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Old Dec 11, 2023 | 2:44 am
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nldogbert
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Quick review

I had a 3 night stay at this property. Was upgraded to a King Suite room a few days before my stay.

Check-in:
Arrived rather late at the property and was checked in by a mediocre front desk agent. Did not really give any run down of the facilities and not very friendly or welcoming.



Room:
The room was spacious with a true separate bedroom. I believe this could be turned into. 2 bedroom suite as there was an adjoining door. The living room area was spacious. The room/hotel is showing already showing some wear and tear, but still functional. There was an arrival platter of fruits and small chocolate.
View of the room was towards the causeway and neighbouring buildings.
Bathroom was large with a tub and walk in shower. It had also a part of the wardrobe in the bathroom. Toiletries were updated with the wall mounted bottles.

View from room

Coffee and tea making facilities

View from the room

Bedroom

Welcome gift

Living room

Bathroom

View of pool from the room

Bathroom


Breakfast:
This was at the Makan Kitchen, it did get crowded even during the weekdays. The spread was actually very good with mix of different dishes. Staff in general were friendly and helpful.

Lounge:
I did not expect even during the weekdays that the lounge would be crowded but it was. I felt that how they handled the crowding to be quite bad, the solution they proposed was that they will send food to your room. However I asked them to give me a call when space became available. Not sure why they do not have this as a addition option. The next day I called up first to check and did request for them to call me when space was available. Food wise it was not too bad and as expected from Asian properties it was sufficient to create a meal from it. Cocktails and hard liquor was to be ordered. White and red wine was available for self pour. Another moot point which I felt is a ridiculous requirement which seemed to be selective applies was the wearing of flipflops. They did have quite a number of other dressing code - very much like Qantas lounges.

All in all an ok stay. Staff in general a mix bag, some friendly and some not so.

Hotel entrance view

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