Today I am showing you 15 cool hotels in Singapore.
When I am in Singapore, I stay in our own apartment, so I have not slept in any of these hotels. But I visited several of them for drinks, lunch or dinner. Some others I visited especially for this post. For the rest I based myself on reviews, Tripadvisor, blogs and websites.
Some hotels in Singapore don’t need any introduction, like the Marina Bay Sands Hotel (ranked #36 on Tripadvisor) with it’s spectacular rooftop infinity pool and prime location.
The spectacular architecture of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore during sunset. On top, where you see the trees, is a fantastic infinity pool.
This is the view from the infinity pool on top of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore. Impressive, right?!
Or the colonial-style Raffles Hotel (ranked #3 on Tripadvisor), one of Singapore’s landmarks since many, many years.
The same goes for the Fullerton Hotel, a majestic colonial building and former post office.
The majestic and huge Fullerton Hotel in Singapore once was a post office.
Singapore’s first boutique hotel, The Scarlet Hotel (ranked #43 on Tripadvisor), is also well-known, not in the last place for it’s location in the heart of Chinatown and it’s cute rooftop bar.
All great hotels, yet they are not in this list. I decided to show you hotels that are probably less known, sometimes small, but for sure cool, hip and happening.
To understand Tripadvisor’s categories for hotels in Singapore, check out this overview:
These are the categories and numbers of hotels in Singapore, according to Tripadvisor
Let’s have a look now. Here they are, in random order: 15 cool hotels in Singapore:
1. Naumi
On one side we see the facade garden, so to speak, on the other side we see a super cool mural.
- Ranking on Tripadvisor :#21 of 291 hotels in Singapore
- Type of hotel: boutique, expensive
- Style: floral theme
In this hallway we see the floral theme of the Naumi Hotel on the ceiling.
- Special: mural on outside wall and facade with greenery. Also a lovely rooftop pool area.
How cool is this mural?
At street level we see this police guy, pulling something up.
High up, we see what the police officer is pulling up. It’s a red car with a wheel clamp.
The pool area is lovely, with great views. Right in front we see the low-rise colonial Raffles Hotel, Naumi’s neighbor.
- Central location: yes, next to the famous Raffles Hotel
- Website: Find their website here.
- Do I have any personal experience with this hotel?: I visited the hotel without appointment and was nevertheless shown around swiftly and very friendly.
2. Wanderlust
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #48 of 291 hotels
- Type of hotel: boutique hotel
- Style: playful, quirky, art, theme rooms
- Special: the furniture and interior design. The facade is beautiful as well.
- Central location: yes, in the heart of Little India
- Website: find their website here
- Personal Experience: I visited this hotel several times for lunch and for drinks and I enjoy the decor every time.
3. The Pod
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #36 of 182 Specialty Lodgings in Singapore
- Type of hotel: a budget boutique capsule hotel.
- Style: modern and minimalistic
- Special: you sleep in your own capsule, shielded of by a pull-down fabric screen
- Central location: yes, near Haji Lane
- Website: The Pod
- Personal Experience: none
4. Amoy by Far East Hospitality
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #2 of 291 hotels
- Type of hotel: heritage hotel
- Style: modern style in a heritage setting
- Special: the combination of old and new works well
- Central location: yes
- Website: Find their website here.
- Personal Experience: none
5. The Forest by Wangz
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #1 of Specialty Lodgings
- Type of hotel: boutique serviced apartments
- Style: art and nature as key elements
- Special: 2014 Travelers’ Choice on Tripadvisor
- Central location: no
- Website: The Forest by Wangz
- Personal Experience: none
6. iStay-Inn
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #95 of 182 Specialty Lodgings
- Type of hotel: budget hostel with dorm beds
- Style: a funky design hostel in a classical 2 storey shophouse
- Special: the hotel collaborated with a Hong Kong street artist to decorate the hotel’s interior. That’s why the hostel refers to itself as an urban art hostel.
- Central location: yes
- Website: iStayInn
- Personal Experience: none
7. Canaan Suite
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #11 of 182 Specialty Lodgings
- Type of hotel: two private serviced apartments in a condominium. A sort of AirBnB accommodation. Short term stay.
- Style: a 2 bedroom apartment in Greek style and a 1 bedroom apartment in Victorian style
- Special: located in a ‘regular’ condominium building
- Central location: no
- Website: Canaan Suite
- Personal Experience: none
8. Clover The Arts Hotel
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #131 of 291 hotels
- Type of hotel: boutique hotel
- Style: modern art and chic design and art-centric guest rooms
- Special: art everywhere, like urban street art, manga and comics
- Central location: yes
- Website: Clover the Arts Hotel
- Personal Experience: none
9. New Majestic Hotel
The New Majestic is housed in a heritage building. The combination of cool design and the traditional building is awesome.
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #30 of 291 hotels
- Type of hotel: a boutique design hotel with heritage chic
- Style: design everywhere, local culture, emphasis on the arts
Each hotel room in the New Majestic has a different, artistic design.
Another cool hotel room in the New Majestic
The rooms are quite small, but they worked miracles with the space. Like here, where they created a split-level for the bed.
And what about this hotel room? Another artistic and original design.
Looking down from the split-level in this hotel room, on the gorgeous duo-bathtubs.
- Special: the art, the pool area and the lobby with giftshop
The pool area of the New Majestic is intimate and funky.
The lobby and giftshop from the New Majestic are a cool and funky delight!
-Central location: yes
- Website: New Majestic Hotel
- Personal Experience: I showed up unannounced and was received and shown around extremely swift and friendly.
10.W Sentosa Cove
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #4 of 13 hotels on Sentosa Island, Singapore
- Type of hotel: design boutique luxury hotel, expensive
- Style: quirky, art, design, modern, luxurious
- Special: the pool area is enormous and fabulous
- Central location: no
- Website: W Sentosa Cove
- Personal Experience: I was invited and given a tour and a high tea. After that I went back for another high tea. I wrote a series of posts about this hotel. Just type in the name in the search bar and all the posts will pop up.
11. Klapsons
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #93 of 291 hotels
- Type of hotel: boutique hotel
- Style: modern and design
- Special: the lobby is flat-out futuristic and super cool. The al fresco sky terrace bar Fabrika is a lovely place to hang and have a drink.
-Central location: no
- Website: Klapsons
- Personal Experience: I went there for drinks at Fabrika and had a wonderful evening.
12. Park Royal on Pickering
To read about my visit to this hotel and to see my pictures, you can have a look at this blogpost.
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #29 of 291 hotels
- Type of hotel: green boutique hotel
- Style: modern, great architecture and design, lots of green everywhere
- Special: the pool area with the cabanas
- Central location: yes
- Website: ParkRoyal on Pickering
- Personal Experience: I visited the hotel on several occasions for drinks and lunch. I love the look of the hotel, but was not impressed by the service or food.
13. Hotel 1929
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #97 of 291 hotels
- Type of hotel: a heritage boutique hotel
- Style: old world meets modern chic
- Special: outdoor baths with the hotel rooms
-Central location: yes
- Website: Hotel 1929
- Personal Experience: none
14. The Quincy Hotel
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #6 of 291 hotels
- Type of hotel: boutique and luxury business hotel
- Style: technology combined with quirky things
- Special: the infinity pool on the 12th floor
- Central location: near Orchard
- Website: the Quincy Hotel
- Personal Experience: none
15. Sofitel So Singapore
- Ranking Tripadvisor: #79 of 291 hotels
- Type of hotel: luxury hotel
- Style: French decadence and sophistication by Karl Lagerfeld
- Special: the rooftop pool and the posh decor in the rooms
- Central location: yes
- Website: Sofitel So Singapore
- Personal Experience: none
Note: hotel rooms in Singapore are not cheap !
If you are a budget traveller and looking for something under 50 euros per night, you are in for a real challenge. That is, if you want something clean and pleasant. It IS possible, but you will have to settle for a dorm bed in a hostel, or something like that. In this post these kind of rates are available at The POD and at iStayInn.
On the top end, the sky is the limit. But let’s say that we leave all royal suites ‘extraordinair’ etcetera out and stick to the hotels’ standard rooms and rates, then the highest rates are around 350 euro per night.
For 200 euro per night, you should be able to find a very good hotel room.
Tripadvisor is a great way to find a hotel and room to your liking, with all it’s reviews.
You can book via them. Or you can use Agoda or Asia Rooms.
Do you have any experience with hotels in Singapore? Good or bad? Any recommendations? I would love to hear from you!
I stayed in the Pan Pacific and while it might not be ‘cool’ it was a great hotel with superb views.
The Pan Pacific is a good hotel on a prime location. The views must indeed be spectacular!
That new majestic hotel looks amazing.
bisous
Suzanne
That hotel is really amazing and we were received so warm and friendly!