Bengaluru, November 2025: Siren, the city’s only Asian cocktail bar, launches Re:Classics, a new series celebrating the beauty of classic cocktails. The first edition begins on November 13 at 7 PM onwards, in collaboration with Arati Mestry (aka Negroni Moron), one of Bengaluru’s most respected bartenders. The series is designed to highlight craft, balance, and technique, paying tribute to the drinks that laid the foundation of modern mixology and encouraging guests to slow down and enjoy cocktails done right.
In recent years, the cocktail world has been defined by constant innovation, new techniques, ingredients, and trends. Somewhere in that pursuit, the quiet beauty of the classics has faded into the background. Re:Classics brings that focus back. It is not about reinventing, but about doing them right, slow, deliberate, and with respect for the glass.
For its first edition, Siren collaborates with Arati Mestry aka Negroni Moron. Known for her intuitive, flavour-driven approach, Arati brings a deep understanding of structure and restraint to her drinks. Over the years, she has earned recognition as Best Bar Manager and Bartender by The Chef Post (Bengaluru’s Best Bar Awards 2023) and Bartender of the Year at the Spiritz Achievers’ Awards 2022. Beyond the awards, she is known for her curiosity, someone who chases flavour the way others chase form. Her work is thoughtful, quiet, and deeply personal.
Her menu for Re:Classics reimagines the Negroni, Martini, and Highball, three drinks that have grounded her career, and filters them through her own sense of nostalgia. Kumquat May: Strange Love is a Negroni that’s brighter and softer, with Campari infused with kumquat. It is bittersweet, like strange love, familiar but unexpected. Shrooms is her version of a Martini — dry, earthy, and a little wild, with shiitake brine instead of olive, giving it a quiet, savoury depth. Paradise is a smoky Highball with mezcal, guava, and lime, fresh, playful, and easy, like a quick escape to paradise. Together, the three form a conversation between the familiar and the strange, reflecting Arati’s approach to memory, place, and balance. The pattern for these cocktails is using fresh and exotic ingredients while bringing nostalgia to the glass.
“This collaboration feels special because it’s the first edition of something that truly celebrates what I love about bartending, the structure of the classics and the freedom to make them personal,” says Arati Mestry. “Re:Classics lets us slow down and appreciate where it all began.”
“Over time, the cocktail world has leaned toward trends and reinvention, but in that pursuit, the beauty of the originals has often been forgotten,” says Nikhil Chittiappa, Co-founder, Silverback Ventures. “With Re:Classics, we wanted to slow things down to celebrate the drinks that taught us discipline and to remind people what great cocktails taste like when they are simply done right.”
The accompanying food menu mirrors the bar’s precision. It is flavour-forward, textural, and crafted to move in rhythm with the drinks, bringing char, crunch, and heat to complement each cocktail.
Re:Classics will unfold through a series of bartender takeovers, with each evening spotlighting a different local talent interpreting a classic. To make the experience more interactive and bring guests closer to the classics, Siren has introduced the Classics Passport, an engaging way for guests to explore and rediscover timeless cocktails, earning special prizes and surprises along the way.
With Re:Classics, Siren continues to be a space where the bar takes centre stage, a home for craft, community, and cocktails that outlast every trend.
Fact Sheet:
- Address: 2nd Floor, 25 /4, Lavelle Road, D’ Souza Layout, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001
- Time: 7PM onwards
- Price per cocktail: INR 999 + taxes
- Reservations: call 077188 74933 or purchase tickets on https://swiggy.onelink.me/Ol3A?af_dp=swiggydiners%3A%2F%2Fentity%2FDINEOUT_EVENT%2F100017357
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