Pan Pacific, Singapore

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Pan Pacific is one of the top hotels in Singapore.

Located opposite Suntec Convention Centre, the hotel is connected to 2 malls —-Marina Square and Suntec City. In other words, a lot of shopping is right at your feet. You can also find fast food restaurants, cinemas as well as affordable restaurants. There is a hyper-mart in Suntec City. Located just opposite Suntec Convention Centre, the hotel is of course popular with convention visitors and exhibitors. You can cut through Marina Square and Suntec to get to Esplanade subway station. It is just 5 mins away on foot.

I checked into a Pacific guest room, which is an executive grade guestroom.

The hotel is not the newest nor the most modern. It has probably around since the eighties.

Nevertheless, the hotel is very, very well-maintained. I’m also glad the building is slightly older—— the rooms are spacious. New hotels, more often then not, have very small rooms. The Pacific Club guestroom has ample space for two people to move about. It is unlikely you will feel claustrophobic here.

As Pan Pacific towers over its neighbours, Marina Mandarin and Mandarin Oriental, try to get a Pacific Club room which is located on the upper floors. You will get a square unblocked view of Singapore CBD and Singapore bay. Come 9 Aug, Singapore’s National Day or New Year’s Eve, you will get the best seat in Singapore to view the fireworks. Among all the hotels, I have stayed in Singapore , Pan Pacific Club rooms offer the best view so far—– high up and facing the action squarely.

The bathroom here is very spacious. There is a bath tub. With a glass wall separating the bathroom and the guestroom, you can watch TV while lying in the tub.

The room does not feature the most modern design, but it is certainly very spacious, and very, very comfortable. There is spacious L-shaped writing desk, a lounge sofa, a small bar, a Nespresso machine. They even have a bench in front of the bed which is really convenient for putting on shoes.

Guests of Pacific guestrooms enjoy access to the Pacific Club. The Pacific Club sits on top of the hotel on the 38th floor. As the hotel towers over its neighbours, the lounge offers 360 degree view of Singapore city. The decor of the lounge is a mixture of french elegance and chinoiserie. There is variety of seating arrangements suited for parties of all sizes. There are couches, tables for four and tables for two.

Pacific Club Privileges
(*guests above the age of 12 are welcome at Pacific Club)—- it is such a relief to have a kids-free zone where there are no screaming kids, no kids running about, no frazzled parents trying to calm them down. It is such a relief to have a place where adults have a champagne breakfast in the morning, have a drink in the evening, relax, and enjoy a bit of conversation.

Choice of champagne breakfast at Pacific Club from 6am to 11am or breakfast at Edge from (Level 3) from 6am to 10.30am. Pacific Club is located on Level 38, the highest floor of the hotel. Alternatively, Pacific Club guests can enjoy in-room dining breakfast at any hour. At Pacific Club, the first accompanying guest is complimentary and any additional guests is at $48++ each. This does not apply to dining at Edge nor In-room Dining.

At the breakfast in the lounge, there are some hot dishes to pick from. I love the attention to detail and adherence to tradition—- they have included sauerkraut with sausages. That is the way it should be.

You can also choose how you like your eggs done. The standout is the Truffle Egg. Oh my god! Hot scrambled egg served on toast with the intoxicating smell of truffle. It was heavenly!

They also prepared hot beautiful pancakes sprinkled with icing sugar on top and served with fruit compote, fruit and sprinkled with icing. I ordered another set of Truffle Egg and pancake right after I finished the first one, which should be a testament of how great they were.

Together with the free flow Moet and Chandon brut champagne and great view, is there a better breakfast in this world? I would highly recommend having breakfast at the lounge instead of The Edge downstairs. Besides the excellent, unforgettable truffle egg, the beautiful, delicate pancakes, great view and free flow champagne, another reason is that it is absolutely jammed pack at Edge in the mornings. When I was there at 9am+ on a Sunday morning, there were at least 15 people standing in the queue waiting to get into Edge. I turned right around and went up to the lounge for breakfast.

Afternoon tea from 3pm to 5pm

Sunset cocktails and canapes from 6 to 8pm

Pacific Club operates 24 hours per day. Bar services outside the Happy Hour and other dining opportunities are not included.

Use of Pacific Club private dining rooms with prior reservation.

One hour per day usage of a conference room and 50% discount on secretarial services at Pacififc Centre.

Pillow menu (Buckwheat hull organic, foam, contour, contour, coil polyester)

Pressing/ laundry/ dry cleaning up to two pieces per day, accumulative during each stay
Complimentary non-alcoholic drinks from the in-room mini bar.

Two complimentary 1 litre bottle of Evian mineral water.

This seems like a very clean hotel. My room and bathroom are spotless. When I walked past a room In the morning, I saw Housekeeping bent over and furiously scrubbing the bottom of the bathroom door. I have never seen Housekeeping of any hotel that hardworking before. Most of the time, they perform the cursory movements of tidying up the room and then leaving it. Also, Housekeeping actually wipes the wall of the lift lobby. I have never seen that before. I feel so safe staying here, knowing that this is a clean environment.

With an excellent product, slick cleanliness and a great location, travellers would do well to pick Pan Pacific Singapore as their choice.

Tip: book room 3012 or XX12 to get a square, television view of Marina Bay and the fireworks display on Singapore’s National Day 9 Aug or New Year’s Eve. If you book a room at Marina Bay Sands, then obviously you won’t get a view of Marina Bay Sands.