I stayed in Goodwood Hotel 8th-10th April 2008. The hotel itself is spectacular, with a fairly colonial looking exterior facade, but has undergone dramatic renovation interiorly. Its modern restaurant and bar flank the older part. The staff were very helpful and pleasant. The room was beautiful and well maintained. Great air con too! Cannot comment on food, as we ate out during our stay. Excellent location. Well worth a stay.

We had a wonderful stay at the Goodwood for 3 days in April 2008 after a Star Cruise through the Malacca Straits (which was fabulous). A three story refuge amongst the towering high rise hotels, the Goodwood is elegant with harmonising and peaceful decore, and serviced by efficient staff who are quiet and unobtrusive but readily available. The Oasis Pool was a delight and I spent a whole day there under the shade of the palm trees and had almost exclusive use of it as only two other couples came along for short swims. The room was spacious and immaculate, cleaned each morning and towels refreshed again in the afternoon if required. Breakfast was brilliant as was the service. The small museum of early chinese treasures retrieved from a sunken ship was very interesting and informative. After visiting crowded Orchard Rd once, and deciding that shopping and touring was not for us, we ensconced ourselves in this haven and enjoyed the relaxing surrounds. The only detraction was that we wanted to wash our week's worth of clothes from the cruise: obtain tokens fom reception, find the laundromat located under a separate building at the rear (a bit hard to find) , cost S$5 per load to wash and S$5 per load to dry, one of the dryers is not warm enough so it ended up costing S$30 to do our washing which I felt was rather expensive. But then we found Singapore expensive for just about everything except the taxis.

I loved the position of this hotel, I was able to spend more time shopping! So close to Lucky Plaza , a place one must visit, The staff are outstanding. Ive been several times and on my way back in April.

Having read some bad reviews of this hotel in the past, I can only conclude that they've revamped all the rooms now and it would be hard to have a bad experience. Our room was quiet, spacious and very comfortable, with a balcony overlooking the smaller second pool and its fringe of lush greenery. The decor was classy without being over-the-top. The beds, pillows and linen were top quality. Service was always friendly, attentive and helpful. The location is excellent as the shopping mall strip starts next door and an easy 15 mins walk away turns into the famous Orchard St. Despite being so close, you still get the feeling of quiet and calm; an oasis with none of the hordes traipsing by the front door. Room service is prompt. Buffet breakfast is excellent. Tiffin (afternoon tea) is known amongst the best. Their Coffee Lounge does wonderful dinners. Didn't try their other restaurants. The old building has soul and character, and the new wing blends pretty seamlessly into it. In booking here I had dismissed all those other generic hotels as being same-old, same-old. But wondered about other boutique hotels which may have offered something different, so I visited them. I wasn't disappointed with my choice of Goodwood Park Hotel. The roominess, the location, the vegetation, the serenity, the service, the handiness to everything outshone the rest.

Booked with some trepidation after reading some negative reviews of this hotel. However I am now convinced that some reviewers of hotels will never be pleased by anything and are deliberately negative and nit picking. This is a gorgeous colonial style hotel in a top location by Orchard Road. Its Raffles esqe but at a lower price. We booked through Wotif.com so got over 1/2 price for the room which turned out to be a beautiful 2 bathroom suite. 2 beautiful pools and a fab buffet breakfast make this a highly recommended stopover base in Singapore. We stayed with our 3 year old son, he had a spare bed and is still talking about the hotel on our return.