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... done with our meal. We were looking forward to the Sky Pool at lvl 4 so we could unwind. This facility wasn't also not...
... but reappeared on the last day of our stay. 6. Swimming pool has no F&B service. When I asked if we could order some...
... food of this quality at a reputable hotel in Sentosa. Sky Pool: small but clean. Kids pool with slide, water quite clean...
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Is it recommended to have a birthday party for a 3 yrs old toddler at their one bedroom villa with pool?
How many ppl can accommodate in the villa?
Answer from James Lim
Jun 2019 |
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Write a reviewWe booked the Family Suite for 3d2n stay at Amara as our year-end staycation.
We were quite lucky to arrive at the hotel a bit earlier before check-in time (3pm) as the queue started to pile up due to manpower shortage at their reception area. When it was our turn to check-in, we were asked to wait for another 30 minutes as the room wasn't ready yet. They gave a voucher for a welcome drink at their restaurant Shutters which are choices of pretty basic beverages, nothing special about it. Staff at the restaurant are also understaffed, and ignored other people first while attending to a few.
Once we got they keys to our room we felt a bit of a relief and some excitement to see our room for this stay. It was quite disappointing as seeing the room was like the feeling of a rushed handover of a bare unit. Bed didn't have a canopy like other photos show, the sofa on the living room was quite nice and large, issue is that there's only a single pillow which made it feel a bit incomplete. Room furnishings also seem lacking. They were also probably doing some repairs on Larkhill rooms as someone kept on knocking to our room to enter and check the aircon so we really didn't get to relax a bit after check-in.
While the bathroom spacious, looks decent and clean, issues are the shower hose drops once you have the water running after a few minutes so you got no choice but to hold it or use the rain shower instead. The water heater also was not working so we had to bare with the cold. Worse part is the water pipes can be heard from the bedroom even if you close the toilet door and main bathroom door which made it hard to quickly get to sleep at night.
Breakfast at Shutters was also disappointing. For the nasi lemak only the rice was served hot, then the sambal prawn and chicken rendang were really cold already. The understaffed situation was still there where staff just ignored us even we were calling them and raising our hands up high. They served the bread and fruits quite late and only after we were done with our meal.
We were looking forward to the Sky Pool at lvl 4 so we could unwind. This facility wasn't also not maintained well. Shower area has been starting to get mossy green. In photos the pool good but that's thanks to smart wide angle shots. It was just a really small pool. They imposed a 10-person limit capacity, but there were only 5 pool beds there.
Good thing we checked out on the 31st and able to spend New Year's Eve somewhere better. We were expecting something better for the premium paid for this stay. We were planning to have a stay here with our doggo next time but I guess that won't happen anymore after this disappointing stay.
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Response from ASRS-Marcom M, Other at Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa
Responded 3 weeks ago
Dear miltoncaluya, Thank you for taking time to share your experience with us. It is disappointing to learn of the shortfalls encountered during your stay. Your experience is certainly not indicative of the standards one would expect of Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa. We acknowledge that we can certainly do better. Please be assured that your feedback will be shared with the team for their further improvement and tightening of procedures in these areas. We are aware and are taking steps in improving the facilities and amenities along with rectifying the issues that were listed. We hope this has not change your otherwise good impression of us and would give us the opportunity to welcome you back again. Best regards, Marketing Communications Team
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Horrific nightmare. Wouldn’t stay in this hotel again even if you paid me.
1. Room still had food debris on the floor left behind by the previous occupant.
2. Beds were not made properly (could still see the mattress underneath). Skirting was stained.
3. Room furniture chipped and falling apart. Held together by sticky tape.
4. Bathroom not been cleaned nor maintained for a while. Mold growing alongside the edge of the sinks. WC has scum that has been accumulated over time.
5. Bags of rubbish and laundry and laundry bins lined up along the corridor outside our rooms. When I complained on the first day, they were removed but reappeared on the last day of our stay.
6. Swimming pool has no F&B service. When I asked if we could order some drinks, a staff came up with a photocopy of a menu stapled together.
7. Pool roofing cracked with a major piece missing. Mold growing along the edges of the pool.
8. Carpet in public area frayed and not secured at corners. Safety hazard.
9. Dirty wet towel hanging on the railing of the public area.
10. Extremely limited room service menu. Even then, they called to say they can’t deliver nasi lemak because they’ve run out of the nasi lemak rice. The staff said she would talk to the chef for alternatives and call me back but she didn’t. They just went ahead to deliver the remainder of my order.
11. Breakfast at Shutters Restaurant cost almost $30 but serving was appalling. It consisted of 1 sausage, a few slices of bacon, less scrambled eggs than in a McDonald’s Big Breakfast and a quarter of a mushroom. The fruit “platter” which was to be shared by all at the table consisted of one slice of rock melon, two slices of watermelon and three grapes. It was only when I asked, was I told that if we wanted more, we could ask for more.
12. When I told the restaurant staff that the resident peacock was having a go at the food and knocking the crockery to the ground, the staff said he had something else to do.
13. Housecleaning did not do a proper job. Left behind a cup of tea I’d made for myself the night before.
14. Housekeeping failed to replace bath towels after cleaning. I don’t actually need the towels to be replaced each day but if you insist on removing them, at least replace them as well.
15. Plumbing doesn’t work properly. Takes minutes for the water to clear from the bathroom sink. No hot water after 11 pm.
16. Limited sound proofing. I could hear each time someone above me used the bathroom sink or ran across the pool deck.
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Response from ASRS-Marcom M, Other at Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa
Responded 3 weeks ago
Dear Anna Q, Thank you very much for your review and sharing your experience with us. We hear you regarding your feedback and acknowledge that we can certainly do better. It is certainly not our intent to disappoint our guests or provide anything less than the best in personal service and facilities. Please be assured that we will use this opportunity to share with the team in order to further improve in these areas and rectify the issues that were listed. We hope you will give us the opportunity to having you back with us in the future. Best regards, Marketing Communications Team
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Staff: friendly and helpful. Housekeeping was responsive when we requested for help.
Room: upon check-in, noticed there were sand on the sofa (all over!) requested for housekeeping to vacuum.
Afterwhich i also realised there were sand all over the blanket as well??
as my kids were very tired and sleepy we just wanted to get it over with and the housekeeping staff offered to just flip the sand off the sheets, we accepted.
Doors are visibly old and main door cant close properly unless you give it a gd push.
Toilets were thankfully clean.
Soundproofing seems gd as we dont hear people chatting or walking past.
View was tranquil.
Breakfast: we did not opt in for rooms with bf but we decided to have the bf at the hotel’s restaurant Shutters (paying for bf set)
The food was terrible, some eg hash was cold, “salad” was a tiny piece of lettuce & 1cherry tomato, rest of the food was not hot just lukewarm.
Whether we are paying or not, nobody deserved to be served food of this quality at a reputable hotel in Sentosa.
Sky Pool: small but clean.
Kids pool with slide, water quite clean and no leaves floating inside. bitten by mozzies so spray lots of repellent on the kids.
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Response from ASRS-Marcom M, Other at Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa
Responded 4 weeks ago
Dear W_sing1, Thank you for taking time to share your experience with us. We regret that your recent stay was not up to your expectations. We acknowledged that we can do better with your rooms and it's an oversight on our side. As for the breakfast at Shutters restaurant, we do have a standard service procedure and food are freshly prepared and served to our guests at the right temperature. As the heat to every individual can accept can be subjective, if you would like your food to be served really hot, kindly let our colleagues know and we will try our best to accede to your requests. Being a sanctuary resort, as much as we love to see peacocks flocking around with other beautiful wildlife within the hotel compound, pests such as ants and mosquitoes are also inevitable. Instead of showing that the hotel is using aggressive pesticides to control the pests, it is not of any health benefit to any respective individual. We are letting the welcomed animals and the "not-so-welcome-animals' to coexist as they are all part of the ecology, environment and conservation. Please understand that we are trying our best to keep our property eco-friendly / nature-friendly that is beneficial to us and our natural environmental climate. We hope you will give us the opportunity to be of service to you again. Best regards, Marketing Communications Team
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For starters, requested for a balcony room since it’s our anniversary but checked in to a non balcony room, and was told it depends ln availability. There was no effort in informing us earlier, when called to try and switch rooms for our second night stay the reply was the same. Didn’t feel like they were trying at all.
Room’s are pretty dusty to begin with, quite skeptical on their cleanliness level especially during such vivid times. Called for room service for new towels didn’t arrive in the end. Toiletries were not replaced.
Both pools were super run down, toilets door on the roof top pool can’t be closed. Dream pool was extremely dirty, wasn’t well kept at all.
Wouldn’t recommend for any kind of celebrations or staycation experience.
More like a hostel than anything else.
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Response from ASRS-Marcom M, Other at Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa
Responded 13 Dec 2021
Dear Maxmyass, It is disappointing to learn of the shortfalls encountered during your stay. Your experience is certainly not indicative of the standards one would expect of Amara Sanctuary Resort. We acknowledge that we can certainly do better. Please be assured that your feedback will be shared with the team for their further improvement and tightening of procedures in these areas. We appreciate your time to share this review with us and are grateful for your support. Yours sincerely, Marketing Communications Team
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Booked a villa for my partner as it we wanted to enjoy a private time with a pool after a long hard year.
Check in at 3pm but room was not ready until 4pm. Was told by check in staff that housekeeping lacked of manpower so room was delayed.
Once we got the room card, the buggy was taking too long that we decided to walk. Reached the room and it is very disappointing. Leaves everywhere, outdoor bathtub was dirty, some room lights not working, towels had stains and 1 was torn. Room looks nothing like the photos advertised online.
Saw a housekeeping staff Maria or marina (couldn't remember correctly) and asked for change of towels. Within 5 minutes we got new towels. Probably the only efficient staff we encountered during the stay
Called the reception to feedback but calls are unanswered. There were many people checking in and only 2 counters open so they would have been busy. But what happens if it is an emergency??
Lack of service, staffs seemed unhappy of working here.
Overall, this place feels more like a chalet than a 5 star hotel. Only thing missing is a BBQ pit in the room.
With the price paid of over a thousand dollars, money is better spent in any other hotel in sentosa. Highly not recommended.
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Response from ASRS-Marcom M, Other at Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa
Responded 7 Dec 2021
Dear HotelReporterSG, Thank you for taking time to share your experience with us. It is certainly never our intent to disappoint you in providing anything less than the best in personal service and facilities as guests’ safety and comfort are our priorities. It is disappointing to learn of the shortfalls encountered during your stay. Your experience is certainly not indicative of the standards one would expect of Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa. We acknowledge that we can certainly do better. Please be assured that your feedback will be shared with the team for their further improvement and tightening of procedures in these areas. We are aware and are taking steps in improving the facilities and amenities. Despite all the above-mentioned, we would like to thank you for recognizing the efforts of our Assistant Executive Housekeeper, Mariana. We will convey this message to her and she would be thrilled to know how much her efforts are being appreciated during this pandemic period and surge of manpower situation. We sincerely hope you will give us a chance to be of opportunity to you again. Best regards, Marketing Communications Manager
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Questions & answers about the pool
Answer from James Lim
Jun 2019 |
Better not seriously
Try other new hotel
Answer from A Tripadvisor Member
Jan 2018 |
Please refer to hotel management for your question.
Answer from PoojaKawatra
Jan 2018 |
You can always call the reception and ask for the buggy service. I have my mom with us and she cant walk much while we stayed in the 2 Br villa so that she doesn't have to climb any stairs also.
There is a shuttle bus from the resort with few stops and you can check with the reception as well.
Laundry service is available at request.
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