Long Bar

As iconic as the hotel it's located in, the Long Bar is the birthplace of the famous Singapore Sling cocktail. The decor was apparently inspired by Malayan plantations of the 1920's and when you enter you feel like you are walking into a timewarp. Munch on the free nuts and join the clientele (mostly tourists there Slinging it) in carelessly throwing the shells on the floor.

MUST TRY THE SINGAPORE SLING SHOTS :) bit sweet though ;)

I think its a bit strange I can’t find a single review of this legendary bar, so please show me another review if it exists.

After a short trip from KL me and a friend had one thing on our mind for our 24 hours in Singapore, track down this famous bar named Long Bar and try the Singapore Sling.

After leaving our luggage at a hotel in 'little china’ we started asking for directions to Raffles Hotel. This proved to be a a hard task because everyone we asked were foreigners working in Singapore. First we ended up at a place called Raffles Place which, of course, had nothing to do with Raffles Hotel. We asked a guard inside, but she had never even heard of the hotel, thankfully one of her colleagues had a large map over Singapore and we finally got the correct directions.

A little bit later we walked into this famous hotel, after looking around for a while I suddenly heard something crack under my foot, and I knew we had find it because the stairs in front of us was filled with peanut-shells.

Inside we got a table, with a bucket of nuts already there. For a moment I felt like being back in colonial times with large fans in the ceiling and the whole historical atmosphere.

We ordered two slings. We had no idea what to expect so we were pretty exited about this famous drink. When I first saw the pink drink I figured it was probably to sweet for me, as I usually prefer stronger drinks, but it turned out to be really refreshing and I have no problem recommending it.

Afterwards we ordered two beer’s which came served in (probably) the coolest glasses I’ve ever seen, they looked like something you can find in a chemistry lab only about ten times larger.

When it comes to prices, Long Bar is not a place to spend much time, I believe we spent about 100 SGD which is even more then the price for 2 drinks and 2 beers back here in Oslo.