I'm finishing up a stay here, and am quite impressed. Prior to check-in, I saw that I was upgraded to a Club Suite. When I arrived, I was sent to the Executive Lounge on the 12th floor to check in. I was told that my suite wasn't available, but was given a corner room to use in the meantime. The xx18 room was a decent size on the far left side of the hotel, with a spectacular view of the ocean. Seeing that all the suites faced the city, I opted to just stay in the corner room.

Things were great until 1am, when I was dreaming that I was back in the college dorms and some idiot above me was playing loud music with a thumping beat. I woke up, and realized that the bass was coming from this restaurant/plaza about a block and a half down the street. At 2am, the music still hadn't stopped, so I threw on my clothes, went downstairs and requested my suite. I have a boring view now, but at least I can sleep.

Both of my rooms were in excellent shape. Nothing worn or anything that I noticed. The corner room had a standalone shower, but had nowhere to put your soap and shampoo. I ended up putting it on the raised marble ledge that doesn't allow water to seep out of the shower. It wasn't exactly the cleanest place. The corners were downright nasty. Fortunately, the suite has a soap dish. Plenty of free bottled water in each room. The suite had slightly better toiletries. Both rooms may have been Cinq du Mondes, but the toiletries in the suite were larger and packaged better.

All of the staff I interacted with are great, and remembered my name. Breakfast downstairs is probably the most varied I've ever encountered. It was a Western and Asian/Malaysian selection, and was so vast that one couldn't try everything in one go. I tried, but failed. Oh well, there's always tomorrow. The dinner buffet prices are quite reasonable. There's a seafood buffet on Saturdays for RM88++. It was good, but nothing to write home about. All other nights are RM55++, with a decent food selection. Food quality is above average.

As a side note, what's with the signature smoothie shots at LMs? Every one that I've tried over the past 2 years have been foul beyond all description. I don't know why I keep trying them. Maybe because it's free. No more for me; I'll never touch another one of those concoctions again.

The gym is pretty decent, with a great view of the ocean and market activity below. The cardio machines are right next to the window though, so things get warm. The AC in the gym blows air on the weight machines, but the circulation doesn't reach the cardio machines.

There's also a hotel spa that wasn't advertised on the website. A one hour massage is RM150. However, if you exit the hotel lobby, make a left and cross the street, there's a place named Helen's Reflexology (or something like that) where I got a 90 minute massage for RM63. It's a no frills place, with a bunch of massage tables upstairs with privacy curtains. Some guy next to me was snoring away, and another lady yelped periodically. However, you can't beat the price. Foot massages are downstairs. I think a 1 hour body massage plus a 30 minute foot massage was in the ballpark of RM45.

There's an independent tour desk in the lobby where one can book various tours. It's not cheap though. A typical full day tour runs RM300. A private car and driver for 8 hours ran me RM480, but I think I could have saved RM50 had a cheaper car been available. The tour desk takes Mastercard and Visa, but you can't charge tours to your room.