Hotels we recommend
Where to stay in Singapore
Four hotels in Singapore we would book for a client, in Marina Bay, Robertson Quay and Marina Centre. One holds MICHELIN Keys. Three of them book through a partner programme, which adds an upgrade where one is free, daily breakfast for two, a hotel credit and late checkout, at the hotel's own rate.
- Hotels
- 4
- With MICHELIN Keys
- 1
- With partner perks
- 3
- Newest
- 2017
The hotels
Marina Bay
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
1987 · 510 rooms · Renovated 2023
A 510-room hotel at 5 Raffles Avenue on Marina Bay, opposite Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, opened in 1987 as The Oriental, Singapore to a design by John Portman. Its rooms rise around a fan-shaped atrium and, redone in 2023, face Marina Bay, the sea or the city.
1 MICHELIN Key · Mandarin Oriental Fan Club
Marina Bay
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
1996 · 608 rooms · Renovated 2016
A 32-storey hotel of 608 rooms and suites at 7 Raffles Avenue in Marina Bay, in a slender white tower by Kevin Roche raised on 37-metre legs above seven acres of green space. Every room faces Marina Bay or the city, each bathroom has an octagonal window, and the public spaces hold a 4,200-piece contemporary art collection.
Marriott STARS
Robertson Quay
The Warehouse Hotel
2017 · 37 rooms
A 37-room hotel in three 1895 godowns with peaked roofs and shuttered windows on the Singapore River at Robertson Quay, built for the shipping firm Wee Bin & Co. on the stretch once known in Hokkien as Chiu Long Lo, Spirits Shed Street. It opened in January 2017 and keeps the double-height spaces, pitched roofs and trusses of the old warehouses.
Marina Centre
Conrad Singapore Marina Bay
1996 · 512 rooms · Renovated 2026
A 31-floor hotel of 512 rooms and suites in Singapore's downtown cultural district, by the Suntec Convention Centre, looking over Marina Bay and the city towards the Singapore Flyer. Known as Conrad Centennial until April 2025, it hangs a collection of more than 3,400 Asian contemporary artworks, with Rafael Barrios' five-metre sculpture Turbulence in the lobby.
Hilton Impresario
On our list
Hotels in Singapore we rate but have not yet stayed in, drawn hollow on the map. The hotels above are first-hand; these are where we are going next. We book them as we book the rest.
Beach Road
Three MICHELIN Keys and Forbes Five-Star; on our list for a hotel that is also a national monument.
Singapore's only Three Key, and the one hotel on this list that is also a national monument.
Sentosa
One MICHELIN Key and Forbes Five-Star; on our list for Norman Foster around two colonial bungalows on Sentosa.
Norman Foster wrapped around two restored colonial bungalows on Sentosa.
Marina Bay
The Paiza Collection at Marina Bay Sands
Forbes Five-Star; on our list for the top floors of the Marina Bay Sands towers.
A hotel within a hotel: 389 rooms and suites on the top floors of the Marina Bay Sands towers, reached by private lift.
Fullerton Square
On our list for the 1928 General Post Office at the river mouth.
The 1928 General Post Office at the river mouth, a national monument since 2015 — four hundred rooms behind the Palladian colonnade, with the Merlion outside the door.
What to know
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore; The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore; The Warehouse Hotel and Conrad Singapore Marina Bay. Each has its own page with the rooms, the restaurants and what booking through us adds.
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore (one MICHELIN Key).
Of the hotels we recommend, The Warehouse Hotel, which opened in 2017. The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore followed in 1996.
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore: its rooms start at 51 square metres. Conrad Singapore Marina Bay from 40; Mandarin Oriental, Singapore from 33 and The Warehouse Hotel from 27.
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore (Mandarin Oriental Fan Club); The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore (Marriott STARS) and Conrad Singapore Marina Bay (Hilton Impresario). Booked through us, each adds a room upgrade where one is free, breakfast for two each day, a hotel credit and early check-in or late checkout when the hotel can give it, at no extra cost to you.
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore: Changi Airport is about 20 minutes by car. The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore: Changi Airport is 19 km away. The Warehouse Hotel: Changi Airport is about 30 minutes by taxi. Conrad Singapore Marina Bay: Changi International Airport is 25 km away.
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