отличный отель excellent hotel

We rested on NG, though not in the hotel itself, but it is divided into 4 parts:
the main building (hotel+beach+restaurants+pool), villas and suites and part 3 - for students (Campuses). We took a suite for 2 families near the resort. Room size 100 m2 (hall + kitchen + 2 bedrooms). The hotel is excellent, so briefly in order:
we liked the breakfasts (Euro-Asian style) but it doesn't smell of anise like in China. The location of the pool is right next to the suite, the beach (length 5-7 km) is 30-40 meters from the suite. The staff speaks English quite tolerably, is friendly, all requests are fulfilled immediately. left a tip of 5 ringit (50 rubles). Linen was changed every other day. There is a Russian girl Katya at the reception - all requests (including auto-taxi orders) can be made through her - she never refused, although we called several times late. The hotel visited a restaurant of Korean cuisine (main reception), Italian and near us, a common restaurant. Food in restaurants at the hotel is not cheap - from one person for 1.5-2000 rubles. Mostly in the evening we ate in restaurants in the city. (Whoever is interested I will write separately). much cheaper and tastier. We bought vodka in malls for a price (local 220-280, not local 560) and went to restaurants with vodka so as not to shock the local population and not torturing waiters (they don’t drink as much as we do) with shots. The local population is friendly, always ready to explain how and where to go. The city is clean, there is a problem with the toilets - they use water instead of paper and therefore the floors in the toilets are not completely dry. The city of Kota Kinabalu itself is not very big - I liked it. There is shopping (better in big malls) of course.

The hotel has a small nuance - it is a 40-minute drive from the city itself. The fare for a taxi is 800-500 rubles one way. The shuttle from the hotel (must be booked in advance) costs 240 one way. There are many taxis, you have to bargain. Holiday hotel - everything is calm and peaceful.
I have never seen such a beach strip. On January 1, we walked 500 meters along the beach and had a picnic with lamb kebabs (we bought a grill + meat + coals). At the reception, by the way, they give ice in a large bucket (20 liters) - there are no problems (we then carried this bucket on all excursions and constantly replenished it at the reception in the morning). We did not really like - that there was no NEW YEAR in the Russian sense - a table with dishes, alcohol until 3-4 am. And there was a buffet table in Eurostyle until 11-10. We didn't go - we staged an NG first in the city and then in the suite. - Everyone liked it very much. Yes, by the way, you do not need to buy adapters in the Russian Federation, everything can be obtained at the reception. Well, that's all. I recommend this hotel to everyone.