I have stayed in both the Peninsula Excelsior and tne Allson, and both of them are fine.

The Excelsior is a bit more conveniently situated.

Also if you are using Singapore Airlines (the best by far in Asia and even the world) then you could perhaps make use of the Airlines Singapore Stopover packages.

These packages include discount rates at 3 to 5 star hotels, as well as discounts or free entry to a lot of the tourist attractions. Two people can stay for S$60 a night, which is not bad for a 3 star hotel.

I think the only people that could answer your question would be tourists not locals..unless they got kicked out by their spouses or family and had to stay in the hotels :P…And most locals would be more familiar with the 5 STARS hotel only because they usually serve good HIGH TEA and buffet in the weekend-Our all time favorite :)

I saw this very nice BOUTIQUE hotel called 1929, have good reviews on the paper before,..located in the heart of china town. Hotel 1929

And if you like to be in the Little India location, then I’ll recommend the New Park Hotel & Albert Court hotel (between little india and other convienent area). Both these places do serve good food there, personally tried before :).. Albert Court hotel will be a bit closer to the bras basah area which leads to Orchard..and it’s near Sim Lim Square (Multi-storey Electronic and Computer related stuff)

The Excelsior hotel has been around for a long time..as far as I can remember as a child. It’s located in the city hall area..pretty near to the very classy Raffles Hotel,our icon-Esplanade Theatre, Suntec City, Marina Square, Time Square, and the multi-storey Computer hall called FUNAN CENTRE
(selling only computer related stuff)

Not sure if there’s any 3 stars in Orchard Road..Le Meriden seems like one(pretty 70s looking)..there’s excellent food in that area.

Anyway, almost every buiding(even office building) in Singapore has food court so there’s never lack of good food here :D

2 more older ones but charming hotels would be Mandarin Hotel(this one has really excellent location-it looks like 4, or 5 stars but don’t know why website has it rated as 3 stars) and Crown Prince Hotel and ladyhill Hotel(vy good local food).
List of hotels in Singapore

So it’s really depends on your choice of area and where exactly you would like to stay in :) Good luck and hope more good suggestions pour in to you later on ;)

Wah lau erh!!

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Auntie, dun let me spoon feed you lah!

Do some research lah!!

Website is there!! >_<

I stayed in service appartment when I was in Singapore March 2006.
The reason was simple, I stayed there about a week, and appartment was more cheaper than I have to stay in the hotel (not 5 stars, around 3 – 4 stars).
I give you one address it is not a hotel but a hostel.
It cost about Sing $ 18 per night, consist of bed and locker, breakfast, free internet access nd free use of a gym down the road.
You can browsing Betel Box through http://www.betelbox.com.

Or if you need a cheaper hotel, there is another one located at behind Merdien Shopping Centre (behind Orchard Road), Supreme Hotel.

you should try the famous Hotel 1929 http://www.hotel1929.com

it’s a nice boutique hotel.

you can book it via the web also at
http://www.octopustravel.com/

Supreme is a 3 star hotel (the price is right) and the location is also great. It is just off Orchard Rd near Plaza Singapura.

For more hotels you may want to check out http://www.wotif.com/ you will get good deals but you can only book 2 weeks in advance and its prepaid.

I regularly travel to Singapore. Hotels there are expensive compared to much of Asia—they aren’t much cheaper than Tokyo for example where there’s a far larger range of budget hotels.

3-star hotels there are plenty of, but do your research before you book – some are hardly 3-star in my experience and are are over-priced for what they are. A good one is Hotel Asia. It’s clean, well located (although not central) and has basic wireless access for internet. The staff were reasonably friendly, but not overly so—only desk staff are well trained. But this is what you’d expect from a 3-star hotel, and it’s perfectly fine. It’s also cheap. The only thing that bothered me was that it was noisy if you got a room on the road side of the building.

You’ll find similar problems/advantages with any 3-star hotel. If price is your main criteria, choose somewhere that’s recommended as safe, having good service, is as close to where you want to go, and that is within your budget.

If you want something a little bit nicer, you need to pay. The Carlton and Rendezvous are both excellent locations and a class above the 3-stars, without being overly pricey.

For something really nice, I’d choose the Swissotel. This is one of the best hotels I’ve stayed at anywhere in the world. Really, really good, but you’ll be paying S$180 to S$200 a night for a room.

hotel grand central
http://www.grandcentral.com.sg/index.htm

at orchard road as well

http://hotels.online.com.sg/threestarhotels.asp

my uncle stayed there when he came over….was quite alright. he had a washing machine and dryer in his room as well!

Ok, my turn. I try to come back every year and sometimes hubby and I would go to a hotel for a few nights just to have some privacy and let the kids swim in the pool.

We’ve tried the Swissotel at Clarke Quay (TOP), Intercontinental at Bugis Junction (another TOP), ParkRoyal at Beach Rd (great pool and jacuzzi) and New Park at Little India (convenient but noisy, the Indian guests were not very quiet, I’m afraid).

There are some interesting boutique hotels like Albert Court and a few others actually from converted shophouses in the City Area, but as they do not have pools we didn’t go for them.

Yeah, I miss the buffets in the hotels in Singapore, they are the best. Couldn’t find anything similar in all the places I’ve been to, or at least not in the same price and quality range.

Bon séjour in S’pore!