*I-S PICK* Popcorn!

Free, iPhone and Android (coming soon)
Newcomer Popcorn! allows you to search by film or by cinema over a three day period, watch trailers, read reviews, browse what’s coming soon and book your tickets on the spot. It also lists promotions at various cinemas and they’re planning a partnership with Garrett Popcorn.

Showtimezz

Free, iPhone and Android
Search by movie or cinema, watch trailers, check seating charts and book your tickets. It uses GPS to help you find your way to the cinema closest to you. It’s a little slow, but its loading screen says “Patience is the greatest of all virtues,” which is humorous enough to make up for it.

SG Movies

Free, Android
A pretty basic app. There’re no search or booking functions so you just tap posters of currently screening films to see showtimes, reviews, synopses and other info.

iCathay

Free, iPhone
iCathay offers more or less the same content as the first three apps except it’s limited to Cathay cinemas. It does allow you to connect with Cathay on Facebook, but reliability with bookings is an issue.

iGV

Free, iPhone
The Golden Village equivalent of iCathay offers GV-specific content and has a “profile” function but bookings are problematic, and it’s too buggy to be worthwhile.

Club Colaba

Taking its name from the legendary Colaba area of Mumbai (or as we prefer to call it, Bombay), Club Colaba occupies two standalone shophouses. Walking in, you’re greeted by an altar, traditional Indian adornments, the scent of jasmine and a thick haze of incense. Its wide dance floor is ideal for the clubbing crowd who keep the party going till the early hours seven days a week.

Khazana

Decked out in classy wooden carvings and plush lounge chairs, and located above the Archipelago Brewery flagship bar, Khazana offers two levels of comprehensive entertainment. On the second floor, you have a live band accompanied by dancers, not to mention a retro light-up disco floor. On the third floor, you’ve got DJs.

Bollywood Dhoom

A small metal figure in a Namaste pose on the door welcomes you to this cozy little pub promising “live performance by exotic Indian dancers.” Bollywood Dhoom delivers just that, and lets you get up close and personal with your entertainers. The lovely ladies strutting their stuff in traditional garb are mere feet away from the tables. The place also has a more than decent selection of whiskies and other spirits.

The Rupee Room

Well, the only Gandhian thing about this upscale joint is the minimalist décor but it does come in a plump shade of purple that would make any Bollywood starlet purr in delight. The intimate, cozy atmosphere is ideal for friends to meet up over cocktails and scrumptious Indian and fusion accented canapés. And if you are tanked up on liquid courage, bust out moves like Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai as the DJs spin a mix of lounge and Hindi tunes.

1995 Krug Clos d’Ambonnay

Born of pinot noir grapes harvested from a single tiny vineyard (just 0.685 hectares), only 3,000 bottles of this Champagne were made. It’s going to cost you, but what celebration is complete without bubbly?
$6,000 for a bottle at Oyster Bar

1995 Basseterre Rhum Vieux Guadeloupe

This vintage rum, aged in French oak barrels and bottled at a hefty 58.2 percent a.b.v is sweet, spicy, floral and understated all at once.
$295 a bottle (retail) at Fine Spirits by La Maison du Whisky

1995 Lagavulin Sherry Cask (For the Friends of the Classic Malt)

This rare whisky brings two of the most delightful elements of single malt Scotch together, peatiness and the sweet, oaky fruitiness that comes with aging in a sherry cask.
$26 a glass at The Auld Alliance