River City Inn - Hostel

2.0 star property

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Free WiFi, bed sheets
Free WiFi, bed sheets
Reception
Restaurant
Property amenity

Reviews

8.0 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Air conditioning
  • Laundry
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

Map
33C Hongkong Street, 4th Floor without a lift, Singapore, 059672
  • Clarke Quay Central
    5 min walk
  • Boat Quay
    6 min walk
  • Fort Canning Park
    7 min walk
  • Paya Lebar (QPG-Paya Lebar Air Base)
    26 min drive

Room options

Mixed Shared Room, 6 Beds (No Windows)

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

Female Shared Room, 9 Beds (No Windows)

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

Mixed Shared Room, 10 Beds (With Windows)

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

4 Beds Mixed Shared Room (No windows)

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

4 Beds Private Room (Shared bathroom, No windows)

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Single Bunk Beds

Mixed Shared Room, 14 Beds (With Windows)

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

9 Bed Mixed Dorm

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bunk Bed

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About this property

River City Inn - Hostel

Hostel with a restaurant, a short walk to Raffles Place
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hostel has laundry facilities and tour/ticket assistance. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a front desk safe. Bathrooms are shared and housekeeping is not available.
River City Inn - Hostel offers 47 air-conditioned accommodations, with free toiletries. Cable televisions are provided.

Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Bathrooms include a shower and bidets. Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access.

During your stay at River City Inn - Hostel, you're just a quick walk from Raffles Place. Enjoy features like free WiFi in public areas, plus a restaurant and laundry facilities.
  • Free WiFi
  • Enjoy a bite to eat at the restaurant
  • Amenities include a front desk safe and laundry facilities
  • Within a 15-minute walk of Raffles Place and Merlion
There's a restaurant on site. WiFi is free in public spaces. River City Inn - Hostel also features tour/ticket assistance, laundry facilities, and a front desk safe.

This Singapore hostel is smoke free.

River City Inn - Hostel has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • A restaurant

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Shared bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Cable channels

More

  • Air conditioning

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Late check-in subject to availability
Late check-in fee: SGD 8 for check-in between 8:00 PM and midnight
Minimum check-in age - 15

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: SGD 30

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 8:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children 11 and younger are not allowed at this property. All guests older than 11 are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-in fee: SGD 8 for check-in between 8:00 PM and midnight
  • Late check-out fee: SGD 30 (subject to availability)
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Only bookings from non-local guests are accepted; guests whose residence is within 50 mi (80 km) of the property will not be allowed to check in
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
The front desk at this property is open daily from 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM.
To arrange for check-in, guests must contact the property at least 24 hours prior to arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests arriving after 8:00 PM must make advance arrangements by contacting the property using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in information. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation.
Air conditioning is available in guestrooms from 9 PM to 9 AM.
Please note: Footwear is not permitted indoors at this property.
Guests who may encounter issues with stairs should contact this property in advance. Elevators are not available.

We should mention

  • Children 11 years old and younger aren't allowed at this property.
  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.

Property is also known as

River City Inn Singapore
River City Inn Hostel Singapore
River City Inn Hostel
River City Hotel Singapore
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River City Inn SG Clean
River City Inn (SG Clean)
River City Hostel Singapore
River City Inn SG Clean Hostel
River City Inn - Hostel Singapore
River City Inn - Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

River City Inn - Hostel Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 15 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 47 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Conny

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Halil Ibrahim

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Boon Kiong

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

2/10 Terrible

Nemanja

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad hostel and the staff are arrogant and u cannot reach them. Do not stay here.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 5 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Checkeres, Melbourne, AU

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean cozy little hostel. Free breakfast and decent beds. The wifi is super slow and doesn't really reach the further rooms. Probably the only downside. Also FYI, there isn't a lift up to their level (4th floor)
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

scott, Los Angeles

very very nice place great staff and very clean and good environment
Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Poor facility
I want to watch TV and ask the staff whether I can open it. However, the staff told me that if I open the TV we can't use wifi anymore!!! Eventually, no TV watching and no wifi signal after 11 pm No air con in room during daytime and weak air con in common area
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Great location. Across from Clark Quay metr Center
Location fantastic. Clarke Quay MRT 5 min. Walk to Clarke Quay dancing and clubs. 6-8 minutes. Safe even 2 am. Walk to Chinatown. Walk to Raffles place and MRT 10 min. Service was ok. Must enter bare feet. Not even with slippers but socks ok. Breakfast mainly bread and jam or with a banana. PC Internet available and good. Sinks are in breakfast/function room so no privacy. Overall because of location nothing else beats it for price and I will stay there again.The closest capsule/pods hostels are almost double cost and Boat Quay location is not as convenient. Visit Gardens by the Bay, light show is amazing, direct Lavender MRT line. And near it the Marina Sands Mall dancing fountains is spectacular.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

ANDRE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good option in an expensive neighborhood.
Good option in an expensive neighborhood.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Creepy male employee
Location is great. Place is clean. However the one staff member who lives there full time was extremely rude and creepy. I stayed for a week so I was able to see how uncomfortable he makes people feel. He treats the place as his home and everyone who stays there is an invader. First day I stayed there he removed me bag from the room while I was out and refused to acknowledge that fact. After that I just avoided him however I saw how he would walk into the room throughout the day (I stayed in the 14 person dorm) and he would look around and walk back out. I saw this happen at 6am one morning while most people in the room were asleep. This was beyond creepy. He would do this throughout the day. I saw him follow a guest into the shower/toilet area telling him he smelled bad and said “do you need me to show you how to wash yourself?” This is rude and creepy.He said this out loud in front of other guests which is disrespectful towards this guest.I asked to leave and tried to get a refund but the management refused and said I could check out early but I would not get my money back.So I stayed for the whole week but could not wait to leave as I felt so uncomfortable around this one employee. When I did finally leave,this employee stood at the doorway as I was out in the hall pitting my shoes on. He stood there until I left.For what reason he had to watch me I don’t know but it just reinforced how creepy it was to stay here.To be fair, the rest of the staff were good and it’s clean.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Khim

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
call no one ans, hotel rejeted my booking, call many time, massage no reply , pls double refund my money, call me now
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Superkid, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great cheap hostel close to everything
Terrific location at Hong Kong Street, just in the Clarke Quay area (metro station, shopping mall, restaurants, bars, and more). Merlion Park, Chinatown, City Hall, Orchard Road, and SMU are in walking distance. You will be welcome at the counter with water first then do the check-in things. Staffs are more than friendly. Breakfast is simple but enough to get energy. Wifi is okay. And you can leave your luggage in the hostel if you have a late flight after check-out time. The rate is also very affordable and reasonable. I think the only drawback would be the stairs - there is no elevator so you will need to climb to the 4th floor. Other than that, everything is perfect. I think I will stay here again for sure if I come again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
OK Place to Stay for its Price
Was pretty cash-strapped, so decided maybe time to try an Inn or Hosted. For its price, nothing to complain.
Stayed 1 night in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

dogeun

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Ong, Malaysia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close Clarke Quay
You can drop your baggage there even after checking out, so you can have a nice day exploring singapkre before your flight. Also, they provide bread and jam as their free breakfast. It's from 6-12pm. Anyway, free drinks are available whole day. For me, it has no difference between 14 people room and 10 people room, so I suggest traveller to book for 14 people room to save cost.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Place to avoid
Good: - close to transportation, central location, clean floors, clean bathrooms Bad things: - Their dorm does not look like the one on the pictures. The real one is divided in two rooms and cramped with beds. Other dorms are boxes without any windows. - Stench is horrible. They turn off the AC during the day, maybe that's the reason, but aside of stinky inside, outside of the hostel smells too. Thats because the floor above is FightClub Gym and it smells like locker. - FightClub Gym above starts at 7am and they bang their weights on the top of your head. They finish around 10:30pm with yelling and more banging. Everything shakes on the hostel floor... - WiFi is horrible and you'll need to reconnect few times per day. - Girls that work in hostel will ignore you as much as they can. Very unhelpful. I had to stay somewhere else because I could not stand this place any more. Next hostel was like heaven...

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hostel! Bad wifi and Bad air conditioning!
My stay was a great one. It was very clean. They cleaned the floors every day. No shoes allowed. It was very organized. The staff was very helpful. With every place there are cons. I think the four most important things staying anywhere are air conditioning, wifi, safety and cleanliness. This was definitely a very safe and clean hostel. I loved feeling at ease. I really did NOT like when they would turn off the air conditioner in the bedroom at certain times. They also advertise that the wifi has a strong signal. That is not true. The wifi in the bedroom would not work at all. If there were a lot of people on the wifi network, it too would not work in the common space. It would lag a lot. Other than that, it was very pleasant. I enjoyed it very much.

6/10 Okay

Tetsuji

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

S

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Kann ich weiterempfehlen
Ich mochte den Aufenthalt dort. Mit Navi konnte man es leicht finden. Einfach an der grünen Station Raffles Place aussteigen und am Fluss entlang gehen. Die Räume sind sauber, und sehr kühl. Es riecht einwenig modrig, aber schimmel hatte ich keinen gesehen. Unisex Toiletten und Duschkabinen. Alles ist sehr gemeinschaftlich, also hat man die meiste Privatsphäre im Zimmer, auf seinem Bett mit Vorhang. Die Bettnummer wird dir gezeigt, und es gibt ein extra Schuhfach, da innen keine Schuhe getragen werden, und Badeslipper im Bad Bereich.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

tsutomu

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023