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Little India, Singapore Budget Hotels

Low Rates in Singapore's Most Colorful Ethnic Enclave

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These Little India budget hotels offer an incredible bargain for Singapore travelers: budget prices along with great access to Little India's dining, shopping, and entertainment. There's plenty to see and do in the Little India ethnic enclave, with its bustling street bazaars, fragrant spice stalls, and delicious hawker fare. Little India is also quite close to Bugis Junction and Orchard Road. Book a stay at one of the hotels below, to get the best of Singapore at the lowest price possible.

Asphodel Inn

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The Asphodel Inn is a Little India budget hotel on Race Course Road that emphasizes functionality over luxury, with contemporary décor and 55 guestrooms that are equipped with air conditioning, shower, TV, DVD player, and IDD telephone. Enjoy dining in the restaurants along Race Course Road and nearby Perumal Road.

The Inn's location places it within easy walking distance to Farrer Park MRT Station and the 24-hour Mustafa Shopping Mall in Little India. Other sights worth seeing nearby include temples like Leong San See and Sakya Muni Buddhi Gaya Temple. Free WiFi at lobby and ground level.



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The Claremont Hotel

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The Claremont Hotel's location in Little India puts it in the center of the vibrant Indian community in Singapore. The hotel is located directly opposite Mustafa Centre and minutes away from endless shopping opportunities in Little India and elsewhere.

Guests can choose from 85 guestrooms, all secured by a key card system. The rooms are small but comfortable, and come with air conditioning, a mini-bar, a bathroom en suite, queen-sized beds, phone, and room safe.

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Ambassador Hotel

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The Ambassador Hotel is a budget hotel with rooms located on the upper floor of a row of restored shophouses in Little India. Its 25 guestrooms come in two classes - superior singles and deluxe doubles – all with bathroom en suite and amenities like coffee- and tea-making facilities and mini-bar. The hotel also provides an on-call house doctor, airport transfer, mail and postal services.

The hotel's location in Little India puts it right across Mustafa Centre, and within walking distance to Little India's shopping and dining charms.

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Aspinals Hotel

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The Aspinals Hotel is a Little India budget hotel on Syed Alwi Road - its location puts guests within eight minutes' walk from the Farrer Park MRT station, and a street crossing away from the24-hour mall Mustafa Centre. Other shopping malls nearby include Serangoon Plaza, Suntec City, Raffles Place, Sim Lim Square and Funan Centre.

The Aspinals' 58 guestrooms come with private toilet and bath facilities, air-conditioning, mini-bar, and complimentary coffee & tea. Non-smoking rooms available; rates include daily breakfast. Business travelers can also use the Aspinals' function room and business center.

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Cityhub Hotel

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The Cityhub Hotel combines a Little India location with a good balance of amenities and price. Guests can choose from 127 guestrooms - the hotel's Superior and Deluxe rooms come with full-glass or half-glass window panels, LCD TVs, and free unlimited internet access.

The Cityhub's location in Singapore's Little India ethnic enclave puts you close to shopping in Little India's Mustafa Centre, with Orchard Road just a few more minutes away. To visit the rest of Singapore, just walk to either Farrer Park or Lavender MRT stations.

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Hotel 81 Elegance

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The Hotel 81 Elegance offers 120 guestrooms with cable TV and broadband internet access in selected rooms. This Little India budget hotel is a member of the Hotel 81 budget chain, one housed in a baby-blue-and-white building in the part of Little India called Lavender, on Little India's northern reaches. Both Eminent Plaza and Lavender Food Court are very close by - the latter provides great hawker food for low prices.

The Lavender MRT station is a ten-minute walk away, but plenty of air-conditioned buses ply nearby Lavender Street if you wish to visit the rest of Singapore.

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Aqueen Hotel Lavender

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The Aqueen Hotel Lavender provies 105 guestrooms with modern amenities - free in-room broadband wired and WiFi Internet access, 32-inch LCD TVs with cable access, in-room safes, yukata, and bedroom slippers. The bathrooms are separated from the room by a glass partition, which may provide some privacy issues for certain guests. Breakfast buffet included in rates.

Guests can simply walk through Little India from the hotel door, hail a bus from the nearby bus stop, or walk ten minutes to Lavender MRT to see the rest of Singapore.

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Fragrance Hotel Imperial

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The Fragrance Hotel Imperial is a Little India budget hotel with 74 guestrooms. Each room comes with LCD TV, DVD Player, air conditioning, key card access, mini-fridge, and en suite bathroom with heater. IDD phone subject to call charges. Broadband internet station at the lobby, WiFi access, and fax and laundry services available for a fee.

Small swimming pool open to guests. Cafe (room service available) serves complimentary breakfast to guests, although coffee won't be refilled for free. Guests get walking-distance access to Little India - visitors can also walk five minutes to the nearby Lavender MRT.

  • Star rating: ★★★ (compare rates | buy direct)
  • Address: 28 Penhas Road, Singapore 208187
  • Phone: +65 6297 9888  ‎

Perak Hotel

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The Perak Hotel has 35 guestrooms with amenities aimed towards business visitors; guests get complimentary breakfast, newspaper, meeting rooms and a business center. Computer rental and Internet access available for a fee. The rooms have kitchenettes with coffeemakers, IDD telephones, and safes. WiFi available at the lobby and in certain rooms.

The hotel is set in a restored three-storey building on Perak Road, five minutes' walk from Bugis Junction and close to the Singapore Art Museum and War Memorial Park. Bugis and Little India MRT stations are close by, if you want to reach the rest of Singapore.

Aliwal Park Hotel

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The Aliwal Park Hotel offers 55 guestrooms in the Arab Street District near Little India - each room is equipped with amenities like air conditioning, bathroom en suite with shower, coffee making facilities,  and cable TV. Guests may request ironing boards, hair dryers, and wake-up calls.

Nearby attractions include the Malay Heritage Centre, Sultan Mosque, and the Singapore National Museum.

  • Star rating: ★ (compare rates)
  • Address: 77 / 79 Aliwal Street, Singapore 199949
  • Phone: +65 6293 9022 
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Hotel 81 Dickson

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Hotel 81 Dickson is a budget hotel in Serangoon within Little India - its location places it close to Sim Lim Square, Suntec City, Singapore National Library, and Raffles City.

Its 196 rooms are configured for budget travelers, with small sizes, relatively thin walls, and basic amenities (TV, air conditioning, electronic room keys). In-room Internet available for a fee. The hotel has no restaurant on site, but there are plenty of restaurants and hawker centers nearby.

  • Star rating: ★★ (compare rates | buy direct)
  • Address: 3 Dickson Road, Singapore 209530
  • Phone: +65 6392 8181  ‎

Hotel 81 Rochor

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Hotel 81 Rochor is a budget hotel on the corner of Jalan Besar and Sungei Road. Within its pastel-blue façade, this Little India budget hotel offers 87 guestrooms with air conditioning, cable TV (featuring Barclay's Premiere League, if that floats your boat), telephone, and mini bar. (Some rooms have no windows.) Other amenities include a café, laundry services, and parking spaces.

The hotel is located in Little India, with Bugis Village and Sim Lim Square only a few minutes' walk away. Other nearby attractions include the Singapore National Library, Shaw Towers, Raffles City, and Suntec City.

  • Star rating: ★★ (compare rates)
  • Address: 5 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208785
  • Phone: +65 6298 8181  ‎
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