ATLAS

"If Bruce Wayne retired as Batman, took his fortune and said, “I’m going to build a bar,” Atlas would be that bar. Filled with more brass than a marching band, Atlas has several hundred small-batch gins and cocktails in a huge gilded space straight out of The Great Gatsby. You’ll see just as many tables with business people trying to close deals as you will with fascinated tourists. So grab a cocktail, sink into your seat, and try to count how many copper fixtures there are before you need another drink." - anthony eu

"Atlas, one of the best bars in Asia and the world, is located in an office building lobby in Singapore. It features arched ceilings filled with Art Deco murals and gold-leaf molding. At the center of the bar is a 26-foot tall gin tower, containing over 1,300 different gins, making it one of the largest curated gin collections in the world. The bar also offers a curated list of Champagnes, wines, and whiskeys. Security measures include a Champagne cellar with thumbprint access, housing rare bottles including 200-year-old Champagne. The bar's signature drinks include the Atlas martini and a twist on a French 75, blending gin and Champagne." - Daniel Modlin

"If Bruce Wayne retired as Batman, took his fortune and said, “I’m going to build a bar,” Atlas would be that bar. Filled with more brass than a marching band, Atlas has several hundred small-batch gins and cocktails in a huge gilded space straight out of The Great Gatsby . You’ll see just as many tables with business people trying to close deals as you will with fascinated tourists. So grab a cocktail, sink into your seat, and try to count how many copper fixtures there are before you need another drink. " - Anthony Eu

"Welcome to this 9,000-square-foot colonnaded bar of grand Art Deco proportions, with one of the world’s largest gin collections neatly displayed in a tower, doled out by a cadre of gin specialists and head bartender Lidiyanah “Yana” K. Add to that a Champagne room with a collection of 250 varieties of Champagne and a menu of gin–based cocktails (try the Atlas G&T), and you have one of the city’s most impressive cocktail bars." - Evelyn Chen

"With its beautifully foreboding art deco exterior, Singapore’s Parkview Square office building has earned the nicknames “Gotham” and “Batman building” among locals. But one step inside its lobby will reveal a warm, ornate space filled with red carpets, leather booths, and a giant golden tower. The 26-foot tall tower is actually a gin library containing 1,300 varieties from all over the world. The library is part of Atlas, a bar that opened inside Parkview in 2017. Visitors and workers (the building is home to various organizations, including the embassies for Mongolia, Austria, and the United Arab Emirates) can sip gins from regions as far-ranging as Bolivia, Belgium, and Japan, and dating back as far as 1910. Doubling down on its Gilded Age vibe, the bar’s cocktail menu revolves heavily around gin and champagne.   Prior to Atlas, the space served as a wine bar with an unusual twist: The bartender, dressed as a fairy, would “fly” via a wire mechanism to retrieve bottles in the tower. While the days of soaring servers are long gone, the experience of sipping a martini or French 75 in this elegant space is no less grandiose." - ATLAS_OBSCURA