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A Green / Sustainable Property - Third Party Certified
This property participates in ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard, a third-party certification program that has been independently certified. Third-party certification measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy. An objective assessment of a company's sustainable tourism practices has been performed at this property by an auditor who is independent of the third-party certification program.
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Property Amenities
Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa is located in Kota Kinabalu, capital city of the Malaysian state of Sabah. The 492 room seaside resort is just 10 minutes away from the airport, city and Coral Islands, and is surrounded by 25 acres of lush gardens.
The resort offers an abundance of recreational facilities such a water play area complete with slides, swimming pool with tapered shoreline, spa tub and infinity section for adults, a beach, tennis courts, a nine-hole pitch and putt golf course, Cool Zone (Kids Club), Leisure Centre, a Health Club, seven restaurants and CHI, The Spa.
Rooms
Shangri La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa offers 492 guestrooms featuring balconies and views of the South China Sea or Mount Kinabalu. Borneo-influenced décor includes cherry, teak, ebony, and coconut woods, as well as artwork made of mother-of-pearl and tobacco. Rooms provide bedside lighting controls, pillow menus, and minibars. LCD televisions come with cable channels and DVD players. Complimentary Internet access (wireless) is provided. Bathrooms feature separate showers and soaking tubs. Hypo-allergenic bedding is available on request. Seaview rooms in the Kinabalu Wing feature glass-walled bathrooms with views from the soaking tub. Club rooms offer exclusive lounge access with complimentary breakfast buffet, evening cocktails, and 30 minutes of Internet access daily. A personal concierge, and private check in and checkout, are also available. In both the Kinabalu and Tanjung wings, suites include separate sitting rooms and wraparound balconies.
Renovation of all guestrooms was completed in December 2007.
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Dining
Café TATU - Open kitchen design and cooking stations. Includes Mongolian, Tandoori, Asian noodles, and dim sum. Breakfast buffet, lunch à la carte, and dinner. Casual dress.
Peppino - Modern Italian fare in an ambient setting, and wines from around the world. Dinner only. Smart casual dress.
Shang Palace - Chinese cuisine, including dim sum. 2 private dining rooms are available. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Casual dress.
Recreation
In addition to scheduled activities, the resort offers petanqué, a 9-hole pitch and putt golf course, and table tennis. Bicycle rentals, as well as a jogging path, are on site. Bay and deep-sea fishing and banana boat rides are available. The resort can assist with scuba diving, snorkeling, jet skiing and water skiing, parasailing, and windsurfing.
Spa
Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa's spa and health club offers a variety of services and is open daily from 6 AM to 11 PM (spa treatments from CHI The Spa from 10 AM onwards).
Body Scrub (50 minutes): MYR170
Pumice scrub of ylang ylang, geranium, and pine oils.
Thermal Salt Glow (50 minutes): MYR170
Body exfoliation treatment followed by massage with lotion.
Body Wrap (60 minutes): MYR300
Hydrating body wrap followed by a scalp, neck, and foot massage.
Herbal Delight (90 minutes): MYR270
Body scrub with chamomile followed by full-body massage with lavender oil.
Marine Immersion (120 minutes): MYR470 Natural spirulina boday wrap followed by a body massage with marine lotion and body-firming cream.
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“Best hotel in Kotakinabalu”
I Think best hotel for vocation with childern.
“A little luxury in Kota Kinabalu”
We stayed here for a long romantic weekend and could not have asked for a better experience! the hotel is stunning and the staff very friendly and will help you with anything. Had a lovely dinner at the excellent Italian restaurant on site (Crab linguine to die for) as well as many cocktails by the pool-side restaurant. Although a bit far from town, there are shuttles available and taxis are not expensive. A visit to the food market here is a must - eat with the locals! The hotel beach is clean though small, but I would certainly recommend going to one of the small islands by ferry's accessible from the nearby jetty, if you are after a bigger beach experience. Would certainly go back for another long weekend.
“Shangri La Indeed”
Overall we had a great stay. The pool and beach were not too crowded, well maintained. The grounds of the hotel was kept beautifully. The resort is like a giant garden for you to roam about. Staff very friendly and helpful. Resident "3 legged" clown brought many smiles to our kids and others. If we have to be picky, breakfest buffet very crowded all the time, esp. the inside dinning room. There were too many special rate programs which confused us and also staffers during Check-In and Check-Out. The sunset at the hotel bar is unbeatable. Definitely recommend this hotel for visits to Sabah.
“Best vacation...better than Hawaii”
We've travelled to many lovely places,but this by far exceeded other experiences as far as hotel service and attention. Really great place with the beauty of Hawaii but with extraordinary service and warmth from the staff.
“Wonderful stay”
We stayed at Tanjung Aru to celebrate our 25th anniversray. The hotel is stunning, the grounds are expertly manicured, and the food was -- for the most part -- outstanding. It would be nice if the main dining room's buffet included more Western choices for meals. But this is a small quibble. It's a gorgeous setting and the staff was outstanding -- very helpful, and exceptionally friendly and polite. Parts of Malaysian Borneo can be challenging for the unprepared tourist, but Tanjung Aru is an oasis where it's almost impossible not to relax and just drink in the beauty around you.
“We'd Definitely Go Back!”
We were delighted with our vacation at the lovely Shangrila Tanjung Aru. The resort is located close to the airport, so we were able to get our holiday off to a quick start. The attractive low rise hotel is set amidst beautiful gardens and palm trees, with two gorgeous large pools adjacent the ocean and the private white sand beach. We enjoyed the attractive view of several small islands offshore which you can go to on an island boat tour from the small wharf and boat concession at one end of the property. The hotel's leisure center provides lots of ativities for young and old, and everyone seemed to be having fun. The the onsite tour desk arranges ecotours for guests who want to see some of Borneo's famous rain forest area, as well as Mount Kinabalu Park, and some of its wildlife. Although we didn't have children with us, we couldn't help noticing how child-friendly the hotel was, with play areas but inside and out and a separate small wading pool for toddlers. With the town nearby, we had the option of going into Kota Kinabalu to shop and to eat some of the local cuisine. This is a place to relax, and no doubt a great spot for honeymooners. We would definitely go back again.
“Not as good as I'd hoped”
For the comparative price to hotels in KL, I was expecting something stunning in the Shangri La. I certainly wasn't disappointed with the lobby, nor the overall service - it was a truly beautiful building and decorated and maintained in a consistent and traditional way. The spa also was excellent - one of the best I've experienced (ask for Natalie - great massage). But unfortunately that's where the fabulousness ended. The rest of the hotel was more like a good 4* rather than a 5* experience. The room was clean and conformable, but not stunning. The breakfast buffet ok. The beach area was small. The grounds were nice, but not particularly relaxing given the amount of people around. The gym was ok - but it's a vacation. The hotel was a short taxi-ride into town (about 15MR/$5) which just got annoying after a couple of days. The best part about the place was that is was adjacent to a very large and Quiet public beach. A 10 minute walk down it and you have a big local food court with Malay, Thai and Chinese food - good, clean, cheap and authentic. This was my favorite part of staying here. All in all, the best things were the local experiences, and I feel I could have found a hotel at better value for that.
“good hotel. not good beach.”
The service at the hotel is excellent. Especially, we stayed in the Horizon Club (or something like that), and the service was amazing. Our first night, our reservation some how ended up with a view of the marina (not very nice), but they upgraded us to a seaview, no problem. The beach is not very nice, but the pool is. And you can take a boat taxi to the marine park to snorkle, hang out on the beach or SCUBA... there is some nice coral to see, but a lot of it has been killed by previous snorklers who stood on the coral with their fins.
“Tanjung Wing - Ground Floor”
We were in Tanjung Wing, Executive siute, ground floor. By some reason, we could sleep well in that room.
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The preferred airport for Shangri La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa is Kota Kinabalu (BKI-Kota Kinabalu Intl.) - 3.6 km / 2.2 mi.
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