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The Fullerton Bay Hotel

Singapore, Singapore

Super-centrally located in Singapore's business and cultural district, The Fullerton Bay Hotel is a must for luxe lounging, offering elegant rooms, fine dining and boho Lantern rooftop bar and pool, all with bayside views to die for. Boasting swish public areas designed by rising talent Andre Fu and bedrooms that doff their cap to the Lion City's colonial and pan-Asian roots, a stay here guarantees modern glamour.

Need to know

• Rooms 98, including six suites.
• Rates Double rooms from $453.75 (SGD580), excluding tax at 17.7 per cent.
  Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency (SGD580), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
• More details Rates exclude breakfast at SG$38 a person.
• Facilities Free WiFi throughout, DVD library, gym, pool, Jacuzzi, meeting rooms. In rooms: flatscreen satellite TVs (including one in the bathroom), DVD player, iPod dock, minibar, Molton Brown toiletries, Nespresso machine and coffee, Gryphon tea selection.
• Poolside Soak up jaw-dropping views of Marina Bay, the space-age three-towered casino complex and Singapore's skyline while you swim in the spectacular 25-metre outdoor rooftop pool. There are two Jacuzzis and loungers for flopping with a cocktail afterwards.
• Check-out Check-out, 12pm, but flexible for a half-day charge before 6pm (after you'll have to pay for an extra night). Check-in, 2pm.
• Children Welcome: the hotel provides free baby cots and extra beds for under-12s, who stay gratis with paying adults. Babysitting is available with staff for SG$100 an hour, with a day's notice. More...
• Also Butler service is available in Suites, and smoking rooms can also be requested.

Food and drink at The Fullerton Bay Hotel

• Hotel restaurant With soaring 10-metre ceilings, sweeping curtains and wall-to-wall bayside windows, sleekly linear Clifford is the hotel's modern French brasserie, where dark wood, high-backed chairs, overscaled dressers and pretty pendant lamps ensure an elegant mood. It's open for breakfast, lunch or dinner, with an 800-bottle wine library to sample while tucking into grilled wagyu striploin, roasted cod or duck confit (reservations recommended). For more informal grazing, the airy Landing Point lounge by the marbled lobby promenade beckons with sink-in sofas and sassy stools grouped around a long bar and outdoor terrace. Pop here for a chilled Lemongrass infusion, refreshing affogato or afternoon tea with scones, or linger for a vintage Negroni, a recreated 19th-century Old-Fashioned cocktail or a more cutting-edge tipple. Light meals span mango and avocado salad, Vietnamese spring rolls and dim sum.
• Dress code Upscale chic rules here, so pack this season's nattiest threads. Work a sophisticated look at formal Clifford brasserie and a sexy one at more casual rooftop bar Lantern.
• Top table Any of the waterside window tables at Clifford, or take up residence on the terrace if it's not too hot. The comfy banquettes at the back, or two private dining salons at either end (seating six to eight) are sociable hang-outs for groups.
• Last orders The glitzy Landing Point is open from 7am–11pm; demure Clifford serves breakfast from 6.30am–10.30am, lunch from 12pm–2.30pm and dinner from 6.30pm–10.30pm.
• Room service Available 24-hours, with a variety of Asian and Western dishes from Clifford's menu including mouth-watering desserts.
• Hotel bar Bag a pew at hot venue Lantern, the hotel's seductive seventh-floor rooftop lounge bar which serves up delicious cocktails and killer views of the bay, including vertiginous vistas of the iconic Marina Bay Sands Casino opposite. This lofty poolside perch opens from midday to 2am, with a striking lantern-inspired circular bar, dreamy cabana day-beds at each end for chilling and vibrant contemporary furniture in inviting clusters. Try the signature Red Lantern cocktail, a lip-smacking blend of tequila, watermelon, cucumber, cointreau and lime, a homage to the area's heritage when red lanterns hung on the pier to welcome immigrants and seafarers.

The Fullerton Bay Hotel 80 Collyer Quay, Singapore, 049326