Origin Bar

For a refined nightcap in town, away from the surrounding bustle, head straight to Origin Bar. It’s conveniently located at Orchard, but tucked somewhere slightly behind the main shopping stretch at the five-star Shangri-La Singapore. This low-key, colonial-inspired space has been on Asia’s 50 Best Bars list for five years in a row, most recently ranking 43rd on 2026’s list.

Its latest cocktail menu, titled ‘X’, is all about unexpected pairings of cultures, history, and flavours all coming together in harmony in the middle. 16 drinks make up this list, each with an imaginative backstory. There’s Melon Salad Soda ($27), which merges flavours of a Japanese melon soda with Mediterranean melon salad; Shake Shuka ($27), a spicy concoction where shakshouka meets mala; and Board Meeting ($27), where flavours of a charcuterie board such as fig, honey and Roquefort cheese get the playfulness of a board game, where daring players can pick the intensity level of the cheese.

Time Out tip: Choice paralysis is easily solved with the menu’s handy cocktail matrix (viewable here on page four and five), which sorts each bevvy according to spectrums of light, rich, bright and dark.