Mr & Mrs Smith

Wanderlust

Singapore, Singapore

Singapore’s boutique king Loh Lik Peng collaborated with four local design agencies to create Wanderlust hotel, and boy did they let their imaginations run wild. Since the hotel occupies a heritage-listed former school, little could be altered on the outside, but stepping inside is like tumbling into a vivid dreamscape. Surreal themes from Pantone colours to pop art, origami and childhood fantasies inspired the 29 rooms, and no two are the same. Wanderlust is bold and idiosyncratic, but, due to Peng’s finely honed approach to luxury, it’s also authentically bespoke.

Need to know

• Rooms 29, including nine suites.
• Rates Double rooms from $141.32 (SGD178), excluding tax at 17.7 per cent.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (SGD178) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include breakfast and local calls.
• Facilities Free WiFi throughout, sun-deck, Jacuzzi. In rooms: flatscreen TV, iPod dock, minibar with complimentary non-alcoholic drinks, Kiehl’s toiletries, Nespresso machine.
• Poolside There’s no pool but you can wallow in the outdoor Jacuzzi then bask on the bijou sun-deck on the second floor.
• Check-out Midday, but flexible subject to availability and a charge (half-day rate until 6pm, full-day after that). Check-in, 3pm.
• Children Kids are accommodated (cots are complimentary and extra beds can be added to rooms at a cost of SG$100 a night), but Wanderlust is more suited to children of the grown-up kind.
• Also Wanderlust owner Loh Lik Peng is also the creative force behind Smith stablemate the New Majestic Hotel in Singapore, as well as more recent project the Waterhouse at South Bund in Shanghai.
• Hotel closed 24–26 September (inclusive), during the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix.

Food and drink at Wanderlust

• Hotel restaurant Cocotte is a casual, bistro-style restaurant with a real communal vibe. This is the kind of place to invite a few friends and relax over a long lunch of unpretentious French comfort food. Many of chef Anthony Yeoh's dishes, including the signature roast pork collar with Dijon mustard, can be ordered to share among up to five people.
• Dress code Singaporeans are style conscious, but keep it low key.
• Top table Cocotte isn’t a place for romantic tête-à-têtes – book the long table by the French windows and invite some friends to join you.
• Last orders 10.30pm at the restaurant; midnight at the bar.
• Room service You can't order from your room, so you're going to have to dress up and head out.
• Hotel bar The large, well-stocked bar is reminiscent of a French tabac, albeit a rather glamorous one. Admire the quirky lamps made from Campari bottles as you sip a Kronenburg 1664.

Wanderlust 2 Dickson Road, Singapore, 209494