I had some trepidation about booking the KK Hyatt, because I am aware that the JB Hyatt is pretty much of a pit. I considered to the two Shangra-La's but rejected them because they were significantly more expensive and the Rasa Ria is more than 30 minutes from town. The little that I saw of the Rasa Ria-lobby, grounds and pool, said that if I were with my wife, I would stay there. Reminded me, somewhat, of the J.W. Marriott-Phuket, our favorite hotel in the world.

I also wanted to be in town because of choice of restaurants and quick access to necessities if I ran low. Also thought I'd find laundry less expensive at the Hyatt since this was a planned laundry location after having one night consecutive stays at Hilton Batang Ai, Miri Marriott, Labuan Sheraton, and the awful Jubilee Hotel in Brunei.

The Club floor has light snacks from 6-8 p.m. and breakfast (certainly lacking compared to most South East Asian hotels in the same category). Alcohol and beer are available complimentary during the evening happy hour.

The conceirge recommended a seafood restaurant-Portview (the one in walking distance) which is Chinese. Excellent recommendation, choose your own live seafood and they prepare it how you want. 3 of us had' as memory serves, 1 kilo of steamed clams with garlic, two black crabs in sweet and sour sauce, 4 soft shell crabs (one kilo) deep fried with garlic, one 600 gram sea bass, rice and one order of bak choy with garlic-sense some sort of theme here. Never did see a werewolf in KK. The bill came to 180 ringat. The service was great and the place was packed at 8:30 p.m. (It has two large dinning rooms). The girls changed plates when they were full of discards and service for a casual place was close to impeccable (and prompt). We asked if service was included (I believe 5% was the number) so we decided to leave some extra for the 2 servers. What followed was a whispered conversation that we should hide the tip rather than leave it on the table because the proprieter did not like tips (or maybe grabbed them for himself). So while the girls observed, we lifted the napkin container and left the bills under it. They seemed delighted that we would think of them.

Edited to add: the coke light was served cold. They would normally ask if I would like ice.