Destination: Teluk Kumbar, Penang,
Malaysia
Duration: 2 Days 1 Night (May 26~May
27, 2018)
This was the 2nd time we
booked ourselves into Lexis Suites Penang since our stay in Sep 2016 (link). The hotel was having a roadshow in my office with
Guaranteed Upgrade to Premium Pool Suite for RM350nett together with some other
Buy 1 Free 1 buffet promotions. The catch was the room package only included
breakfast for 1 and extra breakfast cost RM40/adult.
We managed to check in by 3pm and
one thing we noticed was there were no welcome drink being served unlike our 1st
visit. The Premium Pool Suite was supposed to be bigger than Executive Pool
Suite with sea facing balcony. However, at 1st glance it seemed to
be more cramped as the room was divided into half when we stepped through the
front door. At the left would be the bedroom with 2 king size beds with door
leading to balcony with pool. At the right was the gigantic bathroom with
bathtub, rain shower and toilet. The swimming pool seemed to be same size as
the one in Executive Pool Suite. The only difference was the bathroom with
bathtub & rain shower was roomier and offered better view to the sea.
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| Bedroom.. more cramped than the Executive Pool Suite, the door led straight to balcony... |
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| Double Sink... |
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| Roomier Bathtub & Rain Shower area |
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| The Private Pool |
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| Seaview from Balcony.. |
The kids were excited to go to the
playland at 8th floor and it was free to enter by hotel guests this
time. It was not as big as the playland at Golden Sands but did serve its purpose.
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| Stuck!!! |
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| Mini Slide.. |
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| Hide & Seek |
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| "Giant" Slide |
After a while, we finally got back to the room to enjoy the private pool.
The water in the pool seemed to be extremely cold – I guess due to the cold
weather during our stay. At the end we actually spent more time in the bathroom
enjoying hot bubble bath than in the pool. One thing I did not like the Premium
Pool Suite was the fact that you needed to walk through the whole length of
bedroom from balcony to get into the bathroom. It made the bedroom floor wet
especially when you were dripping wet from the pool. The feeling on stepping on
wet floor in bedroom was definitely a pet peeve for me! One more thing to be improved - the toiletries design & quality seemed to be lower than expectation from a 5-star hotel. Perhaps some revamp is needed - go sample the one given by Pangkor Laut Resort or Hard Rock!
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| Let's have Bubble Hot Bath instead - using own Shower Gel as the one provided by hotel hardly has bubble... |
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| Some Comparison of toiletries in different hotels... |
At dinner, we drove out to Khunthai
to enjoy some Thai Food. We totally over-estimated our appetite with orders of
Pandan Chicken, Crisp Fried Kangkung, Seafood Tomyam, Claypot Glass Noodle,
Deepfried Fishcake, Omelet & some fried hor fun. Our favourite was
definitely the seafood tomyam & claypot glass noodle. Yum Yum!!! The fried
Hor Fun seemed to be sour though, we were wondering whether it was supposed to
taste like this or it was spoiled. =P
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| Deepfried Fishcake... |
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| Pandan Chicken |
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| Crispy Kangkung |
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| Seafood Tomyam - Love this!!! |
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| Claypot Glass Noodle - YUM YUM! |
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| Omelet for the kids... |
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| Strange Fried Hor Fun.. |
After the filling meal, we drove
back to the hotel in the rain but did not go in the pool anymore as it got even
colder. The lighting in the pool also didn’t seem to be working but we just let
it be since we did not plan to go into the water anymore. However, it was
actually a good weather to enjoy the steam room. A friend's advise is to apply hair conditioner to maximize the steam's benefit. =)
Since the breakfast was only for 1
pax, we’d decided to skip it all together and ate bread in our room instead. We
utilized the pool & bathtub again before checking out at 12noon. We had no
idea what to do and ended up at Saanen farmhouse again to play with some cute
puppies and goats. We really loved the milk & ice cream but unfortunately
there was no black sugar bun for sale this time. We drove past Half Acre
restaurant before making a U-turn to have a look. Too bad the restaurant was
full and we had no patience to wait. Thus this ended our super short getaway
from reality. =P
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| Look at the Cute Puppy!!!! |
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| I think the goat is hungry... |
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| Playing with Puppies... |
Anyway I ended up applying for RM888
Lexis Privilege Card since the benefit was really worth the price. The main benefit was
of course the complimentary 1 night stay at Premium Pool Suite at Lexis Suites
Penang with Breakfast (2 adults & 2 children) and another complimentary 1
night stay at Grand Pool Villa at Grand Lexis Port Dickson with Breakfast (2
adults & 2 children). If you are too lazy to drive all the way to Port
Dickson, you may exchange the 1 night to Lexis Penang instead (value is lower
for Penang stay). There was also free spa session & free karaoke session
listed. Not bad huh?
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| Lexis Privilege Card Benefit in case someone is interested =) |
