This is more than a new bottle shop or bar. The project is being positioned as a riverfront hospitality and cultural venue inside one of Singapore’s most distinctive conserved waterfront buildings. For residents, the opening adds another destination to the Fullerton and Marina Bay dining belt. For visitors, it will put a specialised Chinese spirits experience, a restaurant and a rooftop bar in a building that already forms part of the Fullerton Heritage precinct.
There is one timing detail worth separating clearly. The official Moutai House website is advertising a limited Moutai Carnival Singapore on 9 October 2026, with applicants reviewed for 100 places, while CNA’s current opening report says the Moutai House itself opens at the end of October. We are therefore treating 9 October as a special pre-opening event, not as proof of the general public opening date.
01 · What is opening, and when?
CNA Lifestyle reported on 12 September 2026 that Southeast Asia’s first Moutai House will open at the Fullerton Waterboat House at the end of October. The venue is described as a three-storey showcase for Kweichow Moutai, the sorghum-based baijiu associated with Guizhou in China.
The important planning word is “end”. At the time of this update, neither the CNA report nor the useful parts of Moutai House’s own website provide a confirmed public opening date or a normal weekly timetable. The official site does list the address as 3 Fullerton Road, Singapore 049215, but parts of the site still contain obvious placeholder content. We would not use those unfinished pages as evidence for operating hours, reservations or visitor rules.
That means anyone planning a late-October dinner or bar visit should recheck the venue shortly before going. A story saying “opens in October” is not the same thing as a confirmed booking for a particular Friday night.
02 · Three floors, three different reasons to visit
The current plan divides the destination into three complementary experiences rather than one single dining room. The Moutai Experiential Centre is intended to explain the spirit through its ingredients, production techniques and flavour profile, using sensory elements including sight, scent, touch and taste. CNA says the centre will hold more than 300 exclusive and collectible labels, including rare bottles valued at up to S$1 million.
It will also include what the operator describes as Southeast Asia’s first dedicated birth-year Moutai collection, with annual vintages reaching back to 1965, Singapore’s independence year. The idea is to let collectors and gift buyers look for a production year tied to a birthday or personal milestone. Two Singapore-specific releases have also been created: the Discovery Collection – Singapore, which uses Nanyang-inspired design and the Vanda Miss Joaquim, and the Culture Collection – Singapore.
The rest of the building shifts from display and education into hospitality: an Imperial Treasure restaurant downstairs in the mix, and a rooftop bar concept above the waterfront. That combination is what makes this opening potentially interesting even for people who are not collectors.
03 · Imperial Treasure is bringing Guizhou and Huaiyang cooking
The restaurant is planned as a 45-seat venue by Imperial Treasure. Its food direction pairs two very different Chinese culinary traditions. Guizhou cooking is known for assertive chilli, sour and fermented flavours; Huaiyang cuisine is associated with more restrained, balanced flavours and careful techniques such as braising, steaming and precise knife work.
Imperial Treasure CEO Kenny Leung told CNA that the menu is still being finalised. Chefs are exploring ways to incorporate Moutai into some dishes through techniques such as marinating, braising, stewing and “drunken” preparation, but a final public menu and prices were not published in the report. That matters: social posts may show concept dishes before opening, but until a launch menu is released, those should not be treated as guaranteed items.
The interior concept is intended to echo a century-old ship’s dining cabin, using timber and an old-world ocean-liner mood. That is a deliberate response to the Waterboat House’s maritime history rather than a random theme layered onto the building.
04 · Sohaus brings Nutmeg & Clove to the rooftop
The rooftop bar will be called Sohaus and is being developed by Nutmeg & Clove, part of Nutmeg Collective. The announced drinks programme comprises eight original signature cocktails built around Moutai plus eight classic cocktails reworked with Moutai-inspired flavours or elements.
For people unfamiliar with baijiu, a cocktail setting may be the more approachable part of the venue. But the practical details still need to catch up with the concept: the public opening hours, reservation policy, dress expectations, final drinks list and prices were not confirmed in the current opening report.
The official website also advertises a special Moutai Carnival on 9 October involving dining, drinks, shuttle arrangements and race-viewing, with global recruitment limited to 100 selected participants. Its registration form asks applicants to confirm they are over 18. That event should not be confused with normal public access to Sohaus or the full Moutai House after launch.
05 · Why the Fullerton Waterboat House matters
The venue has landed in a building with genuine Singapore heritage weight. The Fullerton Heritage’s own history says the Waterboat House was designed by Swan & Maclaren and built in 1941 in Art Deco style. The site had earlier associations with the Master Attendant’s Office, and a Water Office later supplied fresh water to incoming ships until 1990.
The building was gazetted for conservation on 21 March 2002 and its restoration later received a 2005 URA Architectural Heritage Award. Its curved river-facing form and maritime past make it an unusually specific setting for a hospitality concept built around a claimed historic Singapore–Moutai connection.
CNA reports that Moutai House’s managing director traces the brand’s Singapore story to 1954, when Moutai first reached Southeast Asia via the Singapore River opposite the Waterboat House. We are presenting that as the operator’s historical account rather than an independently proven archival fact. What is independently supported by Fullerton Heritage is the building’s 1941 origin, water-supply role, conservation status and place within the modern Fullerton Heritage precinct.
06 · Practical visitor planning: what is confirmed now
- Address: Moutai House lists 3 Fullerton Road, Singapore 049215.
- Public opening: reported for the end of October 2026; exact date not yet confirmed.
- Nearest rail anchor: Fullerton Heritage’s visitor information directs guests to Raffles Place MRT (NS26/EW14) for the precinct.
- Experiences: experiential centre and collection, 45-seat Imperial Treasure restaurant, and rooftop bar Sohaus.
- Special event: the official site advertises a limited 9 October Moutai Carnival; that is separate from the later public opening.
- Still to come: normal operating hours, standard reservation release, final restaurant menu, full bar menu and routine visitor policies.
If you are already exploring the Civic District, Singapore River or Marina Bay, the location is easy to combine with the broader Fullerton waterfront rather than treating it as a stand-alone cross-island excursion. The precinct includes the Fullerton Hotel, Clifford Pier, One Fullerton, Customs House and other waterfront landmarks, so there is plenty nearby even if a particular Moutai House session is full.
For the first weeks after opening, booking ahead is likely to be wiser than assuming walk-in space, particularly with only 45 restaurant seats. That is practical judgement, not a claim that reservations are already open. Check the venue’s live booking channel once it publishes one.
07 · What we are deliberately not claiming yet
New-venue stories can turn into misinformation quickly when concept plans are repeated as operating facts. At publication time, we have not found a confirmed public opening day, standard opening hours, a final restaurant menu, full public pricing, a published normal reservation policy or a complete set of entry rules for the venue after launch.
We are also not treating unfinished placeholder copy on sections of the Moutai House website as authoritative. The useful current material is the confirmed contact/address information and the specific 9 October carnival page; the broader generic “vineyard” and tasting-room text visible on some pages clearly does not describe the Singapore Waterboat House operation.
If the operator publishes an exact opening date or booking launch after this article goes live, that newer information should take priority. The same applies if Imperial Treasure or Nutmeg & Clove releases final menus closer to opening.
08 · Source and verification
Our main opening source is CNA Lifestyle’s 12 September 2026 report, which includes interviews with Moutai House managing director Shi Yun Ding, Imperial Treasure CEO Kenny Leung and Nutmeg Collective CEO Colin Chia. We used it for the late-October timing, three-storey format, collection size, restaurant capacity and cuisine direction, Sohaus concept and announced cocktail programme.
We separately checked Moutai House Singapore’s official website for the current address and 9 October carnival page. Because other pages on that site contain obvious template placeholders, we have not treated generic opening-hours or winery copy as valid Singapore operating information.
For the building history and precinct access context, we checked The Fullerton Heritage’s official history and its visitor information. Those sources support the Waterboat House’s 1941 construction, Art Deco design, conservation history, former water-supply role and Raffles Place MRT access.
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