Straits Collection
Credit:
Courtesy of the Straights Collection
Capitalizing on the city’s evocative history, owner Narelle McMurtrie converted two rows of Chinese shop houses into 10 suites that call to mind early-20th-century Asia. Antique doors inset with colored glass, latticed wood dividers, and a reading room in a former coffee roastery, along with the sounds of trishaws pedaling by, add era-appropriate ambience.