Pinstripe Bar is built around exactly that kind of evening. As Ubud’s most considered cocktail bar, it is the home of signature cocktails that reward patience, curiosity, and the willingness to sit with something a little longer than you normally would. Set within the five-star Viceroy Bali, surrounded by rice fields and the sounds of the jungle, this is a place that already knows how to slow you down before the first drink arrives. What follows is simply the reason to stay.
What Makes Signature Cocktails in Ubud Worth Savouring
Most bars in Ubud are easy to enter and exit. Pinstripe is different. It is the cocktail bar Ubud visitors tend to linger in, not because they have nowhere else to be, but because the experience makes staying there feel like the obvious choice.
The signature cocktails here are tied to Ubud’s past, to the artists, writers, and adventurers who arrived in Bali during the 1930s and found a place that slowed them down in the best possible way. Each drink in the collection carries that same quality. It does not demand your attention. It earns it gradually, as anything made with genuine care tends to do.
The Clairvoyant Cocktail Menu and The Art Of Slowing Down
The Clairvoyant cocktail menu does not try to overwhelm you. It invites you in. It is an illustrated menu as much as a drinks list, and it asks the guest to look a little closer before deciding, to read the story behind each drink. That is not a common thing to find in a bar. At Pinstripe, it is the whole point.
The name comes from the idea of seeing past the obvious, of finding something unexpected within an ingredient, a moment, or a place. The menu draws on Ubud’s history as a meeting point for the world’s creative community. During the 1930s, painters, performers, and writers came from Europe and the Americas, drawn by the island’s open spirit and unhurried pace. Our head mixologist carries that same quality into every drink, building flavour profiles that reveal themselves slowly and stay with you long after the glass is empty.
Stepping Back Into The 1930s One Sip at a Time
The 1930s understood something about drinking that has largely been forgotten. It was not something you rushed. It was something you settled into. Prohibition had driven creativity underground, and what emerged from those hidden rooms was a culture built entirely around quality, intention, and the pleasure of taking your time. That culture is the foundation of everything at Pinstripe.
The Sophistication Of a 1930s Cocktail Bar Atmosphere
Walk into Pinstripe and the pace shifts immediately. Eight metres of Carrara marble run across the bar top. Dark wood panelling meets Art Deco detailing. Warm light falls across leather seating, and vintage gramophones sit in the corners as though the music has always been playing. The room was designed to make you feel that nothing outside it is particularly urgent, and it does so very well.
The 1930s cocktails that inspired this space were not made to be consumed quickly. They were built to be savoured, and Pinstripe honours that in everything from the choice of glassware to the pace at which a drink is prepared and set in front of you.
Mastering The Craft Of 1930s-Inspired Cocktails With a Modern Twist
The 1930s-inspired cocktails at Pinstripe are not replicas. They are conversations with the past. Each recipe begins with deep respect for the original, then asks what becomes possible when Balinese botanicals, fat-washing techniques, and locally sourced ingredients enter the process. The Solera Aged Negroni is the clearest example of this. The familiar structure of the classic is kept entirely intact, but barrel ageing adds a depth and smoothness that only time can produce. It is a drink that asks you to sit with it. Most guests find that is exactly what they want to do.
The Signature Cocktails at Pinstripe Bar Ubud Are Worth Lingering Over
The best way to approach the menu at Pinstripe is without a plan. The signature cocktails Ubud guests remember most are rarely the ones they ordered first. The collection is designed to be explored across an evening, not decided at a glance.
Highlights from The Signature Cocktails Collection
The Clairvoyant cocktail pours deep and gives very little away at first glance. Built from Koch Elemental Mezcal, Fino Sherry, Beetroot, Paprika, Peanut Butter, and Watermelon, it is named after Covarrubias himself, the man known for seeing what others could not. The smoky depth of the mezcal meets the earthiness of beetroot and the quiet richness of peanut butter in a way that feels entirely deliberate. It is the kind of drink you need to sit with before you fully understand it, and it is widely considered the best signature cocktail on the menu by those who give it the attention it deserves.
The Jack and Rose, winner of the Campari 2019 Indonesia competition, takes a completely different direction. Jackfruit Cognac meets Coco Pandan Campari, Rose, and Prosecco in a drink that is bright, elegant, and unmistakably Balinese in character. The Harlem cocktail honours the cultural explosion of 1920s New York with Tanqueray No. TEN, Amaretto Disaronno, Passion Fruit, Sesame Cream, Pandan, Miso, Albumin, and Soda. Rich, layered, and alive with the energy of that era.
Balancing Balinese Botanicals With Global Spirits
The local ingredients at Pinstripe are not there to make the menu feel Balinese. They are there because they make the drinks better. Our bar team works directly with the kitchen garden and draws from the same produce used by the neighbouring Apéritif Restaurant, one of the most respected dining venues in Southeast Asia. Tamarind, butterfly pea flower, jackfruit, and pandan each bring something to a drink that no imported ingredient can replicate. The result is a collection of cocktails that feel grounded in this specific place, without ever making that the point of every sip.
Behind The Scenes On How to Create a Signature Cocktail
A signature cocktail at this level does not start with a recipe. At Pinstripe, it starts with a person. Every drink on the signature cocktail menu is built around a figure from the world of Covarrubias: a gangster, a dancer, a composer, a prince. Each character sets the direction for everything that follows, from the choice of spirits to the final balance in the glass.
Peanut butter appears in The Clairvoyant cocktail not because it is fashionable but because the drink honours Covarrubias himself, a man known for his ability to see beneath the surface of things and capture what others missed. The ingredients, Koch Elemental Mezcal, Fino Sherry, Beetroot, Paprika, Peanut Butter, and Watermelon, are chosen to reflect that quality: layers that reveal themselves slowly, a depth that builds the longer you stay with it. Every cocktail on the signature cocktail menu has been built this way, from one clear idea about a person to a finished drink worth savouring.
Elevating Your Evening at Our Cocktail Bar Ubud
Pinstripe Bar is open daily from 4 PM until 11:30 PM. It suits an early evening well, when the light is still fading over the rice fields, and the first drink of the night deserves careful selection. Booking ahead is recommended, especially on Fridays when live jazz and neo-soul fill the room with exactly the kind of atmosphere the 1930s would have recognised. Tables can be reserved for drinks only, with no need to order food, though the sharing plates from the Apéritif kitchen make a strong case for staying longer.
The cocktail masterclass is available for small groups and covers the techniques behind the collection, from a walk through the kitchen garden to a hands-on look at the infusion and fat-washing methods that give each drink its character. It is the most complete way to understand what this cocktail bar in Ubud is really about. Some evenings are worth slowing down for. Book your table at Pinstripe Bar today and let the signature cocktails and The Clairvoyant show you exactly what that means.
