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Raffles Hotel Singapore Courtyard Suite Staycation | Luxury and OLDEST 5-Star Iconic Heritage Hotel

 ABBEY:



WILL: Finally! The budget fits for us to stay to one of the most luxurious, oldest and one of the icons of Singapore…The Raffles Hotel! Is it really expensive to stay there? Hmmm. Yes! Haha! As Ms Sarah informed us, only Filipino businessmen or Presidents can afford the stay. Seldom a commoner like us. What can I say? I love to shoot for the stars. Haha! 

So what happened why we managed and mustered our finances to have another luxurious staycation this year? Well, first of all the 40x40 goal was reached 2 years earlier than we planned, Abbey passed the ITIL Certification and I graduated the DOST’s Project SPARTA Analyst Pathway. We have a bunch to celebrate right? 

Enough of us. Let’s talk about our Raffles Singapore Staycation Review. 
ROOM 
The first room was 133. The room is divided in three parts. Fist the parlour. 
Parlour
Sitting Room is where you can just lounge after you reached your room. Here where you can find your “Hermès”-like luggage and when you open it you’ll realize that it is a box for your in-room coffee(Nespresso), tea(Raffles Tea by The 1872 Clipper Tea Co.), mini bar (chargeable) and some of the glasswears. That is well-organized food and drink for the Raffles Hotel Residents. The parlour has a dining table and equipped with TV. Stationaries are inside of a mini attaché case located below the iPad controller. 

The Bedroom 
This iconic four-posted bed is one of the main attraction on your stay with Raffles Singapore. This kind of bed is a centerpiece in English castles. Now you feel more like a royalty right? Haha! The bed is not that soft nor not that hard. You can request for a pillow based on your specification. A huge TV and two (2) usual size cabinets for your clothings are in front of your bed. You’ll be happy to see that their slippers are not paper thin. The Peranakan design compliments well with the bathroom tiles. The blower is not located in the bathroom! It is cutely hidden in a dressing table. 

Bathroom 
A soaking bathtub will greet you in your Perenalan tiled bathroom. It has a marble top his and hers sink and wooden drawers. They do not have bath salts in the room but you can request for it. The toiletries are superb! It is not flowery, it is not musky, the aroma relaxes your muscles. Haha! 


RESTAURANTS 
The Suite Vacay promotion includes welcome drinks, breakfast and $100 dining voucher. 
The Courtyard 
You can either redeem your welcome drink which is Singapore Sling at The Grand Lobby or at The Courtyard, we chose the latter. This is for us to soak in with nature and courtyard’s architecture. We are not wrong with our choice! We met Tom and we had a little chat and walllllaaaahhhh! He treated us with a Tommy’s Margarita. 

Tiffin Room 
Here we had our breakfast. What reminds us the most? The hospitality of Ms Sarah. She really made a point that we were taken care of. She have done extra mile for giving us a bento meal in Tiffin Room. She recommends us to have Crispy Pancetta, definitely lovelier than a bacon. 

yì by Jereme Leung 
We had dinner here in lieu of the $100 voucher. We had Wok-fried Sichuan Style Spicy Squid, Fried Rice with Char Siew, Pork Belly and Pickled Long Beans, and Sichuan Dan Dan Noodles with Minced Iberico Pork. Flavours are exploding! Abbey and I agree that it is worthy to have another visit in this restaurant. 

OSTERIA BBR by Alain Ducasse 
Abbey had a Wake-up Call and I had Alba Rossa. This is for us to maximize the $100 voucher. You will surely love the pica-pica here specially if you like olives. 

FACILITIES 
Gym and pool is located at the third floor of the main building. The gym is not fully-equiped but you surely have the basic needs for a good workout. Be careful on their pool, the depth is a constant slope. Oh they had told us that they are not using chlorine for cleaning it. Good job Raffles! 

RAFFLES BOUTIQUE
Another voucher of $50 is for you to spend in their boutique store. you can find coffee, tea, postcards, wines and of course souvenir items. Abbey bought two packs of coffee. 

We had some mishap but it is was well taken care of, maybe you’ll ask why we had to change to another room. Anyways, this is indeed a very memorable experience specially for me. If you want to stay in historical buildings this is surely for you. 

Do watch out for their promotions. Now they have a package where the famous afternoon tea is included. 
Stay safe all! Stay jolly!


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Raffles Singapore 
(A) 1 Beach Road 189673 Singapore, Singapore 
(T) +65 6337 1886
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