Neon Pigeon is a lively modern Japanese izakaya on Carpenter Street, pairing shareable dishes shaped by Japanese techniques and global influences with cocktails built around shochu, sake, yuzu and umeshu.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-20
Plan Your Visit
36 Carpenter St, #01-01, Singapore 059915
- Style
- Modern Japanese izakaya and cocktail barChecked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Hours
- Daily 5:30pm–midnight.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Booking
- Reservations for dinner and drinks are available every evening through the owner-linked SevenRooms route. Groups, private events and full-venue bookings use a separate owner enquiry route.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Prices
- The owner-linked April 2026 drinks menu lists signature cocktails including Ice Ice Baby at S$23, Japanese Drifter at S$24 and Enzoni Negroni at S$25; listed signatures range from S$23 to S$26.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Menu
- The owner publishes current food and drinks menus covering modern izakaya sharing plates, cocktails and Japanese spirits.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
24.8 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 67.5
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- 24.4
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Serious press
- 11.8
- Social Vibes
- 60.2
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
86/ 100
The historical score and confidence have not been reassessed by this source check.
Score context
The stored read describes a lively Carpenter Street izakaya with Japanese-leaning cocktails and sharing plates. Its citations include a venue interview and an unavailable editorial page; they do not establish a customer survey.
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Guest score details
Highlights in the earlier read
- bold Japanese-leaning cocktails
- highball programme
- izakaya sharing plates
- lively after-dark room
Cautions in the earlier read
- Clarke Quay-adjacent energy
- some plates uneven
- not a quiet listening bar
The stored excerpt could not be independently verified as an attributable passage from the readable source text at this check. The original evidence remains preserved.
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- silverkris.singaporeair.compress
The SilverKris article could not be read at this check; its stored quotation and date remain unverified. The stored 8 May 2026 date could not be authenticated because the SilverKris body was unavailable. No publication or visit date is established here.
Other cited sources
- spiriteddrinks.compress · 9 July 2025
Spirited Drinks publishes a venue interview. The cited praise for Japanese Drifter is the venue’s own statement, not a customer review. The page displays 9 July 2025 as publication date. The quoted Japanese Drifter praise is a venue interview answer; interview and visit dates are not given.
Crowd signal
Google 4.4★ across 1,087 reviews.
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Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Top 500 Bars
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.
No recorded regional recognition in the scored window.