Andrew S.
Yelp
EDIT: My previous review remains below, however I will say that this Marriott property "loyalty and guest services manager" reached out and apologized that we were unsatisfied with the room, and that she would attempt to find another equivalent room at a higher floor. In the morning we were made aware that our new room was made available, I was a little bit confused as I hadn't made a request to move rooms, nor made aware of any of the details of the move. We were just told to pack, they'd move the luggage, and give us the new keys. Upon arrival, we both immediately noticed that the room was significantly smaller. Like 15-20% smaller, and that's being conservative. At this point I'm a little bit frustrated that we moved from a room with a bad view, to a tiny room with a different view, just 3 floors higher. We then received an email that our room was DOWNGRADED to a deluxe room in order to get a higher floor, with only a $47 compensation for the remainder of the days. What the heck?! That barely covers a single burger off the room service menu here. Following that, we complained and requested an equivalent room rather than a downgrade. This is where the great tour of the JW Marriott occurred. We were then moved to floor 8, where upon entering the third room we were offered, I noticed a very murky almost 'wet-dog' smell. Upon further inspection, I found a lot of stains in the carpet that I assume was either blood or feces. Off the side of the bathtub, there was actual fecal matter--showing the quality of housekeeping in this property. At this point I was exceptionally irritated by the search to find an acceptable room. Fourth time, the manager we were working with personally inspected the room, it was the cleanest of the rooms, but still had what I can only assume is bed bugs ingrained in the carpet. And the AC does not function at all in the last room. We gave up trying after running around, packing and unpacking our belongings over the span of 4 hours --which would've better been spent exploring Singapore instead of wasting our time finding an acceptable room. The only offer we received for the inconvenience was 10,000 Marriott points ($100 US value), up from 7000 points offered after making the staff aware of the state of the third room.
One thing that really irked me is the fact that the loyalty and guest services manager downgraded our room from premier to deluxe, despite having 2 more 'equivalent' premier rooms available immediately, and without my knowledge nor consent. A real 'punch to the face' if you will.
--Old Review--
Very new property. The whole hotel gives me a bit of a grand and fancy property vibe with the esplanade train connection and number of good restaurants on the basement floor. This hotel has a 5-star location, with 5-star equivalent surrounding amenities, and a 5-star hotel exterior design.
The lobby is however very narrow making it prone to traffic jams, the service at the front desk is quite slow. I think the front desk might've not appreciated my late arrival due to an almost 2.5 hour flight delay - because I was placed in a room below the roof line, where pool-goers have a direct line of sight into my room. This is also with a status that supposedly guarantees a room upgrade when available, but for whatever reason we got no upgrade. Every single person I've ridden the elevator up with has been placed on a high floor, except me. Strange. The service staff lacks the warmth and welcome that others are trained to never slack on--After staying at multiple high end hotels (Conrad, Shangrila, Aman, Ritz, etc) I can positively say that JW lacks everything in the hospitality and service that higher end hotels offer. Just as an example--when arriving at the Ritz just down the street we were given a warm welcome and a tour of the facilities, and the were made aware of all of the hotels exits. The only 'welcome' we got was from a staff member who said 'Merry Christmas, by the way the wifi is out - so if you want food, write it down on a sheet of paper'. Yikes. The minibar and room service is horrendously overpriced--even compared to the ritz, the included amenities are very cheap. I noticed there's even paint peeling inside of my room. On the second day I noticed room service hadn't set the bed properly, so the fitted sheet was just laying on top of the bed. The shower drain is absolutely caked in mold/mildew so I have no doubt that they never clean the area properly as well. There's just so many details that make me believe this isn't worthy of a 5 star rating.