Singapore · Est. 2013
The Spiffy Dapper.
An Art Deco cocktail bar on River Valley Road in Singapore, open every day from 6pm.
What started as a hole-in-the-wall in Boat Quay became an Amoy Street room, which closed. We’ve since relocated to River Valley Road, built with the support of intoxicated patrons we convinced to fund the venture.
“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.”
Beyond the bar
Half-decent drinks, made by lesser human beings.
Learn
Cocktail Masterclasses
Two one-hour classes at the bar. Gin & tonic pairing, or craft cocktail technique.
Read
Our Approach to Cocktails
Three working theories: balance, structure, the process of art. Mumbo jumbo, but ours.
Drink
Cocktail Stories
Every drink on the menu is named for a piece of 1920s slang. Each one is a small fable.
Wander
Bars Better Than Us
A guide to thirty of Singapore’s best cocktail bars. We are not, on the whole, the best of them.
By the numbers
An honest self-assessment.
20%
Respect for tradition
100%
Drive to explore
50%
Time spent sober
25%
Chances of good service
0%
Fucks given
Reserve a table
Come through the banged-up doors.
294 River Valley Road, Singapore 238335 · Open every day, 6pm till late