Tapas Bar Near Me in Raffles Place: Vino Tinto at One Raffles Quay

Vino Tinto opens only on weekdays. It sits at #01-10 in the South Tower lobby of One Raffles Quay, serves lunch from 11:30am to 2pm, and switches to an after-work menu at 5:30pm, when 11 tapas and seven drinks cost $9.90 each. For anyone in the CBD typing tapas bar near me at 5pm on a Thursday, this is the closest thing to a Spanish bar that is already inside the office tower next door.

The bar belongs to chefs Daniel and Tamara Chavez, the couple behind Tinto and Canchita in Dempsey and Tomatillo at Esplanade. Time Out Singapore reported in January 2025 that they were opening this 40-seat room on 13 January, describing it as a cosy tapas and wine bar for the financial district. Several dishes came across from Tinto, including the gambas al ajillo, the paellas and the fideuás, while the bocatas and toasts were new.

The name simply means red wine in Spanish, and the website says the project is about Spanish food, wine and culture. It also claims the biggest Spanish wine selection in the Singapore financial district, which is the bar's own boast rather than an audited fact. The list is very nearly all Spanish; the one obvious exception is a French Champagne, Telmont Reserve Brut, at $150 a bottle.

The after-work menu dated May 2026 is the main reason people come. From 5:30pm every plate on it costs $9.90: anchovies on pan con tomate, mini patatas bravas, chorizo and Manchego toasts with honey, fried calamari with lemon aioli, a mini bikini ham and cheese sandwich, crispy fish bites with honey balsamic sauce, and a plate of green olives with Spanish cheese.

Drinks on the same deal are also $9.90 a glass: sparkling, white or red wine, a pint of Estrella Galicia, a gin and tonic, a whisky highball or red sangria. The website has also advertised a $5 price for the first tapa and the first drink of the night. Every price on the menus is in Singapore dollars and carries a 10% service charge and 9% GST on top, so budget roughly a fifth more than the printed figure.

On the regular menu the cheapest way in is pan con tomate, four pieces of crystal bread rubbed with crushed tomato and garlic oil for $9, or Marcona almonds with Maldon salt for $7. The Tostas Ramona at $24 are the house signature: four toasts topped with Spanish anchovies, burrata, crushed tomatoes and dried figs. The Tinto Bikini, a Manchego, Serrano ham and truffle aioli sandwich, is $18.

From the fried section, fish croquettes and mushroom croquettes are $12 for three, berenjenas, which are crispy eggplant with garlic aioli and truffled honey, are $16, and fried calamari with squid ink mayo is $18. Pescaditos, crisp baby smelt with Catalan romesco and garlic aioli, are $22. A Spanish cheese platter of Manchego, Idiazabal, Murcia al Vino and Romero with homemade jam is $18.

Paellas start at $28 for the chicken version with artichokes, zucchini and green beans. The seafood paella de mariscos with prawns, clams, calamari and fish is $32, octopus and chorizo with chickpeas is $34, and the squid ink black rice with grilled carabinero prawns is $42. These are the plates that turn an after-work drink into dinner, so order one early if the group is staying past 7pm.

The fideuá, short noodles cooked like paella, was the dish HungryGoWhere's June 2026 review told readers to try. The fideuá negra with squid ink sauce, crispy calamari and piquillo pepper aioli is $32, and there are two vegetarian versions at $28, one with mushrooms and chestnuts and one with asparagus and broccoli. Mains include a charcoal-grilled wagyu ribeye at marbling score 5 for $42, and every dessert, from churros to Basque cheesecake, is $15.

By the glass, the Mas Sardana cava is $16, a Mencía from Algueira in Ribeira Sacra is $16, an Albariño from Val de Meigas is $18 and a Muga Reserva Rioja is $22. Bottles of the same run from $78 to $108. Further down the list are serious bottles for client dinners, such as Pintia 2018 at $245 and La Rioja Alta 904 Gran Reserva 2011 at $268.

The cocktails show the Chavez couple's Peruvian side. A pisco sour, a Chilcano with ginger beer and a house gin and tonic are $22 each. Red sangria is made with red wine, pisco and vermouth and costs $18 a glass or $88 a jug; the white version uses gin and banana liqueur. Estrella Galicia on draught is $12 for a half and $15 for a pint.

The bar only opens Monday to Friday, so it is useless for a Saturday plan. The website's FAQ lists lunch from 11:30am to 2pm and dinner from 6pm to 9:30pm, while the after-work menu starts at 5:30pm. Bookings go through SevenRooms, where tables in the atrium seating were open for the week of 20 October 2026. The site says there is no charge for cancelling and that reservations can be moved.

The busiest window is straight after office hours, when the after-work crowd fills the lobby seats. Arriving at 5:30pm gets you the full happy-hour list and a choice of table. If every seat is gone, Lau Pa Sat on Raffles Quay is a few minutes away on foot, and its Boon Tat Street satay stalls start grilling in the evening, which makes an easy backup.

Do not expect a dark Madrid tavern. Vino Tinto is set into a corner of the lobby of an office tower, and SevenRooms lists its tables as atrium indoor seating. The website pitches lunch at executives, with a business set of four courses: two tapas, a main and a dessert, served Monday to Friday, with vegetarian options.

HungryGoWhere called it a cosy bar popular with the after-work crowd, and the website also sells it for corporate events, so expect office groups at the long tables and colleagues splitting a paella before the train home. Vegetarians are well covered: there is a separate menu with the crispy eggplant, the mushroom croquettes and saffron paellas, and the staff can point out vegan dishes on request.

The Iberico ham platter at $28 for 40 grams is the weakest value on the menu. During the after-work hours the toasts with grilled mushrooms, Iberico ham and truffle mayo give you the same ham for $9.90, so save the full platter for a lunch when the deal is not running.

One Raffles Quay is a short walk from Raffles Place MRT on the East-West and North-South lines and from Downtown station. After dinner, walk ten minutes toward the bay for the Marina Bay waterfront, where the skyline and the lights of Marina Bay Sands are directly across the water, or head the other way to the Victorian cast-iron market hall of Lau Pa Sat for a plate of satay.

Address: #01-10, One Raffles Quay South Tower, 1 Raffles Quay, Singapore 048583. Email: info@vinotinto.sg. Open Monday to Friday only; closed on weekends. Prices are in Singapore dollars, plus 10% service charge and 9% GST. Bookings through SevenRooms or by phone, with no cancellation fee. Delivery is offered through the Oddle ordering page linked from the website.