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Both Restaurant Madame Butterfly on the top floor and Bar Cocoon on the ground floor offer a unique gallery cum- wining and dining concept. Spanning a total floor space of 22,000 sq ft, the Forbidden City is one of the largest galleries in South-East Asia, showcasing a formidable collection of Chinese paintings, artifacts and antiques.
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Venue Decor
Bar CoCoon offers a cozy venue for lounging, socializing and clubbing with massive opium beds enveloped by silk lanterns and drapery providing a sensuous charm to its relaxing ambience.
Like the sanctuary of a cocoon, one is embraced in an ambience of Eastern sensuality. Yet, behind the façade of antiquity, one notices the modernity that befits a bar in one of the technological capitals of the world. The light fragrance of jasmine incense fills the air as you are transported to a world of hypnotic charms and titillating senses.
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Ice Palace
The robust Russian Standard vodka has teamed up with the Forbidden City to develop Singapore's first authentic Ice Palace. With an extreme conditioned, temperature-controlled unit, the bar boasts running temperatures of -15 degrees celsius, making it Singapore's largest and coldest ice bar.
As with the Russian Standard vodka, the Ice Palace has an authentic design of style to remind of the Great Bell Tower in Moscow. The hand-sculpted bar is hosted inside a 16 x 12 foot structure which is reinforced with triple-glazed, safety glass, specially designed to withstand extreme conditions. The glass is filled with a unique nitricoxide system designed to minimize condensation and contain temperatures. It creates an ambience that suits an ice bar – traditionally serving only vodka; running at extreme temperatures make it impossible to serve beverages like beer and wine.
The frozen interior, including tables, bartop and vodka glasses, is constructed entirely from ice and the floor is packed tight with freshly harvested snow. Guests are provided with specially designed fur jackets on arrival and enter the bar through an air-locked doorway to prevent cold air escaping.
As drinking at extreme temperatures is different from drinking at room temperature, guests are only allowed to remain inside for a limited period of time and are closely monitored by trained bar staff at all times.
Address :
The Forbidden City, Clarke Quay
3A Merchant’s Court, River Valley Road, #01-02
Singapore 179020
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Contact : +65 6557 6268
Operating Hours :
Sundays to Thursdays : 3.00pm-3.00am
Fridays to Saturdays & Public Holidays : 3.00pm-6.00am
