Fragrance Hotel-Ruby - Singapore, Singapore 

Not worth the visit
Posted: Sun, Jul 06 2008
We were only there for a quick over night stay, but that was enough. we booked this place over the internet before we found trip advisor. we didn't have time to venture out but there didn't seem to be any major shopping centres in the area and it was a fair hike from the airport with our back packs and had your choice of street girls on the corners. pretty seedy and we found far better places to stay by looking through trip advisor for our return stop over.

Cockroaches!
Posted: Thu, May 22 2008
As of March 2008, I'd advise anybody booking to be careful. The area is great, lots of local color, and the hotel at first impression definitely delivers a lot of bang for the buck. The room service is great, staff is a bit cold but helpful, and the place looks well-kept. On day 3 of our 5 day stay however, we came home to find 3-5 baby cockroaches in our room. We had seen just one a day earlier and chose to ignore it, but this amount was ridiculous. We checked out immediately and were issued a refund through their Tokyo office promptly. It is a shame, and I hope they clean up their act a bit. The Geylang area is great, and far better than a tourist trap like Clarke Quay.