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Old Nov 12, 2024 | 12:09 am
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waribai
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Originally Posted by plam1365
There's a small hawker center about a 5 min walk, but only has 5-6 vendors. A few more within 10 minutes. Just depends on what you want. The courtyard has a larger selection of hawkers within a similar distance, but not many air-conditioned sit-down restaurants like Gurney Paragon or Gurney Plaza.

There's rarely a reason to walk when Grab rides are so inexpensive. The only place I found compelling to walk to was a dim-sum place about a km from the Courtyard, a little bit closer than Marriott to Gurney Paragon.
Thanks. I was thinking of changing but the points arbitrage is so good that I might stick with the Courtyard unless the Marriott is infinitely better?. We will also have a car. So, no need for Grab. However, I remember a few years ago being stuck in the Paragon car park at closing time as everyone tried to exit!
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