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Fridays and Saturdays are packed out with Singapore's best and brightest and the queue often extends toward the York Hotel.
The house band are a unique Asian experience which some Western travellers may not like, but there is also a DJ who caters to most tastes. The staff are friendly and the owners are extremely hospitable.

Oh, and Saturday night is model night and you can find the smallish Singapore fashion scene getting smashed there most weekends]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9340 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9329
Little india is also a great place to buy some amazing cheap food and is often thriving in the evening]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9329 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9318
Where else can you find a place as idyllic as this, just seconds from the centre of the city's financial district? Light rippling off the water, multi-coloured converted "go-downs", old river taxis still plying the river and historical buildings on the other bank?

Yes, the restaurants further down the river really are pure tourist fodder, so you'll want to go somewhere else to eat, and Harry's Bar might be more famous for Nick Leeson than anything else, but don't let the stigma of going to an "expat hangout" divert from a genuine part of Singapore's culture.

The expats have been here since the place began, after all, and you may know someone who works nearby - an ideal excuse to drink in the atmosphere.

If this doesn't appeal, stroll up to The Fullerton, cross the bridge, and head for Indochine and its Opium Bar where you can stare back at Boat Quay from the other bank - and probably get some better food.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9318 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9252 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9252 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9240
For Burmese stuff, head for Peninsular Plaza; for Thai, hit Golden Mile Complex. The Phillipino maids have made Lucky Plaza their own, while the Bangladeshi construction workers descend on Little India in their thousands on Sundays to chat and shop and eat.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9240 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9316 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9316