I took part in the paywhatyouwant.com.sg campaign launched by Ibis Hotel Singapore. In fact previously I had stayed in Ibis Siam Bangkok and was pretty happy with the level of service and the reasonable rate.

I pay $8 (exclusive of taxes & service charge) for a night stay and I was surprised my booking went through!

It was the same manner as Ibis Siam Bangkok, no swimming pool, no bell-boy. Everything was no frills.

The room was simply clean. It is really awesome. I like the simplicity!

Here are the shoots taken using my E71 (not as sharp as my Nokia Xpressmusic):

Cool chair@reception area greeting the guests.

Taste Restaurant and bar featured in 15 Feb 09 Strait Times

Safe, coffee-tea-station, mini fridge (the black box)

The nice smelling orange body and hair wash.

My overall experience:

I was very pleased with the facilities that came with the hotel room. There is free internet access, very useful for business people. This is the reason I brought along my laptop as well. On top of that, there is cable TV with channels like ESPN, Starsports, AXN. This is unlike other hotels which do not provide those channels. The room is simply decorated with wise usage of color and space management. It looks small but plently of space to move around. Though the fridge was not sufficiently big enough, it was just nice for my water bottle to sit in. Useful feature for topical Singapore. I’m writing this post on the desk, facing Nanyang Academic of Fine Arts School.

Well, there is one thing which is not that well done: the toilet floor. The furnishing wasn’t that friendly in the sense that the tiles give a cutting feet feeling, definitely dangerous for little children. Ouch!

Ibis Hotel Singapore continues to live up to its name, Simply Classy.

I would personally give a 4 out of 5 stars!