Name: Hotel 81 Selegie
Address: 161 Selegie Road, Singapore, 188318, SG

8/10

Excellent

27 Jun 2026

Joy

Great location, very friendly helpful staffs available 24/7.
Very polite, kind staffs Celvin and Mala. Celvin helped us unloading our luggages to the taxi when he realized we were not well.
I only put less stars on amenities because the air-conditioner was not working on one day, but they were quick to offer a new room. We were leaving, so we didn't need a new room, but we much appreciated their quick solution and offer.
The hotel is at a fabulous location with full time around the clock staffs. We wish the room could be bigger, but in Singapore space seems to be more scarce.
Overall very satisfied! Thank you Hotel 81!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2026

Darwin

Clean room, friendly and helpful staff, central location especially to Little India and there are two MRT stations near by and served by most island wide bus routes. Air conditioning controls could be newer and easy to use giving the room user to control the warm or coolness of the room.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

18 Feb 2026

Andrew

Good location, very small room but priced very fairly in comparison with the rest of the city.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

06 Nov 2025

Salvador

Room could use some cleaning under the bed

6/10

Pleasant

07 Sep 2025

Marilou

Overall, the stay was reasonable for the price. The staff were attentive and helpful. However, I was surprised to find that the room had no window, as this was not indicated in the booking details. Beyond comfort, this also raises important concerns regarding fire safety, which I believe should be clearly disclosed to guests in advance.

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2025

Krishnakumar

It was a hood stay a convenient location

Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Apr 2025

Felicity

Good location, small rooms

A somewhat comfortable stay for 1-2 nights. The rooms are very very small and the bathroom gets very wet as the shower isn’t separated from the toilet/basin. Good location as it is well connected by MRT and buses

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2025

Chanthiman

Good location , affdordable price

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

22 Mar 2025

Radha

Good hotel

we statyed for three nights. It was a very good experience. the staff were very good. but our room didnot have a window. still to stay and take rest it is a wonderful place

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

16 Mar 2025

Amelia

The description is not what’s on the web. I reserved 2 twin beds but I got a queen size bed. The room was too cold because the button was controlled by staff instead.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Mar 2025

Vitalii

Nice quite place to stay short time, affordable price

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Mar 2025

ROLEIGH

Clean no-frills hotel with a lot of things around. Friendly staff

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

01 Feb 2025

John

Is a VERY budget hotel. We had a room with no windows and the shower directly over the toilet. The AC constantly dripped onto the bed making it wet and difficult to sleep in.
We moved the bed away from the drip only for cleaners to move it back.
We put towels over the pillows as even though they had standard covering on them, the pillows underneath were disgusting.
As flooring throughout the rooms and corridors are all tiled. It was noisy.

On the positive side.
Friendly and helpful front desk staff. We were also able to store our luggage after checkout which was great.
The area itself is not brilliant but the MRT (trains - purple line) a few minutes walk away makes it easy and quick to get everywhere.

Leisure Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

18 Dec 2024

Verified traveler

Bad experience

Tiniest hotel room I've ever seen. Very misleading as it's totally different from the pictures. There's literally no room to move at all. Just one tiny space to walk to the toilet and main door. The room temperature was too cold and it's not adjustable. I had to call reception twice to ask them to increase the temperature in my room. Very inconvenient. There also seems to be loud knocking sounds very early in the morning from 7am so my sleep was disturbed as well.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2024

Sebastian

I like the property at hotels convenient to walk into everywhere If you do that public transport can you go to Bugis junction
Thanks

Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Aug 2024

Verified traveler

Short stay in Singapore

They did not clean/change cups. Restroom was not cleaned daily. Location was ok, close to metro station.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

04 Jul 2024

Sonam

All shopping areas are close by

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2024

Ennis

Very good

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

02 Mar 2024

Emma

We had the family unit. The air-con sounded like a constant rain downpour, very noisy. There was a lot of black mould inside and around the air-con unit.
No windows in unit, which we thought a bit odd.

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

06 Feb 2024

Vinod

All good

Family

4/10

Poor

23 Dec 2023

Yogesh

Staff very arrogant and not helpful. Could not believe hotel refusing to provide bottled water.

As a visitor you'll ask questions to local if not sure. Staff behaviour was very unprofessional and unhelpful.

Only reason I stayed there for the rest of my stay was convince of surrounding and dining options.

4/10

Poor

09 Dec 2023

Maria Normita

Reception customer service needs improvement

Worst part is I can’t even use the toilet of where my kids checked in, which I paid and booked myself, they arrived 9 pm so I have to book them another day ahead of us, as we arrive the following day, when we arrived at the hotel to drop off our luggage, and I need to go to the bathroom, unfortunately they don’t have a bathroom in the lobby
Customer service is the reception needs improvement, I understand this is not a high end hotel which I regret staying, however, they can do better than that, being polite doesn’t cost anything.

Would never recommend this hotel, the bathroom stinks, sewerage smell is strong

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

06 Dec 2023

Theegela

Not Recommended

Very small.... First day....Given a room which is not cleaned. No Towels., No Floor Mat., Totally disappointed. In Rooms no ventilation.. If Temp drops... All walls fill with water droplets...looks raining inside

Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Nov 2023

Ana Paula

The staff is very welcoming. The rooms are clean. A bit noisy early in the morning as the cleaning lady start quite early. I recommend this hotel.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

25 Sep 2023

supriyanti

All staff very friendly

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

21 Sep 2023

Mark

You get what you pay for but man there's no trade off in booking this hotel.Apart from the location which is not bad, everything else is horrible. Rooms dated, unsafe, bathroom is cramped and slippery, no windows, AC is noisy like crickets singing all night. Stay away from this property at all costs.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

19 Sep 2023

Myat

Very tiny rooms with thin walls. Can here chatting from neighboring rooms. Hotel rooms are not well maintained either. Old and out dated.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

05 Jul 2023

Karen

The bedroom is too small for two persons - even just for sleeping.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

31 May 2023

Joselito

A little bit dirty. The toilet doesn’t have separation between shower and toilet and so the water is all over the place. Also, there are no place to put ur shower kits so it will not get wet

Leisure Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

23 May 2023

Matthew

Not enjoyable at all.

Very poor hotel. The pictures give no clue as to how tiny the room actually is. Was woken up by housekeeping at 4am, making a huge amount of noise cleaning the empty room next to me. (Despite not bothering to clean my room at any point in the previous 36 hours) This place shouldn’t really be on Hotels.com. It rents rooms by the hour and there’s a constant flow of people with their customers throughout the afternoon. Wouldn’t stay here again, would not recommend to anybody.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2023

Cynthia

Tops

Pleased and happy with check-in and stay

Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Apr 2023

Rene

Property needs some renovation but clean.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

05 Apr 2023

Pee

the building is quite and cleanliness is below everage

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Mar 2023

Verified traveler

Little India stay

Clean. Very small room. Good location for cheap Indian food. Not far from Little India MRT

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Feb 2023

Gurcharan

Good stay.

Everything was good except there was no water dispenser to refill our water bottle. We know Singapore is safe to drink from the tap but yet not everyone has same tolerance. Feedback for toilet please add a bidget.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Jan 2023

Natsuho

Clean and comfortable. Near the 7-11 and rocho station. I want to book again next time.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2022

Elsa

The staff are nice & they attended to our needs when needed. The location is convenient to restaurants, bus stop & MRT. Thanks

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

21 Nov 2022

Kazi Asad

Hotel Rooms were way smaller then what they look like. Hotel Staffs did not allow us to see the room before paying the whole amount for the entirety of out stay. Hotel staff's behaviour was really bad

Business_and_leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

03 Nov 2022

Amit

Too noisy, heater was not working, kettle broken, water leakage, no privacy.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

14 Oct 2022

manil

Very unfriendly staff, the room and the toilet were so small
There was an electric kettle that was broken, and no replacement was given, no facility to even order for a coffee. Have to walk approx. 1.5KM to get a coffee
Very rigid, was told if the checkout was delayed by even one mint they would charge me an additional SGD15

6/10

Pleasant

05 Oct 2022

Douglas

I thought we reserved an upgraded room. Got a queen bed and no window - but a giant, wall sized mirror to make the room feel a bit bigger. There is only 3-4 feet of space around each edge of the bed. It is also an efficiency bathroom where the room doubles as the shower - everything gets soaked. It was clean and felt safe. Noisy neighbors kept us awake into well after midnight.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

03 Sep 2022

Verified traveler

Hotel room is a terrible condition. The room smells and also the toilet. The room
Doesn’t look like the pictures shown. Only stayed here for the good location.

Self

8/10

Excellent

22 Mar 2022

Jarrard

Convenient

Well, I've stayed there before. It's convenient to move around.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jan 2022

Verified traveler

Good

Good place and good ambience. Fast check-in. Will definately go again.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

STAYCATION

Good location...hassle free check in and out...room cleanliness satisfactory.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

22 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Staff are attentive when we call for assistance. Parking may be kinda inconvenient.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

24 Dec 2019

Mm

Congested rooms, Expedia had incorrect information. No windows. Feeling of claustrophobia. Expedia did nothing to solve the problem and we were stuck in the same hotel for 4 days.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

06 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

When we got to our room, we realized very quickly that it didn't have any windows. This was a family room where 4 people were supposed to stay for 5 nights with no windows!?! And the bathroom was very small with the shower head hanging from the wall just above the toilet. I tried to get them to change us to a room with at least a window, but they told me that all the family rooms had NO WINDOW! We stayed one night and moved to a different hotel for the next four nights.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

26 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Lobby smells of cigarette smoke lobby too small and cramped room very small bed was comfy air conditioning works well. Staff ok but could be more caring to ones needs.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Clean room, just very small, didn’t love how the bathroom was set up but it’s ok for one night.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2019

Indra

Great ;location for any ideal trip, will recommend

Great location and will recommend to all

Partner

2/10

Poor

07 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

To expensive price n the room was to small the worst ever stay there

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jun 2019

Lds

Accessible but the staff are not accommodating

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

06 May 2019

Jonsnow

Old room & smelly:( a little expensive for a room that small. Ok for a night stay

Friends_and_family Partner

2/10

Poor

25 Apr 2019

Elson

The room is too small and not sound-proof. This room is worst than 3-star hotel.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

26 Mar 2019

Melvin

Reasonable stay

The stay was acceptable, but if this pricing comes with a breakfast if not a lower pricing would be much appreciated. Also if a window to view outside would be good too, unfortunately it's not able to open or view outside. WiFi is good.

Partner

2/10

Poor

21 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Alot of ants around the corner n dressing table, dustbin n showering room Basin have a lot of ants, very frustrated

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

14 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Service could be improve. Staff should more polite and passionate. Price kinda pricey

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Mar 2019

Geoffrey

Good

All good. Simple but clean and friendly staff.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2019

Maria

For the budget minded travelers

The hotel room is marginal, it was adequate, but still too small room with basic facilities. For the budget minded travelers. This one was in Little India, close to Orchard Road.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Great location, close to Little India and Rochor station to get around. Good price for location if you’re willing to compromise with the size of the room.

2/10

Poor

17 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Family should stay away from this hotle

As soon we arrive it was full of people who was there to use it for only 2hours for SEX ,we felt like we came to very wrong place ,I was very imberesed with my wife n kids and people was waiting Bathroom was not so good ,shower water was very little,blankets was rubbish,

Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Nov 2018

Oppa

We were received by a smiling receptionist, thie first smile we experienced in Singapore, smiling is an encourager, welcoming and friendly.
The room itself is clean, the bed mattress is comfy, pillows soft and clean. The bed sheets are clean, crisp, top cover are of 3 layers with comforter in between, towels smell clean and thick, they change it everyday. The aircon is cold, rooms and corridors no smell.
When the room cleaner failed to replenish bottled water on our second day, one call to the reception and it was delivered. No tea and coffee too, but I did not tell them.
Still on the second day I was the last to use the toilet, before leaving I check the bowls and seat rims and they are clean, but when we returned that night there is a piece of hair on the seat rim, the room cleaner is not putting his mind on his work, lah. I believe the hotel is providing all the cleaning materials, even the cleaning soap I know is of good quality.
I will recommend this decent hotel to friends and readers and will come back again. Can!

2/10

Poor

02 Nov 2018

irene

the toilet are so smelly and dirty! Counter staff are unfriendly

Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2018

Jerrick

Aircondiioner

No airconditioner control. :(

Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Oct 2018

mark

nice location for food as the hotel was close to tekka and peace centre. Also hotel was close to 7 11 and a bus stop a stone throw

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2018

Verified traveler

good location! clean room. friendly stuff. good servvice

8/10

Excellent

21 Sep 2018

Najib

Fast and Swift

Check in was smooth and pretty easy and quick. Staff was monotonous, maybe he didn't had a great day yet. But he sounded friendly.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Unpleasant stay..

When i got into the room, my first impression was how small the room is. With the amount i paid for it, i could get a bigger room at another place with a cheaper price. The TV was not functioning too. Called the reception & got the maintenance to come but couldn't fix it. In the end the staff gave me another room to stay. Not really a pleasant stay.

2/10

Poor

05 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Very dirty room and many ants.
Wont choose it any more

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2018

Colin

The hotel family room space was very good for my family we would defiantly say there again .

8/10

Excellent

05 Aug 2018

joe.L

Comfort and easy to access everywhere

It’s just walk about 10min to Bugis and 4min to Richie MRT ... good location...

8/10

Excellent

31 Jul 2018

Verified traveler

serve its purpose

it was fine no hassle. i came just to have a place to sleep n shower n thats it

Partner

4/10

Poor

15 Jul 2018

Jenny

Quick Stay without Expected Comfort

Small room. Senseless receptionists. Wet Bathroom/Toilet. Small Basin. Good Nice Housekeepers.

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jul 2018

Amaliya

Hotel location near central city but not recommend

We booked family room but when we check in, receptionist said family room were fully booked and one of family room was under renovation.
They changed it with standard rooms but it were too small and our kids can't sleep together.
On that day we asked receptionist to change become family room if available.

The day after, we moved it to family room, room condition was ok but there was unpleasant smell from the toilet.
Not really want to recommend for traveler.

4/10

Poor

30 May 2018

Aubree

Works on a tight budget

The location is great. A bit further from metro, but close to bus and bikes and restaurants.

The hotel is overwhelmingly smoke infested. It smells so badly of cigarettes one can barely breath.

The room said we’d have a queen bed yet we only got a full.

Room service only provided one coffee packet, one water, even though there were two guests and I paid for two.

If you are only staying a night or two and can stomach the smell, have at it. But for the size and quality, I’d rather stay in a hostel.

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

18 Feb 2018

kefle

Convenient to indian food stalls

Easy check in. Receptions were kinda friendly.
Very important for me as i am easily perterb by unfriendly welcome

4/10

Poor

05 Feb 2018

momonissniy

Cigarette smell in the room and lobby

I am very sensitive to cigarette smell and thus I booked this hotel because it is smoke-free property. However, we smelt cigarette when we reached the hotel lobby. In the midnight, I could smell cigarette in the room also and I believed the smell came from air-con ventilation.

Please take it seriously as by law, it is illegal, and it could be very dangerous to smoke in the room or in the building.

2/10

Poor

19 Dec 2017

benson

Stay at value hotel instead

Reception was bad, staff on duty was nonchalant to my queries about service provided to rooms.

Family

4/10

Poor

01 Dec 2017

Verified traveler

There is a improvement this time round check in

overall ok. The staff let me early check in when there is ready room very nice and accommodating services compare to fragrance hotel. The only bad thing is room 608 air conditioning is not working ok and I requested 12 noon check out time the staff check out call non stop at 11:30 am which I very rude because I was at showering room. They even send room attendant for housekeeping to knock on my door non stop following the call. I think this can be improved not giving stress to in house guest. And can be less panicked to chase guest out before 11:30 am. But I love this hotel is because they allowed luggage storage for people who check out which I think all hotel or hostel should provide as a basic service. Lastly, for the early check in really please me to come back again. Compare to fragrance hotel at oasis they have luggage service and staff are more respectful to guest. I think they improve a bit. keep it up!

2/10

Poor

02 Oct 2017

Verified traveler

a bit expensive with limited requirement.

So so quality for the hotel with a higher rate than normal budget hotel does, also i found one black foot print on the white bedsheet. Check out time 11am with one serving bottle water when i book for queen room. Plus hotel.com charge me extra on a different price rate when i book. NOT statisfied overall.

4/10

Poor

20 Jul 2017

joey

Delayed check in

We booked and check in time was 2 pm. No available room and waited 2 hours for the room to be ready. Waiting area too small can only accomodate 3 person on couch.

6/10

Pleasant

17 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Good location for train link, large room no windows, bathroom strange & mouldy

Family

2/10

Poor

01 Jun 2017

roque

Nice near to city

I arrived late in the morning and asking late check out but did not accept no consideration of the guest thanks.

2/10

Poor

25 May 2017

Verified traveler

Terrible

Terrible and arrogant front desk service.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Apr 2017

lalaine

Family Trip

Good, clean, accessible to food courts & transportation...commendable to family tours

Family

2/10

Poor

21 Apr 2017

Rajesh

Poor cleanliness

They did not clean the room for 4 days. Just changed beddings & replaced toiletries.
Floor was always dirty. Cups were not cleaned. When we asked for extra water bottle, they told us that they cannot provide.
Staff was not very communicative.
We were going to be 1 hr late to check out. They asked extra charges of $15 per hour.
It was just money minting.
Would not recommend this hotel to anyone.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Apr 2017

Verified traveler

nice hotel

very good location

6/10

Pleasant

17 Apr 2017

a family of 4

Convenient location, condition of room substandard

Close to taxi stand, MRT, but condition of room was not good. The room has no windows, the toilet constantly emitted an awful smell, the desk always had little bugs crawling around. We even found spider webs.
Hot water supply was limited. After one person took a bath, we had to wait for 10-15 mins before the next one could enjoy a hot bath.

8/10

Excellent

14 Apr 2017

Verified traveler

Nice, neart to the station.

Hi, my stay at Hotel 81 Selegie is quite good. The place is really near to rhe station however the room is really small and also the staffs are not friendly nor accommodating.

4/10

Poor

07 Apr 2017

LUC

Wouldn't recommend

This is an ok hotel for one night if you are really on a budget. We had heard that this hotel chain (hotel 81) has a bad reputation for illegal activity and several people said that we shouldn't stay there on weekend, especially 2 girls (thankfully we weren't). The room was tiny and very basic, with a wet room shower room but it was clean. I wouldn't recommend this unfortunately.

8/10

Excellent

03 Mar 2017

Jody

Saft quited

Very clean good price but small room lovely helpful staff

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

23 Oct 2016

WONG

hotel not really clear,