Masalaa Bar is a quirky Indian street food bar and restaurant at 723 East Coast Road, Singapore. It describes itself as more vibe than restaurant — serving fun, flashy takes on Indian street food alongside a full cocktail bar, in a space built for a lively night out rather than a quiet sit-down meal.
The menu is curated by Chef Milind Sovani, who brings 35 years of culinary experience and is credited as the mastermind behind Asia's first Indian Michelin Star restaurant. Over 18 years in Singapore's Indian culinary scene, he's built a reputation for dishes that are playful and Instagram-worthy without being expensive.
Beyond the regular food and bar menus, Masalaa Bar also runs MB House Party, a curated catering menu for private parties and events, and offers islandwide delivery for anyone wanting the menu at home. The bar is open every day from 11:30am to 10:30pm.
On East Coast Road, Masalaa Bar sets out to be more than another Indian restaurant. It calls itself a vibe first and a restaurant second — a quirky bar built around fun, flashy takes on Indian street food, paired with a full cocktail menu and a soundtrack to match.
The food and drinks come from Chef Milind Sovani, who brings 35 years of culinary experience to the menu. Over 18 years working in Singapore's Indian culinary scene, he's built a reputation for pushing Indian cuisine toward something more playful and global, credited as the mastermind behind Asia's first Indian Michelin Star restaurant along the way. At Masalaa Bar, that experience gets channelled into dishes and drinks designed to be fun and shareable rather than formal, without pushing prices out of reach.
The food menu leans into street-food energy with a twist. Martini Pao Bhaji brings a vegetable melt together with garlic crostini pao, while Pani Puri Shots — available in sober or intoxicated versions — turn a classic street snack into a playful, shareable starter built around crispy puffs and a mint water explosion.
Naanzaa, the bar's twisted take on pizza, uses a naan base topped in Dhaba Chicken, Goan Churizzos or Paneer Tikka, while the Murg Malai Tikka comes with basil pesto and a house salad for something a little more composed. For a bigger plate, the Bombay Special Sizzlers arrive in chicken or veggie versions, loaded with fries, veggies, butter rice, house sauce and a theatrical hit of smoke at the table.
The bar menu carries the same playful, India-inflected approach into cocktails. Cardamom Kaboom pairs Strangers & Sons gin with cardamom bitters and tonic, while Adraki Confetti mixes spiced rum with tamarind chutney, ginger and a blood orange sage soda for something bolder and spicier.
Mogra On The Beach keeps things lighter with Aviation gin, fresh jasmine flowers and fizz, while Saffron Royale rounds things out with vodka, triple sec, apricot and saffron, and a squeeze of lime — each drink built around an Indian ingredient reworked into a familiar cocktail format.
Beyond the regular food and bar menus, Masalaa Bar runs MB House Party, a curated catering menu built specifically for private parties, spanning chaats, kebabs, biryanis, and specialties described as 'Straight outta Maharashtra' and 'Major Malwani.' It's aimed at groups wanting the Masalaa Bar experience brought to their own event rather than a sit-down restaurant visit.
For those who'd rather stay in, islandwide delivery is also available, so the food and drink menu isn't limited to a visit to East Coast Road itself.
Masalaa Bar is open every day from 11:30am to 10:30pm, giving a long window that covers lunch, dinner and late-evening drinks in the same stretch. Tables can be booked online ahead of a visit, which is worth doing given the bar's emphasis on atmosphere and its popularity for group outings.
For anyone in the East Coast area looking for something livelier than a standard Indian restaurant — with food and drinks built around a sense of fun rather than formality — Masalaa Bar offers a distinct, high-energy alternative worth trying at least once.