Review of PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering, Singapore 5*

Andreas K.

04/21/2018

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10/10
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The Parkroyal has excellent value for money. The rooms are very modern in style — either very much or not at all. I was thrilled. The bathroom can be separated from the sleeping area by a sliding wall, but this fines the room immensely. So you better leave the wall. The hotel is green on the outside by the planting from the ground floor to the roof and the rooms themselves are also kept in green. It may also be worth mentioning that the room can be completely darkened at the push of a button. There are no curtains that always allow light to get through, but completely opaque blinds. It's rather uncomfortable for me to be honest, which is why I just left it halfway down, but if you like to sleep properly, you can turn the room into a veritable darkroom.
In the house there is a restaurant that apparently belongs to one of the best in the city. I have always eaten away because Singapore has a very wide variety of cuisine, but I always have breakfast at the hotel. Everything is still a little better, but at breakfast the Parkroyal sets the bar incredibly high. It's probably going to be even better, but I don't know how to do it right now. You actually get everything and three more things, freshly prepared according to the taste of the guest. As a late sleeper I would have only wished that one can only eat up to 10:30 H, but then I also had more of the day. So there is no deduction under the line.
The pool is on the fifth floor and offers a fantastic view of Singapore's skyline while swimming. Again, it is better possible, but difficult to get to, I would guess.
The Parkroyal is also difficult to surpass in terms of location. The Clark Quai and Chinatown Metro stations are both located just a few steps from the hotel, making the north East and downtown lines directly accessible and Dhoby Ghaut to the Circle line after just one stop. So it is very fast from the hotel with the MRT everywhere.
The Parkroyal is not a small hotel, although not as big as Stamford or Marina Bay Sands. But it feels like a small hotel, in a positive sense, because you perceive yourself as a guest and do not feel cleared. It is not small, but apparently for the staff still so far-sighted that one is recognized as a guest after the check-in by the staff. And this is in my opinion an outstanding quality for a hotel.
But there is a Vermutstropfen in the end. As a cash payer, I was unable to book or reserve the room in advance, but only on arrival. For three nights I had to pay SGD 2 ' 000 for a deluxe room offered on the hotel's site for SGD 1 ' 320. No reason to charge the hotel, I could have done differently than I did. So my mistake and therefore no reason for complaint. The strategy of such pricing is, however, concealed from the fact that you can book your room online via the mobile phone if you are already in the hotel lobby. But anyway, in any case, it is advisable not to do it immediately and to make the booking online.
In sum, the Parkroyal in Singapore is definitely my first choice. I felt extremely comfortable there and will stay there again next time if it is possible.