Oriental Hotel, Singapore

Advantages: Cheap, clean and safe
Disadvantages: Not for the faint-hearted if you don't like the real world

...in the luxury of 5 star food and accommodation. But there is a rougher side to me which relishes the chance to see the seemier side of life, see local life (in this case oriental) as it really is, all the yells bells and smells of working class Singapore. I was therefore extremely surprised to see, as the taxi driver was approaching my hotel, that I was into something seemy here and I was a bit worried. I needn't have been because, once I was inside,the staff on the reception desk were just too polite, and helpful. Questions like where do you recommend to eat (these hotels don't have eating facilities), how to get cheaply into the city centre etc were all answered in detail in impeccable English and with sincerity. It was mid-afternoon and I decided to go for a stroll - this was the old Singapore; turning right out of the hotel the road rose... Read review

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Advantages: Good Location
Disadvantages: Overrated

...Fullerton is the latest addition to the luxury hotels in the city and even Martine McCutcheon stayed in Fullerton Hotel last time when she was in Singapore! The Fullerton Building was built in 1928 and has housed the General Post Office, the Exchange, The Chamber of Commerce and The Singapore Club. The most recent occupants were the Singapore Post, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, and a branch of the POSBank. The Fullerton Hotel enjoys a fabulous location right in front of the Merlion. It is also very close to The Esplanade, the newly opened music and theatre venue. There is an underpass from Fullerton Hotel to One Fullerton which has restaurants and nightclubs. There are five resutaurants in the hotel. The Courtyard, Lighthouse , Town, The Post Bar and Jade.THe Courtyard is the lobby lounge and the Lighthouse restaurant has... Read review

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Advantages: Good central location
Disadvantages: None

...We have stayed here a couple of times on airline stopovers, as part of the all-in deal. The hotel's name is due to that fact that it was originally two hotels which they knocked into one, and kept both names. For this reason it is housed in two tall twin towers. It's a big hotel with 580 rooms, and is busy all the time. Everything ran smoothly with our stay, and there was no problem with the room, which was completely normal, comfortable, and unremarkable for a hotel of that type - a medium priced range big city Singapore hotel. En suite - tea and coffee making - TV, aircon, etc.... The hotel has a wide range of facilities as you'd expect, including laundry service, moneychanger, etc. One interesting aspect of the hotel is the swimming pool. It is off the foyer, and is glass sided so you can see the people swimming as you sit... Read review

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