Le Meridien Kota Kinabalu

We enjoyed our stay immensely and wished we had stayed the whole of our stay there. Cost was the only reason we didn,t. Sunset from the room was amazing. The breakfast had everything you could wish for certainly a choice for all nationalities.

Stayed 4 nights at Vista room (sea view). Very good in overall. One thing is that I could see some stain in the toilet, which made me uncomfortable for the whole stay.

Room was outdated. Understand they are renovating floor by floor. Room was huge and comfortable.

SHOULD UP KEEP MAINTAINANCE,DURING MY STAY,WHEN GO OUT THE INNER LOCK HAPPEN THAT SWING TO BLOCK MY ENTRY OF THE ROOM,THOUGH THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVE IN MINUTES,BUT IT CAUSE ME SOME TROUBLE,I CAN CHANGE MY CLOTH FOR APPOINMENT.

The location is excellent - pretty much slap bang in the middle of Kinabalu, with the night market and waterfront bars and restaurants just across the road. But the building itself is a bit old and tired. The lobby, reception and restaurant has obviously had a reasonably recent refit, and is what you'd expect from a Meridien hotel. But as soon as you step away from that facade there is an air of tiredness, age, and mustiness. The rooms are big, and well furnished, but again just feel tired, old and musty. They really need some modernisation. The bathrooms are fine, very spacious, and everything works. The pool is okay, but doesn't get much sun - mind you it was so hot and the sun so fierce, that was probably a blessing. Breakfast was disappointing - a mish-mash of Malay, Chinese and Western food none of which was particularly good. If you're staying at Le Meridien as a jumping off point for other activities (we were there for two nights prior to climbing Mount Kinabalu and one night afterwards), I guess it's okay, but if you're planning to stay for any longer I suspect there are better options around. Some friends stayed at a resort on Gaya Island and reported it to be very good. If and when they invest the money in a comprehensive refurb it will be any awful lot better.