Ah, happy hour. There’s something about happy hour that puts a smile on our faces and a spring in our step (before happy hour starts, that is). Happy hour means deals on drinks, and who doesn’t love it when prices are slashed just so you can get a little sloshed? While happy hour also doesn’t mean anything in terms of actual time, we all know it as a magical time period (night or day) when all you need to think about is unwinding and whether or not you want a pint, a cocktail or a shot.

We’ve got the scoop on which watering holes and bars have the cheapest (and therefore happiest) happy hours in Singapore. Read up, and soon you’ll be drinking up!

Five Izakaya Bar

Photo: Five Izakaya Bar @CCP Facebook

Japanese izakaya bars are spots where you can socialise with your buddies, snack and drink on the cheap, after a day’s hard work and toil. Five Izakaya Bar lives up to its name, with Kronenbourg 1664 half pints, red and white wines, house pour beer, Asahi half pints, house sakes and yumeshu at only S$5 during their happy hour time slots, which are long and generous. No can say no to this five-dollar deal!

Five Izakaya Bar / 5 Changi Business Park Central 1, Changi City Point #01-66/67

Singapore / +65 6604 8255 / Happy Hour: Monday to Friday – noon to midnight, Saturday – 6am to midnight

Loof

Photo: Loof Facebook

At Loof, Singapore’s first standalone rooftop bar, it’s all about local culture and a friendly vibe. If you want to let loose but also need to be home at a decent hour, Loof’s the spot for you! With Loof’s Beat the Clock promo, prices for drinks start at S$5 for house spirits and wines from 5 to 5.59pm, going up by a dollar for every hour that passes until 7.59pm. Happy hour at Loof ends at 8pm, but three hours is certainly more than enough time to get your party on AND get home in time to relax with the family!

Loof /331 North Bridge Rd, Odeon Towers Roof top Singapore 188720 /+65 6337 9416 / Happy Hour: Monday to Friday – 5pm to 8pm

 

Chupitos Shots Bar

Photo:The Chupitos Bar Facebook

If you’ve got shots on the mind, and nothing else, check out Chupito’s Shots Bar, where you can choose from over 130 alcohol shooters in all sorts of flavours and colours. It’s fun time at Chupito’s, where happy hour rates are at a super easy S$6 for shots (choose from a list of happy hour shots) and bottled or house pour beers. If you’re planning to break the week up with a Wednesday night session, Chupito’s offers S$1 shots (flavours change weekly) only from 1am to 2am. Shot, shot, shot!

Chupitos Shots Bar /3B River Valley Road Clarke Quay #01-05 Singapore 179021 / Happy Hour: Daily – 6.30pm to 9pm

 

Yardbird Southern Table and Bar

Photo: Yardbird Southern Table & Bar website

If you dream of drinking in style (but reality prevents you from paying top prices), here’s some ultra happy news. Yardbird Southern Table & Bar at no less than Marina Bay Sands has a happy hour drinking deal that’s tough to beat. From 10pm till closing, it’s only S$10 for wines, beer, spirits and other delicious house pours. Drink while you take in the magnificent vistas of the light-studded city, and give their whiskey list a look – Yardbird Southern Table & Bar has some specialty American whiskeys that will double as desserts. How about some peanut butter or dark chocolate whiskey for a sweet, smooth finish?

Yardbird Southern Table & Bar / B1-07, Galleria Level, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018956 / +65 6688 9959 / Happy Hour: Daily – 10pm to closing

 

No. 5 Emerald Hill Cocktail Bar

Photo: No. 5 Emerald Hill Cocktail Bar Facebook

This rustic cocktail bar is laid back, with an authentic and more traditional vibe that will help you loosen up in no time. No. 5 Emerald Hill Cocktail Bar boasts not of one but two happy hour deals, because if you miss one, there’s always another to fall back on. From noon to 9pm daily, cocktails get an upgrade – from the usual 30ml to a beefed up 45ml, for only S$8. If a glass of wine is more your drink of choice, their house wine goes for S$10. When the clock strikes 9pm, another happy hour takes over. Enjoy a buy-1-get-2-martinis deal till 1am!

No. 5 Emerald Hill Cocktail Bar /No. 5 Emerald Hill Road Singapore, Singapore 229289 / +65 6732 0818 / Happy Hour: Daily – noon to 9pm, 9pm to 1am 

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