We stayed at the Beyjaya Hotel for 4 nights in the weeks before christmas. We had a queen room overlooking the main road. That said we were not disturbed by any noise from the street despite the prolific bars and clubs in the area.

The MTR is just around the corner and there is a great hawker center where you can get cheap and local food.

The hotel itself is true to its colonial charqacter and we found it charming. The included breakfast was a bit stodgy at times but it was passable.

Overall we had a lovely stay.

great location (if you don't mind the bars nearby), very friendly staff, charming colonial decor. i stayed here as a very pregnant, very grumpy person -- and even i couldn't find anything to complain about. if you know pregnant ladies, that's saying something!

I was booked here by a company I was visiting because I said I would like to stay in Chinatown for a change. What a mistake.

The hotel was so crummy that I had to try three rooms before one was found in which enough things worked to make it habitable. The place is dingy, rundown, dirty, and threadbare. If it has any staff other than one harried guy behind the desk, I never saw any evidence of them. Maintenance is apparently an enitrely unknown concept.

Now, to be fair, this hotel would be a perfectly acceptable $20 a night flophouse since, all in all, it has the overall flavor of the kind of hotel that charges by the hour. But note this: their rates are higher than the Regent. They even charge more for slow, almost useless internet service than the Regent charges for adequate broadband access.

Don't even think about staying here unless there isn't another room available in all of Singapore. Frankly, I wouldn't suggest you consider it then. Better to head for the airport instead.

I was very pleased with my 2 night stay at this charming and elegant hotel that oozed colonial glamour. The staff were exceptionally accommodating and helpful. We arrived very early at 9am and expected to be allowed to leave our bags there and check in later - what a pleasant surprise to be told we could check in straight away, and when I commented that we would need to leave at 4am on Sunday, the gallant hotel clerk invited us to eat breakfast before going to our room, given that we would not be able to take advantage of it on Sunday. Such tremendous care and thoughfulness is much appreciated and rarely found. The hotel room was unexpectedly spacious with lovely antique style colonial furniture. Other reviewers have commented that some aspects of the rooms require attention. It was certainly true that some paintwork was peeling and the wallpaper lifting in some parts, but I think these are relatively minor issues that do not detract from the overall pleasant impression of the room. The musty smell mentioned by some reviewers was slightly noticeable in the stair well, but not in the room or anywhere else in the hotel. The hotel is well situated in China Town and an easy walk (even with luggage) from Tanjong Pagar MRT. Despite the fact that Duxton Rd is a busy place at night with bars, restaurants etc, there was no noise at all in the room.