NIGHTLIFE IN SINGAPORE

WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS

Those who love to party through the week will be right at home in Singapore. The city is home to Zouk, Asia's premier nightspot and has enough pubs, clubs and discotheques to keep urban revelers out and about. Nightspots tend to be centralised in selected areas, making club-hopping convenient and fun.

The newest and hottest place in town is the Fullerton Hotel - a fully restored former colonial-era post office, which is now a stylish 5-star hotel. Complete with a delectable array of dining facilities, the Fullerton is also home to Post Bar. Right across from the hotel is Fullerton One, a stretch of up-market establishments for wining and dining. Centro - one of the city's hottest dance clubs, is located there as well.
 

Tanjong Pagar, encompassing the Chinatown districts of Club Street, Pagoda Street and Trengganu Street, has experienced a renaissance of sorts. Trendy wine bars, cafés, art galleries and media houses occupy the premises of former shop houses. Home to advertising and design firms by day, the pub-strewn neighbourhood comes alive after 6pm for those in search of a quick fix. Indochine along Club Street and Beaujolais on Ang Siang Hill are popular with those in the creative business.

For a candle-lit courtyard ambience and prices to match, CHIJMES, a short walk from City Hall MRT station, is hard to beat. Refurbished from an old Gothic-style school and chapel, it offers a chic assortment of fine restaurants, cafés, wine bars and pubs.

Mohammad Sultan Road and Robertson Walk, with its stretch of bustling pubs and clubs, are popular with the younger set of students and 20-something professionals. Chock-a-block on weekends, nightspots like Club Eden, Double O, Siam Supper Club, and Liquid Room in the nearby Gallery Hotel, are choice picks in the area.