This Rooftop Oasis In Singapore Is Hiding Some Fun And Wonderful Experiences Among The Clouds · The Sundowner
The Sundowner in Singapore’s hip Siglap district is a sky-high paradise of experiences fit for couples, friends and families.
If you’re looking for an urban oasis, a refuge from the busy and bustling streets of Singapore, then all you need to do is look up and find The Sundowner. An Urban Farm and nature-based Experience Centre that’s perched atop a conserved shophouse in the Siglap restaurant belt, the rooftop retreat runs a variety of workshops and private experiences for you to rest, relax and find repose.
From private movie sessions high above the city streets to cocktail-making experiences in the only desert-themed bar in Singapore, there’s an experience at The Sundowner to educate, entertain and excite everyone.
Take a look below to find out what you can do at The Sundowner in Singapore.
1. Private Movie Session
Skip movie night at home and take a trip to The Sundowner for film night under the stars.
The Sundowner rooftop lounge, resembling an Australian vineyard, or the Nomad’s Tent can both be completely booked out for a private movie night for just you and your favourite people.
All you need to do is choose the movie you want to watch (take it with you on your laptop), bring snacks and get comfortable. Your ticket includes drinks from the bar, access to the BBQ pit in case the temperatures dip just as they do out in the desert, and all dining utensils necessary.
The film will be played on the big-screen projector and the sound through a Sonos speaker system but don’t forget to experience the wonders of the sun setting below the horizon and its fabulous display of colours.
Private Movie Sessions can be booked for 2-5 people on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Watch a rooftop movie in Singapore at The Sundowner.
2. Terrarium Building Workshop
Lack of space should be no excuse for building your own garden because The Sundowner is here to help and inspire you with its very own Terrarium Building Workshop.
Using unique globe terrariums that nobody else has, you’ll get to design and build your own mini bioactive garden on the rooftop to take home. But before you get that far, you’ll first get to learn all there is to know about terrariums and what makes them so special.
From understanding the soil and the microorganisms inside to the tips and tricks to make your own terrarium flourish, you’ll be a professional by the time the 90-minute workshop is over.
Everything you need will be provided for you including a range of plants and decor to choose from to design your own unique tiny green universe.
Terrarium Building Workshops can be booked for 2-4 people on Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Design and build your own Terrarium on The Sundowner rooftop.
3. Rooftop Farm Experience
Farmland is hard to come by in Singapore, which is why The Sundowner’s urban farm is paradise and its Rooftop Farm Experience a treasure to us city-slickers.
The Rooftop Farm Experience at The Sundowner is actually what kickstarted it all and on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays you can experience the best that a city rooftop farm has to offer, including organic farming, bee encounters and farm-to-table tastings.
From the bio-active soil to the fruits and plants as well as the role that The Sundowner’s rescued bees play, you’ll learn all the fundamentals of organic gardening from a master gardener in the two-hour experience perfect for couples.
You might even get time to cuddle the free-roaming Silkie chickens, Casper, Snow and Ghost after tucking into some honey, leaves and fruits as well as sipping on the cocktails you’ve garnished.
Find out what a Rooftop Farm is all about at The Sundowner.
4. Desert Cocktail Making Experience
The Sundowner takes its name from the usually alcoholic drink one consumes at the end of the day when out on safari. As the sun sets below the sand dunes or the horizon, you get together with a drink in hand and watch the colours unfold while you rest your weary legs.
It’s only right, then, that The Sundowner is home to Singapore’s only desert-themed bar, the Nomad’s Tent, which is where the Desert Cocktail Making Experience takes place.
Inspired by the oasis of Ksar Ghilane, Tunisia, the bar features a real sand floor, mood lighting and bar table with water running through it. With your toes in the sand and guidance from The Sundowner’s bartenders, you’ll create three classic cocktails featuring desert and/or Mediterranean-based garnishing.
And then, with a cocktail in hand, you’ll step out onto the rooftop and drink up as the sun goes down on another glorious day.
Create cocktails at The Sundowner for two or three people.
5. Pizza Making Experience
It’s pizza time at The Sundowner, who have built their very own DIY pizza oven on the rooftop.
During the Pizza Making Experience on the rooftop, not only will you get to make your own pizza by hand—including preparing the ingredients, building a base sauce, stretching and shaping the dough—but you will also have to raise the fire to 500º yourself.
Everything will be provided for you, from the dough to the toppings and the firewood as well for a pizza-making experience unlike any other in Singapore. Then watch your pizza turn golden in the oven before scooping it out and digging in. Yummy!
Dinner is served at The Sundowner with this Pizza Making Experience.
6. Paper Marbling with Studio Marbleous
Paper marbling is a tradition that dates back to Venice and the 15th Century, but which you can now experience yourself on the rooftop at The Sundowner.
Thanks to Studio Marbleous, you’ll get to produce patterns similar to smooth marble on paper with a kaleidoscopic range of colours. Design your own with all the tools and equipment you’ll need to create a work of art that you can keep for yourself or gift as a framed art piece.
Paper Marbling with Studio Marbleous is a great time out on the rooftop for all creative groups of friends and kids as well.
Create your own beautiful aqueous designs with this Paper Marbling Workshop.
The Sundowner Experiences
Terrarium Building Workshop at The Sundowner Rooftop
May 27, 2022 3:30 PM
From SGD250.00
Rooftop Farm Experience at The Sundowner
May 27, 2022 5:00 PM
From SGD85.00
Private Movie Session at The Sundowner: Rooftop Lounge or The Nomad's Tent
May 27, 2022 7:30 PM
From SGD350.00
Paper Marbling at Studio Marbleous
May 28, 2022 2:30 PM
From SGD65.00
Desert Cocktail Making Experience at The Nomad's Tent
Pizza Making Experience at The Secret Pizza Club
June 3, 2022 5:00 PM
From SGD95.00