Best British style pub in Singapore?
Jun 11, 2019, 9:10 pm
#2
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,677
Seriously though, I've been to a lot of pubs/drinking establishments here and almost none of them represent my experiences of a British pub.
I find most pubs here are either dank places on Boat Quay with drink pushers or American style sports bars.
Jun 11, 2019, 9:59 pm
#3
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Singapore - the hot, little red dot
Programs: BA, SQ
Posts: 861
As a Brit living in Singapore I can't say there's a place with a British pub feel that I've found. In that I mean there aren't any really traditional "local" feeling pubs.
Grant you there are a lot of bars based on British pubs but you can't get the feel as it's the people and their characters that make a pub and not the decor.
What does your colleague consider a good British pub experience? A cosy atmosphere with roaring fire, a pint of "real" ale and a packet of pork scratchings
You're in Singapore, embrace their pub/bar culture instead!
Grant you there are a lot of bars based on British pubs but you can't get the feel as it's the people and their characters that make a pub and not the decor.
What does your colleague consider a good British pub experience? A cosy atmosphere with roaring fire, a pint of "real" ale and a packet of pork scratchings
You're in Singapore, embrace their pub/bar culture instead!
Jun 15, 2019, 9:34 pm
#4
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,574
Slightly strange question as what I think of a British pub (small, cosy, roaring fire etc) would be very out of place in Singapore!
There is The Red Lion at Balmoral Plaza, where you can get served fsh and chips from the adjacent "legit" shop. But as the others have said - embrace Singapore style instead ^
There is The Red Lion at Balmoral Plaza, where you can get served fsh and chips from the adjacent "legit" shop. But as the others have said - embrace Singapore style instead ^
Jun 16, 2019, 5:24 pm
#5
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,677
The closest "feel" I've got is the Tavern at the Tanglin Club - which is a members only club. You might be able to get in if you have a reciprocal membership elsewhere.
But bear in mind that a pub in the UK is a great social leveler. The Tanglin Club is super expensive to join.
But bear in mind that a pub in the UK is a great social leveler. The Tanglin Club is super expensive to join.