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Hotel Information: Opened in 1887 and declared a national monument 100 years later, this three-story grande dame has inspired many writers over the years with its colonial charm. Splendidly attired doorstaff welcome leaders of industry, celebrities, and leisure travelers through the hotel's palm-fringed doors into the meticulously restored lobby with marble floors, swirling ceiling fans, wicker chairs, antiques, and memorabilia.
Amenity highlights: Guests have extensive dining options from 14 restaurants and lounges, many with colonial or old-Singapore touches. Recreation facilities include a 20-meter (66-ft) rooftop lap pool and the Amrita Spa, which offers a well-equipped fitness center and a range of health and beauty treatments (surcharge). The Raffles Culinary Academy (surcharge) features cooking and lifestyle classes for guests. A 388-seat, Victorian-style theater (surcharge) hosts corporate events, plays, musicals, and movie showings.
Rooms
Featuring antique furnishings and hand-woven Oriental carpets, the 103 guest suites have separate parlors, bedrooms, dressing areas, and bathrooms. Modern amenities include high-speed Internet access (surcharge), minibars, CD players, in-room safes, and two satellite TVs with DVD players and VCRs. Large bathrooms have deep marble tubs and separate showers, marble vanities with double sinks, ceiling fans, louvered windows, antique scales, telephones, bathrobes, slippers, and Amrita Spa toiletries. Welcome amenities include Chinese tea and tropical fruit, and complimentary 24-hour valet service is available via a call button.
Room Amenities
- Internet access - high speed
- Cable/satellite TV
- Premium TV channel(s)
- DVD player
- VCR
- CD player
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Balcony
- Separate sitting area
- Ceiling fan
- Complimentary newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Access via exterior corridors
- Internet access - surcharge
- Multi-line phone
- Voice mail
- Minibar
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Bathroom telephone
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Makeup mirror
- Slippers
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Bathroom scale
- Extra towels/bedding in room
- Welcome amenities
- Television - Satellite service
- In-room safe
- Clock radio
- Desk
- Window opens
- Smoking rooms
Recreation
Palm trees surround the 20-meter (66-ft) outdoor lap pool and two spa tubs on the hotel's rooftop. Inside, a 24-hour fitness center provides treadmills, stationery bicycles, and a universal weight machine.
Joggers can run around the Padang cricket grounds two blocks away, and tennis and squash courts are located within two km (1.25 mi) of the hotel.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Swimming on site
- Racquetball/squash nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Tennis nearby
Property Amenities
The hotel's 18 distinctive restaurants and bars include a fine French restaurant, a New York-style deli, a bakery, an Indian curry house, and a steakhouse. The outdoor lap pool and two spa tubs are surrounded by palm trees on the hotel's rooftop. The Amrita Spa includes a 24-hour fitness center and treatment rooms (surcharge) for massage therapy, reflexology, facials, body wraps, and aromatherapy.
An on-site shopping arcade houses 40 shops selling art, antiques, designer clothing, accessories, jewelry, chocolates, and wine. The Raffles Culinary Academy offers cooking classes (surcharge) on such topics as classic brasserie desserts, the secrets of spiced cooking, Asian fusion food, and modern French cuisine. Reservations are required.
There are seven function rooms, including a grand ballroom with Austrian chandeliers and murals of early Singapore; event catering, audio-visual equipment, and high-speed Internet access are available (surcharge). A 24-hour business center provides printing, faxing, copying, secretarial services, and high-speed Internet access; fees apply.
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Poolside bar
- Spa tub
- Full-service health spa
- Massage - treatment room(s)
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Technology helpdesk
- Concierge desk
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Fitness equipment
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (24 hours)
- Parking (surcharge)
- Parking (valet)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Banquet facilities
- Ballroom(s)
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Conference room(s)
- Event catering
- Exhibit space
- Business center
- Business services
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Audio-visual equipment
- Secretarial services
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Floor butler
- Number of rooms: 103
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Security guard
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Tour assistance
- Currency exchange
- Translation services
- Hair salon
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Shopping on site
- Beauty services
- Medical assistance available
- Dry cleaning service
- Shoe shine
- Video library
- Coffee in lobby
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors: 3
- Wedding services
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
Policies
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Pets not allowed
- Check-in time is 2 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
Dining
Doc Cheng’s - This colonial-style restaurant is a blend of the East and West in both cuisine and decor, with a cool-white ceiling and walls, wicker-backed chairs, and a profusion of plants. A bar serves herbal cocktails. Open for lunch Monday through Friday and dinner nightly.
Raffles Grill - An elegant dining room restored to its early-20th-century glory, with chandeliers, ceiling fans, tall French windows overlooking the Palm Court, crisp linens, and black wrought-iron chairs. Cuisine is a blend of classic and contemporary French. Open for lunch Monday through Friday and dinner nightly; closed Sunday.
Empire Café - A casual restaurant modeled after a 1920s Singaporean coffee house, with tiled walls, marble-topped teakwood tables, and polished hard-back chairs. Cuisine emphasizes local favorites, including laksa and Hainan chicken rice. Open from mid-morning until late evening.
Royal China at Raffles - An opulently decorated Chinese restaurant with highly varnished floors and walls, arched ceilings, red-and-gold lanterns, and black-lacquer chairs. Signature dishes include lobster noodles, roast suckling pig, and dim sum. Open for lunch and dinner.
Ah Teng’s Bakery - This small restaurant serves homemade pastries, sandwiches, and cakes. Antique-style tables and chairs and brass fittings give the space a nostalgic feel. Open from early morning until late evening.
Long Bar Steakhouse - Reminiscent of a 1930s rubber-plantation dwelling, with an intricately tiled floor, white walls, timbered ceiling, collection of antique plates, crisp linens, and carved-back chairs. Cuisine emphasizes steaks and seafood prepared with Asian spices. Open for lunch Monday through Friday, nightly dinner, and Sunday brunch.
Seah Street Deli - A New York-style delicatessen, circa 1950, with music from a jukebox and generously sized sandwiches, entrées, and salads. Open from mid-morning until late evening.
Tiffin Room - This elegant dining room continues a tradition of serving a lunch and dinner tiffin curry buffet that began in 1890. Cuisine is Northern Indian, with a thali set served on a platter of ornate silver. Open for breakfast, lunch, high tea, and dinner.
Raffles Courtyard & Gazebo Bar - Offering alfresco dining under swaying palms in a tropical garden, with seafood and other fare prepared Asian-style. Open from mid-morning until late evening.
Bar & Billiard Room - Established as a private club in 1896, with a soaring ceiling, wicker chairs, solid carved tables, antiques, and two 19th-century billiard tables. A Continental lunch buffet and high tea are served on weekdays, and brunch is available weekends. Live jazz is featured on weekday evenings. Open from mid-morning until late evening.
Long Bar - Home of the Singapore Sling cocktail, this two-story bar evokes a Malayan planters’ club from the 1930s, with its dark-wood timbered floor and walls, low wicker chairs, and period artifacts. Traditional pub fare and light snacks are served, and there is live music most evenings. Open from midday until late evening.
Writer’s Bar - This intimate lounge honors the literary luminaries who have stayed at the hotel or written about it, including Rudyard Kipling, Noël Coward, and Somerset Maugham. A pianist plays most afternoons and evenings. Open from mid-morning until late evening.
Raffles Creamery - A teppanyaki-style ice cream parlor offering 30 flavours of quality homemade ice cream and sherbet with mix-ins such as fresh fruit, nuts, candy, cookies, and brownies. Fruit smoothies, milk shakes, and freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices are also on the menu. Open from mid-morning till late-evening.
Pool Bar - Drinks and snacks are served poolside from this lounge with ceiling fans, wicker chairs, and a marble-topped bar. Open from mid-morning until mid-evening.
Address
1 Beach Road
Singapore, 189673
Singapore
Nearest major airport:
Singapore, Singapore (SIN-Changi)
Area:
Marina Bay, Singapore
