Hidden behind a humble focaccia deli in Singapore’s Central Business District, The Champagnery quietly rewrites Singapore’s champagne culture as a sultry speakeasy that turns everyday drinking into an effervescent pleasure.
There was a time when champagne in Singapore was treated with the kind of reverence usually reserved for visiting royalty. It was wheeled out for birthdays, promotions, or the occasional brunch where excess was the point and the bubbles merely the vehicle. But the city has grown up. These days, champagne is everywhere: poured at wine fairs, sloshed through tasting festivals — like the recent Champagniac — and glugged happily at convivial wine bars that have finally convinced us it needn’t come with a side order of intimidation.
And now comes The Champagnery, the latest sign that the bubble has, quite gloriously, burst.
Opened by the folks behind modern Spanish restaurant Asador, The Champagnery is accessed, with a flourish of theatrical absurdity that I can only applaud, through a focaccia deli. Yes, a deli. On Amoy Street. You walk past mortadella and sun-dried tomatoes, and suddenly — whoosh — you’re no longer in a place that sells lunchtime carbohydrates. Instead, you find yourself swallowed by a velvet-lined speakeasy where the lights are low, the woods are dark, the velvets dusky Dom Perignon rosé pink, and the mood so sultry it seduces you with one glance. It’s the closest thing Singapore has to a wardrobe leading to Narnia, except here the mythical creatures are all carrying glasses of Louis Roederer.
This hidden chamber exists for one reason: champagne. There are cocktails here too, for sure, but those are just cherries on top. In case you didn’t ascertain from its name, at The Champagnery, champagne is the point. The list moves confidently between storied maisons and small grower-producer gems that will thrill those who like their bubbles with a touch of personality.
It is, mercifully, champagne culture without the trappings — somewhat gaudy, yes, yet little grandstanding or flexing, and no need to re-mortgage your flat for a glass of something cold and alive. Neither does it require you to obsessively geek out over champagne.
If the drinks establish the tone, the music completes it. The Champagnery has enlisted nightlife veteran Erin Khan, who understands that volume need not be a bludgeoning instrument. Early evenings are all poised, elegant restraint; later, the room slips into house, R&B, or soul-house, depending on who’s behind the decks. There are even nights dedicated to four-on-the-floor classics — a cheeky nod to anyone who once lost themselves on the dance floors of Kyo or Velvet Underground and still pretends they haven’t aged.
It’s clubby, yes, but one that does not expect you to dance.
The clientele, once inside, behave exactly as you’d expect from people who believe they’ve uncovered a secret. They lean into corners with pre-dinner glasses. They materialise as shadows after hours, nursing one final pour. This is not a spot you stumble across; it’s just one that rewards the curious, the playful, and the mildly nosy.
And what of its place in Singapore’s drinking landscape? Well, it fills a void we didn’t quite realise was there. For years, champagne here was caught between the grotesque excess of bottomless brunches and the stiff exclusivity of bottle-service clubs. The Champagnery offers something else: elegance without posturing, intimacy without pretense, and an atmosphere that lets you enjoy champagne for what it actually is — a truly glorious wine.
The Champagnery
Address 94 Amoy St, #01-02, Singapore 069914 (Google Maps link)
Opening Hours 7pm to 3am Tuesdays to Thursdays; 7pm to 4am Fridays and Saturdays; closed on Sundays and Mondays
Instagram @thechampagnery.sg
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