From Jigger & Pony’s lovingly-composed ‘Embrace’ and the introspective ‘Mood’ from Last Word to MO Bar’s nostalgic ‘Echoes of Singapore’ and an interesting ‘Point of View’ over at Origin Bar, these are the latest cocktail menus to sip from right now.
Singapore’s cocktail scene is having another banner moment; the city’s top bars are once again proving why it remains the toast of Asia — if not the world — with their latest cocktail menu drops.
From sweeping tributes to bygone eras and intimate homages to local heritage, to menus that challenge every notion of what a cocktail can be, these new launches aren’t just about what’s in the glass; they’re about storytelling, emotion, and a bold reimagination of tradition.
But that’s to be expected in a city where cocktail excellence is not only required; it’s demanded. So head over to these award-winning Singapore bars right now and find out why Singapore is a shining cocktail capital in our part of the world.
ATLAS harkens to an earlier era with ‘Gazette du Bon Ton’
Few bars in the world manage to embody grandeur without grandiosity, but ATLAS does it with effortless aplomb. And the launch of its highly-anticipated 2025 cocktail menu, ‘Gazette du Bon Ton’, is only going entrench Singapore’s iconic Art Deco grand lobby lounge as a beacon of style and masterful storytelling.
Inspired by the influential early 20th-century French fashion magazine of the same name — a publication that famously shaped the likes of Vogue — ‘Gazette du Bon Ton’ isn’t just a menu as it is a cocktail chronicle celebrating the creativity, confidence and culture that encompassed the decades between the 1920s and 1940s.
Here you have the likes of Midnight in Ruins, a moody, complex blend of rye whiskey, cherry-infused port, Italian bitters, and grappa that makes for the perfect nightcap, or The Streamliner, a clarified milk punch with notes of pisco, fino sherry, green teas, almond and honey that’s a tribute to transatlantic voyages that were all the vogue during that era. Our favourite though? Let’s Misbehave, a heady and naughty concoction of dry gin, sloe gin, bitter bianco, spiced liqueur and honey.
ATLAS recently pulled the covers of its very own ATLAS London Dry Gin – specially made for them, we hear, by the talented folks over at Four Pillars Gin – that’s used liberally in many of their G&T and Martini serves, so you may want to try those too.
True to form, ATLAS’ latest menu is also itself a feast for the eyes. Illustrated by UK artist Adrian Pack, each page features hand-detailed, pochoir-style artworks that echo the refined, vivid aesthetics of early 20th-century fashion plates. Just what we expect from this icon of style.
ATLAS | 600 North Bridge Rd, Parkview Square, Singapore 188778 (Google Maps link) | 3pm to 12am on Mondays; 12pm to 12am Tuesdays to Thursdays; 12pm to 2am on Fridays and Saturdays; closed Sundays | www.atlasbar.sg | 6396 4466 | online reservations
Jigger & Pony offers a welcoming hug with ‘Embrace’
Possibly Singapore’s most celebrated cocktail institution, Jigger & Pony has always been the one to beat when it comes to wrapping top-notch hospitality around the cocktail experience in the Lion City. Its latest cocktail menu, ‘EMBRACE’, celebrates fellowship and togetherness, a very needful and timely reminder in a world that is getting increasingly fragmented and divided.
While it’s not an entire menu overhaul — you’ll still find previous favourites and various classics in its drinks list, such as the signature Ugly Tomatoes from its ‘IDENTITY’ menu from two years back or last year’s Spicy Margarita — you’ll find some fresh additions along with new and improved ones. The Whisky & Dry Ginger is a great place to start, a revitalising highball with apple notes that’s spiced up with some ginger. The Pony Star Martini, its own (clever) variation of the Porn Star Martini, is less sweet while the inclusion of makrut lime adds welcome complexity and balance.
But Jigger & Pony’s reworked classics also impress; old school drinkers will revel in their Roku Gin-based Dry Martini, which comes cold, bracingly strong and fiendishly dry, while its Negroni gets elevated with a touch of grapefruit and orange bitters.
In a cocktail era obsessed with innovation, this new menu by Jigger & Pony is somehow able to honour tradition while still innovating, to balance reverence with playfulness, all the while reminding us that the fundamentals of hospitality — warmth, craft, and community — never go out of style.
Jigger & Pony | 165 Tanjong Pagar Road, Amara Hotel, Singapore 088539 (Google Maps link) | 6pm to 1am Wednesdays and Thursdays; 6pm to 2am Fridays and Saturdays; 6pm to 12am Sundays to Tuesdays | www.jiggerandpony.com | 9621 1074 | book here
Last Word gets all introspective with ‘Mood’
In a cocktail scene increasingly dominated by lab-grade infusions and fluffy IG-driven novelty, it takes quiet confidence — and a deep respect for the craft — to stick to the classics. Japanese-inspired minimalist cocktail bar Last Word earlier this year celebrated its third anniversary, unveiling a new drinks menu that doubled down on its love for beloved stalwarts of the cocktail world.
Titled ‘Mood’, the bar’s latest offerings don’t just revisit classic cocktails; it reinterprets them through the lens of emotion, memory, and feeling. It’s a masterclass of restraint and refinement. Consider the refreshingly soul-cleansing Chu-High, which reinterprets the izakaya favourite using mugi shochu — Iichiko Saiten in this case — and clarified guava, and then topped with soda. Or how about the Pink Lady, an almost forgotten old classic? Here it eschews the usual Applejack brandy for Calvados, resulting in a gin sour with plenty more elegance and balance.
For even more nostalgia? Try the spirit-forward Barrel Aged Corpse Reviver No.1, the Cognac-Calvados-vermouth combination aged in a small cask to help round off its rougher edges but retains every bit of its potency.
Our final say? Last Word is the bar for purists — those who appreciate the integrity of a well-made drink over flashy presentation.
Last Word | 8 Purvis St, #02-01, Singapore 188587 (Google Maps link) | 5pm to 12am Tuesdays to Sundays; closed on Sundays | www.lastword.sg | 9187 5719 | book here
MO Bar sounds off with “Echoes of Singapore”
No stranger to narrative-led cocktail menus, cocktail lounge MO Bar at prestigious Mandarin Oriental Singapore looks to return to its award-winning ways with its latest menu drop, “Echoes of Singapore”. Comprising 15 cocktails across five chapters, each cocktail aims to uncover rich stories that have shaped the Lion City.
Take for example, Miss Samsui, a red-hued concoction that combines whiskey, imo shochu, lapsang souchong tea, and cherry liqueur as a heartfelt tribute to the resilient immigrant Samsui women labourers whose backbreaking work helped build Singapore. Or Banana Dollar, a refreshing awamori-based highball — named after the banana dollar note used during the Japanese occupation of Singapore during World War II — with notes of guava and banana.
Those who love their martinis? The Mandarin Martini, beautifully balanced between a fruity palate and drying finish, is a must. Then there’s Reclaimed Sling 2.0, by far a more refined — and less cloyingly sweet — clarified twist on the classic Singapore Sling.
We like that each of these new creations at MO Bar resonate with emotional depth, cultural intelligence, and artistic flair. More importantly? Take away their individual stories, and they’d still taste as good.
MO Bar | 5 Raffles Ave., Mandarin Oriental Singapore, Level 3, Singapore 039797 (Google Maps link) | 5pm to 12am Sundays to Thursdays; 5pm to 1am Fridays and Saturdays | www.mandarinoriental.com/en/singapore/marina-bay/dine/mo-bar | 6885 3500 | online reservations
Nutmeg & Clove tells ‘The Stories of Our Community’
If Singapore’s dynamically diverse yet quirkily cosmopolitan social fabric can distilled into a cocktail menu, Nutmeg & Clove may have just did it with their latest, ‘The Stories of Our Community’. Released to mark its 11th anniversary, this is a heartfelt love letter, in the form of signature 12 cocktails, to Singapore’s heritage and community. Paying homage to small heritage businesses that make up the soul of the Lion City — from rattan makers and ‘mama shops’ to Nanyang coffee roasters and floating fish farms — these libations range from playfully irreverent to seriously introspective.
Sip on Dirty Kopi, for example, a liberal twist of the Irish Coffee (hot, of course), a Nanyang-style brew that’s a tribute to traditional coffee roasters Kim Guan Guan. Think aged rum, cold brew, cherry brine, berry tea, fino sherry, that’s topped with a luscious black sesame foam. For a taste of nostalgia try Kid Me Not, a gin highball inspired by old-school “mama shop” Al-Fatah Store, offering flavours of ice cream soda and hawthorn that will take you back to your childhood.
Otherwise there’s Pin Cushion, a bracingly strong and floral dry martini that draws cues from bespoke tailor C. Armani Tailors. Channel your inner James Bond with its notes of bergamot, geranium, and alpine herbs.
More than a cocktail menu, “The Stories of Our Community” is a literal cultural archive and shines the spotlight on the unsung heroes among us. In tasty cocktail form.
Nutmeg & Clove | 8 Purvis St, Singapore 188587 (Google Maps link) | 5pm to 12am Mondays to Thursdays; 4pm to 12am on Fridays and Saturdays; closed on Sundays | www.nutmegclove.com | 9389 9301 | book here
Origin Bar offers a new ‘Point of View’
The folks over at Origin Bar just love to do things differently. Their newest cocktail menu, ‘Point of View’, provides their iconoclastic perspective on what cocktails can be, not just what they should be.
Think absinthe air, popcorn-infused rum, and ant-studded chocolate. This bold, conceptual menu challenges every kind of cocktail convention, but the results are as delicious as they are eccentric. Take Saz-air-ak, for example, which takes the classic Sazerac and literally floats it. Absinthe is turned into air, peach and lemon oils play backup, and the result is a softer, more sensual riff on the New Orleans staple. Otherwise there’s Ant and Bees, which reimagines the wholly under-appreciated Prohibition-era Bee’s Knees using shochu and verjus as a base, while a chocolate bar encrusted with edible ants act as a garnish.
Another wonderfully different view is Zero to Hero, a clarified milk punch boasting notes of hazelnut, maple, and toasted milk that will remind you of your cereal breakfast on a winter morning. Or how about No Offense, a popcorn-infused Rum Old Fashioned dressed up with apricot and pimento that’s boozy, bold, and unapologetically playful?
Whether you’re there for the philosophy or the potions of pleasure, Origin Bar proves that when you change your point of view, your next cocktail might still surprise you.
Origin Bar | Lobby Level, Tower Wing, Shangri-La Singapore, 22 Orange Grove Rd, Singapore 258350 (Google Maps link) | 5.30pm to 1am Tuesdays to Sundays; closed on Mondays | www.shangri-la.com/singapore/shangrila/dining/bars-lounges/origin-bar | 6213 4595
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