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Standing on the prime beachfront of Batu Feringgi, the Golden Sands Resort (Shangri-La chain) is the beautiful beach resort of English & Portuguese architecture, where you may enjoy the same facilities at neighbouring "sister" Rasa Sayang Hotel.
Great furnished and feeling comfortable our sea facing AC room had its own balcony affording a splendid view of the sea; 24-hour service & in-house movies, safe, IDD-phone, TV/Cable - radio, minibar (on request), fridge, hairdryer, coffee and tea making facilities
King room connects to twin, so the interconnecting rooms made it easy to wake up the model early in the morning for make-up and hair-doings. To work under these circumstances was a real pleasure. I enjoyed the luxury and do hope to return to this resort place ... Leave a Comment Theme: HotelPrice: US$80-120 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averagePhone: 60-4-8811-911Directions: North-west of Penang, airport is approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour away and Georgetown is approximately 30 minutes awayWebsite: %bhttp://www.malaysia.travelmall.com/travelmall/hotel/Penang+and+North+West/Shangri-la+Golden+Sands+Resort Other Contact: Fax:(60-4) 8811-880Map: Golden Sands Resort Penang
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What a nightmare. My wife and I booked a 3 night stay here to sample Penang's beach life after 4 nights in the E&O. It was like going from the Ritz to Butlins. Do not be fooled - this is NOT a Shangri-La. The real Shangri La Rasa Sayang is next door. We went there for dinner one night and the contrast was remarkable. Their manager was newly there from Dubai and was astonished that the Golden Sands was even in the Shangri-La brouchure. This is a tacky hotel of the kind you'd find in Benidorm. Overrun with noisy kids, philipino singers keeping you awake past midnight, paper-thin room walls, dated decor, when you pulled the plug on the bath the floor flooded, an empty minibar... I could go on and on. The breakfast buffet was like feeding time in the monkey pen. The Italian restaurant was nice enough, as was the seafood buffet, but if you're looking for 5-star, this isn't it.
The hotel had access to the public beach, which was nice enough except the water was filthy (as it is on the entire island). My advice would be not to visit Penang, but go to Langkawi and stay in the Pelangi Beach or Datai instead. Leave a Comment Theme: HotelComparison: about averageMap: Golden Sands Resort Penang
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The resort itself is ok but is also getting old and will be dwarfed when the Rasa Sayang (another Shangri-la, just next door) reopens in September. On checking in we didn't get the usual treatment of fruit baskets and discount food coupons until asked for. Also, the room had a bit of a funky smell and all the chairs in the room were made not for relaxing, maybe its a method to get people out of the room ;op
We don't like complaining too much when we travel, we do plenty of that when we are home, so we tend to deal with bad service at our own expense.
The concierge, greeting counter and tours&taxi counter, are all run separately and have no idea about the information provided from the other. When asked a question at one counter you get directed to the other even if the question is as trivial as "how much does a taxi to Georgetown usually cost?"
The food at the restaurants were generally good, though they can't take the sugar off the french toast cause its already made that way... which make no sense to me, just don't sprinkle that *** over mine!
-sugar that has unusual attraction to french toast
-pool bar
-3 restauants, 2 bars
-Beer festival with german beers at the sunset lounge
-night market just outside the resort Theme: HotelComparison: more expensive than averagePhone: 60-4-8811-911Website: http://www.shangri-la.com/penang/goldensands/en/ Map: Golden Sands Resort Penang
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