A 100-room waterfront boutique built on stilts over Marina Bay at Collyer Quay — the Lantern rooftop bar on the 6th floor, the 25-metre infinity pool framed by city skyscrapers, and the most photographed Singapore hotel pool.
"On Marina Bay — 100 rooms above the water, with the Lantern rooftop bar and one of Singapore's most photographed infinity pools. The most contemporary luxury Singapore hotel address."
The Fullerton Bay Hotel opened in July 2010 — a sister property to the older Fullerton Hotel one block north — on a waterfront parcel at 80 Collyer Quay. The architectural gesture is unique in Singapore hospitality: a six-storey contemporary glass-and-steel boutique built on stilts directly over Marina Bay, with a curved south façade tracing the Bay's edge and the original 1933 Clifford Pier (now restored as the hotel's main lobby and the One on the Bay restaurant) integrated as the eastern wing. The composition pairs the heritage Pier with the contemporary tower across a covered marina-side promenade, giving the property a rare dual register: colonial heritage at street level, contemporary glass above. The hotel sits directly opposite Marina Bay Sands and the SkyPark across the water — the view across the bay is the most photographed hotel-from-hotel sightline in the city.
There are 100 rooms and suites — boutique inventory at this tier in Singapore is rare and the Fullerton Bay's small footprint is the property's deliberate point of differentiation against the Marina Bay Sands and Mandarin Oriental towers across the water. The standard Premier Bay View Room runs to 47 square metres with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the Bay; the Premier Quay View Rooms face the Singapore River and the heritage Clifford Pier. The 24 suites — Bay View, Premier, Bay Premier, and Presidential — occupy the top floors and command full Bay views. The Presidential Suite, on the 5th floor, runs to 250 square metres with a private wraparound terrace, a butler's pantry, and full skyline-and-Bay sightlines. The interior register, by André Fu Studio of Hong Kong, leans contemporary-luxury: rosewood, leather, brushed-chrome detail, and large-format Italian marble in the bathrooms.
Lantern, the rooftop bar on the 6th floor, opened with the property and runs the most consistently-busy hotel rooftop bar in Singapore at sunset. The wrap-around terrace is set against the 25-metre infinity pool that defines the hotel's principal photographic image — guests swim while the city skyscrapers and Marina Bay Sands SkyPark frame the swim from every angle. The cocktail programme runs an Asian-Mediterranean register and the bar is now consistently named in regional 50 Best lists. La Brasserie, on the lobby level, runs a French-classical kitchen serving Singapore's most considered hotel breakfast and a working all-day brasserie menu through the day. Clifford Pier, in the restored 1933 pier building, runs the property's Singapore-heritage dining room — laksa, char kway teow, and the city's most considered hotel hawker-style room.
The Fullerton Bay Spa runs four treatment rooms in a separate riverside pavilion, with the Asian-Wellness treatment programme that has held Forbes recognition for the past five years. The 25-metre rooftop infinity pool sits on the 6th floor with private cabanas, two glass-sided Jacuzzis, and an all-day pool kitchen. The fitness centre is open 24 hours. The position at Collyer Quay is the practical advantage: Raffles Place MRT is two minutes' walk; Marina Bay Sands is a five-minute walk across the Bay; the Fullerton Hotel — the sister property — is one block north; the Asian Civilisations Museum, the Singapore River, and Boat Quay are all within ten minutes. For a Singapore stay where the brief is "the most photographed Marina Bay address with a working contemporary boutique register," the Fullerton Bay is the answer.
For Singapore anniversaries at the contemporary-luxury, view-anchored end, the Fullerton Bay is the most considered booking. The Bay View Premier Suite for a milestone year; sunset cocktails at Lantern with Marina Bay Sands directly across the water; dinner at La Brasserie or at Clifford Pier; the morning swim in the 25-metre infinity pool overlooking the city. The hotel reflexively handles anniversary turn-downs with the brand's signature in-suite Krug, hand-rolled chocolates, and a personalised welcome letter.
For Singapore business at the financial-district end — Raffles Place, Cecil Street, Battery Road — the Fullerton Bay is the most central five-star booking. La Brasserie at lunchtime is the city's most reliable working table at the financial end; the 6th-floor pool is the post-meeting decompression; the small boardrooms above the pier handle private executive sessions. Raffles Place MRT is two minutes' walk; the financial district begins at the door.
For an Asian honeymoon anchored on Singapore's Marina Bay, the Fullerton Bay is the most photographed honeymoon hotel pool experience — the 25-metre rooftop infinity pool with the city skyline as the backdrop is the brand's most-quoted image and the most-shared honeymoon Instagram moment in Asia. The Bay View Suite as the standard booking; the Presidential Suite for milestone honeymoons.
80 Collyer Quay
Singapore 049326
Raffles Place MRT 2 minutes' walk; Marina Bay Sands 5 minutes' walk via Jubilee Bridge; Singapore River 1 minute; Changi Airport 25 minutes by car
100 rooms & suites
Premier Bay View Rooms from S$700/night
Bay View Suites from S$1,800/night
Presidential Suite from S$8,500/night
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Open since July 2010; designed by André Fu Studio with the restored 1933 Clifford Pier as the lobby
Lantern rooftop bar (6th floor)
25-metre rooftop infinity pool
Two glass-sided rooftop Jacuzzis
Clifford Pier — Singapore heritage dining
La Brasserie — French classical
Built on stilts over Marina Bay
From S$700/night. Bay View rooms book three to four weeks ahead for high-season weeks; the Presidential Suite books eight weeks ahead. Lantern operates without reservation but expect a 30-minute wait for a sunset table any evening.
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