| right hotel to stay |
Guest Rating: 7.3 |
dewi K.
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 Indonesia
Family with young children
Date of Stay: 25 Aug 2009 |
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6/10 |
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10/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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the queue in the reception area because of a bit slow service while checking in actually Meritus Mandarin located in a very good area,when i come to singapore i will definetly stay in this hotel because its very near to shopping area and especially next to Takashimaya so when you do a lot of shopping you can go back to your room for a while to put some of your shopping bags without have to carrying it all day long:)
Shopping Tip : Takashimaya
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| We were so satisfied we extended our stay! |
Guest Rating: 10 |
alan L.
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 Singapore
Couple
Date of Stay: 25 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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Its a great hotel if you dont wanna pay too much and yet wanna enjoy the best of wat the city can offer. The price is reasonable consider its located in the middle of Orchard shopping district. Its also situated in between 2 major MRT stations, Orchard and Sommerset. The portion of the hotel which you will be staying now is only temporary coz the entire hotel is going through a major facelift, therefore everything seems to be in a smaller scale but new. The bad things abt this temporary portion of the hotel is you have to take the lift from the ground floor to the main lobby at fifth floor, then take another lift to get to the hotel rooms, its a little troublesome. Another thing is there isn't a pool, I guess its also due the the renovation, but overall its a hotel you wont regret to stay in for your holiday. We were very satisfied with this hotel we extended our stay for 2 more days. Its a great hotel if you dont wanna pay too much and yet wanna enjoy the best of wat the city can offer. It has everything a top international hotel needs. The price is reasonable consider its located in the middle of Orchard shopping district. Its also situated in between 2 major MRT stations, Orchard and Sommerset. The portion of the hotel which you will be staying now is only temporary coz the entire hotel is going through a major facelift, therefore everything seems to be in a smaller scale but new. The bad things abt this temporary portion of the hotel is you have to take the lift from the ground floor to the main lobby at fifth floor, then take another lift to get to the hotel rooms, its a little troublesome. Another thing is there isn't a pool, I guess its also due the the renovation, but overall its a hotel you wont regret to stay in for your holiday.
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| Reasonable Price and Great Location! |
Guest Rating: 10 |
alan L.
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Singapore
Couple
Date of Stay: 24 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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The price is reasonable consider its located in the middle of Orchard shopping district. Its also situated in between 2 MRT stations, Orchard and Sommerset. The portion of the hotel which you will be staying now is only temporary coz the entire hotel is going through a major facelift, therefore everything seems to be in a smaller scale but new. The bad things abt this temporary portion of the hotel is you have to take the lift from the ground floor to the main lobby at fifth floor, then take another lift to get to the hotel rooms, its a little troublesome. Another thing is there isn't a pool, I guess its also due the the renovation. Its a great hotel if you dont wanna pay too much and yet wanna enjoy the best of wat the city can offer. The price is reasonable consider its located in the middle of Orchard shopping district. Its also situated in between 2 major MRT stations, Orchard and Sommerset. The portion of the hotel which you will be staying now is only temporary coz the entire hotel is going through a major facelift, therefore everything seems to be in a smaller scale but new. The bad things abt this temporary portion of the hotel is you have to take the lift from the ground floor to the main lobby at fifth floor, then take another lift to get to the hotel rooms, its a little troublesome. Another thing is there isn't a pool, I guess its also due the the renovation, but overall its a hotel you wont regret to stay in for your holiday.
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| meritus mandarin |
Guest Rating: 10 |
thomas H.
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Indonesia
Business Traveler
Date of Stay: 24 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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the location of the hotel is very comfortable to us. Services are also good there is still some renovation that hasn`t been finished yet and might be not comfortable for the guests we have been very satisfied with our experience of our last stay through the booking with Agoda and would recommend to our friends and relatives.
Shopping Tip : good shopping at Takashimaya, Ion, Paragon.
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| great place |
Guest Rating: 10 |
chee K.
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 Malaysia
Couple
Date of Stay: 23 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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still under renovation with some noise and the food is too expensive.. value for money and worth staying again.. would highly recommend anyone to stay at this hotel. walking distant to all shopping venues. most of all the thing i like best about this hotel is the staff. most of them are above 50's and are very polite.
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| Shops a stones-throw away |
Guest Rating: 8.3 |
haj A.
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 Brunei Darussalam
Couple
Date of Stay: 23 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
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10/10 |
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1) Right next to major shopping malls eg Takashimaya
2) Mandarin Chicken Rice!! - Delish!! 1) Renovations going on so lots of confusion on accessibility
We were only here for a night [transit] so we spent most of wat time we had going shopping..which was really convenient because the major shops are within walking distance including the new mega-mall ION. So it was easy for us to pop back to the hotel n dump our load, quick recharge [power nap for my wife] and then pop back out to attack the shops again. So real convenience for ppl who jus wanna go shopping.
The food was pretty good too as we had midnight hunger pangs so ordered the famous mandarin chicken rice via room service. That was excellent, a must try.
The only thing was the hotel was going thru sum major upgrades n renovation works may be a bit annoying cos of all the clanging. Plus we had to take a lift all the way from another tower to get to our tower and from there use another lift to get to our floor cos the mid-floors were being fixedup. so a bit of inconvenience. But the staff are friendly and helpful and the design looks like its gonna be swank, very oriental.
Hotel Feature Tip : Mandarin Chicken Rice - a must try. Okay, maybe its a lil over-rated, but I like it. try lah!
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| Meritus Mandarin Hotel |
Guest Rating: 8.3 |
yih S.
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Malaysia
Other
Date of Stay: 21 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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Best location in Singapore for shopping Still under refurbishment; Noise and air pollution Among all the hotel hotspots you could find along Orchard Road, this is the best there is in terms of shopping location. Its ideal location is best suited for shopaholics. But the on-going refurbishment project in part of the hotel may not appeal to some people who want peace and quiet.
Restaurant Tip : Check out the Chatterbox restaurant located on the top floor.
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| Bang in the center of Orchard ! |
Guest Rating: 7.7 |
jacqueline H.
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 Belgium
Solo Traveler
Date of Stay: 21 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
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in renovation, lots of noise in the lobby! The hotel has a fantastic location, in the middle of everything in Orchard Rd. The renovation did not bother us too much as we were given a room in a quiet area, and the staff was very nice. The bar on top has a good view of Singapore, but sure needs renovation as well. All should be ok if they keep same price and renovate the hotel. 5 min. walk to Somerset MRT station.
Shopping Tip : Go and visit the new Orchard Center Shoping Center 2 min; away, and see a beautiful exhibition of pictures of old Singapore and a statue of the "Shopping Lady" which is 20 meters high ! Great to see art in a shopping Center.
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| my stay in mandarin (15th-20th august) |
Guest Rating: 8 |
melissa M.
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Indonesia
Family with young children
Date of Stay: 20 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
| Food/Dining: |
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8/10 |
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the location which would be considered as the best location for first visit or even the repeating ones and the chicken rice the renovation thich is still in progress as i mostly always stay in meritus mandarin when i come to spore,it would tell you that i consider it as the one that would fits my need as the best hotel.The location would be the main reason.it is located in orchard road,the one next to takashimaya and opposite paragon..which is the most convinient to find foods in food market in level b2,or the food republic in wisma atria which is located not more that 500m away.you could get your groceries in cold storage level b2 takashimaya too,ot 7 eleven in lucky plaza. i dont mind the renovation.
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| Great Stay |
Guest Rating: 7 |
rosano T.
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 Philippines
Family with older children
Date of Stay: 19 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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4/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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8/10 |
| Room Comfort/Standard: |
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6/10 |
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8/10 |
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I liked the friendliness of the hotel staff.
I did not like the noise from the renovations and the long walk from the main entrance to our hotel room. Meritus Mandarin provided great service to us. We were greeted by the hotel staff throughout our 8 day stay. Also, the housekeeping made sure to provide us the things we needed for our room. They delivered the towels, blanket promptly. However, it took a while for our luggage to get to our room after our check-in. One thing I did not like about the hotel was its cancellation policy. We had to cut short our stay for 1 night because of medical reasons but the hotel seemed unconcerned about the situation of their hotel guests.
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| great location |
Guest Rating: 9.3 |
umaporn S.
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Business Traveler
Date of Stay: 19 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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8/10 |
| Room Comfort/Standard: |
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10/10 |
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8/10 |
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Location is fantastic. Very helpful staff. check out process - a bit slow. The hotel is in very good location, right next to Takashiyama Mall, center of Orchard rd.
Room size is considered large for Singapore Hotel. Love the bathroom amenities - good quality.
Great service from the staff, very attentive, especially porter at entrance lobby.
Need to improve check in and check out process. Check out should be seperate from check in line. People might miss their flight waiting in the long line just to pay the bill !
Restaurant Tip : Great food mall at Takashimaya mall, next to the hotel.
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| GREAT HOTEL |
Guest Rating: 7.3 |
chan B.
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Malaysia
Family with young children
Date of Stay: 19 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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6/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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10/10 |
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6/10 |
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2/10 |
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Very convenient, good room size under renovation, coffee house deco run down Most strategic location, next to Takashimaya. Room size is good, very clean though it lack the deco and ambiance of a luxury hotel room. I hope they have intention to further upgrade room facility if they want to maintain a 5 star hotel room rate. Check in and out was very efficient. Coffee house not impressive and run down.
Restaurant Tip : Food court at Ion City is great. Don't go Takashimaya food court. Have an outdoor dinner at Palm Beach restoran at One Fullerton overlooking Merlion.
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| Great location for a shopping break in Singapore |
Guest Rating: 8.3 |
per B.
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 Netherlands
Couple
Date of Stay: 18 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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Location
Great view from high floor
Clean Currently under construction
Not personal
No toilets on the ground floor We stayed at the Meritus Mandarin in Singapore when they were refurbishing the hotel. The Entrance and Lobby were therefore on separate floors and the pool was closed. Even though this was a bit confusing in the beginning, there are plenty of friendly staff to point you in the right direction. The location of the hotel is great if you are in Singapore for a shopping break. It is in the middle of Orchard Road surrounded by plenty of shopping malls and department stores. The metro station is only one block away if you want to go out a bit further.
Overall, it is a great hotel to stay at if you are in Singapore for a couple of days.
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| one of the best hotel in Singapore |
Guest Rating: 8.7 |
witono E.
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Indonesia
Couple
Date of Stay: 18 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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6/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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10/10 |
| Room Comfort/Standard: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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the staffs are very friendly and helpful the design too complicated. Meritus mandarin located in Orchard Rd and it's very strategic place to do anything. the room is very clean and quite. the staffs are very friendly, the business centre is excellent. it's a good hotel to stay for leisure and business although during my stay, they renovate the lobby but it didn't disturb me at all coz i stayed at 15th floor.
Shopping Tip : just next to takashimaya shopping mall.
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| good service |
Guest Rating: 8 |
alvin U.
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Indonesia
Couple
Date of Stay: 18 Aug 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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nice design< good service, worth price I like to stay at the meritus mandarin orchard road, because it is located very strategic. I went to singapore for medical reason and also shopping.
The hotel has a nice design, very nice service. The rooms are also very clean. The staffs very helpful and nice.
Most of all, the meritus mandarin hotel, is the number one choice to stay.
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