[Staycation] Momentus Hotel Alexandra @ Alexandra Rd

Second time at this hotel, the first being in Nov 2024 and this time round in Mar 2025. Here's my experience. 

Last year, was upgraded to Club Room and this visit, was upgraded to Queen Premier room, thanks to GHA Discovery. 

Check-in at hotel lobby may take slightly longer, especially if you're redeeming Discovery dollars. Was attended by Gino (2024) and Miko (2025). Both are friendly and efficient.

For check-out, you can opt to do that at Level 19 if you have access to Momentus Club Lounge.

hotel lobby

room at Level 18

bathroom amenities in 2024

Complimentary mini-bar for Club Room.

mini bar - soft drinks and beer

instant coffee and tea

room at Level 13

filtered water for drinking

bathroom Level 13

bathroom amenities in 2025

The room size and arrangement/layout at Level 18 and Level 13 that I stayed at, were the same. Bed and pillows were comfy. Shower strength was good and strong. Hot water came on quite fast. 

Air-conditioning controlled via a control pad, seemed to take a while to adjust to the desired temperature. There was one time I was awakened as the temperature became too warm as the air-condition seemed to have stopped during the night. 

Housekeeping staff was nice and they'll greet the guest if we happen to pass by, vice-versa as well.

Momentus Club Lounge (Level 19)

Non-alcoholic refreshments are coffee, tea, soft drink and bottled juices (apple, orange, cranberry). 

select your pod

Evening Cocktail

During evening cocktail, there's light canapes, cheese and very small selection of dessert are available and alcoholic drinks include liquor like tequila, rum, campari, whisky, wine (white, red, prosecco) and beer.

alcohol selection

chilled wine and beers

Self-serve at the lounge and if one need any assistance, there was at least one staff available to assist. 

Tried the Momentus Lager this time round, and I liked it! Brewed for Momentus by 1925 Brewing Co. Sweeter than lychee lager and similarly refreshing. Yums.

Momentus Lager

chicken yakitori, sausage, pita bread with hummus, mala chicken with jelly fish, olive with ham, prawn pizza with a glass of Prosecco

watermelon, honey dew, cheeses (cheddar and brie) with dried fruit

chendol pudding

I remembered being disappointed with the food selection at the lounge in 2024. Though the selection remained small in 2025, I was happy with the taste this time round. The chicken yakitori was pretty good. The mala chicken with jelly fish was mild but interesting. Pizza was a tad burnt, but that was my fault as I took the too-charred piece.

Enjoyed more of the fresh watermelon with the cheeses this time round. The pudding with local flavour was lovely too.

evening view at the lounge

Day 2 evening cocktail selection

The next day evening cocktail had char siew, otah toast, boiled pork belly, vietnamese wrap (lettuce, vermicelli and prawn), and mini shephard pie. The wrap was nice with the sweet chili dip though some was just vege and vermicelli. I was informed that the mini shephard pie is a popular item. I agree that warm potatoes with meat sauce, was hearty and goes well with the alcohol. 

Cabernet Sauvignon

stronger flavours with the red wine

Happy to see De Bortoli wine here. Had visited De Bortoli Wines in Yarra Valley last year but I think I didn't try Cabernet Sauvignon then. Liked the taste of red berries, smooth with balanced tannins. Easy to drink. 

Day 2 dessert - mini mango cake and pandan chiffon

Breakfast

terrace roof

Breakfast was at the Momentus Club but I ventured to its next door, I think it was called Terrace Roof (or something similar?) to have a look. The place is an open air area (non-air conditioned) and felt nice to sit there to enjoy a bit of the morning sun.

enjoy morning view

Okay, back to the lounge for breakfast.

The self-serve selection was smallish but adequate. There's a bread corner with some pastries, normally there's carbs such as potatoes, or rice, or porridge. Meat such as sausages or rendang. Boiled eggs are readily available. At the other end of the room, there's usually fruits, salads, and cheese and sometimes cake. But there's definitely fruits and cheese.

bread, pastries, mini-pie, bacon, boiled eggs. carb

One could also inform the staff for other eggs selection if one does not fancy the hard boiled eggs.

made upon order

lounge, daytime view

orange juice, chicken porridge, pastries, bacon, sausage (pork and chicken) and coffee

I was up early on a Saturday morning for breakfast, and Queenie was nice to help make a cup of coffee. Didn't eat much as I have a lunch appointment at 12pm that day.

Was happy to see chicken porridge and the usual condiments like salted egg, pickled vegetable, spring onion, and sesame oil. The porridge was tasty on its own and the embellishments added more oomph to this comforting bowl.

yummy porridge

Croissant was nice with salted butter and jam. 

western styled breakfast - baked potato, chicken sausage and croissant (with butter and jam) were the star

let me enjoy the mini tiramisu squares

Day 2 Breakfast

omelette

all in

I think it was a 2-eggs omelette and usually with all things (capsicum, mushroom, cheese, tomatoes, ham) included.

Day 2 breakfast had some new items. First time seeing putu mayam served for breakfast in a hotel.

There was beef rendang that tasted as good as it looked. Pretty delicious. Ivan was on duty that day and he was helpful and attentive to guests. 

Day 2 breakfast - putu mayam, beef rendang, croissant, sausages, sauteed mushrooms, watermelon slices

tuna tataki with lettuce

mini pain au chocolat and croissant

Interestingly, the croissant was not served for their daily lunch semi buffet at Verandah Rooftop Rotisserie but the rustic cranberry bread was available for both.

childhood snack

with coffee

Momentus Hotel Alexandra

Address: Alexandra Central, 323 Alexandra Rd, Singapore 159972

Website: https://www.momentushotels.com/hotel-alexandra-singapore

[Buffet] Man Fu Yuan - Weekend Dim Sum Ala-Carte Buffet @ Intercontinental Singapore Bugis

There're two seating for the weekend lunch buffet. One at 11.30am to 1pm, last order at 1230pm and the second seating from 1.30 pm to 3pm, with last order at 2.30pm.

Me and my bro took the first seating and arrived promptly at 11.30am. Though I had made reservations for dim sum buffet, the staff asked again if we're taking the buffet or ala-carte lunch. Ok, maybe best to double confirm, I guess?

Man Fu Yuan @ Level 2

interior

table for 2

dim sum  menu

One could also get the menu online and they are the same for the ala-carte dim sum buffet. The two default signature dish would be served automatically once you're ready to dine. The rest of the stuffs, can place the order with the staff. We ordered our first round and default portion for dim sum is 3 pieces per basket.

peanuts on table

There's a plate of peanuts for one to munch on while waiting for food. The tea options were jasmine, pu-er, chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum + pu-er and white mudan. We went with chrysanthemum + pu-er combo.

tea

Signatures (名厨介绍)

First dish was the braised 8-head abalone, sea cucumber with baby bok choy, flower mushroom, and superior pumpkin sauce.

黄焖8头鲍鱼,海参,菜苗,花菇

Was slightly surprised as I was expecting dishes that were one serving per guests would be plated individually, rather than combined into one. But it's alright. 

The braise sauce was sweet and thickened. Sea cucumber retained some of its chewiness but I'd prefer the softer version.

steamed rock lobster with superior master sauce, ginger, scallions

The rock lobster was half lobster per pax. Sauce tasted mildly sweet and some of the lobster meat was kind of hard to get as it was pretty much stuck onto its shell.

Deep-Fried, Pan-Fried and Baked Dim Sum (炸，煎及焗点心)

Crispy lychee prawn, lychee aioli (荔枝虾球,荔枝生汁酱)

The lychee prawn was cute, and somewhat smaller than expected. Next, was the filo prawn pastry. Its been a while since I had filo pastry and I liked the pastry here. Light and crisp. However, it was hard to detect the prawn filling here.

Crispy filo prawn pastry with wasabi aioli, tobiko

Roasts (烧腊)

Next, the plate of roasts was served. We sampled all three; Braised corn-fed “ Yuen” chicken, soya sauce, rose dew wine, honey-glazed pork belly and roast duck with Chinese herbs.

Trio Combination (三拼盘)

The only dish that made its second appearance on our table, was the char siew / honey glazed pork belly. Sliced chunky, meaty yet gentle to bite.

蜜汁豚肉叉烧皇

best bite

The steamed dim sum will take some time to arrive (perhaps steamed upon order), so you may want to put in your orders earlier.

Steamed Dim Sum (蒸点心)

Classic honey-glazed Duroc barbecued pork bun

Spinach prawn dumpling, tobiko

Prawn and pork siew mai, wild mushroom, truffle sauce

Steamed spare ribs, braised peanuts

Steamed chicken claw with superior master sauce

The truffle sauce on the prawn siew mai was rather disappointing as am not sure why but the flavours were rather muted. The spinach har gow (prawn dumpling) was aesthetically pleasing and in a way, this should contribute a bit to the required vegetables intake? =P

The best of the steamed dim sum were the pork ribs and chicken claw. Staff helped to reduce the pork buns down to two per basket as we were rather full but my bro still wanted to try.

Mains (菜肴)

One of the item from the mains, was the braised grouper served piping hot in a stone pot. The bitter gourd, onions, capsicum were bubbling away in the sauce and its softened texture was lovely.

braised diced giant grouper, bitter gourd, black bean sauce

Crab meat with shredded sea cucumber and fish maw bisque

If you'd like white pepper or black vinegar with the bisque (羹), do let the staff know. I liked mine with black vinegar.

with a dash of black vinegar

Congee, Noodles and Rice (粥, 粉面及饭)

Wok-fried flat noodles, sliced beef tenderloin, yellow chives,beansprout

Wow, if there is one dish that's a must order, I'd say it would be this 粤式干炒牛河 (Cantonese stir-fried beef hor fun). Chef was being very generous with those beef slices! One of the stronger flavours through-out.

strong flavours, soft tender beef

Dessert (甜点)

Cream of mango, pomelo, peach collagen (Chilled)

Both of us opted for the same dessert. The bowl was full of diced mango, mine actually had a big dollop of peach gum. Lovely well chilled dessert. The strawberry slice in there was unusual. Maybe for aesthetic?

Service was attentive, especially from Xiao Ni and Shirley. Our teacups never had the chance to go empty, and our plates were changed to cleaner ones every now and then. 

As it was my bro's birthday, I've pre-ordered the cake slices from Lobby Lounge and the staff helped to serve it after our meal.

passionfruit cheesecake

chocolate banana

Happy Birthday to KS Lee, my gor gor. Wishing you good health, happiness and peace!

Man Fu Yuan Restaurant

Address: 80 Middle Road Level 2 InterContinental Singapore, Singapore 188966

Website: https://singapore.intercontinental.com/dine/man-fu-yuan

Business Hours: 

Sat - Sun: 11:30 am–3 pm, 6–10 pm

Mon - Fri: Friday, 12–3 pm, 6–10 pm