You absolutely must…
Must Eat
This is the best location in Singapore for restaurants. Start your culinary safari with the Majestic’s own restaurant next door. For lunch venture into the heart of Old Chinatown for Yum Cha, and check out the myriad of small, highly individual restaurants.
Must Shop
The terrace houses of Old Chinatown now house many boutiques – home to some cutting edge individual shopping opportunities. The best way to navigate your way around is on foot. Chinatown is also great for Chinese herbs, oils and teas.
Must Visit
Check out Singapore’s Natural History Museum, a modern institution that also has its own very happening cocktail bar.
•The fun and inspiration of a hotel that does nothing conventional.
•Situated in the middle of the most exciting area of Singapore, walking distance from and to everything.
•A welcome break from the boring business hotels -where else can you relax in the pool with a view down into the restaurant below!.
The Whole Story
A new boutique hotel in Singapore’s historic Chinatown, featuring 30 rooms individually designed by emerging Singaporean artists.
The New Majestic is a relaxed eclectic and highly artistic alternative to the city’s plethora of strictly business hotels. It has managed to hang on to the charming low-rise terraced houses from Colonial times, this area has emerged as the most vibrant, lively and cutting edge neighbourhood in the city.
At one time in Singapore’s recent history the drive to emerge as Asia’s most modern city state threatened to flatten all traces of its colonial past. Luckily the area now known as Singapore’s Old Chinatown survived largely intact, and these distinctive terraced houses have since become home to some of the city’s hippest clubs and most cutting edge restaurants – an environment where the New Majestic as a hotel is right at home.
The story starts with 1929, a hotel around the corner which Loh Lik Peng opened in 2003, largely to be able to house his burgeoning collection of modern furniture. It broke all the rules and set the benchmark for any newcomers, which in this case was Peng himself, with his second property the New Majestic Hotel. It is bigger, better and more adventurous in terms of creativity.
Every room in the New Majestic was created by a different Asian artist or personality. The only thing they all have in common is that they are anything but predictable. From a practical point of view the artistic inspiration does not get in the way of practical considerations such as bathrooms, mini bars, closets, beds, air-conditioning etc etc i.e. you’re not sacrificing comfort for creativity.
Situated behind the lobby underneath the swimming pool, Majestic Restaurant can easily stand alone as a designated gourmand destination, with its inspired avant-garde version of Singaporean Chinese cuisine. Award winning chef Yong Bing Ngen is at the helm of the Majestic Restaurant, which presents modern Cantonese cuisine with some of Singapore’s best wines.
The Rooms
30 small but quirky rooms all individually designed by local emerging artists. There’s a mirror room, a hanging bed room and how about an aquarium room if you have a love of all things aquatic?