Singapore, Singapore · Five-Star · ★★★★★
Maxwell Reserve Singapore
Jacques Garcia maximalism in a conserved Tanjong Pagar terrace. The former The Maxwell Reserve, Autograph Collection, now under Marriott's Autograph Collection.
Jacques Garcia maximalism in a conserved Tanjong Pagar terrace. The former The Maxwell Reserve, Autograph Collection, now under Marriott's Autograph Collection.
"Singapore's most theatrical heritage stay: Jacques Garcia layered velvet, onyx and hand-painted walls through the former The Maxwell Reserve, Autograph Collection, relaunched under Marriott's Autograph Collection. Book it for design and location at a fair price; skip it if you want big-hotel facilities or the Six Senses wellness programme, which left with the brand."
This hotel has lived two lives. It opened in December 2018 as The Maxwell Reserve, Autograph Collection, the brand's second Singapore city property after The Duxton Reserve, Autograph Collection (which, opening in April 2018, was the actual first urban Six Senses). The management agreement ended in June 2020 during the pandemic closure, and owner Garcha Group relaunched the property under Marriott's Autograph Collection. It trades today as Maxwell Reserve Singapore. Read older reviews with that history in mind: anything praising the Six Senses spa or sleep programme describes a hotel that no longer exists.
The building is the point. Maxwell Reserve occupies Murray Terrace, a conserved row of fourteen shophouses on Cook Street in Tanjong Pagar, and Jacques Garcia, the French designer behind Hotel Costes in Paris and La Mamounia's 2020 refresh, dressed its 127 rooms and suites in deep velvets, Persian rugs and hand-painted wallpaper. Four room categories run from compact entry rooms shaped by the original architecture up to the Juliet Club Suites and the Maxwell Salon Club Suite. Nothing about it is minimalist; that is either the attraction or the dealbreaker.
Eating and drinking are the strong suit for a hotel this size. Shikar is chef Jolly's Indian fine-dining room, working nostalgic dishes with global technique, and Isabel, the velvet-and-pink-onyx bar off the lobby, is one of the more atmospheric hotel bars in the CBD. Upstairs there is a rooftop lap pool with a sundeck and a compact gym. What there is not, any longer, is a destination spa or wellness programme; that left with Six Senses.
Guest sentiment is consistent across platforms: reviewers single out the charm, the service and the Tanjong Pagar location, the hotel carries a Michelin Key, and aggregate scores cluster between 8.3 and 9.0 out of 10 on the major booking sites. The recurring caveats are just as consistent: heritage-building rooms run compact, the dark Garcia palette divides couples, and there are no skyline views. Entry rates on aggregators sit around S$200 to S$400 a night (checked June 2026), a full tier below the Marina Bay marquee names, and since the flag is Autograph Collection the stay earns Marriott Bonvoy points; our Bonvoy guide covers what those are worth.
Tanjong Pagar MRT is around two minutes on foot, Maxwell Food Centre is next door for solo dinners that need no reservation, and Isabel works as a one-person evening room in a way big hotel lobbies never do. The rooftop pool is rarely crowded given only 127 rooms.
Garcia designs for romance: candlelight-friendly velvet rooms, a bar built for two, and a heritage setting that photographs like a film set. Couples who want sunlight, sea views or a spa day should look at Capella on Sentosa instead; couples who want atmosphere will be happy here.
The CBD is walkable and the Marina Bay Financial Centre is about six minutes by car, while Bonvoy earning makes it an easy expense-policy fit for Marriott-loyal travelers. The trade-off against the Ritz-Carlton Millenia or Fullerton is meeting space: there is very little of it here.
Rates checked June 2026. Price varies by date and view.
No. The Six Senses management agreement ended in June 2020 during the pandemic closure, and the hotel relaunched under Marriott's Autograph Collection. It trades today as Maxwell Reserve Singapore. The Six Senses spa, sleep programme and wellness branding all left with the flag, so pre-2020 reviews describe a different hotel.
A 127-room heritage design hotel in the conserved Murray Terrace shophouse row, with interiors by Jacques Garcia: velvet, Persian rugs, hand-painted wallpaper. Shikar handles Indian fine dining, Isabel is the pink-onyx bar, and there is a rooftop lap pool, sundeck and gym. The Michelin Guide lists it with a Michelin Key.
Yes. Autograph Collection is a full Marriott Bonvoy participating brand, so stays earn points and elite nights and count toward status. See our Marriott Bonvoy guide for current point values and elite benefits.
Aggregator entry rates sit around S$200 to S$400 depending on season (checked June 2026), with club suites priced well above. That is a full tier below Singapore's Marina Bay marquee hotels, and the gap is the core of the value argument here.
Heritage-building rooms run compact, the dark maximalist palette is divisive, there is no destination spa since Six Senses left, no skyline or water views, little meeting space, and the rooftop pool is a lap pool rather than a resort deck. Travelers wanting any of those should book elsewhere in the city.
At 2 Cook Street in Tanjong Pagar, with Maxwell Food Centre essentially next door and Tanjong Pagar MRT about two minutes on foot. The CBD is walkable, the Marina Bay Financial Centre is roughly six minutes by car, and the rest of the city is one or two MTR lines away. Compare locations across our Singapore hotel guide.
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