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Located in the Conrad Hotel in Singapore, Manhattan is sultry and luxurious and takes inspiration from the grand hotels and the golden age of cocktails with artisanal spirits and classic cocktails that use ingredients made in their own rickhouse.
On the first floor of the imposing Regent Hotel, this jewel-like enclave is what all hotel bars would aspire to if only they had the funds. Plush dark leather sofas are studded with bright cushions, wing chairs adorn an award-filled library and the raised bar dominates the room like a stage.
House-made bitters and infusions fill one glass storage room; the other, the Rickhouse, is lined with barrels of house-aged cocktails, many prepared by visiting luminaries, both distillers and bartenders. Be sure to try the solera-aged Negroni, aged two weeks in the first tier of four casks, 4 weeks in the second tier of 3 casks and then six weeks in the last tear of two casks.
The feel is all very Gatsby, and the Jazz Age Americana extends to the menu, which pays liquid and culinary tribute to different areas of Manhattan island, from Harlem to Hell's Kitchen. House Manhattans are served with house-made cherry brandy from a cocktail trolley tableside: service in general is impeccable without being excessively formal.
Photography by: Regent Hotel
Words by: Theodora Sutcliffe on 22-Sep-2016
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