Westin Desaru Coast Resort was our first cease throughout a 4D3N go to to Desaru! It has been some time since our final go to to Desaru, staying on the Sand and Sandals Desaru and having fond recollections by the clear blue seas. As the ferry has not but opened up post-COVID, we headed over by land. This time, we snagged a land switch from our condominium, crossing the customs and dropping us off direct at Westin Desaru, all for the worth of $150 (per method). Slightly costly however there’s no have to carry your baggage down for scans, excellent for these household journeys…
We set off at 615am within the morning and arrived at about 745am. Sunrise was lovely and the visitors was clean. We learnt from our driver that there’s truly a small trick whereas crossing the customs. If you’re heading into Malaysia, comply with a Malaysian automobile, they’ll clear customs extra rapidly and easily as in comparison with a Singaporean automobile. The reverse is true when returning again to Singapore.
Arriving at Westin Desaru Coast Resort
The solar had already rose after we arrived at Westin Desaru and we had been greeted by the grand foyer of Westin Desaru. Spacious with a excessive ceiling of wave design. The better part? The view that overlooks all the best way out to sea…
As we nonetheless had a while earlier than our room was prepared, we determined to take a look at the resort’s premise…
We should say that the resort’s facade is somewhat spectacular. While not essentially the most spectacular (learn our subsequent submit to seek out out which Desaru Coast resort is), we love the great clear strains, water function, infinity pool and better of all, easy accessibility to the clear blue waters of Desaru, proper subsequent to Westin Desaru…
What we actually appreciated about Westin Desaru is its entry to the seaside. The seaside and the seaside chairs/umbrellas are shared by each Westin Desaru and Hard Rock Hotel however of the 2 lodges, solely Westin Desaru is true subsequent to the seaside. Guests of Hard Rock Desaru will nonetheless have to take a brief stroll over. Of course, Anantara Desaru Coast and Villas have their very own non-public seaside subsequent to it, and arguably at the very best location alongside the coast line. But relating to value of the lodging, Westin Desaru is unquestionably extra aggressive.
As we had been fairly early (arriving earlier than 8am), we determined to hang around by the pool whereas a lot of the visitors had been nonetheless having breakfast. We quickly discovered that arriving early is definitely a reasonably good technique to increase your keep a bit of. Not solely will you’ve gotten longer entry to the facilities, the pool can be fairly empty, and also you’ll have the ability to get some good instagrammable pictures as effectively…
The swimming pool was truly heat – within the morning! Then we found that Westin had chosen the right tile which absorbed alot of the heat from the solar, permitting the pool to be heated up even by 9am. The solely draw back? Remember to put on your flip-flops whereas strolling on these tiles, they are often scorching! Ouch!
This is as a result of, the pool can get somewhat crowded by 9am within the morning. By this time, most have completed their breakfast and would attempt to squeeze in a final pool session earlier than testing. This is what to anticipate…
Well, the cool factor was that by the point it’s 12pm, the pool can be comparatively empty by then. The off-peak then stretches to 2 or 3pm (most likely as a result of afternoon siestas), then it turns into crowded as soon as once more. At about 10am, our room was prepared and it was time to take a look at our Premier Sea View Room at Westin Desaru! We received the room for about $300SGD which comes with breakfast – not too unhealthy a deal given the skyrocketing costs at Desaru Coast.
Westin Desaru Premier Sea View Room Review
Our Premier Sea View Room was situated on the prime ground (degree 7) with excessive ceilings and unblocked view of the seas…
Once we entered the room, we had been pleasantly shocked by the superb views from the room. You’ll have the ability to sea the actions by the seaside together with unblocked views for miles – a breath-taking view certainly…
The remainder of the room was somewhat luxe as effectively…
The room itself is definitely very massive. At 42sqm, there’s a king-sized mattress in addition to a massive round couch – excellent for lounging round. Cable TV, ample provide of water in addition to a fridge and occasional/tea facilities…
Of the three resorts (together with Hard Rock Hotel Desaru and Anantara Desaru Resort & Villas), we had been most glad with the scale, consolation, view and value of the Premier Sea View Room at Westin Desaru. Even the view exterior our room of Hard Rock Desaru was lovely…
Soon, it was time to take a look at the seaside – the must-do when visiting Desaru, testing the high quality sand and clear blue waters of Desaru…
Day on the Beach subsequent to Westin Desaru
We headed over to the seaside barely earlier than 11am and there have been nonetheless many seaside chairs obtainable. The sea was tremendous duper clear…
We began our vacation with a Mai Tai (38RM) and the Aqua Panna (20RM). The mai tai was respectable, after all, not so good as those we had at Grand Hyatt Kauai’s Luau, however was nonetheless a somewhat good begin to an incredible vacation. Needless to say, the Aqua Panna was a rip-off. So bear in mind to carry alongside the water offered in-room, ice can also be offered by way of room service.
We continued to lounge by way of lunch, having the Desaru Burger. At 55RM ($17SGD), the Desaru burger was somewhat good. Comes in a hearty and attractive portion of the meat patty, together with a crisp potato-cut fries. An ideal seaside grub.
Like most households at Westin Desaru, we prevented the new afternoon solar and did a bit of siesta of our personal…
Our Evening at Westin Desaru
Winding down the night, we had a little cocktail hour of personal together with some meals which we ordered by way of Grab…
Although the meals that we ordered by way of Grab was not that nice, it was low cost. The 3 dishes you see above, inclusive of supply, got here as much as solely 25RM. This is in distinction to the 20RM Aqua Panna water featured earlier. The solely situation is that you just’ll need to ship somebody (on this case Tom) to gather the meals from the resort foyer of a 5-stars resort. After our self-prepared hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, we headed out for a stroll alongside the seaside…
We had been truly scouting the path to our subsequent resort at Anantara the subsequent day. Apparently, we had been advised by the workers of Westin that you just’d not have the ability to stroll over because it was “too far”. The concierge additionally quoted us a 20RM switch by way of taxi (with Grab obtainable at solely 5RM). However, we noticed that Anantara Desaru was truly simply subsequent door on Google Map. Hence, we determined to stroll alongside the street plied by the shuttle bus. Then, we discovered that you can truly stroll over and enter by the aspect gate from Westin Desaru to Anantara Desaru. But you’ll have to get your reservations prepared to indicate the guards. Otherwise, outsiders weren’t capable of enter its premise.
After our stroll, we additionally performed a little recreation of carrom on the basement (subsequent to the Spa) of Westin Desaru…
As it was already somewhat late, we collected the carrom from Heavenly Spa however returned it on the foyer because the workers had left by then…
For dinner, we initially needed to dine at Prego. When at Westin, dine at Prego. That’s what you do proper? You’d need to check out the Italian flavours of pasta and pizza from Prego. However, we had been advised, at 9pm, that the restaurant was closed for an inside workers assembly. Well, that might the form of cause to provide your visitors on a Wednesday night time with low visitors on the restaurant – I suppose. Hence, we went with the in-room eating of Hawaiian Pizza (55RM), the subsequent closest choice to what one may discover at Prego. But, it was simply okay…discovered the ham to be a bit of “funky”. Therefore, head to Prego if the chance presents itself.
To spherical up the night, we keep in our room, listening to the sound of the waves and caught some films. The night time view of Hard Rock was somewhat fascinating as effectively with its neon lightings…
Breakfast at Westin Desaru Coast Resort
During our keep, we had to select from one of many three breakfast timings obtainable at Westin Desaru.
Session 1: 0630-0745
Session 2: 0745-0900
Session 3: 0900-1015
This time, we selected the earliest session in order that we may take pleasure in breakfast with the dawn and in addition take some respectable untouched meals pictures for our readers – neh, it’s simply our OCD-ness at play ????
Based on the pictures above, you’d agree with us that the breakfast choice at Westin Desaru may be very in depth. In the style division, the choice is above-average and we actually appreciated the Nasi Lemak right here. The toast over charcoal was somewhat good as effectively. Just that we nearly began a bit of fireplace whereas toasting it. Apparently, the chef left the thongs subsequent to the charcoal which made it actually scorching. We had to make use of a fabric to wrap across the thongs to make use of it. Hope the workers sees this suggestions and place the thongs at an accurate place. Otherwise, we actually loved this dish. Omelette was good as effectively. For espresso, we had double shot espresso with 2 parts of milk which got here out properly. Here’s the opposite dishes that we tried throughout breakfast at Westin Desaru Coast Resort…
Although we stayed barely longer (as we arrived barely later) than the stipulated timings, no workers got here round to ask us to depart. It was just about free and straightforward and we had been capable of take pleasure in our breakfast leisurely, making an attempt out all of the totally different choices at breakfast. In our opinion, breakfast at Westin Desaru was probably the greatest as effectively.
Heavenly Spa at Westin Desaru Coast Resort
Our deal at Westin Desaru included a 60 minutes therapeutic massage expertise. For a prime up of $100, we had been ready so as to add the therapeutic massage for two pax, which labored out to be $50/pax for therapeutic massage at a 5-stars resort. This was fairly a deal. If you see the provide, do give it a attempt as effectively!
Upon entry into Heavenly Spa, we had been greeted by the workers who offered us with towels and welcome drink to ease us into our remedy. For our remedy, we went with Urutan Malaysia (Kate) and Golfer’s Massage (Tom)…
Prior to our remedy, we had been led to the lounge to simply chill out. You can select to have some snacks whereas having fun with the calming music inside. After our room was prepared, our masseuse led us to our therapeutic massage rooms. There’s truly additionally an choice to utilise the moist services of steam room, sauna and jacuzzi should you prefer to, previous to your remedy…
As for the remedy correct, we entered the remedy room and began off with foot scrub and heat towel wrap over our ft. Then we had been requested whether or not we’d like the blinds to be down as we had been capable of see the gardens exterior – visitors do stroll by typically. As it was an one-directional window (we didn’t confirm although), we continued with our remedy with out the blinds up. Complete belief in our masseuse. ????
Both massages had been wonderful. Especially for Tom, the masseuse was capable of deal with the problematic areas, permitting Tom to float out and in of his snooze. All these, whereas drooling considerably all through the remedy. ????
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Conclusion
Overall, we totally loved our keep at Westin Desaru Coast Resort. The service was impeccable – we had all spherical smiles from the workers all through the keep. Location of the resort was good with its place subsequent to the seaside. Our Premier Sea View Room had most likely one of many finest sea views on the market which made our keep. Breakfast was shiok whereas the therapeutic massage expertise at Heavenly Spa was merely excellent. Of course, there are small little areas that may very well be improved – such because the “cargo-lift” like lifts – which, surprisingly was discovered throughout all of the resorts. Nonetheless, if we had been to decide on, Westin Desaru would undoubtedly be a resort that we’d return once more sooner or later. If you’ve gotten stayed at Westin Desaru Coast Resort, tell us what you suppose within the feedback part under!
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