SCENE-STEALER
REKA BAR
Futuristic is the design leitmotif running through Reka Bar, a cocktail bar in Damansara Heights that rewards patrons with imaginative cocktails and interiors once they scale the staircase to its entrance. Designed by Port 25, the stage is set at the reception, which features an all-white hostess station that segues into a gleaming, tarnished copper-clad pathway.
Inside, patrons can enjoy different areas, from the outer balcony with grouped seating to the stone bar, which looks as if it’s illuminated from within. The back half of the bar is dedicated to the “chemistry lab”, where liquid alchemy happens in the most entertaining of manners. A futuristic red light installation on the back wall completes the tableau.
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