoughts to this thread:
Let's talk about party spots. Singapore has its own places to go partying. If you're looking for bars and the like, the best places to check out would be Clarke Quay, Boat Quay or Holland Village.
Clarke Quay and Boat Quay
Clarke Quay and Boat Quay have throngs of young working professionals and expatriates dancing to the music and drinking each night. Hot nights tend to be on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Go to these places on those days and you'll be very happy to see a huge turnout of revelers and happening people.
Pick up a beer, drink some red wine, dance the night away to hip-hop, rock or soul music - you take your pick. Clarke Quay and Boat Quay are the places to check out. The area around Mohammad Sultan (near River Valley Road) used to be a happening place as well - but recently, the revelers have shifted to Clarke Quay and Boat Quay right in the centre of the business district. So don't make the mistake of thinking Mohammad Sultan is still 'the place to go'. It's not.
Holland Village
Where else, where else? If you want a quieter, more laid-back place to drink with your friends and family, then you can check out Holland Village. Tucked away in the western side of Singapore, this place is a haven for expatriates and their friends. Go there for great food, ranging from Chinese to Mediterranean and have a drink or two!
Other Places to Go At Night
Ok, this is a little off topic. But If you want to look for other activities to do at night, then do consider doing some shopping, dining or visiting the Night Safari. No idea what I mean? Let's check out these activities one by one.
Night shopping is possible in Singapore. You can visit the 24 hour Mustafa Centre to buy all sorts of textiles or Indian goods. Another place to go would be the flea market near Parco Bugis Junction. That flea market has a night scene that's hard to find elsewhere in the city.
If you feel like a zoo trip, you can go to the zoo - at night. The Singapore Zoo organizes an award-winning Night Safari, where you're taken to the different parts of the zoo and allowed to view nocturnal animals in their full glory. Very interesting and entertaining for the whole family, especially kids.
Another thing to do - night dining. Surprisingly, some of the best places to dine are not at the fancy restaurants - moreover, they tend to close early. You can visit the neighborhood coffee shops to buy all sorts of local food - Chinese, Malay, Indian and Western all the way into the late night.
Oh, oh here's another suggestion - watch a late night movie. Most cinema operators in Singapore offer movie screenings running into the early morning - a great way to pass the time if you're not sure that you want to sleep at home.
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject:
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject:
hey! just to add to this thread. i arrived in singapore over a year ago and have recently god this new mobile application called dc2go...it's amazing! it's like having the yellow pages on my phone. all these restaurants, bars, clubs and events mentioned are listed and described, with their phone numbers, operating hours, locations, etc. there are also loads of discounts available - went to barrio chino's with the boyfriend a couple of weeks ago and we got 20% off our total bill! absolute bargain.
anyway, just thought i should tell you all about it to spread the love. you can get it for free (yes, really!) from their website digitalconcierge2go . com. do it or seriously regret it!
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:16 pm Post subject:
Hi
I would like to say thanks for posting valuable information here. I am soon going to visit for my business trip. For sure I am going to check these places at night. Thanks
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