hockeyinsider

That's a good question. Th lobby is reconfigured differently, but the only new furniture since the changeover has been the addition of a formal front desk. The executive lounge didn't exist before, but that can't be a $20 million lounge. Some of the restaurants were unfinished before, so perhaps that is where the money went. As well as for the second pool.

Hipplewm

I have found myself napping on the observation deck way more than a few times. If they put up a hammock, I would literally just rent that as my room. Never get hot, never get cold etc.

The pool is very chilly, even in August, heating it would be trivial with all the sun, could easily use a solar heater and not cost a ton.

Lani1

Great hotel, spent a few nights last month - upgraded to nice suite as Paltinum

C17PSGR

$20m seems like a lot since the hotel was very new to begin with.

Other than the pool being freezing and not having any place to sit in the sun, its a great design of a hotel. I'm not sure how to fix that but that deck is nice. They need to heat the water, and bring some chairs around the pool to create a vibe.

I don't know what the rest of the fuss is about being a JW. It's certainly on par with other JW's even if the design is more unique.

yurtripper

I just had 2 days here and I liked it very much. Staff in the EL were very nice and I also liked the food (in fact, my only problem was the opposite of what someone above said - I found the bacon overcooked the first time I tried it). I generally went to the Chef Station to get stuff rustled up though (and I never tried the afternoon tea spread as I always out during the day). The big downside is the awful silvery chairs, as everyone knows, but there a few comfy couches near the back. To compensate for this, they had an excellent Sauvignon Blanc during the first evening, but once it ran out the replacement was markedly inferior and unfortunately it didn’t reappear on the second night.

I went up to Flow 18 where the notorious Polar Bear Pool is - I actually didn’t find it too bad but it did feel supercold when I first waded in. Admittedly, it’s not the kind of pool you’ll linger in for long but the Flow 18 area is a cool place to hang out even if you don’t fancy the pool.

So yes, this JW does have a few quirks and is definitely not a ‘canonical’ JW (whatever that is), but I’d have no qualms about going back there when I return to SIN.

BTW, I really liked the beds - mine was so darned comfy my biggest problem was forcing myself to get out of it in the morning! I’m now in a suite at the IC KUL and the bed is nowhere near as nice as what I had at the South Beach (although it seems to be at least double the size).

Delta3MM

I am trying to remember if I saw any, but I can't remember seeing any children at night. I guess you could call to see if they have changed the rules? There is a children's area/family area set up in the lounge.

Billy

yurtripper

I forgot to mention this in my post above but for the 2 days I stayed there I didn't experience any issues with children in the lounge. In fact, I hardly saw any kids (it was Thu,Fri) and none of them were causing disruption.

LF72

Heard the pool is a bit chilly. Does the pool area get sun? Will be coming from wintery Germany in Feb and will definitely need rays!

Kacee

You might want to stay somewhere else then

LF72

Good to know, thanks. I was considering the Tang Plaza, but I'm not as happy with the location.

C17PSGR

I haven't stayed at the Tang Plaza but the JW is a great property -- but for the stupid pool setup and spotty wifi. The pool area looks great from a design perspective but isn't set up for anyone to sit by the pool as there isn't any place to really sit near the pool and there certainly isn't any sun.

If you can stand the freezing water, the social media picture will look good though and the pool floor has some good places to sit around the sides of the floor, to escape the heat, and to enjoy the great views. Just don't ask for a mixed drink, however, as the bartender (when the bar is open) will proudly tell you they don't serve cocktails!

It's still a nice property and my go to place in Singapore

Kacee

Deal killer for me. Particularly since the property was spectacularly evasive when I raised this issue with them. My takeaway was they know about the problem, and are doing nothing to fix it.

My next stay will probably go to the new Andaz, which looks really nice, or an FHR booking at MO.

yurtripper

I had no issues with the Wifi - I've stayed in tons of places in Europe that had much worse wifi, including virtually every IHG property or IC I've ever stayed in.

Odd. I had them serve me a cocktail last Saturday shortly before I checked out.

Pretzelsandpeanuts

I stayed at the Marriott Tang this past week. I am not sure why people don’t like the location, I know it’s sort of like staying in Times Square, but the subway (and Singapore’s subway is fantastic) is right underneath the hotel. I thought the executive lounge was good, a very substantial breakfast and dinner option and it’s basically, if you want to take advantage of it, 4 hours of open bar each night (and in Singapore alcohol is expensive). And the internet worked great at the hotel. I will definitely stay there again the next time I am in Singapore.

hockeyinsider

I've stayed there at Christmas. It gets plenty of sun.