I stayed in many hotel 81. But this one is the best. These hotel 81 s are all located in Geylang which is considered to be Red Light area. Yet these are the hotels with clean records.

In my opinion "princess" of hotel 81 is really very good. This time when I had the problem with my room's sink getting clogged and found it at around 1:30 am. I was quite hesitant in calling the reception at that hour fearing that they would suggest me to change the room. To my surprise, there was this handyman who knocked only 10 minutes later. He came in and temporarily fixed it. It was however, fixed again properly in the morning without me reminding then.

A very nice budget motel for a place like Singapore

Great start - we arrived here after a 12 hour flight at 10am and they let us check straight in to our room with no quibbles and a smile to boot. Yes, this hotel is in the middle of the red light district and yes, this hotel is used by prostitutes and their clients. But - and it's a big but - we did not feel any sense of threat or unease as a result of this. Thursday night was very quiet, Friday night was a little more active (in a 'Meg Ryan in the cafe' sort of way at one point) but really, we slept very well both nights we were there.

Air conditioniong fine and functional, room small but adequate, reasonable amount of fairly hot water for baths/showers, and free internet connection in the room. Desk staff were helpul and friendly throughout. The other good thing about this hotel is that it's 50 yards from Geylang Rd, where there are all sorts of interesting and cheap food haunts - whether you fancy Chilli Crab (try No Signboard Seafood restaurant at No. 412) or frog porridge or something a little more mundane.

Due to a cancelled flight at changi, we were transported to hotel 81 for the night and it can only be described as singapore's version of soho.
Right in the middle of the red light district, not a hotel you would stay in by choice.
I can imagine the hotel gets more business from the young girls that were surrounding it rather than tourists, hence the stained bedsheets, needless to say we did not get into the bed that night.
Although I understand that at such late notice this may have been one of the only hotels that could have accomodated for an aeroplane full of people, i was quite sickened to see that families with young children had to endure such standards.
You have been warned.