Best Kota Kinabalu resorts
When you stay at Sutera Sanctuary Lodges at Manukan Island in Manukan Island, you'll be on the beach and 2 minutes by foot from Pantai Pulau Mamutik. The front desk is staffed during limited hours. For a surcharge, guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a ferry terminal shuttle.




Overall 8.8 Excellent
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When you stay at Gaya Island Resort in Gaya Island, you'll be on the beach and 4 minutes by foot from Tunku Abdul Rahman Park. Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request).




Overall 8.7 Excellent
Based on 306 reviews
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Excellent
10.0
Pros: We loved it! I went with an old friend and we had a perfect weekend. The service was fantastic, the resort was beautiful (and so was the beach), and there were just enough activities to keep us busy when we weren't reading by the pool. Looking forward to going back.
Located in Kota Kinabalu (Tanjung Aru), Shangri La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa is within a 15-minute drive of Sabah State Mosque and Anjung Samudera. Featured amenities include a business center, limo/town car service, and express check-out. Planning an event in Kota Kinabalu? This resort has facilities measuring 7190 square feet (668 square meters), including conference space. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.




Overall 8.6 Excellent
Based on 2,711 reviews
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Good
6.0
Pros: Room service is great, good private jetty, and good spa
Good
6.3
Pros: location and cleaness
Good
7.0
Pros: Location and facilities were fantastic.
Excellent
8.0
Pros: very very very very nice hotel
Good
7.3
Pros: A Wonderful hotel with great view and good facilities. The best place in KK
Good
6.8
Pros: Staff is always very friendly. Fantastic place to stay, with very comfortable rooms. The new spa (Chi) is great.
Good
7.2
Pros: The food, the service and the staff was all excellent and our rooms were great.
Good
6.8
Pros: Joined some hotel activities such as bird watching, cooking etc and played tennis. Relaxed at the swimming pool.
Excellent
8.0
Pros: Paradise - had stayed at other Shangri-LA, Rasa Ria, and found Tanjung Aru to be equally wonderful.
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Good
7.6
Pros: Comfortable resort and very friendly staff. Tanjung wing rooms were clean and spacious with nice views.
When you stay at Bunga Raya Island Resort & Spa in Gaya Island, you'll be on the boardwalk, a 1-minute drive from Sapi Island and 8 minutes from Sutera Harbour. Featured amenities include limo/town car service, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in Gaya Island? This resort has facilities measuring 2000 square feet (186 square meters), including a meeting room. A ferry terminal shuttle is available for a surcharge.




Overall 8.6 Excellent
Based on 74 reviews
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Located in Kota Kinabalu (Downtown Kota Kinabalu), The Magellan Sutera Resort is within a 15-minute walk of Sutera Harbour and Sapi Island. Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free self parking is available onsite.




Overall 8.4 Excellent
Based on 655 reviews
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Excellent
10.0
Pros: I can use pacific facilites. It has many outdoor pool.
Good
6.7
Pros: We had a great time. Club rooms and club amneties rock. The evening cocktail is something of very good quality.Location and overall property is awesome..
Good
6.7
Pros: Free hourly shuttle bus to and fro to KK town. Really convenient!! . Free WiFi service in the hotel lobby and the pool area. Good massage service but was slightly pricey. Spa staffs are very courteous.
Good
7.3
Pros: The service and the room facilities
Okay
4.7
Pros: The sea view and the convenient services hotel provided.
Good
6.7
Pros: Good location, friendly and helpful staff, great breakfast selection and good facilities.
Good
7.0
Pros: Staff were excellent and very friendly. Free upgrade to superior room with sea view.
Okay
5.4
Pros: Close to city and islands. Good and tasty food.
Good
6.4
Pros: Excellent facilities, good location and value for money
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Mediocre
3.2
Pros: The location was good. Although Shangri La Tanjung Aru would have been just as good on hind sight. Regretted choosing Sutera Harbour.
Okay
5.6
Pros: convenience, next to the harbour, easy access to boats and islands
When you stay at Gayana Marine Resort in Gaya Island, you'll be on the boardwalk, a 3-minute drive from Sapi Island and 8 minutes from Imago Shopping Mall. Featured amenities include limo/town car service, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. A ferry terminal shuttle is provided at no charge.




Overall 8.3 Excellent
Based on 152 reviews
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7.0
Pros: Every thing
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7.0
Pros: Wonderful location, excellent service from happy, friendly staff. Lovely pool that is good for swimming - not just a "leisure" pool. freshly cooked breakfast on the veranda delivered by boat!
Good
6.0
Pros: Beautiful nature and view. The cottages are clean and nice. Loved that many fishes and birds can be seen, quiet and only sounds of cicada is around. Great for relaxing.
Good
7.3
Pros: The staff were excellent! MERC was a nice experience. We had a superb seafood meal - snorkelling was great - as was the kayaking. Being able to swim and snorkel from our room was a real experience - the kids would swim over to say hi! The drinks in the evening at the Latitude Bar was a really lovely touch. We had some really quality family time there - intimate, personal atmosphere. We would definitely return - and split our time between Bungaraya and Gayana.
Good
6.7
Pros: The hotel is situated in a beautiful island in front of Kota Kinabalu. Pros are:location, hotel staff, snorkeling in front of the hotel is very nice, possibility to go also to the other hotel, by a free boat ride, that offers a magnificient beach in the morning-afternoon for free, Marine center where you can go and touch some sea-stuff. Restaurants.:I read some comments about the restaurants being a bit expensive, Think to choose your own fish from reproduction thanks by having the menu in your hand and that is not expensive . Personnel was very efficient: because of a sudden noise to air conditioning in the room we were offered immediately to change room.
Good
7.3
Pros: amazing. all amazing
When you stay at Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai in Kota Kinabalu, you'll be by the sea and steps from Karambunai Peninsula. Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and free self parking is available onsite.




Overall 8.0 Excellent
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Okay
5.0
Pros: Beach, sea, relax free easy and the outdoor activities. Rather far to travel to the water sport centre.
Mediocre
3.3
Pros: Food and facilities were Ok. Great beachside massage. Staff try hard and are friendly but poor training and non-existent management overwhelm any efforts they might make.
Okay
4.7
Pros: The staff tried hard and were very courteous
Good
6.0
Pros: Pool Villa - Location, location, location! Staff very friendly and trying to be helpful. Good choice at breakfast, but slow keeping up with demand - often ran out of items (fruit, yoghurt, bread etc).
Good
7.3
Pros: It was the complete package excellent location and range of resturants.
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Good
6.8
Pros: very relaxing with a nice beach
Good
7.6
Pros: We liked special the choices of restaurants and the excellent quality of the food. Also the setting of the whole complex is excellent
Good
6.0
Pros: The food & beach
Good
6.8
Pros: First class beach,and good choice of restaurants
When you stay at Borneo Beach Villas in Kota Kinabalu, you'll be on the beach and steps from Karambunai Peninsula. Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, multilingual staff, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.




Overall 7.8 Good
Based on 908 reviews
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With a stay at Beringgis Beach Resort & Spa in Papar, you'll be on the beach, and 16.3 mi (26.2 km) from Imago Shopping Mall and 15.4 mi (24.7 km) from Sutera Harbour. Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.




Overall 7.7 Good
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Okay
5.7
Pros: Location and staff was good , but rooms need to be up graded. Room service food very bad.
Good
7.7
Pros: very nice and friendly staff, resort is very good of view, nice swimming pool. special thanks to lovely Rony- manager. thanks to introduce sabah's travel information n show us around.
Okay
5.7
Pros: For me the staff is very polite. Very good customer service but for my 3 lovely children of course their attraction is the swimming pool and the slide.
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