Shangri-Laâs Rasa Ria Resort & Spa Kota Kinabalu and Sabah
Hotel Information
It is dawn, and you are seated in a tower as the majestic new sun rises over Mount Kinabalu in the distance. This is the best breakfast you have ever had. This is Shangri-La's Rasa Ria Resort & Spa, Kota Kinabalu on Pantai Dalit Beach. Set amidst a nature reserve, the resort enchants endlessly with its natural magic. Your Malaysian-themed room is perched on a verdant hill, with a spectacular beachfront view, surrounded by 400 acres of tropical forest. You see the catamarans along the beach, and can only imagine what other activities await. The resort is home to an eco-friendly championship golf course and the magnificent Spa at Dalit Bay.
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Reviews
| Rating | Positive Points | Negative Points | Reviewer | Stayed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 star rating | The Rsa Ria was an absoltely beautiful hotel. The surroundings of the hotel were beautiful and the staff very helpful. | The restaurants and the drinks in the hotel were excesively expensive. I wish I could have gone all inclusive. | 20 April 2009 | |
| 5.0 star rating | Very attentive staff Well appointed rooms Excellent beach front location Perfect getaway | Food and drinks a little pricey in comparison to other top hotels in Malaysia | Matt | 23 June 2009 |
| 4.0 star rating | staff friendly | service very slow | 03 May 2012 | |
| 4.5 star rating | The hotel was lovely and the facilities were good. It was a bit out of the but the private beach more than made up for that. We went to the orangutan reserve which was a nice experience. | I would say the downfall is the food. The food is overpriced and average. I expect high standards and quality for the price paid. We went to the Indian restaurant one night, the Indian restaurant did not have steamed rice available! Given there are 5 restaurants which forms part of the hotel complex, is it not a simple case of wondering to one of the other restaurants which was only a few metres away to get some rice?! On the second night we went to the seafood restaurant, I ordered the steamed sea bass fillet. This was not properly cooked and the middle was raw, like it was frozen. The flesh was two different colours, quite clearly some of it was raw and the outer bits cooked. The flesh and skin was also tough and this did not seem like seabass. I fed this back to the staff and this was fedback to the chef, who advised that this was properly cooked. I disagree. | 23 October 2012 | |
| 4.0 star rating | Various choice of resturant | No bath for king size bed room, no Juazzi and Sanuar | 10 January 2013 | |
| 4.0 star rating | Large beautiful private beach with the best sands I've ever seen. Staff are helpful and professional. Restaurants provide quality food at premium. Activities are well diversified, though advanced booking strongly recommended. Fireflies tour is special and unforgettable. Free wifi is very convenient and easy to access. | Hotel is quite dated and shows signs of wearing off. Room is not huge and TV can be larger. Room amenities are a bit disappointing and no in room coffee machine. | Dave | 01 March 2013 |
| 5.0 star rating | It is a beautiful resort with friendly staff and a magnificent pool area suitable for people of all ages. | Prices are a bit steep all around the resort but I guess when there are no other option for food or drink in the area you can get away with it. The happy hour at the Boat Bar is a bit of a scam! It is a lovely place to sit and watch the sunset over a beer or wine but definitely not a cocktail. I found the cocktails during happy hour (as did the people that I was with) to be either watered down or to have the pouring of spirits kept to below the required amount. You could taste the difference between happy hour cocktails and normal hour ones - this is in my opinion pretty poor. If the bar staff are taught to do this or if this is standard practice to save costs during happy hour then just don't offer them as a happy hour drink and keep it at just beer and wine! | 09 April 2013 | |
| 4.5 star rating | Nice managment on beach. Good manner of all stuff. Well prepared room equiptment. | Hei Li | 28 June 2013 | |
| 4.5 star rating | nice staff, child friendly facilities, gorgeous happy hour drinks, awesome beach, lovely views. | garden room a bit small especially the toilet, besides, no bathtub. | 24 July 2013 | |
| 4.5 star rating | Amazing, I didn't want to leave. | I was surprised at the cost to see the Orangutans which is double the price than Sepilok and there are only 2 Orangutans. Staff at reception could not advise how much it would cost to make a toll free call to the airline from my room. I received 3 different answers. I wanted to eat at the Indian restaurant one night for dinner and it was empty. I was advised there was no room, which I found quite odd - it appeared they didn't have enough staff. I don't think you should have to book the restaurants as the hotel should cater for all patrons considering the location there isn't really anywhere else to eat. | Anonymous | 01 October 2015 |
Business
- Meeting room
Catering
- Banquet hall
- Bar
- Café
- Highchairs
- Non-smoking area
- Poolside snack bar
- Restaurant
- Show cooking
- Smoking area
Entertainment
- Children playground
- Game room
- Kidsâ club
- Sun loungers
- WaterSlides
Facilities
- 24-hour security
- Babysitting service
- Bicycle hire service
- Currency exchange facilities
- Garden
- Gym
- Hotel safe
- Laundry service
- Lift access
- Local and international calls
- Luggage room
- Mobile phone coverage
- Newspapers
- NO Garage
- NO Large pets allowed (over 5 kg)
- NO Small pets allowed (under 5 kg)
- NO Wheelchair-accessible
- Room service
- Shop
- Smoke detector
- Sun terrace
- Terrace
- YES Car park*
Health
- Hairdressing salon
- Massage
- Spa centre
- Spa treatments
Hotel type
- 24-hour reception
- Adapted for disabled
- Air conditioned
- Bathroom
- Business hotels
- Family hotels
- Games Room
- Golf hotels
- Gym
- Heating
- Hotels with charm
- Hotels with spa
- Internet
- Parking
- Restaurant
- Shower
- Spa
- Sport hotels
- Swimming Pool
- TV
Location
- Disability-friendly rooms: 4
- Double rooms: 192
- NO Connecting rooms
- Number of floors (annexe): 5
- Number of floors (main building): 1
- Single rooms: 214
- Suites: 10
- Total number of rooms: 330
Meals
- Ã la carte dinner
- Ã la carte lunch
- Breakfast buffet
- Buffet dinner
- Continental breakfast
- Set menu dinner
- Set menu lunch
- Special dietary options
Methods of payment
- American Express
- Diners Club
- JCB
- MasterCard
- Visa
Room facilities (Standard room)
- Balcony
- Bathrobes
- Bathroom: 1
- Bathtub
- Carpeted floors
- Central heating
- Children share the bed with parents: 1
- Direct dial telephone
- Hairdryer
- Housekeeping
- Ironing set
- Minibar
- Mini fridge
- NO Disability-friendly bathroom
- NO Smoking rooms
- NO Wheelchair-accessible
- Number of bedrooms: 1
- Radio
- Safe
- Shower
- Slippers
- Tea and coffee making facilities
- Terrace
- Toiletries
- TV
Sports
- Archery
- Beach volleyball*
- Billiards*
- Catamaran sailing*
- Cycling / mountain biking*
- Golf
- Horse riding*
- Jet ski*
- Table tennis*
- Waterskiing*
Services marked with (*) shall be paid at the establishment.
Location Map
Latitude: 6.1535190000 Longitude: 116.1485630000
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