Coffee bar K is a 'Japanese bar' located at UE Square. It's such a unique experience that I found myself becoming a regular. The high degree of professionalism is admirable, and while the solemn atmosphere might be a deterrent to some, it's actually one of its strengths. Looking at the place from outside reminds me of a classic painting by 'Edward Hopper', which is perhaps due to the fact that the long bar is fully exposed by a huge transparent window, and yet so subtly isolated from the outside.
See my full review at: http://foodieah.blogspot.com/2008/09/coffee-bar-k-gourmet-of-cocktails.html

Coffee bar K is a place where making cocktails is a serious business. The Japanese bartenders are highly trained, and the selection of alcohol is surprising. There is a cover charge of $15 after 9pm which includes some snacks like wasabi chips and raw ham and a fruit platter, but don't be discouraged by that as you will get what you are paying for.
The menu includes a never ending list of spirits and cocktails, and some hot food is also served in case you need a quick bite.
If you are a 'Martini' lover, I absolutely recommend having one of those, either vodka or gin based. You will have a chance to taste a Martini at its purest. The Negroni (a Campari based cocktail) is also a house special, an excellent opening for those who find Martini's too dry.

The grasshopper is a minty cocktail with a dash of milk, superbly shaken into a foam that makes it so light you will finish it without even realising. I would particularly recommend it for the ladies.

The peach Bellini is made with real peach puree', not peach liqueur or flavourings as other bars do. It does taste like the original version of this classic Venetian cocktail.

A Yuzu based cocktail was designed for me by the bartender. The floating layer of crystals adds texture to the sharp tangy flavour of this mixer. A real delicacy for Yuzu lovers.

Whether you like your cocktails or you are looking for a good selection of whiskies or Vodkas, whether you are out with a client or a date, Coffee Bar K will be a special experience. It is a place where drinking is as religious as eating at a Michelin rated restaurant.

Website: http://www.coffeebark.co.jp/tenpo/tenpo_singapore.html

There was plenty of catching up to do with a friend who was visiting from Hong Kong over the weekend. So after a fantastic dinner at Satsuma, we trooped over to Coffee Bar K. This bar is such a breath of fresh air in Singapore – a very Japanese classy joint with a great ambience and fantastic service. The bar makes a great place to catch up with friends (without having to yell over the music) over good drinks. This place is interesting and quirky and great to introduce friends or dates as it starts to make you look like you’re really clued in to quirky finds in Singapore.

Drinking at Coffee Bar K after 9 pm comes with a $15 cover charge so be aware. Very quickly after you settle into one of their plush comfortable black leather chairs (seats by the bar are highly recommended) you will be handed a hot towel to freshen up (I received 3 hot towels that night – one after having gone to the ladies, and the other before they served the complimentary plate of fruits).

Coffee Bar K’s forte is in their ridiculous selection of whiskeys and cocktails (apparent from their mind-boggling display of bottles on the wall behind the bar) but I opted to a more guniang cocktail. The bartender - all in decked in white tuxedos, black bow ties and sporting gelled back hair and plucked eyebrows - asked me in very halting English what I was in the mood. I just gave him two words – “vodka” and “fruity” and he proceeded to make me a Seabreeze which was fantastic.

The drinks are elaborately and exquisitely made and all served in elegant glassware. My friends tried the single-malt whiskeys from Scotland and Ireland on the rocks and both came in a crystal glass with a lovely giant round ice ball which is hand chipped by the bartenders, served together with a glass of distilled water.

Along with the drinks, patrons will also get a complimentary plate of parma ham and mixed fruits.

This place is sleek, sexy and just simply way cool. A perfect place to bring a date to impress them with the exquisite drinks, fantastic ambience (think muted jazz) and just the novelty of the experience.

A bar with a $15 cover charge? Very cheeky, I thought at the door of this never heard of bar in that corner of UE Square / Mohd Sultan / Robertson Quay that is increasingly consolidating as Little Tokyo.

Then I went in, and my eyes widened. Plush cushy couches in quiet nooks. Underlighted tables. Hot towels and a parma ham platter when you sit down. Happy kitschy jazz tunes. Waiters in tuxedo shirts and cummerbands and gelled and coiffed hair, bowing and "hike"ing all the time.

Quite the Lost in Translation moment. I kept waiting for a Bill Murray the the bar to swivel around and tell me "it's Suntory Time".

And now to the drinks. It's a long complicated process, because there are MANY, categorised by sweetness, tartness, fizziness, booziness etc.... many of which are new and award winning concoctions. And they have funny non-indicative names. On a whim my crew went with "Falling Star" and "Summer Paradise" and a very simple Grey Goose vodka with grapefruit juice.

While all 3 were winners, Grey Goose and grapefruit was so clean and light that we stuck to that during multiple rounds of banter and increasingly blurry photo shots... till we finally stumbled out at closing time.

Bar-K is definitely something to howl about.