
Brooklyn Bar on Ann Siang Road serves beef birria tacos for $21: beef slow-cooked for eight hours, pan-fried in the tortilla and served with a cup of consommé to dip. It is the food item reviewers mention most.
Birria is a Mexican braise. The tortilla gets fried in the fat off the stew, then filled with the meat, and the leftover broth comes on the side as a dip. Messy by design.
Brooklyn Bar's version uses beef marinated in chillies and spices and cooked for eight hours, pan-fried until crisp, topped with cilantro and served with grilled lime. The menu literally warns you they are messy. Get napkins early.
For a bar plate, yes. You get three tacos plus the consommé, and one reviewer liked the dip enough to call it amazing. It is a sharing plate for two with drinks, or dinner for one.
Pair it with a cocktail from the cocktail menu. The Maracuya Mistress, with passionfruit and lime, sits nicely next to rich beef.
Same price, $21, very different plate. Beer-battered fish in a pan-seared tortilla with melted cheese, jalapeño aioli, spicy crema and pickled red peppers.
Can't choose? Get one of each for two people. That is $42 of tacos and a proper dinner, before drinks. The rest of the food is in our Brooklyn Bar food guide.
The bar opens at 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday, at 14 Ann Siang Road. Tacos and a drink straight after work on a Tuesday or Wednesday catch the Eventful Tables deal: Tue and Wed, 5pm to 8pm: 10% off food and drinks. Only 10 bookings per timing.
It is a bar first, so this is not a lunch spot. Brooklyn Bar serves alcohol, and in Singapore you must be 18 or older to buy or drink it. Bring ID. Book on Brooklyn Bar on Eventful Tables.
· Ask for extra napkins when the tacos land. The consommé drips.
· One beef and one fish plate for two is the best way to try both.
· The bar opens at 5pm and is closed Sunday and Monday.
Brooklyn Bar at 14 Ann Siang Road serves beef birria tacos with consommé for $21.
Three, served with a side of birria consommé and grilled lime.
No. Brooklyn Bar is not halal.
It is a cocktail bar open from 5pm, and alcohol is only served to people 18 and above. Check with the bar before bringing under-18s.