Wednesday, 30 July 2014

1 more staycation before I enlist on 05 Aug 2014 - Cultural Hotel @ 270 Jalan Besar

Exterior
The morning before we checked into the hotel, I tried calling the hotel to ask for early check in. They nearly gave me a heart-attack early in the morning because they told me they can’t find my name in their system. Frantically, I keep asking the receptionist to search carefully and eventually she found my name. Phewww ~ (LUCKY)

In the end, although we are able to check-in earlier, we took our time to buy snacks and lunch over before checking in. Ended up, we still check in at the timing previously assigned which was 14:00.

SNACKS~ WOHOOOO
The hotel is walking distance from city square mall and conveniently there’s one bustop situated right in front of it.
Reception Counter

The receptionist was nice and greeted us warmly however she seemed like she is still new to the job as her working speed is not up to standard and she is unsure of certain things in the hotel. She even forgot to ask me to sign the indemnity form which I then only realized need to be sign when we are checking out.

1 & only Lift
They should have more than one lift as the hotel has too many floors. It is rather irritating to stop at every single level whenever we want to take the lift up and down.
Spot the Room Key!
Upon receiving our room key, we quickly make our way up to our room at level 4. Our room was to our likings – spacious, clean, pleasant smell & comfortable J.

Double Bed
Tea/Coffee Making Set & Complimentary Water
Flat-Screen Television
Toilet [Towels provided :)]
As usual, once we stepped into the room, we are too lazy to make our way out. Just want to rest the whole day inside the room. 


But nope, time is precious, can’t waste it like this. So after munching away some snacks and my favourite mashed potato from Popeyes, we decided to head out and continue our original plan of going East Coast Park for cycling & roller-blading.

The most epic thing happened: someone left his wallet in the room!
The black Pedro wallet spotted!
Was covered under the NTUC plastic bag

So we eventually never went to ECP and head out to citi square mall for our early dinner and shop around the mall. We had jap food for dinner @ Nihon Mura!


We thought of watching movie but seemed like no movie interests us so we went into Toys ‘R’ Us to walk around. Just happened to see this Monopoly Hotel board game which made us fascinated over it. So we bought it back @ $10, what a good deal isn’t it?


At the moment when we are making payment, we were asked to sign up for their membership card for free, since the card looks nice why not? 


Meanwhile, I also asked them to wrap the board game up since also free. Always wanted to receive a gift in a wrapper when is what I chose but not I paid for it.


Finally we are back to our hotel room again and I was happily unwrapping the present like a small kid. At the same time, trying to figure out how to play the new board game we bought. It was really entertaining for us through the night!

After a 2 rounds of long battle, we are KO! So we went to sleep and wake up for breakfast the next morning. Heard reviews sad that the breakfast not worth trying, but still I would like to see it for myself.

Dining Area
Plates and Cups
Toaster
Eggs, Sausages, Hashbrown, Noodles, etc
Tea, Milk, Coffee
My Breakfast
It is really disappointing, nothing seem appealing to me hence I only grab two toasts, scrambled egg and some sausages to fill up the plate. The tea tasted weird also, smelled like jasmine tea which is not to my liking.


Thereafter, we went back to our room to kill some time before checking out at 12pm on the dot. No one bother to give us a call to remind us to check out, lucky we are aware of the time ourselves. 

Bye Bye Cultural Hotel
Descriptions:
Deluxe Rooms are 20sqm, and are fitted with queen or twin beds. Please note our child policy. Maximum only one child below 12 years of age is allowed to share existing bedding free (Breakfast included); extra bed is required for one future child or child above 12 years of age. Limited to maximum 3 persons in Superior/ Deluxe Room.

Room Features:
Non-smoking Rooms
Air-conditioning
Desk
Satellite/Cable TV
Television LCD/Plasma Screen
In Room Safe
Shower
Hair Dryer
Coffee/Tea Maker
Ironing Facilities
Complimentary Bottled Water
Free LAN Access

Good: Friendly receptionist, cosy and spacious room, clean toilet, well functioned air-conditioning, comfortable bed, accessible.

Poor: Breakfast lacked varieties & tastes, slow lift, no wake-up call.

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