When a family member told me that he’ll be staying at the Naumi Hotel during his business trip to Singapore, you can just imagine me turning green with envy.
It is not one of the more popular hotel in Singapore and apparently some taxi drivers don’t even know where this hotel is located.
And I only knew about it because I read (and dream) hotels and Naumi is one of the latest boutique hotel in town.
But since the cheapest room is already S$350++, it is not a place I could see myself ever staying at. Because even if my husband would like to indulge me, I think I’d rather go for the St. Regis – another new boutique hotel of a much dreamier standard for a cool S$7++…
The building that housed Naumi Hotel used to be another popular business hotel in the past called the Metropole and as a taxi driver informed my relative, it went from a S$60 per night to a S$400 per night.
Of course, that price comes with extra bits of things.
A kitchenette complete with microwave, toaster and hot plate and full set of cultery (for the Deluxe Room).
An interesting range of toiletries from premium Australian brand called Aesop with intriguing bottles such as “Geranium Leaf Body Cleanser” and ” Rind Aromatique Body Balm” and “Revitalizing Hair Sealing Conditioner” and etc.
An iPod dock by the very comfortable bedside which having no iPod nor ever used one, my relative was quite unimpressed with.
The fridge is big (double the height of the usual hotel fridges) and stocked with at least 14 cans of drinks (juices, water and 2 cans of beers) – all complimentary.
Coffee lovers will definitely love this hotel for it’s Nespresso machine to brew espresso in your own room. Unfortunately, my relative is a non-coffee drinker so the novelty of this machine is lost on him too.
I know kids will love the free plate of chestnuts biscuits and sweet corn – a treat I’ve never seen at any other hotels.
He did not manage to check out the rooftop infinity pool or the gym and thinks that the breakfast will not suit the typical Asian – as there no “no fried mee” and “no salmon sashimi”.
But if you really can’t live without “fried kuey tiaw”, the shoplots outside the hotel is full of coffee shops and the food court besides Allson Hotel is only about 300m away.
Location wise, it’s tucked along a small street flanked by the National Library and Raffles Hotel.
The shopping places of Bugis and Raffles City (and the MRT station) is less than 500m away.
In this picture, Naumi Hotel is the building in grey as seen from Shaw Tower.
*Check out my other memorable hotel stay in Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and counting!*
Hey that’s a very interesting viewpoint of Singapore. Which hotel did you stay at when you were there. Maybe we should meetup sometime when we’re both together in singapore. Alternatively you can visit Yellow Pages Singapore to check up on the latest happenings in Singapore. Small country but I simply love it.
Thanks for sharing. Just the nepresso machine is worth it. I got the exact same one at home . . . couldn’t get through my day without it. Coffee . . . simply divine!
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Oh Kelly, I will demand that for my next trip to Singapore, my husband will let me stay in this hotel so I can try out this machine myself…