Changi Village is a good transit hotel if you don't want to stay in the airport and can't be bothered paying for a taxi to the CBD or Orchard Road. The main advantage is the free shuttle bus to/from the airport - ask at the hotel booking desk in the terminal and they will call the hotel to let them know you've arrived. You might have to wait half an hour for pick-up. The shuttle leaves the hotel to the airport every hour, and is a fast and efficient way of getting there on time.

Changi Village has a quiet, laid back atmosphere. There are plenty of places to eat on the mainstreet, and there's a hawker centre behind the shops near the bus station. Don't feel you have to stick with the hotel restaurant.

If you want to stay in Singapore and see the sights or do some shopping then don't stay at Changi Village - it's too far away from where the action is. But, if you want somewhere to sleep overnight in transit, then it's reasonably priced and convenient.

Stayed there for one night since my flight out of SIN was at 600a. Took taxi from Singapore downtown to Changi Village (about $SD20.00).

Very nice room looking towards beach area. Could see airplanes landing but didn't hear a thing.

Nice bathrooms and excellent cable television selection. The hotel restaurant was terrific with a fantastic dinner buffet. Hotel seemed quite busy but not filled to capacity.

Close to Changi Beach and bumboat/Changi Ferry where there are boats to Pulau Ubin. Highly recommended.

Two pools - roof top with great views and a pool behind the hotel. Gift store has a wide selection of different items.

Stayed at this hotel on 3 seperate occasions, and standards keep slipping.

First time: Dec 24-26 2004
Was very pleased with the sea-facing deluxe room with a balcony. Room was small (but the rooms here all are), furniture was new, and the balcony was fantastic. This was the time of the asian tsunami. Hotel was still managed by the Meridien chain then, and standards were pretty good.

Second time: mid-2005
Booked a room on the club floor, hoping to get a room similar to my last visit. Pleasantly surprised when given a large corner room, racing the greenery with sitting area.
Breakfast and tea at the club lounge was good too, as was the italian restaurant on the roof La Cantina.
Gym was wonderful too.
Vowed to return.

Third and last time: Dec 2005
Booked a club room again. Absolute disaster after hotel stopped being called Changi Meridien.

First, paid premium for club floor only to find out that the lounge was closed. Second, breakfast at the coffeehouse at the lobby was horrid, having no seats as the place was full of screaming kids and families. It made me wonder why i bothered to pay extra in the first place. Third, cocktails at the lounge downstairs were a joke. FInally, the room was just a standard room and I could see wear and tear.

When I complained to the manager at the end of my stay, he just shrugged his shoulders and told me to write in formally. What nonsense.

I will never stay there again.

I loved the rain shower. I have to get myself one of those! Decor wise, the room was OK. Trying to impart a cool vibe but only partly succeeding. And is it my imagination or are the beds a bit low to the floor? The breakfast buffet was average, the waitstaff disorganized. The biggest drawback, however, is location. Changi Village is way-out in the boondocks (relatively, this is Singapore, after all). Taxi to Orchard will easily cost you SGD20+ and I never saw the alleged complementary shuttle to the airport - from which you could, if you were so inclined, take the MRT to Orchard or wherever else in Singapore you want to go.