Meritus Mandarin Singapore

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文华大酒店 Meritus Mandarin Singapore

Alternative name	Mandarin Singapore (former)
Location	333 Orchard Road, Singapore
Construction period	? - 1971
Primary usage	Hotel, Retail
Opening date	1971
Structural height	173m, 567 ft
Floor count	40 and 2 basements
Floor area	?
Owner	Overseas Union Enterprise
Management	Overseas Union Enterprise
Developer	Overseas Union Enterprise
Architect	Stanley T.S. Leong and Lee Sian Teck Charted Architects
Website	Meritus Mandarin Singapore

The Meritus Mandarin Singapore (Chinese: 文华大酒店), also known as M Hotel, is a five-star hotel located at 333 Orchard Road in Singapore. Opened in 1971 and occupying a single 36-story block, it became a landmark for the Orchard Road area when the second block, standing at 40 stories and 173 metres high, became the tallest development in the area when it opened in 1973.

Designed by Stanley T.S. Leong, it currently boasts over 1,200 rooms and features 32 suites, two exclusive Club lounges and two Presidential Suites. In 1980, the South Tower was extended with the help of Lee Sian Teck Chartered Architects. The Grand Tower was upgraded again in 2003 at a cost of S$52 million. At the top of the South Tower is the Mandarin Club Lounge, while the taller tower has the Top of the 'M', the tallest revolving restaurant in Singapore.

The hotel specifically targets at the business traveller market, and is thus a popular venue for meetings and conferences with facilities seating up to 1200 people. Voted as one of the World’s Best Places to Stay in the 2004 Gold List of Condé Nast Traveler and into the list of The World’s Top 75 Hotels in 2003 of Institutional Investor, it is the flagship hotel of Meritus Hotels and Resorts.

The hotel is well-known for its award winning Hainanese chicken rice served at the Chatterbox Coffeehouse, which underwent a renovation to be completed by December 2005. Apart from its food and beverage outlets at the hotel, the Mandarin manages a Chinese restaurant, The Neptune, at Overseas Union House in Collyer Quay. It also has a shopping arcade called the Mandarin Gallery, which has branded boutiques such as The Link, and a large Esprit store.