5 Good Value Boozy New Year’s Eve Deals To Ring in 2019

Loop is a month-long lifestyle festival promoting sustainability and wellness which started earlier this month on December 1 at Esplanade Park. It's capped off on December 31 with a New Year’s Eve countdown bash in an air-conditioned VIP lounge set up in the park, offering a good view of the Marina Bay fireworks. Each Standard Pass ($28 per pax) gets you two glasses of Gala 2009 Cabernet Franc/Malbec or Pagos 2014 Sauvignon Blanc supplied by Chilean wine company Pengwine, as well as a goodie bag filled with sustainable lifestyle merch like a metal straw, collapsible wine bag and $20 1925 Brewing Co voucher, all worth over $38.

If you have a squad of six pals, go for the six-pax VIP Package ($240) which gets you four bottles of 2014 Vintage ChamPengWine Chinstrap sparkling wine from PengWine, six Loop goodie bags and a snack platter with maple syrup popcorn chicken and fries by local pop-up takeaway kiosk ZeroPlusOne. And if your New Year resolution is to be more environmentally-conscious, you can also opt to drink from the re-usable stainless steel cup included in your goodie bag and get your booze (beer on tap from 1925 Brewing Co. or selected wines from PengWine) topped up with the cup at $10 per refill.

Loop Festival, Esplanade Park, Connaught Drive, S179682. 6pm-1am. Tix at https://loopcountdown.peatix.com.

Hip New York import Employees Only is offering a four-hour Free Flow Drinks Only Package ($128++ per pax) from 9pm to 1am on New Year’s Eve. Pick from their house EO prosecco, house red or white wine, Pilsner Urquell (a Czech lager), house-pour spirits and a selection of signature EO cocktails (which usually costs at least $22 a glass). A decent deal if you drink like a fish. You can’t exactly catch a good view of NYE fireworks from the Amoy Street bar, but the space is plenty hip and cosy enough for folks who don’t want to jostle with the crowd at bigger venues. If you wanna find out what 2019 holds for you, you can go for the bar’s fun signature Tarot Card Reading too. It comes with their three-course New Year’s Eve menu ($98++ per pax) along with a free glass of prosecco and grub like Oysters Rockefeller, New York Strip Steak and Butterscotch Mascarpone Cheesecake.

Employees Only Free Flow Drinks Package, 9pm-1am, 112 Amoy St, S069932. Tel: 6221-7375. www.employeesonlysg.com.

This mod Italian restaurant-bar by the folks behind Jigger & Pony is throwing a Countdown 2019 party with free-flow booze and a great view of Marina Bay’s NYE fireworks. There are five ticket tiers for this event (the priciest outdoor table seats go for $240++ per pax). But if you anticipate yourself hobnobbing or dancing all night, just spring for their Free Standing Tickets ($100++ per pax), which still gets you plenty: a round of Italian-style canapés such as Burrata Caprese, Wild Mushroom Lasagna and Slow Braised Short Rib, as well as free-flow cocktails including Classic Negroni, Watermelon Frose and Aperol Spritz, spirits like Beefeater Gin, Havana Club 3 Rum and Jameson Whiskey (you can choose to water down your drink with your choice of Coca-Cola, soda or tonic water), house red and white wines and prosecco, plus Peroni draft beer.

Caffe Fernet Countdown 2019, 8pm-2am, #01-05 Customs House, 70 Collyer Quay, S049323. Tel: 9178-1105. Tix at www.caffefernet.sg.

Got a party of five? Get a five-pax table Gold Package ($598++; that works out to $119.60++ per pax) for New Year’s Eve at this swanky oyster bar on the 45th floor in the CBD offering a front-row seat to the festive fireworks. Each table comes with two bottles of Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut champagne and a bottle of Grey Goose vodka. Not bad, considering you’re swirling on premium tipples as you enjoy the live DJ acts and high SES panoramic view.

Angie’s Oyster Bar Gold Package, 6pm till late, #45-01 Singapore Land Tower, 50 Raffles Place, S048623. Tel: 6221-9555. www.facebook.com/angiesoysterbar.

If you still want to ring in 2019 in style, head to this shindig at the JW Marriott hotel along Beach Road. Held at the Flow18 Sky Garden on the 18th floor of the hotel with a superb, unobstructed view of the Marina Bay fireworks, the Black & Gold-themed party ($188++ per pax). True, $188 ain't exactly cheap, but it includes free-flow house-pour spirits, wines and bottled beer, as well as a light supper buffet and live music entertainment.

JW Marriott Singapore South Beach Black & Gold Countdown Party, 10pm-2am, South Beach, 30 Beach Rd, S189763. Tel: 6818-1888. Tix at www.eventbrite.sg.