Staying at The Clan Hotel, Singapore [Hotel Review]

Previous Up to date on August 31, 2022 by Nellie Huang

One of the highlights of our the latest Southeast Asian vacation was being at the Clan Resort. Here’s my detailed assessment of Singapore&#8217s most recent luxurious hotel!

It is been 3 years given that I came back house to Singapore — so this the latest journey to the Lion Metropolis has been a very long time coming. Our continue to be at The Clan Resort made it all the more specific, as I was reminded of what the Singaporean id suggests.

Towering about the restored shophouses of Telok Ayer, The Clan Lodge is a contemporary luxury lodge with a nostalgic story to tell. It pays tribute to the Singaporean heritage, by performing with area craftsmen to deliver exceptional furnishings, incorporating local food items in the breakfasts, and spoiling friends with previous-school Kaya snacks that I grew up consuming.

The Singapore I grew up in was normally wanting out to the world, and by no means embracing regional culture and identification. But occasions have altered, as I&#8217ve seen, and this resort certainly captures Singapore&#8217s sense of id and spirit as a result of each individual one detail.

The Great Location in Singapore

Sitting on the crossroads wherever the fiscal district and Telok Ayer meet, The Clan Resort is just minutes from the Singapore River and cultural websites in Chinatown. This is exactly where aged satisfies new: the low-lying, terracotta-roofed shophouses juxtaposed versus the towering skyscrapers of the CBD (Central Business District).

It was also here, the place The Clan Resort proudly stands, that settlers searching for new chances landed in the 1800s. Again then, the avenue was lined with bustling shophouses and sampans (wood boats) that introduced immigrants together the Singapore River. Today, the identical road has flourished and developed into a bustling enjoyment space flanked by edgy glass-walled structures, restored temples, and modernised shophouses.

The Clan Resort was created to replicate the success tales of humble immigrants and their potent bond that lasted through the generations, from earlier to existing. It&#8217s obvious from the resort&#8217s artwork and inside design and style, that it draws inspiration from the clan halls and shophouses of the Telok Ayer space.

Embracing Our Singaporean Id

The whole working experience starts at the dimly lit resort foyer, the place wall-to-ceiling glass home windows, leather Chesterfield sofas, and black metal cabinets provide an intimate location for our welcome tea ceremony.

We&#8217re warmly greeted by the in-household tea grasp, who serves us a pot of Nanyang Ritual Tea. He goes on to make clear that it&#8217s an distinctive curation (created specifically for the hotel) that blends Southern and Northern Fujian Oolong Teas, equally famed for rigorous fragrance and flavor.

I sip on the tea and eagerly tuck into the tau sar piah, a classic bean pastry I loved as a child. Kaleya (my 7-calendar year-old daughter) remarkably likes it, and even asks for a next serving of the pastry!

Rooms with a Check out

Our cheery Clan Keeper exhibits us to the Grand Leading Space. The resort supplies a personalized-assistant support for guests of the Learn Sequence rooms. The initial issue I recognize in our 29th-floor corner home is the perspective: huge home windows on all sides reveal stunning views of the Singaporean skyline. And perched by the glass are window sill sofas that allow you sit and admire the panorama even though sipping their signature Nanyang ritual tea.

The roomy room is developed with a distinctively up to date model, but they haven&#8217t neglected to infuse some Singaporean character into it. The room capabilities standing lamps with Oriental flair, polished teak tables, and regular Chinese paintings. The bathroom is outrageously major, with a rainforest shower and a substantial bathtub that permits you to soak when consuming in the look at.

Possessing opened its doors in March 2021, the Clan Hotel Singapore now has 324 rooms throughout three unique room types — Grand Leading, Premier and Deluxe rooms. The other rooms are related in design and design and style to ours, but a little bit lesser in sizing.

The Sky&#8217s The Limit

Perched on the rooftop (30th ground), the Sky Pool is a calming oasis supplying a bird’s eye check out of the encompassing heritage district. The pool alone is instead compact and the semi-submerged lounge chairs do get stuffed up very immediately, but the views absolutely make up for it. Following to the Sky Pool is a jacuzzi with heat bubbling drinking water that my daughter cherished!

Also on this level is the Sky Gymnasium, full with Conditioning-on-Demand private instruction, as nicely as a conventional Wing Chun picket dummy for a well-rounded work out. It&#8217s absolutely a person of the greatest hotel fitness centers I&#8217ve witnessed. There are also shower suites readily available for early examine-ins and late check-outs.

A Tribute to Singaporean Cuisine

Breakfast is a serious affair at the hotel&#8217s only cafe, QĪN Restaurant & Bar. We get to pick out from an a la carte menu, and the multi-class breakfast certain is a unfold. I go for the Singaporean teochew porridge (rice congee) and roti prata (Indian flatbread), when Alberto opts for the entire English breakfast. Kaleya gleefully devours a generous portion of waffles with strawberries and maple syrup. All of these are served alongside a juice, coffee/tea, and a yogurt with combined fruit.

Like the rest of the hotel, QĪN Restaurant & Bar is a modern day Chinese restaurant that celebrates our community Singaporean culture. Government chef James Tay serves up artistic renditions of Asian classics, these as the Siphon Mushroom Tea, Chilli Crab Crostini and ‘Sang Mein’. He also designs a carefully curated listing of day by day specials to include things like popular Singaporean dishes like Bak Kut Teh.

Nostalgic snapshots here go further than the plate – the restaurant interior also presents a rustic rendition of Asian décor, rightfully elevated with a generous watch of the city. A stand-out style and design function of the cafe is the wall of Chinese medication boxes, stretching from the staircase landing all the way up to the ceiling — to illustrate the lifetime-extended bond of the clans from the aged periods.

Cost-free Precinct Tour of the Space

But what truly wins me about is the community precinct tour that the hotel supplies free of charge to Master Series guests. The 1.5-hour guided tour brings us into the backstreets of Telok Ayer and Chinatown, and different corners that I hardly ever realized existed. Our Clan Keeper could not be Singaporean, but he&#8217s lived below for 15 decades and knows the town better than I do (I haven&#8217t lived right here for 17 several years).

The strolling tour handles the vital heritage internet sites and cultural places that are located in close proximity to the lodge, such as the Thian Hock Keng Temple and Fuk Tak Chi Museum. Our major halt is The URA Centre&#8217s Singapore Metropolis Gallery, an useful showcase of how the Republic has remodeled in excess of the previous 50 decades (a great spot to pay a visit to particularly if you&#8217re touring Singapore with kids!).

All through the wander, our Clan Keeper helps make typical stops to share exciting nuggets about the history. We stop off the tour with a cease at the renowned Maxwell Meals Centre, where by our Clan Keepers gets us nearby drinks to sample and have a chat about Singapore.

Details about the nearby precinct tour:

• Every single Wednesday and Saturday, 4pm (subject matter to availability and climate problems)

• Friends to make contact with The Clan Keeper (for Grasp Collection company)

• For up to 9 visitors, subject matter to availability on a 1st-occur, to start with-served foundation

• Each and every tour will final about 45 minutes to 1 hour

COVID Security Steps

The hotel has been qualified by the SG Clear – a whole-of-Govt initiative. This certification demonstrates the stringent sanitisation and cleanliness actions that they have taken. All their team put on masks at all moments, payments are in digital type, and examine-in data is sent to your email.

Over-all Evaluation of The Clan Lodge Singapore

The hotel is excellent for those who have a gentle spot for heritage and culture. The Clan Hotel has incorporated the Singaporean id into just about every single detail and remaining right here will give you a superior feeling of the country. 

It’s surely a spot I would return to when I’m in Singapore again.

Disclaimer: Thank you to the Clan Lodge for web hosting my loved ones in Singapore. As always, feelings and thoughts expressed right here are totally my individual.