We just came back from Singapore and stayed at Swissotel Merchant Court. We had a fantastic stay, the staff was extremely friendly and helpful as well the location is absolutely top. If you like good food and fancy Restaurants, just opposite the Swissotel we went to Clarke Quay and had a fantastic meal. We only can recommend this hotel, it is really good.

We stayed here for 2 nights before we cruised on the 25/3 and it was a bit of a let down. We booked for a King room and ended up with 2 single beds and they "had nothing else"??? Room was very small, not even enough room for 2 suitcases on the floor!! The kettle took a bit of working out as well. If we stood out onto the balcony and looked to our right we had a great view of the river area and resturants. The rooms weren't noice proof either, not that we expected to have no noise, but we may as well of had the door wide open. Also couldn't work out how to lock one half of the door either (both doors slided one way or the other).

The buffet breakfast was pretty good. We had a buffet dinner but it was all Asian food and very spicy.

The pool area was lovely but the pool bar was on the opposite side so to order a drink you had to walk right around the pool. If you were swimming you needed to get out and walk over to order it. Not the best pool bar I've seen.

This hotel has great access to Clarke Quay and an easy walk to Chinatown. It's a long walk to Orchard Rd but great exercise!!

Singapore is so on top of keeping their streets clean with no rubbish to be seen anywhere, it's a shame it doesn't do the same for the river. It was very grubby. I'm still trying to work out if I liked the area or not. It had me wishing we'd spent 2 nights at Sentosa instead.

Passed through Singapore again while on business in the Far East. Had been booked into this hotel. Briefly: All l can say is that this is the worst hotel l have ever seen or stayed in on numerous visits to Singapore. It is shabby and dated. To say it needs total refurbishment is an understatement - it needs demolishing. The whole hotel is terribly drab and dated. Dirty rooms. Breakfast buffet inedible. Building site next door. Staff totally useless and unhelpful. This hotel is an embarassment to Singapore. Please, don't ruin your stay in Singapore - stay elsewhere.

My fiance and I stayed at this hotel for 2 nights from Mar 25. They put us up on the 9th floor, and guess what the room was facing the construction site. For the money we paid for this hotel, it was totally not worth it. It was a very small room and the bathroom had a damp smell. In addition to that the noise from the construction site was unbearable. We were very annoyed with the constant drilling noise and trucks moving in and out of the site.

I was also rudely awaken at 10 am on Sunday morning, with a knock on the door by a hotel staff asking whether we had consumed any items from the minibar. Couldn't they wait until we actually check out from our room??

We will definately not stay here again.