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If Nutmeg & Clove is the boisterous, vibrant cocktail bar that attracts locals and tourists alike with its fun and creative pours, then Last Word is its quieter, more contemplative sibling, located just a half-flight of stairs up. This minimalist Japanese cocktail bar, also by Nutmeg Collective, has a completely different mood – dimly lit with flickering candles and furnished with dark wood fittings. The bar turns four this year, and here's everything new to expect during your next visit.
First up, a refreshed cocktail list that puts classic cocktails back in the spotlight. The menu is split into five categories for easy reference: Highball, Sour, Champagne, Spirit Forward and Sweet. While not every drink is new, the old menu has been reshuffled, reorganised and spruced up with additions like the Beverly Hills Iced Tea ($32) under the Champagne section. Light, refreshing, sweet and easy to start with, the pour includes Monkey 47 gin and vodka with orange and elderflower liqueur, lime and Perrier Jouët NV Brut. Also new to the menu is Forbidden Fruit ($28), a highball-style cocktail with Roku gin, Calvados, lemon, bitters and ginger beer.
Hungry? The food menu has also been revised. It's still a compact list of izakaya-inspired dishes, with added items like the ebi fry ($15) and a new prawn sando dish ($20). Four hearty sandwich cubes where crispy homemade prawn patties are encased between fluffy white bread and topped with yuzu mentaiko sauce – the kind of salty, savoury grub perfect for pairing with a stiff cocktail.
Perhaps the biggest addition to Last Word is its new bar-in-a-bar, Last Stop. Hidden behind a nondescript entrance, Last Stop is a living room-inspired, 12-seater sanctuary, meant for savouring your final drink of the evening. The cosy space slings out lighter tea-based cocktails and floral-infused tipples. Among the six creations ($26 each) on the menu, you'll find everything from a chamomile vodka highball and genmaicha martini, to a peach and earl grey rum cocktail, and a dessert-like chocolate-oolong drink laced with whisky.
Of course, they've kept all the favourites. The namesake Last Word cocktail ($30) is as flawless as ever – bittersweet, balanced and clean. For the uninitiated, this cocktail was invented in the 1920s during the Prohibition Era, and the Green Chartreuse (a French spirit comprising 130 different herbs) is what gives it its subtle complexity and edge. A must-order, whether it's your first or fifth visit. The Bloody Mary ($28), another crowd-favourite drink, also stays. Unlike the clarified, modern versions you're more likely to find these days, Last Word's rendition is viscous, refreshing and savoury, with celery and the salt lick being the most pronounced. The Japanese influences come into view through ingredients like wasabi and togarashi.
We also enjoy the Barrel-aged Corpse Reviver No. 1 ($30), featuring a blend of Chivas Regal Crystalgold, Martell Noblige Cognac, Calvados and Rosso Vermouth – heady and spirit-forward while remaining smooth and classy. Another interesting pick on the menu is the Iichiko Saiten Shochu-spiked negroni ($26), which uses a house-blended Rosso Vermouth. Tip: Roll up between Happy Hour from 5pm to 7pm, and you'll get to enjoy a serving of oden on the house (usual price $15). While it looks unassuming, the broth is sweet, soul-warming, and packed with ingredients like fish cakes, daikon and a karashi dip.
Find out more about Last Word here.
Last Word is open daily from 5pm to midnight at 8 Purvis St, #02-01, Singapore 188587.
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