Strand Hotel

“Quiet rooms. Great location for commuting tourists.”

Our family stayed at Strand Hotel from Dec. 16-18. It's right on Bencoolen Street. Our view from the window is a clean and quiet street. (The street is quiet or the glass windows and walls are thick enough to muffle the street sounds.) Strand Hotel shares free wi-fi access that makes it convenient… more

Our family stayed at Strand Hotel from Dec. 16-18. It's right on Bencoolen Street. Our view from the window is a clean and quiet street. (The street is quiet or the glass windows and walls are thick enough to muffle the street sounds.) Strand Hotel shares free wi-fi access that makes it convenient in completing our arrival cards, online flight check-ins, and Google searches for places to visit and checking bus and MRT routes. The rooms are clean and comfortable with provision of basic amenities that are replenished daily. One of our rooms has no provision for ironing clothes, but it's ok because our other rooms have them, so we just freshened up our clothes using theirs. There's no bidet in the rest room, so it was a bit of a hurdle for us and the kids, but we got by. The staff are friendly and helpful with street directions and late night requests. One of the best come-ons for this hotel is its location. It's right across a convenient store and a food hall with a choice of simple but varied cuisines. (But it was closed on Sunday morning, so we ordered takeout breakfast from a fastfood.) It's walking distance to the National Museum and Fort Canning Park and right next to MRT Bencoolen Station and bus stops, so it was somehow easy to get to our destinations. Given the chance to visit Singapore again in the future, we might consider staying here again.

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“3X bigger rooms, just make sure to get the deluxe rooms”

I stopped going to Strand but went back this time around. I just made sure I booked the deluxe room and requested for the one on the 5th floor. These are the newly renovated rooms. I went back because of the space which I didn't get in Hotel Mi, V Hotel, Hotel Bencoolen and G Hotel. In the end, I t… more

I stopped going to Strand but went back this time around. I just made sure I booked the deluxe room and requested for the one on the 5th floor. These are the newly renovated rooms. I went back because of the space which I didn't get in Hotel Mi, V Hotel, Hotel Bencoolen and G Hotel. In the end, I think it depends on what you go for. Strand is basic but clean and bigger space. It's not hip or trendy but the room is a lot bigger, maybe 3X than what other hotels offer. Got tired of trendy and hip -

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“No frills hotel”

No frills. You stay in Strand mainly because of its location. Good clean sturdy room - standard bed, basic shower room. Food choice are just a stone throw away. MRT and Bus stops are just around the corner. A good choice if you just want a room to sleep in after a day of sightseeing and shopping.

“Standard hotel with good location but poor on breakfast possibilities”

This hotel offers comfortable and clean rooms. If you specifically ask for it, you can also get a quiet room, at a high floor and at the opposite side of the street. The main disadvantage of this hotel is that they don't offer standard buffet type of breakfast. You can have breakfast at the hotel i… more

This hotel offers comfortable and clean rooms. If you specifically ask for it, you can also get a quiet room, at a high floor and at the opposite side of the street. The main disadvantage of this hotel is that they don't offer standard buffet type of breakfast. You can have breakfast at the hotel if you order it the day before, but this is of course very inconvenient. So, in my view this is not really a normal hotel. They just advice you to go for a breakfast outside of the hotel. Otherwise, the hotel is perfectly located.

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