Sentosa gets four new nightspots
Work the tables, shop, dine and then party at Sentosa Resort World's FestiveWalk from April
By cara van miriah
Among the first to open is Big Easy (left), a 185 sq m bar and restaurant. The New Orleans-styled jazz venue is the first of its kind in Singapore. -- PHOTOS: BIG EASY, LIFEBRANDZ
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You have played the poker machines, gone shopping, had a sumptuous dinner, and now you want to know: Where is the party?
From April, four nightspots will add to the after-hours buzz at Resorts World Sentosa's (RWS's)entertainment strip FestiveWalk.
The 500m stretch is lined with retail shops, food and beverage outlets and restaurants helmed by celebrity chefs.
Partygoers will have a choice of four diverse venues - Hard Rock Cafe, Mulligan's Irish Pub, Big Easy New Orleans Cajun Bar and Restaurant and a yet-to-be-named dance club - to keep them entertained. They will feature live music with genres ranging from jazz and pop to rock and R&B.
Among the first to open in early April is Big Easy, a 185 sq m jazz bar and restaurant.
Set up at a cost of $800,000, the New Orleansstyled jazz venue - the first of its kind in Singapore - will be operated by Britons Adrian Houghton and Colin Chamberlain.
The two also run TurnStyles Sports Bar Cafe in Circular Road and Holland Village. Big Easy will feature local and foreign jazz acts every night.
Mr Houghton, 37, tells Life!: "The resort will attract a cosmopolitan crowd and that was why we came up with an American-themed concept. We want to draw tourists, Singaporeans and the expat community to a venue that features jazz music and serves a wide variety of seafood."
And a $1.5-million nightspot, which will be the resort's only dance club, is coming courtesy of nightlife chain St James Holdings, which runs St James Power Station entertainment complex in HarbourFront.
The 464 sq m dance club will feature an international cast of deejays, dancers and musicians, with 10 different entertainers performing every week.
The venue will also see musicians performing alongside deejays during live music sets.
It is expected to open by the end of May after a 10-week fit-out and it is the group's 17th outlet.
Says St James' chief executive officer Dennis Foo, 57: "Our strategy is to have a presence in all lifestyle destinations such as Resorts World Sentosa. As the resort will draw different profiles of visitors, the dance club will have an international appeal."
Operators are banking on the influx of tourists which RWS hopes to draw - its target is 13 million visitors this year.
Mr Noel Hawkes, RWS's vice-president (resort operations), notes: "Entertainment is a key component of the Resorts World Sentosa experience. At the heart of the hustle and bustle of RWS is Festive-Walk, which will see a variety of bars, clubs, celebrity restaurants and eateries."
Local nightlife chain LifeBrandz will set up its second Mulligan's Irish Pub at the resort. By mid-April, the 100-seater Hard Rock Cafe will welcome guests and it will be the third outlet in Singapore.
Its other outlets are at Cuscaden Road and Changi Airport T3. They are operated by HPL Hotels & Resorts, the main franchise owner of the Hard Rock brand in Asia, excluding Japan and India.
The good news for partygoers: Entry to the upcoming nightspots along FestiveWalk is free.
Ms Clarissa Lim, 30, an executive secretary, says: "It gives people more reason to check out the nightlife and hot spots in FestiveWalk."
caravm@sph.com.sg
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