Craft Beer in Singapore - The Good Beer Company

One of the best places to drink craft beers in Singapore is interestingly in a hawker centre in Chinatown. The Chinatown Complex hawker center is quite a well known place in Singapore but in a relatively difficult to find corner of it you will find The Good Beer Company, a stall which brings in a range of great beers and ciders from brands never previously seen in hawker centres. You can also find some very nice Asian brands here and the bonus is that you can drink your craft beer with hawker center food!

Whenever I go to Chinatown (which is usually to bring a guest to visit Chinatown), I try to visit this stall. The Good Beer Company is not very easy to find in this large and complex hawker center but don't give up. The beer is certainly worth the find! Since it is in a hawker center, you will sit in a standard hawker center table but this also means that the imported, craft beer you drink is relatively cheaper compared to your usual restaurant or bar. Unlike many people, I am a fan of fruit beer and Taiwanese (NTW) Lychee Beer (which is sometimes available in supermarkets) is a must try and you would probably like it even if you are not a fan of fruit beer. Anyway, the stall has really great selection and if you are not sure what you should try, ask the uncle : he will make great recommendations.

Located in Chinatown Complex hawker center, The Good Beer Company offers nice selection of craft beer with reasonable prices

The Good Beer Company is at #02-58 Chinatown Complex, 335 Smith Street, 050335.

Singapore Budget Hotels : Chinatown and Little India

Singapore hotel market is known to be expensive but since the demand is there for cheap hotels, there are many budget hotels in Singapore catering to cost conscious travelers. Some of them can even be found in city center.

In this Singapore Budget Hotels article series, we are listing some of the best cheap hotels in Singapore, located in central districts like Chinatown, Little India, etc. These are maybe not cheapest hotels in Singapore but we will cover some good Singapore Little India and Chinatown budget hotels. You can find a comparison table in terms of prices and ratings of these hotels compiled from Asia  focused online hotel booking site agoda.com.

Singapore Chinatown Budget Hotels
Singapore's Chinatown is one of the best places to stay in Singapore thanks to its heritage, central location and accessibility by public transportation. There are several budget hotels in the area even catering to business travelers since Chinatown is right next to the Singapore Central Business District (CDB).

Santa Grand Hotel Lai Chun Yuen
You can say everything you would say for a good budget hotel in Singapore for this hotel : beautiful hotel, good location but small rooms. Santa Grand Hotel Lai Chun Yuen is converted from a Chinese Opera House and decorated beautifully. The deep reds and dark wood look is very moody. and exotic and combine this with the location, it offers an authentic stay in Singapore.

Santa Grand Hotel Lai Chun Yuen

Room prices at Santa Grand Hotel Lai Chun Yuen starts from USD 68 and you can check the latest prices and reviews of the hotel here.

Hotel 81 Chinatown
One of most centrally-located budget hotels in Chinatown, Hotel 81 Chinatown offers very small but affordable and centrally located accommodation. If you are on a business trip, this may be a choice because being located at the busy junction of New Bridge Road and Upper Cross Street, it is almost walking distance away from Raffles Place but note that the tables provided in the rooms are quite small to work on.

Hotel 81 Chinatown

Room prices at Hotel 81 Chinatown starts from USD 97 and you can check the latest prices and reviews of the hotel here.

Porcelain Hotel
Mosque Street on Chinatown offers several very nice boutique hotels and hostels and one of them is Porcelain Hotel. If you go to Porcelain Hotel's web site you may not recognize that this is a budget hotel. Rack rates advertised there start from 200++ SGD and goes to levels of 5-star hotels but if you, like everyone else, book online, the hotels room rates start from 85 USD.

The rooms offered at Porcelain Hotel are very very small so if you need some space you need to book a bigger one (not a 6-8 sqm but a 16 sqm) one. Other than that the location is just great and convenient and the hotel and its rooms are very comfortable and clean.

Porcelain Hotel

Room prices at Hotel 81 Chinatown starts from USD 85 and you can  check the latest prices and reviews of the hotel here.

Hotel Name	Star	Start Price	Agoda Rating	Hotel Address
Santa Grand Hotel LCY	3-Star	USD 68	Good - 7.3	25 Trengganu Street, Chinatown
Porcelain Hotel	4-Star	USD 85	Good - 7.2	48 Mosque Street, Chinatown
Hotel 81 Chinatown	2-Star	USD 97	Pleasant - 6.6	181 New Bridge Road, Chinatown

Singapore hotel market is known to be expensive but since the demand is there for cheap hotels, there are many budget hotels in Singapore catering to cost conscious travelers. Some of them can even be found in city center.

In this Singapore Budget Hotels article series, we are listing some of the best cheap hotels in Singapore, located in central districts like Chinatown, Little India, etc. In this article, we will cover some good Singapore Little India budget hotels. You can find a comparison table in terms of prices and ratings of these hotels compiled from Asia  focused online hotel booking site agoda.com.

Singapore Little India Budget Hotels
Little India is the centre for the large Indian community in Singapore. One of the most colorful and attractive places to visit in Singapore, Little India is a sanitized version of the real thing as many Singapore locations but retains its distinct identity without degenerating into a mere tourist attraction.

Hotel 81 Dickson
The newest addition to Singapore's well-know Hotel 81 chain, Hotel 81 Dickson is also one of the best hotels of the chain and a very good budget hotel alternative in Little India. Location is excellent with easy access to Little India MRT Station and walking distance away from Sim Lim Square and Singapore's Bugis region. In the negative side, room are very small (not that small in Singapore cheap hotel standards) and air-con is centrally controlled and maybe too cold for some.

Hotel 81 Dickson

Room prices at Hotel 81 Dickson starts from USD 69 and you can check the latest prices and reviews of the hotel here.

Madras Hotel @ Tekka
Madras Hotel @ Tekka is in the heart of Little India with walking distance from all the major restaurants and shopping centers in Little India. It is near the main Serangoon Road and Little India MRT Station.

Madras Hotel @ Tekka

Room prices at Madras Hotel @ Tekka starts from USD 97 and you can check the latest prices and reviews of the hotel here.

Arianna Hotel
A basic no-frills budget hotel with great location in Little India, Arianna Hotel is a standard cheap hotel in Singapore and is a good accommodation place if you don't expect much.

Arianna Hotel

Room prices at Arianna Hotel starts from USD 57 and you can  check the latest prices and reviews of the hotel here.

Hotel Name	Star	Start Price	Agoda Rating	Hotel Address
Arianna Hotel	2-Star	USD 57	Pleasant - 6.6	83 Syed Alwi Road, Little India
Hotel 81 Dickson	2-Star	USD 97	Good - 7.1	No 3 Dickson Road, Little India
Madras Hotel @ Tekka	2-Star	USD 97	Pleasant - 6.9	28-32 Madras Street, Little India