Jigger & Pony is Singapore’s highest-ranked bar on The 50 Best Bars 2026 at No. 18, with Nutmeg & Clove at No. 38 and Offtrack entering the extended list at No. 89. The ranking, formerly called The World’s 50 Best Bars, was revealed at a ceremony in Milan on Wednesday, 7 October, which was early Thursday morning in Singapore.
Bar Leone in Hong Kong kept the No. 1 spot for a second year and was also named The Best Bar in Asia. Moebius Milano is No. 2, Alquímico in Cartagena No. 3, Bar Us in Bangkok No. 4 and Line in Athens No. 5. This year’s top 50 covers 26 cities and has 14 new entries.
Jigger & Pony at No. 18
Jigger & Pony sits at the lobby level of the Amara Hotel at 165 Tanjong Pagar Road. Founders Indra Kantono and Guo Yi Gan have run it for 14 years, and the bar is known for its annual “menuzines”, the conceptual menus that regulars now collect.
The current menu is Bloom, with 21 cocktails built around the idea of growth. The list mixes bright, fruit-led drinks with savoury and earthy ones, plus pared-back takes on classics. Jigger & Pony is also No. 9 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026.
Nutmeg & Clove at No. 38
Nutmeg & Clove, at 8 Purvis Street, opened in 2014 under Colin Chia, who also co-founded Bangkok Bar Show. Its drinks start from Singapore’s history, culture and everyday language, and the current menu takes Singlish as its theme, with drinks built around expressions that turn up in everyday Singaporean conversation.
Tropical fruit, spices, herbs and tea run through the menu, set on classic cocktail structures. Nutmeg & Clove is No. 12 on the Asia list this year.
Offtrack joins the extended list at No. 89
Offtrack, at 34 North Canal Road, is a new entry in the 51 to 100 list. The bar is built around music, with a sound system in an acoustically treated room and a vinyl display, and it serves Pan Asian food alongside a menu split between classic and contemporary cocktails. Non-alcoholic cocktails and beers are on the list too.
Offtrack opens from 6pm to midnight Monday to Thursday, and from 5pm to 1am on Friday and Saturday. Groups of eight to 10, or bookings after 10pm, are taken by phone or text on +65 8748 0408. It is No. 16 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026.
How Singapore compares
Singapore has two bars in the top 50. Hong Kong has four, with Bar Leone joined by Argo at No. 25, Montana at No. 36 and Gokan at No. 41. Bangkok has three, with Bar Us, Dry Wave Cocktail Studio at No. 27 and BKK Social Club at No. 30, while Tokyo has two, Bar Benfiddich at No. 44 and Virtù at No. 48.
