Tantric Bar is one of Singapore's most popular gay bars, particularly on Friday and Saturday nights, when it is packed with revellers enjoying cocktails and double-shot housepours. Thumping tunes fill the indoor bar while the open-air courtyard offers some respite. Weekdays are a more laid-back affair, attracting the after-work crowd looking to relax in the orange, red and black velvet lounge area. Upstairs, May Wong's Café offers more of the same. Tantric Bar is located in a beautifully restored heritage shophouse on Neil Road in the heart of Chinatown, opposite popular nightclub Taboo. Sister establishment Backstage Bar is nearby on Trengganu Street.