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3.5
out of 5
Singapore
Telephone: (65) +65 6338 8585, Fax: +65 63-38 2
Website: http://www.swissotel.com/
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The tallest hotel in south Asia and the third tallest hotel in the world.
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Time has taken a toll on Swissotel
This is an outdated review, but I though better now than never??
Stayed at the Swissotel during their Xmas 2006 weekend promotion for SGD238 per night and found the stay only so-so. Not too much to scream about for a highly acclaimed 5-star hotel.
Time seems to be taking its toll on the hotel. I got a room on the 55th floor; the furniture are dated and looks worn out, with the wood peeling in some areas. Disappointed, I called room reservations and kudos to them, they offered me another room on the 61st floor. A porter promptly arrived to transfer our luggages to the new room, which was much better. View was excellent though.
There was complimentary high tea included in the package, but I went away disappointed. We had to wait 1 hour for our food, and it was just sad limp sandwiches and oily left-out-for-too-long puff pastries.
Cute of them to leave 2 gingerbread cookies on Xmas Day itself though.
I probably wouldn't choose to go back there again although the view was excellent. For a little more, conrad and raffles the plaza will be a much better bet.
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How can I forget Swissotel the Stamford? This is where I got married. It was actually not the first choice for our wedding. We've tried InterContinental Hotel next to the Bugis Junction but the staff there weren't helpful at all. We went down to InterContinental Hotel and tried to check out the place and rooms but we ended up frustrated. We just walked out and vowed never to come back. Oops, I am sorry. I got carried away. This is not a review about InterContinental Hotel.
Back to Swissotel the Stamford. We were very thankful anyway to the InterContinental Hotel staff for not helping us as we were able to find a perfect place, the Swissotel. It is just a few walks away outside the City Hall MRT station or from the Raffles City.
The rooms are: Swiss Executive Room, Classic Harbour View Room, Grand Room, Stamford Crest Suite and Classic Room.
We chose the Grand room in the 34th floor which is around $400 a night. Since the hotel is a 5-star hotel, this room has all the great amenities -- from writing table to hair dryer, Iron & ironing board, personal safe, Broadband Internet access, bathrobe, a very nice King size bed and a lot more.
Our room's private balcony has a perfect view of the Esplanade, Suntec, Singapore Flyer and surrounding areas. It was amazing during the day but even more amazing in the night. The lights from the Flyer and Esplanade were pretty and the Suntec's changing roof lights were really cool! I haven't seen those until that night. Then, the smaller balcony on the side has a view of the hotel's pools.
We were very pleased with the service we received. The staff were very courteous and helpful. They greeted us with a smile...which is very important and very much appreciated.
Whenever we are in the city, Swissotel stands tall above the rest. It always reminds us of that special day. It is crazy but each time we see Swissotel either we are in Clarke Quay, Chinatown or even in Sentosa, we just stop for a while and smile....and take some pictures of it, again and again.
We will definitely stay again in Swissotel!
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