Raffles Singapore
Civic District, Singapore
Location
Civic District
Raffles sits at 1 Beach Road in the Civic District, the heart of colonial Singapore, a short walk from Marina Bay, the Esplanade and the city's museums and galleries. The land was reclaimed long ago, so there is no beach — this is a heritage city hotel, the bucket-list base for a Singapore stay, easily paired with a beach leg elsewhere.
Transfer
A Singapore transfer
Fly into Changi Airport, about 20 minutes by car from the hotel. Raffles is central enough to explore the Civic District and the Marina Bay waterfront on foot.
Villas
115 suites
An all-suite house — 115 suites, no standard rooms, each with a 24-hour butler. They step up through the garden-facing Courtyard and Palm Court Suites to the grand State and Presidential Suites, all with fourteen-foot ceilings, verandahs and antique-filled interiors.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples and travellers marking an occasion who want heritage, ritual and a legendary address in the city — a celebratory, bucket-list stay where the hotel itself is the destination.
Board Basis
B&B
Booked on bed and breakfast. The estate's restaurants and bars run from the Long Bar to the historic Tiffin Room, Butcher's Block and Yi by Jereme Leung, with afternoon tea in the Grand Lobby — so half-board and dine-around are effortless.
About the Resort
Singapore’s bucket-list grande dame
Raffles Singapore has stood at the heart of the city since 1887, and more than a century on it is still the grande dame of South-East Asian hotels. Behind its white colonial facade and cast-iron verandahs lies a six-acre estate, almost half of it tropical garden — an oasis a few minutes' walk from the towers of Marina Bay. A restoration completed in 2019 left 115 suites, each with a 24-hour butler, fourteen-foot ceilings, polished timber floors and Persian rugs, period furniture paired with quietly modern comforts. This is the hotel that gave the world the Singapore Sling, still mixed at the Long Bar where the floor lies scattered with peanut shells; the hotel where Kipling, Conrad and Maugham wrote and drank, remembered today at the Writers Bar. Dining runs from North Indian at the century-old Tiffin Room to open-flame grilling at Butcher's Block and contemporary Chinese at Yi by Jereme Leung, with afternoon tea in the restored Grand Lobby. There is no beach — the land was reclaimed long ago — and that is not the point: the draw is the heritage, the butler, the rituals and the address. A National Monument since 1987, it remains Singapore's definitive place to arrive in style.
Accommodation
Suites
Raffles is an all-suite hotel — there are no standard rooms, and every one of the 115 suites comes with a personal butler. The tiers step up through the estate, from the garden-facing Courtyard and Palm Court Suites to the grand State and Presidential Suites, all sharing the same fourteen-foot ceilings, verandahs and antique-filled interiors.
Entry
Courtyard Suite
Sleeps two. A parlour, separate bedroom, dressing room and Victorian-style bathroom opening onto a private verandah over a garden courtyard — the classic Raffles suite, with a 24-hour butler and courtyard views.
ButlerCourtyard view
Garden
Palm Court Suite
Sleeps two. A larger suite with a verandah opening directly onto the Palm Court gardens — the leafiest corner of the estate.
VerandaPalm Court view
State
State Suite
Sleeps two to three. A more expansive parlour and dining area for longer or more formal stays, set around the inner courtyards.
Living/diningGarden view
Apex
Presidential Suite
Sleeps two to four. The grandest accommodation in the house — a private verandah, antiques and a pantry, in two of the most storied suites in Singapore — the signature address.
Two onlyPalm Court
Food & Drink
Dining
Century-old institutions alongside the work of celebrated chefs — from the Long Bar that gave the world the Singapore Sling to North Indian at the Tiffin Room, open-flame grilling at Butcher's Block, contemporary Chinese at Yi by Jereme Leung, and the famous afternoon tea in the Grand Lobby.
Bar
Long Bar
The birthplace of the Singapore Sling, mixed here for over a century, with peanut shells underfoot and 1920s Malayan decor.
Indian
Tiffin Room
North Indian cooking served since 1892, one of Singapore's most historic dining rooms.
Chinese
Yi by Jereme Leung
Contemporary Chinese cuisine from a celebrated chef, in a soft white room at the Raffles Arcade.
Grill
Butcher's Block
Open-flame, wood-fired cooking and premium dry-aged cuts in the reimagined former Long Bar Steakhouse.
Bar
Writers Bar
Literary-themed cocktails where Kipling, Conrad and Maugham once drank — and, next door, the famous Raffles afternoon tea in the restored Grand Lobby.
Wellbeing
Raffles Spa
Raffles Spa occupies a serene corner of the estate, its treatment suites a world away from the city outside; above it, a rooftop saltwater pool is screened by trees — said to be the only rooftop pool in Singapore where you can hear the leaves.
Raffles Spa
Signature treatments and rituals in private treatment suites.
Rooftop pool
A quiet saltwater pool on the roof, framed by greenery, with fitness alongside.
Tropical gardens
Six acres of tropical garden in the heart of the city, for unhurried mornings.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
At Raffles the experience is the place itself — its rituals, its history and its address.
Singapore Sling
A Sling at the Long Bar, the cocktail invented in this very room — and your butler can skip the queue.
24-hour butler
Welcome Slings, in-suite chocolates and a 24-hour personal butler from the moment you arrive.
Colonial architecture
A National Monument set in six acres, almost half of it tropical garden, in the middle of the city.
Celebrity-chef dining
Celebrated tables within the estate — the historic Tiffin Room, open-flame Butcher's Block and contemporary Yi by Jereme Leung.
Literary heritage
Follow the footsteps of Kipling, Conrad and Maugham, and the hotel's writers-in-residence, at the Writers Bar.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By road
About 20 minutes from Changi
About 20 minutes by car from Changi Airport.
In the city
Civic District
At 1 Beach Road in the Civic District, the heart of colonial Singapore, a short walk from Marina Bay.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
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“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Raffles Singapore. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Booked on bed and breakfast, with a roster of restaurants and bars from the Long Bar to afternoon tea.
Setting
- A six-acre garden estate in the Civic District — almost half tropical garden, a calm rare for a city-centre hotel; there is no beach (this is a heritage city hotel).
Style
- All-suite and all-butler — the draw is the architecture, the rituals and the restaurants, a celebratory, bucket-list city stay.
Getting there
- About 20 minutes by car from Changi Airport; central enough to explore the Civic District and Marina Bay on foot.
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