Pulai Spring Resort , Johor Bahru

Hello folks,

Before I start travelling again next week, for 2 weeks, I feel that I should at least update all the hotels I have stayed this year....when I started this blog, I wanted to do a posting, after every hotel stay, but caught up with work, family blah blah blah blah.....

So, I went to this hotel on a job trip before, and even though I like the hotel when I first arrived, I left feeling very itchy....yes...I GOT THE BED BUGS !!!! It was so horrifying, kept scratching , at the hotel, in the transfer to the airport, on the plane and etc....I was so pissed off..... I must say it was an unfortunate incident. So happened that the bed / room I got was infected by bed bugs.....*sigh* 

Anyway, please have a look at the pictures below....place is quite nice...honestly, could you less bugs, but honestly........

Btw, I stayed at the 2nd category, which is the 01 Bedroom Suite 

The Resort for the weekend

Comes with a kitchenette but no cooking

They should have more sofas, I felt.

One and only sofa.....

Separate bedroom which is small but acceptable,and you can see the living hall from here.

Huge toilet

They have a movie place at the clubhouse, across the hotel's block but within the same resort !

This is how the movie theatre looks like :)

Kids' playroom in the clubhouse itself

That has this scary looking tree ??

Nice looking library for some quietness

One of the pools at the club house

Changing Room for the pool ~ If you can read, the sign says No Female allowed :p

And this one....no men allowed . :D :D :D

They do have a pool at the main hotel's complex...very nice looking as below :

The Pool at the Hotel itself

So apart from staying at the hotel and play Golf....I just had to go and look for the followings:

Drive like 8 minutes out of the resort to Tmn University, in front of the market, you would be able to eat the locals tea time favourite. Goreng Pisang and sambal kicap

If you go to Johor, you must eat Nasi Ambang ! Its rice with salted fish, fried long beans + tempe, some beef floss, curry chicken, fried noodles...all in one plate !

Healthy Deep Fried Spinach ???

 So .....do I like this resort ? Well, what I can say and give my 02 cents worth of thoughts as below :

1. Definitely the only resort there is in Johor Bahru that fits the word resort.
2. There is another resort nearby the airport, but I would think twice
3. Rooms are spacious, especially for domestic market 
4. A bit far from the town, but then, that's the beauty of it...you still get the quietness of a resort, but drive out 20 minutes, it is already the noisy city
5. Could be full with Singaporeans especially during weekends
6. Fit for all level of travellers, the MICE , for conventions, single travellers, golfers, family, honeymooners, serves all well
7. Have a huge sports complex that can be used for hotel guests too
8. The only thing that I don't really like is the service of the coffee house. While they really serve local food ( like salted fish with coconut to be eaten with glutinous rice i.e. pulut ) , the waitress / waitresses could be more attentive and since they do cater for the cheap charlie travel agent business, you may see that the quality is quite low in compare to the name they want to bring. 
9. Don't come for breakfast early morning, do so after 8am, because the china groups they have from the travel agents would have their breakfasts early and you wouldn't like to be there....honestly. 
10. Children would love this place........My children did :) 

Now, these are all my thoughts....you may like the place, or you may just don't.... but with the newly opened Legoland....perhaps you should give this hotel a try too.

Enjoy peeps !

xoxo

Pulai Desaru Beach Resort . Johor

How many of you have been to the State of Johor ? Ok, maybe now, a lot of tourist would come to Johor, first of all with the opening of the Premium Outlet ( something like Bicester, Portsmouth, Lugano ) and now with the Legoland opened up in Johor, more tourist would definitely be coming in. 

Anyway, for this posting, I shall talk about a resort, which is about 45 minutes away from Johor Bahru. Now with the opening of the new highway, from the airport, you could just zoom directly to the resort.

It is called Pulai Desaru Beach Resort, a resort that has 22km un-spoiled beach...but when I went there, I saw rocky beach and sea, so I am not sure if you can actually swim there.....

Let us see the pictures, then I will talk further on this resort :

Huge room, with tiles flooring. Good for resorts 

A little space for the mini bar area 

Separated washing area and bathing area

Walked in wardrobe, room so big, can add 2 EBs

Huge room and this is just a normal room

Not so nice chairs, but normally its good enough to hand your wet swimming gears

I love the colourful lighting's they have at the lobby 

In-door play room with air-conds

See ? 22km of unspoiled beach ?

Nice view from the room

Look at that gorgeous garden and pool

Remember I said about the rocky part ?

I love the big open space to run around !!

The Resort 

Gorgeous big pool

Children will love it !!!

So, what do I think of the resort...well, its going to be a long one here :

1. A good resort if you just want to relax for say 3 nights....just relax, do beach thingy, pool thingy, play pool ( yes they have that ), go to the lounge at night, a good relaxing holiday 
2. There are few things you can do nearby as a tourist, which I did,just to have a feel. I went to the Crocodile farm, the Fruit farm and also the Firefly tour at night. So you can actually be away from the city, stay for 3 nights, do a tour thingy on one of the days and then just relax........
3. They also have a fairly good conference halls. With the destination far from city, you would be sure your attendees won't flee out shopping but would remain in the meetings / conferences :D :D :D
4. Having said that, their own drug store is awesome for shopping.
5. Rooms are big, you can actually put in 02 extra beds and the sofa is great too, So for locals like me, or domestic market, a family of say, 5 or 6, could still stay in the same room with the additional 02 extra beds and still has space ! 
6. Huge and nice pool. Children would love it and there is also a Spa which is gorgeously by the pool / sea
7. Great for honeymooners too. Very romantic , quiet, just to be together *bliss*
8. Families would definitely love it here, could even do a family day 
9. But I would only do maximum 3 nights, then I may get bored :p 
10. During low season, the place would be too quiet for my liking. I like having a nice quiet beach holiday , but if there are only you and the other family, it could get scary, don't you think so ? :D

So, from the look of it, I kinda like the resort...yes, I do. In fact, my suggestion to them is to have a full board package, i.e. rates that come with meals too. Food at a hotel can be costly, I am sure you know. 

Anyway, the above are my 02 cents worth of thoughts......even though I like the place, you may like it too.....or you just may not !

xoxo