Recently stayed at my first Mr. and Mrs. Smith hotel. I booked a nonrefundable rate for 2 nights via the World of Hyatt app for the Else Kuala Lumpur. Extremely extremely impressed overall with my stay. I am a Globalist.

My rate included breakfast, although this was the only option on the Hyatt app. Not sure if I would've received breakfast otherwise- probably not.
I was upgraded to the beautiful 70sqm "Sutera Suite." The base rooms at this hotel are 25sqm and go up from there... I think category wise, this represented a 3 or 4 category upgrade.

The hotel itself is located in the Lee Rubber Building, a historical landmark from the 1920s which was (at only 4 floors) the tallest building in KL at some point. The hotel did a complete renovation of the inside of the hotel and added a couple more stories at the top where the rooms with balconies are located. The result is some of the most aesthetically pleasing designed city hotels I've ever stayed at. The hotel is located in Chinatown, walking distance from many restaurants. If I had to give a fault to the hotel, it would be the location as I personally do not like Chinatown. If you do however, this is literally the perfect place to stay.

I was initially hesitant to stay at this hotel as just a week prior I had come from staying at the 21 Carpenter, a similar type of hotel in Singapore: an old building converted to a boutique hotel. They are a part of the Design Hotels chain/Marriott Bonvoy. At the 21 Carpenter, the rooms were dirty (insects in the room, both dead and alive) and tiny, the service was extremely curt, and breakfast was not included nor was I given any acknowledgement of my Bonvoy status. In contrast, the Else KL is what every boutique hotel should strive to be like.

Some other notes about the hotel:

• There is a rooftop pool overlooking KL tower. There is also a high-end restaurant which has great reviews called Yellow Fin Horse- I did not dine here, but expect to spend around 250 MYR per person. Looked fantastic and was lively when I passed by one evening.
• Some unique features include common spaces on each floor. This includes a Library with a meeting room, a "Living Room", and a gym with "Floatation Pods" available for a fee (100 MYR / 60 min). The common areas (besides the gym of course) are designed for guests to be able to have a place to bring a laptop to do some work or read a book. I loved these extra touches.
• Breakfast is fine, no buffet just an a la carte menu with slightly limited choices. You are limited to one starter, entree, and drink.
• Service was relatively fantastic here- in general better than any hotel I've stayed at in KL. Not the best benchmark, but still.
• This is a boutique hotel with 49 rooms total.
• In the suites, toiletries are Aesop. Otherwise, they are a local brand.