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Are u thinking hotels or hostels? Bugis, Little India area has most of the hostels. U can get good ones, mid range and really crappy ones -- budgeted accordingly. It's a pretty central place to stay but outside the expensive areas of the city. Cheap food etc not a problem at all. There are some in Lavender also if u want to be a little further out.

In singapore, i found that by spending a little extra for hotels, you can easily escape the discomfort of a dorm environment. For example, a nice so called "capsule" dorm such as the Wink hostel would cost around S$35 per person. Ok x2 plus S$10-15 and you have a budget for value hotels like Hotel81 chain or the Fragrance. Out of all the Hotel 81 chains, i found that Hotel 81 tristar was the cleanest and had the best service. Hotel 81 dickson is closer to the city. So in summary - sleep in dorms if your budget's really low. Just don't expect a good nite's sleep. If you want a good nite's sleep and hygiene, spend upto $80-90 per room for a value hotel. PS: don't rely on tripsadvisor.com!!! I've been done by them as they use the dodgy "average" ranking system, not a median one. A hotel's ranking might be easily biased by few really dishonest reviews. Make sure the hotel has lots of reviews (>100) to get a better picture. I tend to use both agoda.com and tripadvisor.com to see if the reviews are congruent as agoda.com tend to have much more reviewees.