The Monarchy Cocktail Bar & Ultra Lounge throws open its doors today, offering a long-awaited, permanent and spiritual home for the wildly popular Monarchy nights on the rooftop of OUE Bayfront, that were acclaimed as a party playground for the affluent and artistic. The Monarchy is the brainchild of nightlife veterans, Robbie Hoyes-Cock, the CEO & Founder of the internationally glamourous Formula 1 weekend after-parties The Podium Lounge; and Steve Yallop, former Executive Director of Pangaea at Marina Bay Sands, who have been organising high society events in Singapore since 2005.

Housed in a heritage shophouse spread over 3,600 square feet in the heart of Tras Street, this quintessentially British cocktail bar exudes understated luxury and bears a distinctly regal theme, celebrating the Royal Houses of Windsor to Lancaster, and Normandy to the Tudors. In a tip of the hat to Britain’s constitutional monarchy, guests enter the premises through what is an identical front door to the iconic home of the British Prime Minister; 10 Downing Street.

For its opening, The Monarchy has introduced a mouth-watering cocktail offering entitled “Cool Britannia” in celebration of the modern, outward-facing Britain of the 1990s. Led by the success of Brit-pop, this period of increased pride in the culture of the United Kingdom and its giddy cultural fantasia became known as Cool Brittania – the name itself a pun on the title of one of Britain's most patriotic songs, ''Rule Brittania''.

Inspired by the most popular British songs over the decades, The Monarchy has conceptualised and crafted 18 bespoke cocktails to evoke the very same feelings of euphoria and optimism stoked by the Cool Brittania movement, and assembled a corresponding playlist to further elevate the sensorial experience.

On weekends and eve of public holidays from 10:00 pm, as the night builds up and the lights go down, the music starts pulsing from state-of-the-art (made in the UK) Funktion One speakers and The Monarchy’s dazzling ultra lounge comes alive. A clandestine door hidden at the end of the cocktail bar then swings open to reveal a dark and intimate ultra lounge lined with leather Chesterfields and dancing platforms, where guests can party with the best local, regional and international house music DJs and live celebrity acts.

Door Policy

Strict Dress Code: Smart casual / jackets and heels preferred

Cover Charge: Guest List or SGD 50 nett

For more information and reservations, please visit www.themonarchy.sg