Worth it for / Skip if
Worth it for — knowing the bill before you go — the venue publishes S$9 to S$28 across the individual items on record; arriving by train — the record puts it 4 minutes on foot from Dhoby Ghaut MRT.
Every clause above is drawn from a named field in this venue's record — a published price, a booking route, the verified hours — and nothing else.
What it costs
The venue publishes S$9 to S$28 across the 23 individual menu items in this selection. Prices are listed before 10% service charge and 9% GST, so the all-in column applies both, in that order, and rounds to the nearest five dollars.
Subject to service charge and GST.
Confirm the current price with the venue when you book. Forkin publishes prices only where a dated public source carries them, and flags it when sources disagree. Source: BAR KAP official food menu PDF · BAR KAP official cocktail menu PDF. Last checked 11 August 2026.
How to get a seat
No online booking channel is on record for this venue. The verified hours below are the only seating information held; treat it as walk-in unless the venue says otherwise.
What to expect
- Menu — The venue’s own published menu is on record — 23 items, with prices.
- Getting there — Dhoby Ghaut MRT, 4 minutes on foot · The House of Tan Yeok Nee, 101 Penang Road, Singapore 238466.
- Dietary requests, dress code and group size — not on record. Ask when you call ahead.
The longer version
Bar Kap is a cocktail bar set inside the House of Tan Yeok Nee — the last of Singapore's Four Grand Mansions — with a drinks program built around the building's Teochew heritage. It sits adjacent to Jing Studio teahouse near Dhoby Ghaut.
Signature dishes
No dish is named for this venue in any source on record. Dishes are listed here only where an official source names them, so none are guessed from menus or reviews.
Opening hours
| Monday | 5pm–12am |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 5pm–12am |
| Wednesday | 5pm–12am |
| Thursday | 5pm–12am |
| Friday | 5pm–12am |
| Saturday | 5pm–12am |
| Sunday | 5pm–12am |
Hours can change at short notice, especially on public holidays — confirm with the venue before travelling. Source: BAR KAP official website, visit page. Last checked 11 August 2026.
If not this, then
Assessed Cocktail Bar listings from Forkin's own directory — cuisine first, never geography alone.
- Same tier — Your Mother's House · WORTH A LOOK · Keong Saik
- A different call — Scarpetta · FORKIN WORTH IT · Telok Ayer · Telok Ayer MRT
- Also on record — Bar Middle · WORTH A LOOK · Hongkong Street · Clarke Quay MRT
Inside Bar Kap
No rights-cleared photograph of this venue is on record. Forkin publishes a photograph only where provenance and permitted use are recorded against the file, and never republishes an image from a review, a social post or a search result.
Official Instagram
No official Instagram account is on record for this venue yet.
Common questions
How much is Bar Kap?
The items on record run S$9 to S$28, as published by the venue. With 10% service charge and 9% GST those become roughly S$10 to S$35 per item. Drinks are extra unless the venue states otherwise. Prices last checked 11 August 2026.
When is Bar Kap open?
Monday 5pm–12am; Tuesday 5pm–12am; Wednesday 5pm–12am; Thursday 5pm–12am; Friday 5pm–12am; Saturday 5pm–12am; Sunday 5pm–12am. Source: BAR KAP official website, visit page, last checked 11 August 2026.
At a glance
Dhoby GhautThe House of Tan Yeok Nee, 101 Penang Road, Singapore 238466
Dhoby Ghaut MRT, 4 min
Daily5pm–12am
Opened June 2026
Last verified 22 July 2026
How this was assessed
This listing was assessed by the Forkin editorial desk from 2 linked substantive sources, at confidence moderate, last assessed 13 October 2026. The full scoring breakdown and every source is below.
Sourced from The Ranting Panda. One source in total.
Why Bar Kap scores 7.8
WORTH A LOOK · band 7.0–8.4 (base 7.5)
The Forkin Evidence Score is a transparent calibration of the published evidence behind this venue's editorial stamp — not a personal dining rating, and never derived from Google data. It starts from the stamp's base value, applies the five evidence adjustments below, then clamps the result inside the stamp's band.
- Source consensusmoderate+0.05two independent attributable sources or some disagreement
- Critic calibreestablished+0.05established editorial food/lifestyle publication backing
- Praise specificityhigh+0.10multiple concrete dish/experience signals and supporting guide detail
- Consistencymoderate0.00generally favourable without a strong unanimity signal
- Evidence recencycurrent+0.05newest assessment, publication, or verification is 2025 onward
Scores are rounded to one decimal place and are only published for venues carrying an evidence-backed editorial stamp. Full rubric: Forkin Evidence Score methodology.
Editorial stamp
WORTH A LOOK
Confidence: moderateForkin desk assessment of attributable public coverage — not a personal dining review.
Time Out and Honeycombers independently describe bouncy, umami-rich Mee Kapitan and enjoyable cocktails at Bar Kap. Both want crisper tempeh and a stronger pandan presence; Time Out also reports inconsistent pork jowl. The resulting assessment is favourable but qualified, not a top-band consensus. Forkin has not personally reviewed the venue.
What public coverage says
Time Out and Honeycombers independently describe bouncy, umami-rich Mee Kapitan and enjoyable cocktails at Bar Kap. Both want crisper tempeh and a stronger pandan presence; Time Out also reports inconsistent pork jowl. The resulting assessment is favourable but qualified, not a top-band consensus. Forkin has not personally reviewed the venue.
Last assessed 13 October 2026 · 2 linked substantive sources
Linked evidence
Time Out Singapore · 26 June 2026Honeycombers Singapore · 22 July 2026MiddleClass.sg · 1 June 2026 · contextSpirited Asia · 2 June 2026 · contextThe Ranting Panda · 12 June 2026 · contextCaveat: No real prior Bar Kap hold in supplied history. Jing Studio held assessment is a different concept at same building and cannot be transferred. Time Out and Honeycombers are proposed reasonably independent editorial evidence based on attributable firsthand critical text, ownership separation and absence of article-specific commercial label; absence of disclosure does not prove payment. Boothby and DestinAsian were fetched but not used or assessed; do not claim their evidence counted. No numeric Forkin score calculated or publishing action performed. No source-specific self-payment confirmation was found for counted articles. No article-specific hosted or paid label was found in the captured bodies; this absence is not proof of self-payment. Two separately owned established publishers are counted; hosted MiddleClass coverage and unresolved Spirited Asia/The Ranting Panda coverage remain context only.
How these stamps work · They are non-numerical and separate from Google Maps information.
Full source log
This opening record is backed by the following public sources:
The Ranting Panda · 2026-07-01Facts, opening hours and social profiles can change. Confirm current details directly with the venue before visiting. Record last verified 22 July 2026.