I've been in better hotels, at the same price, in places like Kuala Lumpur and Macau. If you can get in Allson or City Bayview, go ahead, since they are nearer to Orchard Road than Summer View.

The nearest attraction to the hotel is the Singapore National Museum, which is around 5 minutes down Bencoolen Street.

The nearest MRT station is around 7 minutes. This would be the Bugis station which runs along the East-West Line (the line going to Changi Airport).

It is a very small hotel next to Burlington Plaza and Sim Lim IT Mall. I reserved for a double room. When my fiancee and I arrived, we got a twin room. I only got my double room after the 2nd day.

The room was the smallest I've been in to (for the same price I paid in other countries). No windows. Low bed. Small tv with very limited channels.

On the bright side, the room has the bare essentials. Clean bathroom. Continuous hot water. Cool airconditioner. And a substantial compliance bed.

If you're going to spend the day going around singapore, and only need a place to shower and sleep in, this is an option.

If you want comfort, pampering and expect to stay in the room, I don't recommend Summer View.

I stayed in the hotel for 3 nights. It was better than i thought cause I had stayed in some three-star hotels further up the road along Bencoolen street, and one of them had ants in the room and smelly bathroom. Here, in Summer View, the room is small but the sheets are clean and comfortable. The TV has sufficient channels to keep me entertained. The housekeeper would spray some air freshner after cleaning the room which is really pleasant to the senses. The hotel is also very near to internet cafes, hairdressing salons, 15mins walk to Bugis Junction, Raffles City and Plaza Singapura. If you are too tired to walk, try taking the public buses. Located just opposite the hotel are two bus-stops with buses that will bring you to Raffles city or even Bugis Junction or Orchard Road.

Okay, Singapore is not a great value for 3 star hotels anymore. For US$96/night we expected what their website said: "100 designer furnished guest rooms. All rooms are fully carpeted and tastefully furnished..." Ours was anything but. Very small, terribly worn and stained, felt grimy, smelled musty, and very limited TV channels (they say they have satellite, but satellite is actually illegal in SIN). Shampoo was in a broken dispenser on the wall. Breakfast highly mediocre. Pricey wireless - we went two doors down to a friendly and inexpensive internet cafe. Staff not unpleasant but not helpful either. Next time we'll bump up our budget a bit and seek out someplace more. If we were backpackers and aligned our expectations as such, this would have been fine. But we were on a long weekend holiday and this was no place to spend even a minute of extra time.

This hotel is fantastic, staff excellent and nothing was a problem for them. Daily maid service. Room immaculate. Lemon Thai restaurant where you had breakfast, good food and again friendly efficient staff. Hotel is good value for money and very close to shops. 10-15 minutes walk to Orchard Rd - end to end shopping,10 minute walk to the famous Raffles Hotel, recommend the Singapore Sling in the Long Bar.