This New Singapore Hotel May Be the City’s Greenest—Literally

Pan Pacific Orchard has plants covering 200% of the hotel’s area. Yes, you read that right. Check in with us to a superstar sustainable garden in the heart of Singapore.

With more than 40 percent of Singapore covered in green space, it’s undoubtedly the greenest major city in Asia and possibly the world. Did you know about the country-wide goal of its hotels achieving zero net emissions by 2050? Well, from our perspective, the new Pan Pacific Orchard is off to a good start. A sister property to the city’s homegrown sustainable Parkroyal Hotels Collection, is situated on Singapore’s Green Belt, stretching from the Botanical Gardens to Gardens by the Bay.

First Impressions

The word ‘oasis’ gets thrown around a lot. But when the lobby surrounds you with trickling water features and myriad plants and trees, you have to remind yourself you’re in a major city. 

Guests may need to crane their necks to fully appreciate the three-story open-air lobby. The ceiling is covered with mirrors, reflecting the cascading water and greenery below, while the vertical green tower is a brilliant nod to the city’s famous Supertree Grove.

But it’s not just the newly planted tropical trees; everything at Pan Pacific Orchard is green, from the suits staff wear as they check you in, to the wooden key cards they slide across the green-veined marble counter,

The Rooms

The 347 rooms and suites in Pan Pacific Orchard are spread out over 23 floors, with most including a private balcony with electronic shades. The 13 different room categories are split into themes based on Singapore’s four environments: forest, beach, garden and cloud.

The color scheme varies slightly depending on which environment you’re sleeping in, but you can bet you’ll find shades of green somewhere, whether it be moss, jungle or emerald. Our Premier Balcony King room in the garden section of the hotel includes green marble, pearl white mosaic tiles, charcoal gray furniture, and timber finish accents with mirrors inlaid to make the compact rooms feel spacious.

Each room includes refillable Diptyque bathroom products and a bottle of the hotel’s signature Singapore Orchard Gin, made in collaboration with local Tanglin Gin.

The Food

Pan Pacific Orchard has two restaurants, including its signature Mediterranean meets Peruvian fusion restaurant Mosella. Here, you’ll find a modest breakfast buffet, with everything from beef rendang to bacon to bircher muesli. But the restaurant really shines at dinner. Zingy ceviche, creamy burrata, aged jamon and tender Wagyu were the highlights of our meal, as was the genuinely warm and passionate service.

Also on the lobby level is the easily overlooked Pacific Breeze, which sits among the water features. Serving light Asian bites and drinks, it’s a perfect place to post up for an afternoon of work in one of the area’s many co-working-style tables.

On the 11th floor of the Garden Terrace is Florette, the champagne and oyster bar named after the goddess of flowers. Nothing if not consistent, its moody Art Deco aesthetic and floral-shirted staff execute a garden-themed menu. Its signature cocktails are divided into the same categories as its room environments, forest, beach, garden and cloud. Other cocktails focus on farm-to-glass elements like beetroot and birch bark.

The Facilities

The fifth-floor Beach Terrace includes a 22-meter pool surrounded by bean bags, the Beach Terrace suites and, of course, greenery. This level also has a gym with pool views decked out in the latest Technogym equipment, a sustainable outdoor gym and a St. Gregory spa opening soon. The Pacific Club Lounge is located on the 11th floor.

Sustainability

Hundreds of solar panels outfit the roof of the hotel’s Cloud Terrace, which goes towards powering the Pan Pacific Orchard common areas. And when it comes to watering the plants covering an incredible 200 percent of the hotel’s land area, they use stored rainwater. A bio-digester system also turns food waste into cleaning water.

And in the rooms, a hot and cold water filter eliminates the need for plastic bottles. Its 14,000 square meters of flora and water features go towards creating CO2 and making Singapore even greener.

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