Best & Worst 2018 - Bars

Skai Bar (above) at Swissotel The Stamford, Manhattan bar (left) at Regent Singapore and Brass Lion Distillery (right) in Pasir Panjang stand out in the Singapore bar scene.
Skai Bar (above) at Swissotel The Stamford, Manhattan bar at Regent Singapore and Brass Lion Distillery in Pasir Panjang stand out in the Singapore bar scene. PHOTO: BRASS LION DISTILLERY, REGENT SINGAPORE, A FOUR SEASONS HOTEL, SWISSOTEL THE STAMFORD
Skai Bar (above) at Swissotel The Stamford, Manhattan bar (left) at Regent Singapore and Brass Lion Distillery (right) in Pasir Panjang stand out in the Singapore bar scene.
Skai Bar at Swissotel The Stamford, Manhattan bar (aboe) at Regent Singapore and Brass Lion Distillery in Pasir Panjang stand out in the Singapore bar scene. PHOTO: BRASS LION DISTILLERY, REGENT SINGAPORE, A FOUR SEASONS HOTEL, SWISSOTEL THE STAMFORD
Skai Bar (above) at Swissotel The Stamford, Manhattan bar (left) at Regent Singapore and Brass Lion Distillery (right) in Pasir Panjang stand out in the Singapore bar scene.
Skai Bar at Swissotel The Stamford, Manhattan bar at Regent Singapore and Brass Lion Distillery (above) in Pasir Panjang stand out in the Singapore bar scene. PHOTO: BRASS LION DISTILLERY, REGENT SINGAPORE, A FOUR SEASONS HOTEL, SWISSOTEL THE STAMFORD
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Level 2 Regent Singapore, 1 Cuscaden Road

The accolades keep piling up for 4½-year-old Manhattan at the Regent Singapore, which surged to the No. 3 spot on the World's 50 Best Bars list in October - the highest position for an Asian bar on the annual list. This was after it claimed the top spot on Asia's 50 Best Bars list earlier this year, for the second year running.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on December 23, 2018, with the headline Best & Worst 2018 - Bars. Subscribe