My partner and I stayed at the Bayview for 3 nights on our way to Melbourne in February. We had a limited budget and for the money this hotel was fine for us with the added bonus of free wi-fi access (something we have found hard to get at hotels in Australia). It was clean, comfortable, quiet and within easy walking distance to the MRT (Dhoby Ghaut is marginally closer than Bugis). The bathroom was a little shabby but clean and spacious. There was a large selection of breakfasts to suit European or Asian tastes and the hotel is not far from plenty of cafes bars and restaurants. The staff were pleasant and helpful. We didn't make use of the tiny swimming pool or laundry facilities on the top floor but it was nice to know they were there had we needed them. Overall a pleasant stay and we are considering booking there again on our way back through Singapore in July.

You could not pay me to stay at the Bayview again. What a filthy hotel! I tried multiple rooms and in all of them there was pubic hair in the sheets, hair all over the bed skirt, on the blankets which were obviously never washed, the bathroom floor was covered, etc...The female housekeepers did not wear shoes and with all that hair, it was just nasty. The pillows and mattresses had dark brown and yellow stains on them, which were not disguised by the thin, scratchy sheets. The shower curtain and towels were stained and the bathtub was a yellow color as if bleach had never touched it. Breakfast was terrible- think little wieners and undercooked eggs for "western favorites" and not much to speak of for the Asian breakfast. Basically the bed gave me a rash, my allergies went crazy, and it took me hours to fall asleep the bed was so hard and springy and I was so disgusted by the stains. I would look elsewhere!

My partner and I booked the City Bayview after discovering that our previous hotel (which was opposite the CB) that we stayed in wanted almost twice the price we had paid in 2006. Feeling slightly trepiditious after reading hundreds of varying reviews online, we decided that we would give it a shot anyway. After all, the majority of the time when we were last in Singapoare, the hotel was used for sleeping in and swimming! We arrived at the C.B. around 1500 hours. Check in was swift and the concierge very helpful with the luggage. We were checked into room 607. If anyone reading this has stayed or is planning to stay in C.B., please ask to be away from rooms that have 07/08 at the end or else you will find yourself opposite the lifts. Good points about the Hotel: Pool was hardly used - a good thing because it is rather small and I like to do laps. If it had been busy, all I could have managed was a small dip. Corridors were clean and lobby was spacious. Location is a huge positive. Bugis Street one way and Orchard Road the other. Dhoby Ghaut was perhaps 5 minutes walk if that. Negative: No safety warnings at the pool. On my first swim, I slipped badly coming out of the shower as the slope slightly. They aren't designed for safety either - no grip-safe tiles at all. Just normal tiles you might find on a kitchen floor. After suggesting that the staff put a warning up, nothing was done by the end of our 10 night stay. Breakfast. Oh, dear Light, what can I say about this? Buffet style which is okay, but very very limited selection. Three types of fruit juice. Apple, orange and pineapple. The orange tasted like strong diluting juice and I couldn't even bring myself to taste the other two. I ended up savouring a few extra hours in bed and then eating at the Kopitiam thirty yards away. Laundry and ironing facilities were disappointing. There were no instructions on how to work the iron. You had to assume that the timer switch that was meant for the light was actually for the iron. It was six dollars (Sing) apiece to use the washer and dryer and yet only three minutes away was a laundretted that charged 10 Sing dollars for collection, laundering and delivery - all on the same day! Good points about the room: Very spacious Huuuuuuuuuuuge bed - well above king/queen size. Air-conditioned and the window opened ever so slightly. Curtains were amazing at keeping the light out. I woke at 1000 hours one morning and thought that it was still the middle of the night. Bathroom was spacious enough. Negative Aspects Walls were PAPER THIN! I was woken at 0600 by some German man's nokia ringing over and over and then the hotel phone calling to wake him. I ended up shouting through 'Answer your bl**dy phone!' We were given an inter-connecting room - obviously one meant for families. On our second night within the hotel, two girls decided that they were going to play 'knock door runaway'. Feeling decidedly angry at having my night disturbed, I knocked on their door and asked them in no uncertain terms to stop knocking. I then spoke to the front desk and they sent three people to our room to investigate. We were informed that our inter-connecting door could not be opened by the adjoining guests as long as ours was 'latched' into place. There was no lock on it and the fact that there was only a knob on one side (the side into each room) was supposed to assuaged my fear of someone sneaking into the room and perhaps raiding our items. Luckily, the girls appeared to only be stopping over for a couple of nights - of which I am glad - their incessant chatter and giggling had me at my wits' end and I am someone that enjoys a laugh far more than the average person. THE CLEANERS HAVE TO CHECK UNDER THE BED! It's all fine having a newly re-furbished hotel, but the bath was so old that it was stained yellow. Before I took a bath myself, I scrubbed it to ensure that it wasn't nicotine or dead skin stuck to the sides. The TV was so-so. Only two English channels - BBC World News (which repeated every 20 mins or so) and HBO, which due to injuries, my partner and I spent a lot of time watching. The lighting could have been more adequately placed and a lot brighter. After three days in the room, the lightbulbs were replaced by dimmer ones and so we had to have every single light on to feel comfortable to read! I would recommend this hotel for people that have a smallish budget and anyone that is looking for a 'stopover' room between travelling destinations.

Firstly the good points: The room was big and clean. The location was excellent, easy walkung distance to the nearest MRT which I believe was Dhoby Ghost. The staff were very helpful and were able to give good restaurant reccomendations We stated here twice (first for three days and then 1 day after a trip to KL) and one of the days we had a room with an interconnecting door, this made the noise from the next room quite audible. I would reccomend the hotel as it is cheap for Singapore and well located.

Many decent reviews of this hotel, and for a while I thought I'd gone wrong, cause the hotel I checked into was not up to standards..... Unfortunately, I found that I was at the Bayview in Bencoolen Street. The beds were uncomfortable, rooms was smelly( I tried two), walls between room are paper thin, the TV had 3 english channels, the hotel does not have a laundry service ( although they have an overpriced self service by the swimming pool), there are no facilities to speak of, and frankly, there are a lot of better choices in Singapore at similar price. On the bright side, the location is very good, and they provide free internet, and that's all the positives I can think of.