Singapore Hotels

Vandle

Vandle

Vandle

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Heading to Singapore for the weekend in May. Wife has a work thing on the Monday to Wednesday so we are going early on the Friday. Any recommendations for a hotel for the Friday and Saturday nights? We are sorted ok for the other nights. Not been before but been to other Asian cities plenty. Just want an area with some good food and some decent bars really. Any must things to do?
Thanks.
 
Have stayed in Studio M in Clark quay for 10 days which was fine.
Stayed in Grand Park City hall for 2 nights which was better, and a short walk to raffles for a Singapore sling.

Both close to bars and restaurants
 
We stayed at the Pan Pacific quite a few years ago as a treat on our way back from seeing family in Australia. It was lovely. Amazing beakfast, you could get anything you wanted (cliche, I know) but anything from roti curry, omelettes, sushi, ramen, full English. But all done tremendously well. You could practically get lost going off to find stuff :p

Service was amazing.. our TV box didnt work when we first got there. We called down and bearing in mind we were on like the 17th floor or something the guy was there with a replacement in about 3 minutes. Swapped it out, good to go. Very slick. I can't remember the location exactly but it was round the corner from the Marina and right near one of the smaller hawker markets.

As for what to do, in 3-4 days there the worst meal we had was at a restaurant. Just eat in the hawker markets. They're great and dirt cheap. Rather than paying for entry to the MBS viewing platform we went to the bar and bought a couple of drinks which worked out at a similar price, although not 'quite' as good a view (as you look down on the people on the viewing platform). The botanic gardens were nice, but beyond that it was a lot of temples, food etc. Just don't litter :p
 
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Vandle said:
Heading to Singapore for the weekend in May. Wife has a work thing on the Monday to Wednesday so we are going early on the Friday. Any recommendations for a hotel for the Friday and Saturday nights? We are sorted ok for the other nights. Not been before but been to other Asian cities plenty. Just want an area with some good food and some decent bars really. Any must things to do?
Thanks.
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Anywhere near Clark Quay or Robertson Quay and you're set for bars and eateries. Not the cheapest but you can always head to China town for more cheaper foods /beer etc to offset.
 
We just had one night in Singapore last summer and stayed in The Clan Hotel which was excellent. There is a Ya Kun Kaya Toast around the corner which sells, as the name suggests, kaya toast, which is a traditional Singaporean breakfast.

The Singapore Botanic Gardens are a must visit - try to do it in the monring before it gets too hot.
 
I was there about 3 weeks ago and while the hotel we stayed in wasn't great the Maxwell / Chinatown area wasn't a bad area to be in at all. I found Singapore in general to be quite dull and very expensive but the old part of the city where we were wasn't too bad
 
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