Hotel Review: Crowne Plaza Changi Airport
This review is part of the Travel Report (A Weekday in Singapore) and contains reviews of airlines, hotels and lounges during my trip down to Singapore. Hope you can enjoy them all!
Introduction | Crowne Plaza Changi Airport
This is one of the fanciest transit hotels I’ve ever come across. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a hotel that provides this much direct access to an airport. For many Singaporeans, this hotel is actually considered a top luxury hotel, and I can easily see why.
Location | Crowne Plaza Changi Airport
Located at Terminal 3 of Changi Airport, I waltzed over via the monorail and began proactively getting my booking information out. The hotel is an award-winning property which was voted the World’s Best Airport Hotel and Best Airport Hotel in Asia in the Skytrax World Airport Awards for 7 consecutive years!
The IHG hotel property has a direct access from Terminal 3 and Changi Airport Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station, and it is also directly linked to Jewel via an indoor bridge, as well as to Terminal 1 and 2 via the complimentary skytrain.
Having arrived at a bit late (11:30pm), the cool part about this hotel was that it was part of Terminal 2 at Changi, which meant I just had to take a quick train and voila, I was at the hotel! During check in, I was surprisingly given the crème de la crème room of them all - a King Suite! I wasn’t sure if it was due to my IHG Platinum Status, but it was a welcome addition.
The Room | Crowne Plaza Changi Airport
The King suite is enormous. Did I mention how big it is? IT IS GIGANTIC.
Easily triple the size of the King Hilton room I stayed at the Hilton Tokyo, the suite comes with a powder room, a huge living room, a huge working desk, a bedroom with an enormous walk-in wardrobe and a ridiculously expansive bathroom. There are two TVs and ample space for people to even exercise if they wanted to. It’s quite ample.
The bed itself is so comfy that I knocked out after taking a quick shower. There are shades that allow natural light to be fully blocked, and it’s stretched out all the way to the bathroom. In addition, the room is defined with separate AC controls, which is always a plus for those traveling with other friends. The walk-in closet literally can staff 2 people easily if you really want to pile in. My measly one-piece luggage did no damage to the closet, and was easily dwarfed by the massive spaces.
For the bathroom, there are two sinks (one for face wash, and one to wash my hands haha). The shower and toilet are split with a glass panel, which i think is pretty clever. After showering, I completely crashed and slept till 6:00am.
I went to Azur for breakfast at around 6:30am, which had just opened its doors for business. As a buffet, I was delighted to see so many variety of regional spreads. There is a live egg station where you can get fried, scrambled, omelette and other forms of eggs. There is also dim sum and a few other delicious morsels that people definitely can enjoy. One caveat - it’s weirdly dark at Azur. There’s no natural lighting come in, but it just felt weird kinda eating in an unnatural lighting setting
Conclusion
This is a fantastic Crowne Plaza and probably one of the best in the IHG portfolio.
Man, it’s crazy, but this hotel is actually better than most 5-star hotels I’ve been to. It doesn’t feel anything close to a Crowne Plaza, but almost a modern take on a Intercontinental hotel just located at Changi Airport. I literally would come back to Singapore and just stay there again. So worth it.
