The Bar @ FairPrice Xtra bills itself as the first cocktail bar in a supermarket — and you'll find it exactly where that promises, nestled inside the FairPrice Xtra hypermarket at #03-28 Parkway Parade on Marine Parade Road. The idea is simple and charming: slip in some social time in between (or instead of) your shopping, with a proper drink in hand.
The drinks list leans sociable. The in-house specialty, The FairPrice Fizz Tipple, is the one to try, alongside other cocktails mixed from in-store ingredients — a playful nod to the shelves just a few steps away. Beyond cocktails, you can slurp on wines, highballs and draft beers, with finger food, cheese platters and fresh oysters to keep them company.
The Bar is one of several F&B counters within FairPrice Xtra Parkway Parade. Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee brews at least 20 different origins of specialty coffee from Africa, Asia, South and Central America, Ban Tong Seafood serves local zi-char favourites helmed by Chef Issac with its Pick, Cook, Enjoy service, Kai Japanese Sushi covers everything from sushi to agemono, and House Of Bakers bakes breads, viennoiseries and pastries — making the store an easy one-stop day out in Marine Parade.
Pull a trolley down one aisle and a stool up to another: at FairPrice Xtra Parkway Parade, the grocery run and drinks hour share the same floor. Tucked inside the hypermarket at #03-28 Parkway Parade on Marine Parade Road, The Bar bills itself as the first cocktail bar in a supermarket — a spot where you can slip in a little social time in between (or instead of) pushing a cart around the aisles.
The idea is delightfully simple. Shoppers are used to picking up a coffee or a snack while they shop; The Bar extends that logic to proper drinks. The counter pours an in-house specialty, The FairPrice Fizz Tipple, alongside other cocktails mixed from in-store ingredients — a wink at the shelves just a few steps away. If you'd rather keep it classic, there are wines, highballs and draft beers to settle into. Highballs in particular suit the format — easy, tall and unfussy — while the wines and draft beers cover the usual camp.
Start with the house pour. The FairPrice Fizz Tipple is the drink the bar is known for, and ordering one feels like the right way to christen a visit to a bar that lives inside a supermarket. The cocktails built from in-store ingredients are the other conversation piece — part drink, part novelty, entirely fitting for the setting.
The food list is short and sociable rather than fussy: fresh oysters, cheese platters and finger food. It's grazing food designed to stretch a drink into an hour, whether you're winding down after a big shop or meeting a friend who's still deciding between two brands of crackers.
What makes The Bar especially fun is its company. FairPrice Xtra Parkway Parade has gathered a small line-up of F&B counters around it, and the store pitches the combination as a full day out: sip a yummy local coffee brew, grab some delicious classic pastries, fill your tummy with fresh dishes and tze char choices, get your dose of Japanese goodies, then chill out with delightful drinks at the bar.
That coffee comes from Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee, which brews at least 20 different origins from Africa, Asia, and South and Central America. The tze char comes from Ban Tong Seafood, helmed by Chef Issac, a former chef at Asian Food Network — its launch highlights were the Har Cheong Kai Burger and Chilli Soft Shell Crab, and its Pick, Cook, Enjoy service lets you pick out fresh ingredients, have them cooked to your zi-char preference, then dine in once it's ready. Kai Japanese Sushi covers the Japanese cravings with sushi, oden, yakitori, yakimono and agemono dishes. And House Of Bakers turns out bread bakes, viennoiseries, pastries and other unique snacks, including products from Europastry with its deep Spanish heritage and roots in traditional bakery.
In practice, a visit tends to unfold like the store's own day-out script. You arrive for groceries, detour for a specialty coffee or a bag of pastries, maybe line up a plate of zi char, and finish with an oyster in one hand and a Fizz Tipple in the other. There's no need to dress for the occasion — the dress code is whichever aisle you came from.
Because everything sits inside a working hypermarket in a busy shopping centre, expect a come-as-you-are crowd: shoppers with baskets, friends catching up, households doing the weekly restock. The Bar's charm is precisely that it doesn't stand on ceremony — you're having a proper cocktail ten steps from the rice cookers.
The Bar @ FairPrice Xtra is at #03-28 Parkway Parade, 80 Marine Parade Road, Singapore 449269, on the third level of the Parkway Parade shopping centre in Marine Parade. Check in-store signage or the FairPrice Xtra Parkway Parade page for the latest details before you go, and if you're a FairPrice regular, the FairPrice Group app is where you can redeem rewards while you're in-store. Come thirsty, come curious, and don't leave without trying the house fizz.