The staff at this fairly small hotel are nice and helpful. It’s located in an area that has some very good options for meals, drinks and shopping as the Mustafa Centre is just a 5 minute walk away.
There are also two underground train stops nearby (which was really easy to use when buying tickets and going through the barriers).

My room was on the small side. There was nothing to lay my suitcase on. No proper wardrobe. Just an external bar to hang clothes on and some hooks.
I could not get the AC to work, no matter how many different permutations I tried.
The toilet would not stop flushing all through the night, it just kept on gushing out a small amount of water into the toilet bowl and was a bit noisy. There was no partition for the shower, and so therefore the shower water just goes everywhere in the bathroom including all over the toilet.

I was only staying for one night and so I made do. But if I had been staying for longer, then I would have raised a few issues. But I mostly regarded everything as teething problems.

The breakfast was good allthough there could have been better options for fruit, soft drinks and cereal. But the cooked breakfast included scrabbled eggs, bacon and waffles. The coffee was quite good also.

Considering the shortcomings, the room rate is too expensive. It was still rather expensive even with the discount I had received from the travel agent but I think in general it’s more suitable for a short rather than long stay.

Due to some important summit going on in Singapore, I booked three rooms for my colleagues and myself in this hotel, since prices in 4* and 5* hotels were exhorbitant. I checked into the J8 after a long trip from Malta. The taxi driver took a while to find the hotel and advised me in the cab that my choice of hotel was not in the best of areas...it's called the Little India area. I assure you area is really sleazy and nothing like one expects to find in Singapore. Check in staff was ok, but the single room we were each given looked like a jail cell. Tiny beyond belief....the most hilarious thing I ever saw (hilarious because it was for one night....more than that and I would have wept) was a rain shower in the middle of the bathroom; right over the toilet and the sink, so you had to shower in the middle of the extremely small bathroom. You couldn't leave any of your clothes in the bathroom, or anything else for the matter since everything would get soaked. Moreover, if you showered right before going to bed, the floor would stay wet. Should you need to use the toilet half way through the night, you would stand on a wet floor in your bare feet, and dry them before getting back into bed. Absolutely ridiculous! I must say breakfast was acceptable....very limited, and not a buffet, but just about acceptable.It also offered a free minibar. Still, I wouldn't spend another night in this hotel if it paid me to stay!!