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Reviews of The Magellan Sutera Resort

5 out of 5
The Magellan Sutera Resort
1 Sutera Harbour Boulevard, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 486 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 319 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 108 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 48 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 39 out of 1000 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Siu Wah Anthony

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Some furniture a little aged. Bathtub stopper doesn’t work. WiFi is the absolute worst of any 5star hotel I’ve ever been in. Keeps kicking u out every time you closed the phone. Have to relog in EVERY time you turn on the phone. Cell signals sucks so u are reliant on the wifi. But overall great value for such a large oceanfront suite. Location cannot be beat. Amenity is awesome and views are great.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Resort Management Team on Mar 11, 2024
Dear James, We apologize for the issues you experienced with the furniture, bathtub stopper, and WiFi. Our team is addressing these promptly. We're glad you enjoyed the spacious suite, amenities, and oceanfront location. Your feedback helps us improve. We look forward to welcoming you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Ronald

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Just back from 2 weeks there. Overall pretty good, but some areas are tired. Some rooms have been refreshed but ours wasn’t one of them. Pool area needs more beds. Breakfast a little repetitive. Bar music needs more variety. Same cd every day for many days. Lounge music in evenings tooooo loud. Being a bit picky now.😄 Overall very good value.
Stayed 13 nights in Jan 2024
Response from General Manager on Feb 1, 2024
Thank you for your review after your recent 2-week stay with us. We appreciate you taking the time to share both positive feedback and constructive suggestions for improvement. We're pleased to hear that you found our staff and service and amenities to meet your expectations. Your other comments had been channeled to our team for further improvement. We look forward to welcome you back soon.

8/10 Good

Maksim

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Resort Management Team on Feb 2, 2024
Thank you for your response and we hope to see you again soon.

6/10 Okay

Pg Hj Mohd Noor Mashadi Bin Pg Hj

Traveled with family and small children
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
I found water leak from the bathroom to our bed area. #6217
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from General Manager on Jan 25, 2024
Thank you for taking the time to share us a review. Firstly, our sincere apologies on the leaking issue you had experienced during your stay with us. Your feedback is incredibly important to us, and we strive to address any issues in real-time to ensure your comfort and satisfaction. By informing us of any concerns immediately, we have the opportunity to take corrective action and make your stay as enjoyable as possible. Once again, my sincere apologies for our shortcomings and should your travels bring you back to The Magellan Sutera Resort, please allow us another opportunity to showcase our resort and services at its best.

4/10 Poor

Masaki

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from General Manager on Jan 25, 2024
Thank you for your review. Our guest satisfaction is our top priority, and we want to ensure that you have the best possible experience during your time with us.We work hard to resolve any problems as soon as they arise to make sure you're comfortable and satisfied. Any issues should be brought to our attention in real-time for us to address them and try to make your stay as comfortable as possible. Nonetheless, we sincerely apologize for any shortcomings you may have encountered. We hope to welcome you back again for a more positive stay.

8/10 Good

rebecca

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from General Manager on Jan 25, 2024
We are grateful that you visited our resort. We truly hope that your visit was enjoyable, and we hope to see you again soon.

8/10 Good

Rajapillai

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Magellan Club breakfast and high tea
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Zarina

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Resort Management Team on Sep 12, 2023
Thank You for your review.

8/10 Good

Siswati

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Breakfast was delicious and wide choice The children love sandcastles building by the sea Double bed was clean and spacious
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from General Manager on Jun 7, 2023
Thank you and we are thrilled that you and family had a great time during your stay with us. Do visit us again on your next trip to Kota Kinabalu.

8/10 Good

David

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Check in at reception was easy and trouble free. Rooms are clean and fantastic views of the sea but the hotel is showing it's age with rooms' decor old and tired, and loose decking on balconies and in public areas. We especially booked this hotel as it had so many dining venues and bars, but upon arriving and settling in learned that 2 of the restaurants had closed and the swim up bar closed during covid and have not been reopened. Their website should have been updated with this information as it leaves zero beverage service around the pool. They have a fantastic Sunset Bar/lounge which was could be used the first 3 nights we were there with gorgeous views of the sun setting over islands and the sea, it rained once and all the cushions were removed from the furniture and were not returned for the rest of our 11 night stay, not 5star service and disappointing to say the least. Food service was good and staff friendly but clearly need more training in the drinks service area which was virtually non existant, always had to chase someone to get a drink. Around the pool and Sunset Bar, again, had to repeatedly chase a server and on most occasions go up to the small bar, order and pay as they would not run a tab, and drinks would then be delivered. We tried the swim up bar at the sister resort, Pacific Sutera, and although there were only 2 couples sat there we still had to wave down the 5 staff there to get a drink, again much training is needed. Lovely resort, not 5 star though
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Resort Management Team on Apr 18, 2023
Dear Mr. DavidGreetings from The Magellan Sutera.First and foremost our sincere gratitude for choosing us as your venue for your holiday and for your positive comments. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience we caused you during your stay with us and we appreciate you taking the time to outline on the areas that we need to improve. We will not give any excuses for our shortcomings but only the assurance that we value your feedback and our commitment to improve our services. Once again Thank You for taking the time to share with us your experience while staying with us.

8/10 Good

Emanuel Pavel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Resort Management Team on Mar 31, 2023
Thank you for your review, we hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

KUNLING

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Resort Management Team on Apr 18, 2023
Thank you for your review and we hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

LEE

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Resort Management Team on Jan 31, 2023
Thank you for your review

10/10 Excellent

Uzir

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

WING NGA

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022
Response from Resort Management Team on Jan 17, 2023
Thank you for your review. We would love to hear more about your commetn.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022
Response from Resort Management Team on Jan 15, 2023
We appreciate your feedback and are delighted you had a pleasant experience with us. We hope to see you again very soon.

2/10 Terrible

carl-johan

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Avoid! Stay at Shangri-La rasa ria instead
Hotels.com let us book a room that was not even available at the hotel. Hotels.com indicated a charge per night that was almost double the actual rate at the hotel. Hotel service terrible
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2022
Response from Resort Management Team on Jan 15, 2023
Thank you for your comment. We have taken notice of your comments and will share them with the team for future improvement.

2/10 Terrible

Amy

Traveled with family and small children
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Poor, outdated property. No hot water. When complained, manager and staff told me that they’re at full capacity so the hot water can’t reach my room. Does that even make sense?!?! If your hotel can’t provide facilities to a full capacity, then don’t sell that many rooms and take money from people. They were also not honest and up front about it at check in.
Response from Resort Management Team on Dec 22, 2022
Dear Amy, We sincerely apologize for all the inconvenience we have caused you and please know that the hot water issue was unintentional and was due to unforeseen malfunction to the hot water system. We have done the repairs with utmost urgency and we have since successfully managed to overcome this. Please know that we value your stay with us and we apologize for this incident, should you give us another opportunity on your next visit, do contact us and we will offer you something special for your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Grace

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Response from Resort Management Team on Nov 18, 2022
Dear Grace,Thank you for your review. We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your stay. We do hope to see you again soon.Regards

10/10 Excellent

Lee Ming

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice sea view.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Resort Management Team on Oct 28, 2022
Dear Lee Ming, Thank you for your review and we are delighted to hear you enjoyed your stay with us. We do hope to seeing you again soon. Best Regards.

10/10 Excellent

SHEA CHIN

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel!
Wonderful hotel with nice view nice lounge! A must to book with Magellan Executive Suite to enjoy private breakfast and free Hi Tea session. The food is excellent!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Resort Management Team on Sep 7, 2022
Dear Shea,Thank you for your wonderful review. We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us. We are looking forward to welcoming you again soon.Regards.

4/10 Poor

Anna

Traveled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very disappointing and not living to the promise..
We spent 3 nights here and were disappointed too many times for a 5 star resort. Facilities are fine but quite dated, certainly not what I would expect. But that's not a problem except there was no warm water on the first 1.5 days. The staff however lacks very much on every front. Breakfast starts at 6 am, 30 min later still no one at the egg station. I asked the staff, asked again some 7 min later. 20 min later I give up. We have a set dinner every night. We are told (twice) this will be the same menu every night but we can change the main course only the following nights. Only the last night we learn that there are 3 or 4 different set menus, great, just surprising that we did not learn that the first 2 nights. I want to add drinks (ca 10 USD) to the room no. to settle at check-out. Not possible because I did not leave a deposit at check-in (I would if someone even asked about it). Last night we order a sparkling water and a piña colada. To avoid a misunderstanding I show it in the menu. 5 min later the waiter comes back, she does not know what I wanted. I show each item again in the menu. After a while she comes back (still no water) and says we cannot order piña colada. I want to choose another cocktail but she tells me I cannot order any, only water. Later I find out that I could have ordered any cocktail I wanted (also piña colada). Concierge would not take our postcards for sending, sent us to town. On a good side: the surrounding area is very nice.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Resort Management Team on Aug 24, 2022
Dear Anna, Thank you for taking the time sharing your stay experience with us. We have taken note of the comments you stated and have shared them with the team for immediate action and further improvement. We apologies for the inconvenience encountered and we do hope to see you again for a better review. Thank you and Best Regards.

10/10 Excellent

Li Ping

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Stay
It was just one night but it was excellent from the moment we check in to the time we checked out. Staff were friendly, great location, clean and breakfast spread was superb too!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Resort Management Team on Jul 28, 2022
Dear Li Ping, Thank you for your review and we are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us. We are looking forward to welcome you again in the future. Regards,

8/10 Good

Edward

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Denny

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Salmah

Stayed 3 nights in May 2022
Response from The Management Team on Jun 1, 2022
Dear Salmah, Thank you for the great review.

8/10 Good

Glenda

Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from The Management Team on Jun 1, 2022
Dear Glenda, Thank you for your review. Regards,

10/10 Excellent

Li En

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Have a pleasant stay
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from The Management Team on Jun 11, 2022
Dear Li, Thank you for your review.

10/10 Excellent

Annie

Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from The Management Team on May 24, 2022
Thank You for your review.

10/10 Excellent

Azian

Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from The Management Team on May 17, 2022
Dear Azian, Thank you for your review. Looking forward to welcome you again soon. Best Regards,

10/10 Excellent

JENELYN

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice view
So nice to stay here.im staying with my familys.everything was here.the facility complete.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Central Reservation on May 13, 2022
Thank you for your feedback.

2/10 Terrible

sazry bin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from The Management Team on Jun 1, 2022
Thank You

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasent to stay. Stay during weekend and peak time a bit congested during check in and breakfast. Overall its was awesome to be there
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from The Management Team on Jun 1, 2022
Thank You

10/10 Excellent

Idrawati

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing place
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021
Response from The Management Team on Jun 1, 2022
Thank You

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cozy n my kid luv it so much..will come back again for more
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from The Management Team on Jun 1, 2022
Thank You

10/10 Excellent

Donald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Resort
A beautiful resort with great facilities, pool, spa, sunset views and good food. Personally i found the Room a little bit warm, but the aircon was set to a fixed level.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020
Response from The Management Team on Jun 1, 2022
Thank You

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Enjoy👍👍👍👍👍 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from The Management Team on Jun 1, 2022
Thank You

8/10 Good

Adian

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020
Response from The Management Team on Jun 1, 2022
Thank You

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Anastasia on Mar 19, 2020
Thanks for staying with us. We are delighted being the chosen hotel in your recent stay in Kota Kinabalu. We work hard to make our guests happy and appreciate your positive feedback. It would be highly appreciated if you are planning a return –visit, we all be here to welcome you back. Your valuable feedback is our priority. Looking forward to meet you again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Bad customer service
The reception didn't record information correctly and blame me for miscommunication and expect me to pay extra for buffet person, slow service, slow food and overall mediocre experience
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Bryan on Jan 31, 2020
We’re sorry you were unhappy. We’ll work hard to fix the issue you experienced.

4/10 Poor

Yu Wen

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
What has happened to Magellan?
We were made to wait for nearly 40mins to be checked in. Check-in service is so slow motion, it's not acceptable. Staff were friendly, but not well trained at all. Ordered a bottle of wine, but the wine still served even though the bottle had leaked wine leak mark on it's side. Swimming pool was not cleaned as should be with wet wipes found inside the pool. mattress was old and badly sprung, which was covered over by thick bed underlay. Maintenance of the property is obviosly lacking.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Bryan on Jan 7, 2020
We’re sorry you were unhappy. We will work hard to fix the issue you experienced. Many thanks for the valuable feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Alif on Nov 23, 2019
Thank you for your feedback. We will try our best to improve and handle the inconveniece properly next time. We appreciate your kind visit to our resort.

10/10 Excellent

Kristine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
KK1
Had a great time here...apart from the whistle blowing life guards. I felt they were a bit over the top. I also had an allergic reaction to jelly fish larvae bites(jelly bugs) that I got on a snorkeling trip booked through the hotel. The guide advised there were stingers but I reacted badly. The hotel did not know what was wrong and recommended going to the hospital. We were flying to Sandakan so I was unable to do this. In Sandakan I went to the doctors and was advised it was chicken pox. It was only at the lovely Turtle Island that the life guard put vinegar on my bites which were on my legs and arms and torso. they were all blistered and incredibly itchy. He was outraged that the snorkel guide in KK had not advised me to do this. So my one issue with the hotel is that they did not recognize what this could have been. I did mention the bites while snorkeling.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Bryan on Nov 21, 2019
Dear Sir / Madam, We’re sorry you were unhappy. We’ll work hard to fix the issue you experienced. We will try our best next time to improve and make our guest happy and have a pleasant stay with us. Thankyou for letting us know. We’re sorry once again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Anastasia on Sep 19, 2019
Thanks for staying with us. We are delighted being the chosen hotel in your recent stay in Kota Kinabalu. We work hard to make our guests happy and appreciate your positive feedback. It would be highly appreciated if you are planning a return –visit, we all be here to welcome you back. Your valuable feedback is our priority. Looking forward to meet you again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel in KK town
Room is clean and spacious. big swimming pool. Me and my family enjoy very much while staying here.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Bryan on Sep 17, 2019
Thank you for staying with us we've appreciate your positive feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Anastasia on Aug 16, 2019
Thanks for staying with us. We are delighted being the chosen hotel in your recent stay in Kota Kinabalu. We work hard to make our guests happy and appreciate your positive feedback. It would be highly appreciated if you are planning a return –visit, we all be here to welcome you back. Your valuable feedback is our priority. Looking forward to meet you again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good :)
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Bryan on Jul 13, 2019
Thanks for staying with us. We are delighted being the chosen hotel in your recent stay in Kota Kinabalu. We work hard to make our guests happy and appreciate your positive feedback. It would be highly appreciated if you are planning a return –visit, we all be here to welcome you back. Your valuable feedback is our priority.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Anastasia on Jul 5, 2019
Thanks for staying with us. We are delighted being the chosen hotel in your recent stay in Kota Kinabalu. We work hard to make our guests happy and appreciate your positive feedback. It would be highly appreciated if you are planning a return –visit, we all be here to welcome you back. Your valuable feedback is our priority.

10/10 Excellent

yumi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great resort. But bad breakfast.
Good staffs and comfortable room. But little bit old stuffs. But Breakfast is not good.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Anastasia on Jun 26, 2019
Thanks for staying with us. We are delighted being the chosen hotel in your recent stay in Kota Kinabalu. We work hard to make our guests happy and appreciate your positive feedback. It would be highly appreciated if you are planning a return –visit, we all be here to welcome you back. Your valuable feedback is our priority.