SINGAPORE – Rooftop bar Loof in Odeon Towers will be closing on Feb 27 next year because the building in North Bridge Road is slated to undergo renovations. But this does not mean goodbye as The Lo & Behold Group is looking for a new location.
Loof – a play on the word “roof” – was part of a wave of bars that popped up in 2005 after the Urban Redevelopment Authority introduced incentives to encourage the use of building and hotel rooftops for commercial purposes in September 2004.
It has clinched several accolades over the years, including the Customer Service Excellence for Nightspots at the Singapore Tourism Awards in 2019.
Ms Charmaine Seah-Ong, 38, remembers going for its opening party in November 2005. The marketing director at a creative agency recalls that it “had a great energy to it” and knew that it was a place she and her friends would return to often. She enjoys the alfresco rooftop bar’s “laid-back, unpretentious vibe” and is planning to visit again before Loof…