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It’s next to Resorts World Sentosa but its Classic Room, facilities, food, and service weren’t especially impressive. Still, it’s sometimes cheaper than the slightly better Deluxe Room at Hotel Michael.
We felt the Classic Room at Le Méridien Singapore, Sentosa was decent and the hotel grounds worth some exploration. However, its pool was basic, the gym small, and the breakfast buffet disappointing. Still, it’s practically next to Resorts World Sentosa — just about five minutes away. However, in terms of the room alone, we preferred Hotel Michael’s Deluxe Room slightly better.
We review anonymously and pay for everything. All opinions expressed here are our own and all information is correct as of our last stay or visit and subject to change without notice.
With “a warm and comforting ambience with natural wood furnishings and neutral colours”[1], the Classic Room didn’t win many points from us for its boldness of aesthetics. At 30m2, it was the smallest room we’ve reviewed on Sentosa, though we wouldn’t describe it as small. It’s similar in size, for example, to the 31m2 Superior Hill View Room at the Shangri-la’s Rasa Sentosa Resort & Spa, Singapore. Its furnishings also didn’t go beyond the standard — just the bed, a TV bench, and a connecting work desk and chair — though that did leave the bedroom feeling spacious. We did like its generous use of mirrors which contributed to the feeling of space.
The 42-inch TV offered just 29 channels[2], with only HBO for English movies — a little limited compared to other hotels we’ve reviewed. There were no pay-per-view or movie rental options. While we were informed that CD players were available, it was up to us to bring our own CDs.
The complimentary in-room coffee and tea selection was basic: Nescafe classic instant coffee and TWG Tea. For more options, the (non-complimentary) in-room dining menu contained an extensive beverage selection. This included single servings of spirits — gins, vodkas, rums, tequilas, bourbons, and cognacs — while wines were also available by the bottle.
However, the bathroom did feel tight. The toilet particularly felt hemmed in by a partition that contributed little in the way of privacy, considering how close it was to the sink. There was no bathtub, just a shower, and the toiletries — hand & body wash, conditioning shampoo, and body lotion — were from a little-known brand called Nature Spa.
See our in-depth review and pictures of this breakfast buffet.
We felt let down eating the breakfast buffet at the Latest Recipe restaurant. We did like some of the items: the fried rice and noodles, chee cheong fun, samosas, Indian curries, croissants, and the freshly-baked kaya buns brought to our table. However, for a couple of dollars more, we could have been enjoying the sprawling SGD47[2] breakfast buffet at the Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort and Spa, Singapore. Alternatively, we felt the SGD33[3] breakfast buffet at the Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa was not only cheaper but better.
We were surprised to be so disappointed at the WoW – World of Whisky, considering its partnership with the famous Hotel Waldhaus am See in St Moritz, Switzerland[1]. For a bar called the World of Whisky, we found it strange that there were only four bourbons[2] on the menu — outnumbered by the rum and wine selections. The cocktail menu was not much more focused on whisky either — just six of the 18 listed cocktails were whisky-based — and didn’t seem especially creative. Only two whisky cocktails on the menu seemed unique to the bar[3]. While we could have forgiven a whisky bar’s disinterest in whisky, we weren’t even feeling any interest in being a bar. Despite its stated closing time of 11pm, we found the bar unmanned and deserted at 9pm. When we did manage to catch it staffed at 6pm, it was so quiet that we wondered if we were in a library or a bar. The complimentary but unimpressive finger food buffet did little to entice us to stay.
We were unimpressed by the in-room dining which we felt was a little hit and miss. While we had no complaints over its flavour, we felt our oven-roasted chicken should have been rested longer, judging by the liquid seeping onto the plate. We also wished the tenderloin in our grilled beef tenderloin Rossini were more tender.
In the morning, the in-room dining menu offered Malay (“heritage”) and Indian (“colonial”) signature breakfasts. Choosing the “heritage” signature breakfast, we found ourselves marvelling over how sparse our plate was. We consoled ourselves with the kitchen’s creativity in presenting nasi lemak (rice cooked in coconut milk) wrapped in omelette and how well it did taste paired with the spicy sambal. Apart from the signature breakfasts, the in-room dining menu did not show any breakfast sets, though we did find a separate breakfast door hanger in our room offering sets options. We ordered the American breakfast set — essentially the “awesome breakfast” option in the in-room dining menu with a few extra items (continental and Swiss healthy breakfast sets were also available). We didn’t think it was awesome: not only were there unannounced substitutions in our breakfast order, we found the scrambled eggs and sausage dry.
Before Le Méridien took over the hotel in 2016, it was previously the Mövenpick Heritage Hotel Sentosa. Designed around army barracks built in the 1930s (the Heritage Wing) and a new modern Contemporary Wing, the hotel held a few spaces which we thought interesting enough to explore. Sheltered benches were available outside the Heritage Wing for contemplating the 37m concrete Sentosa Merlion near Imbiah Station. Indoors, the linkway between the Heritage and Contemporary Wings provided sofas and chairs for a quiet conversation or book. The veranda overlooking the swimming pool offered more seats.
Outside of the hotel, guests could also enjoy free entry into the National Gallery Singapore under Le Méridien’s Unlock Art programme. We would note however that it’s already free for Singapore citizens and permanent residents; admission is SGD20 for non-residents.
There was no spa at Le Méridien.
The infinity pool tucked in between the Heritage and Contemporary Wings was one of the smaller hotel swimming pools we’ve reviewed. Apart from being an infinity pool, it was basic: no water jets or jacuzzi pools. The limited number of available lounge chairs often ran out, leaving us no space to place our towels and stuff. With so little poolside seating, the lack of a poolside bar didn’t surprise us.
Located in the linkway between the Heritage and Contemporary Wings, the gym was also one of the smallest we’ve reviewed. This was not just in terms of floor space — there was also only one treadmill in the gym. We didn’t find the ambience especially energising either — blinds on the windows left us with little of a view or natural light.
23 Beach View, Sentosa, Singapore, 098679
+65 6818 3388
