Room was clean and modern but very small. Would be fine for one person with a small suitcase but for a couple each with a backpack was very tight. Also, as someone else reviewed the bed sheets are to small and pull away over the night leaving you to sleep on a rubber mattress which is most uncomfortable. However, good location and ok staff.

Family Room is very new, neat & tidy .Linen, towels , tissue papers, furniture are clean . Hair dryer, coffee maker, bath taps , Air condition, drawer , wardrobe , door locks , TV appear new and working fine .Rooms are as shown in the web site photos. For using wifi internet you need to bring your laptop PC. 10 minutes walk from Little India, Bugis MRT stations. Many South Indian, North Indian restaurants close by . Local call from the room phone cost 1 SGD per day. About 20 minutes journey from Changi airport by MRT .

Ok I'll level with you... I've stayed in a lot of different hotels and hostels.... I don't mind mould in the shower... I don't mind old sheets.... I don't even mind places that smell like dust (*cough* Ireland).... but there is one basic function that needs to be accomplished... I need to be able to SLEEP.

There are 2 reasons why I couldn't sleep in this hotel:
1) There is no insulation - I could hear every person who walked down the hall, their mobile phones, everyone who put a key (yes an old metal key) into the lock and every conversation they had.
2) The mattresses are like foam mattresses they use in gymnasiums; hard foam covered in thick plastic.... seriously! And as you toss and turn you pull the sheet out and end up laying on the PLASTIC cover.... it is just like sitting on a leather couch in summer... and that peeling sound that you get when you try to get off the couch!!!

Other than those 2 MAJOR issues, the place is clean, the people are friendly, the location is great ($20 from the airport) and surrounded by restaurants.

However, next time I will pay the extra $50 and stay somewhere nicer...

2nd time I am staying in this hotel while on transit via Singapore.. Nice location... Rooms are clean & tidy... working internet connection which come free of cost.. No breakfast served.. but can find many Indian & Chinese restaurants near by.. don't expect the staff to be at your service while staying in no frills hotel like Hotel 81... We were given a king bed room & when we requested for a Twin bed, they immediately changed the room...