Checkers Backpackers
Location: 285 Beach Road, Singapore, 199550, Singapore, SG
Star Rating: 2 Stars
Property Type: Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
About this Property
Step into comfort and convenience at Checkers Backpackers, your ideal gateway to the vibrant pulse of Singapore.
Modern Accommodations
Relax in one of our 57 air-conditioned guestrooms designed for your comfort, with complimentary wireless internet access to keep you connected during your stay.
Prime Location
Nestled in the heart of Singapore, we're just steps away from cultural gems like the Indian Heritage Centre and mere minutes from the bustling Bugis Street Shopping District. Experience local attractions without the hassle of long travels!
Convenient Amenities
Enjoy our communal spaces with complimentary Wi-Fi and a television to unwind after exploring the city. Plus, our bathrooms are equipped with showers and hair dryers for your convenience!
Don't miss out on an unforgettable experience in Singapore—book your stay at Checkers Backpackers today!
Important Information
- Up to 3 children 1 year old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
- Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
Policies
Check-in: 02:00 PM - anytime
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Amenities & Facilities
- Books
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour front desk
- Wheelchair accessible
- Television in common areas
- Smoke-free property
- Books
Rooms Available
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Premium Deluxe Double With Window
1 Queen Bed
161 sq feet
Layout - 3 bedrooms
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, towels, and a hair dryer (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
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Private Double room
1 Queen Bed
129 sq feet
Layout - 3 bedrooms
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, towels, and a hair dryer (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
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1 Person in 10-Bed Dormitory - Mixed
10 Twin Bunk Beds
269 sq feet
Layout - 3 bedrooms
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, towels, and a hair dryer (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
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1 Person in 6-Bed Dormitory - Female
6 Twin Bunk Beds
269 sq feet
Layout - 3 bedrooms
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, towels, and a hair dryer (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
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Private Twin Room
2 Large Twin Beds
129 sq feet
Layout - 3 bedrooms
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, towels, and a hair dryer (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- Bedsheets provided
-
1 Person in 8-Bed Dormitory - Female
8 Twin Bunk Beds
269 sq feet
Layout - 3 bedrooms
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, towels, and a hair dryer (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
-
1 Person in 8-Bed Dormitory - Mixed
8 Twin Bunk Beds
269 sq feet
Layout - 3 bedrooms
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, towels, and a hair dryer (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
-
1 Person in 6-Bed Dormitory - Mixed
6 Twin Bunk Beds
269 sq feet
Layout - 3 bedrooms
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, towels, and a hair dryer (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
-
1 Person in 4-Bed Dormitory - Female
4 Twin Bunk Beds
269 sq feet
Layout - 3 bedrooms
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, towels, and a hair dryer (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
-
1 Person in 4-Bed Dormitory - Mixed
4 Twin Bunk Beds
269 sq feet
Layout - 3 bedrooms
Internet - Free WiFi 25+ Mbps
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, towels, and a hair dryer (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- Bedsheets provided
Guest Reviews
- Ruby anna (2/5): Worst nightmare - Omg! Worst nightmare! Cockroaches crawling everywhere. Even on my bed. Hair dryer not working. Toilet so dirty and it’s sharing for both male and female. Will never come back.
- Hugo (2/5): - Very poor
- Jay (6/5): - One of the cheapest backpacker hostel in Singapore. First of all, the name of the place is "Checkers Backpacker" on Expedia, but the actual name is "Checkers Hostel". There is another location on Google map with the former name and the same hostel pictures. I ended up spending 1 hour reaching the actual place from the station. Be careful!!!!! Secondly, facility is old, but bed area is maintained clean to a decent level at this price. I had a good sleep as well. Bathroom is not clean but acceptable for this price. Finally, for service, not so good. The lady with hijab is not pleasant to talk with, but acceptable at this price. Overall, considering the price, it's acceptable to stay for short term. I wouldn't prefer to stay for long here.
- Yean Yih (8/5): Budget hotel - Staffs are friendly but cleanliness need to be improved.
- James (2/5): - It was dirty, unorganized, and crowded. The curtain rod fell down twice, there were bugs in my neighbor's bunk, the bathrooms smelled, etc. I could go on...
- Lai (4/5): No good - 1) Roof of my bed was plastered with cardboards 2) Air-condition put at 17 celcius was caused water to leak 3) Day staff was always on mobile phone, uninterested to attend to customers Thus, making sleep uncomfortable.
- Mura (10/5): Nice hotel - Nice hotel close to the shopping centres. Staff were friendly and helpful
- CHENG-HUNG (4/5): - 沒吹風機，電熱水器也不熱，隔壁又是KTV隔音極不佳。附近可逛的很多可深入了解印度人的生活，對買黃金有興趣的可在這敗家到脫褲。
- yolanda (8/5): - Buen trato del personal, y buena ubicación en El Barrio hindú, rodeado de tiendas y locales para comer.
- Verified traveler (2/5): horrible and disgusting stay - When we arrived the room which we actually booked was overbooked so that my boyfriend and I stayed separately for the first night and than we needed to move again for the second night. But the worst thing was -bed bugs- I think that says everything! My whole body was full of bed bugs bites after the stay in this hostel!!! I would definitely not recommend this hostel! It was terrible and dirty!
- Jernej (6/5): Not worth its money although - It was some of the cheapest choices but jt was not worth its money, nothing was really clean. The breakfast was great though.
- Bruh (2/5): - We stay for 3 nights but it's very worst. 1st the room is so bad, lots of dirts and the smell it was terrible then the Comfort Room is very bad! The smell and it's not clean!
- Verified traveler (8/5): - Some lamp not working No plug at bed But overall is good
- Verified traveler (4/5): - Wir mussten 3H warten, bis wir ins Hotel rein dürften und es waren nicht mal die richtigen Zimmer. Der Service ist sehr schlecht und das Inernet ist nicht zu gebrauchen.
- lek (8/5): โรงแรมสะอาดและเป็นระเบียบ - แม้จะเป็นการนอนรวมกับคนอื่นแต่บรรยากาศไม่แย่เท่าที่ควร โรงแรมน่ารัก สะอาด ชอบโต๊ะกินข้าวที่ได้คุยกะเพื่อนชาวต่างชาติต่างๆ
- Prabakaran (2/5): Worse hostel ever.. - Very very very terrible place. Strange smells and over-crowed rooms.Full of people from India and pakistan with full of their luggage bag inside the hostel. Shoes and slipper all over the place and full of bad smell. The bathroom is too small and again smelly. Sleeping in the overcrowded hostel is impossible due to the snoring of permanent guests and loud music from the bars and "massage" spa's in the neighborhood. The reception clerk useless. No daily cleaning and if you ask them to clean, they always said they dont clean and change the blanket daily.. Don't book here!!!!!! You will waste your money..
- Verified traveler (2/5): Do not book here! Don't be mislead by the price - Terrible place. Strange smells and overcrowed rooms. Even the lockers are not big enough for your backpack. The bathroom is chronically moist and again...smelly. Sleeping in the overcrowed dorms is impossible due to the snoring of permanent guests (probably workers??) and loud music from the bars and "massage" spa's in the neighborhood. The reception clerk has a very bad attitude towards his staff and guests that dare to ask for any service at all. O yeah...and skip the free breakfast...it's factory toast with jam. Don't book here!! You better spend a bit more for a far better experience somewhere else.
- hegerz (6/5): Tight rooms, good location and good wifi - Was ok if your looking for cheap accomidation in singapore! Rooms tight with a lack of respect fir people trying to sleep with phone calls at 03.00 but we could of just been unlucky with guest
- prakash krishnamurthy (4/5): average hotel but location is good - needs mending of room, there is sweepage of water on the wall,at times water droplets fell on us. located in lovely place.
- chow (4/5): the worst experience staying in a hostel - I have booked a 8ppl mixed dorm, when i checked in, the staff told me that they were over booked and don't know why expedia let the client book the hostel. I am not sure who need to take the responsibility in this case, but there were many many clients met the same thing. At the end, the boss said he added a bed for me in a 8ppl dorm, because i had dated my friend, so i agreed with this solution. However, I found that is a 10ppl dorm but not 8ppl, and there were 14ppl staying at the dorm that night!!!!! I can't accept i paid for a 8ppl dorm and there were 14ppl! Also, the boss let other clients slept at the lobby, I don't think this is a normal hostel allow. I won't stay at this hostel next time and I don't recommend to the others!!!!
- Mojtaba (8/5): Cheapest we found in sg - The cheapest we found in singapore and yet the most expensive rooms we paid in 3months backpacking. We had never stayed at a dorm before. We were the ONLY western people in our 3nights. In this dorm comes a lot of people from India, Sri Lanka etc.. and most of them are elder people so you can feel a bit lonely/outsider. But the staff are kind the Asian man at the desk are very sweet and nice. It's located in little India a bit far from the bay. And they have free breakfast. The toilets and showers were small in the men's room. And the wifi does not work well in the room. But it's the best we found at that price in the expensive city of Singapore. There is a place nearby called Albert centre. They have a lot of cheap food and it tastes good. And this hostel does NOT give any towels so you have to bring your own.
- Eth (6/5): Good functioning stay. Easy access to metro - Had a fine stay there. Bathroom needs some ventilation. Can't poop without suffering the humid (and then smelly humid) rank of the bathroom. Otherwise, a good place to launch an exploration of Singapore.
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