Me , together with wife and the two kids had this idea of trying out Hotels for an overnight stay whenever we feel burned-out from work. Had booked at Pan Pacific once i read that they have just renovated and they have this upgrade promo.
The lobby is absolutely stunning, I called them "Nests" (see pictures). Checking -in was a breeze coz someone can come over to your Nest with an IPad instead of you queuing up on the counter.
We spent minute taking pictures at the lobby as it is just remarkably stunning. You can also have an interesting view when you take the lifts/elevators as you can see the interiors as you go up.
The room we had was quite spacious, I liked the bathroom where it is separated by just a transparent glass, but of course you can put down the curtain with a press of a switch.
The bathroom was newly renovated as the fittings are new and the crevices appears newly cemented/painted. The bathroom has speakers inside so you can soak all the way you want on the bath tub while watching the TV from the transparent glass.
The pool was also great and the water is fresh, and is not heavily-chlorinated or stagnated.
The pool attendant gives you fresh towels and a bottle of water.
All the service crew, even the one cleaning the room smiles at the guest. My only qualm is when we went outside the lobby and asked for direction how to go to Marina Square, an uncle happily told us to walk that way, take the stairs and then walk over the platform under the heat of the sun.. Fortunately, there was a younger crew who overheard and probably realized that we had a 4-year old and a 7-month old baby. He instructed of another way which was just go to the back of the hotel and a quick escalator takes us up directly to Marina Square for lunch, shopping and a little playground for kids. It also near Suntec and other small shops.
The view from our window is interesting, as the Marina Bay Sands skypark, Ritz-Carlton Hotel and the Mandarin Oriental are all visible. My wife took a picture of me with the window at my back and it is as if there is a wallpaper at my back with these three buildings.
We could probably had gotten better rooms with a much nicer view of the harbour, but i forgot to ask the reception.
Overall the stay is superb, worth it and conveniently located. If you are interested on more details and pictures, I also made a blog of Pan Pacific on my blog-> http://gsagum.net/blog