Pulau Perhentian Besar hotels & places to stay

The reviews did scare me, however we wanted to visit the Perhentian islands and we had no alternative. I must say the the resort was wonderful. Let me start with the room (we booked a superior room in the main building). The beds are more than ok, however the shower and toilet (both in the room and the one are the reception) could use some updating and that's an understatement). The breakfast is for malesian standerds very good. You can get toast, all kinds of pastry, fruits, cereal, and Malsian style breakfast. Moreover, you can order eggs (prepared in all ways: omelette, scrambled etc). The menu of the restaurant has enough choice. We also had lunch in other places, but I must say that the restaurant in Arwana was very good. The chef (Abdulrazak) is very kind and even gave us some Malaysian chicken saté. For diner they also have a very good bbq or fish steam boat. The best plus of the resort is the swimming pool. It is cleaned every morning. It is a shame that they do not invest in a good filtering system (you don;t need to clean the pool in the morning so in the long run saved you money and the pool isn't dirty in the evening). This is the largest swimming pool on the island. Is very useful if you have small children (and indeed for adults :-). The hotel has also it's own small pier. This is very handy if you need to carry luggage. You don't need to drag this over the beach to you resort. Another big plus it the diving school at the facility. For people that have no experience...the pool is very handy for learning the basics of diving. We took lessens and found are very satisfied...other schools go to shallow water witch is very hard due to the waves. Finally, the staff is very nice...although I believe this hold for most people in Malesia. I also took some din

Bayu Dive Lodge is ideally located on the long beach on Perhentian Besar. The wooden bungalows are all very nice and clean. First we stayed in a simple fan room for three nights, then we had to move to an A/C room as we decided to extend our stay but the room was already reserved. We were very satisfied with both of the rooms. Despite the hot weather even the fan room was pleasently cool to stay in during the day. The staff is very friendly and helpful, they do everything to make you feel welcome. The beach is beautiful but it’s not the best on the island - you need to cross to the other side for more remore beaches and stunning views. Breakfast is delicious and they also have a restaurant. We never tried it, because prices are double of what you’d pay elsewhere. The only problem we had was with thw wifi connection - it was almost always useless in the rooms. Other than that it was a perfect place and reasonably prices compared to other options on the Perhentian Islands.

One stop solutions: Snorkeling, kayak, diving & etc. could be signed up easily here with fairly good price! Food here are out of our expectations as normally the food served in an island are not so clean & well prepared. However, this hotel provided a variety of food choice (the fresh ones!) with reasonable price. That's why this restaurant is always crowded but the waiting time is not so long. It would be best if the hair dryer is come with the room although you could borrow hair dryer from the counter when you need it. Strategic location: It's within walking distance to a clean and beautiful beach. You could see Pulau Perhentian Kecil along the beach. Friendly staff: The staff here are really helpful and efficient. You could get info from the counter easily. The only bad thing I could think of here is that the phone signal and internet connection are not stable. So, don't be mad if you cannot access to the internet here.

This hotel is located on a beautiful private beach. The beach is actually one of the most beautiful beach in Pulau Perhentian. The white sandy beach in the small gulf is just perfect. The view from the beach front chalet is simply amazing! Visited couple of other hotels nearby, and the beach is terrible, a bit muddy and lots of rocks. If you want to see the turtles, "Turtle Point" is exactly in front of this hotel. In fact, people from other hotels come to this area to snorkel and see the turtles. There are few nice snorkeling point in front of this hotel as well. So you can skip the boat trip to snorkel especially if you are travelling with small kids/baby. Just dont forget to bring some breads/fish food along because feeding thousands of fishes is really fun!!! Couple of points need to improve by the hotel management: (1) Food quality is SO BAD!!! Totally agree with other reviewers, feels like eating in a budget restaurant. I'm so glad that i paid only for the breakfast buffet. For lunch/dinner i went to the nearby restaurants, Sri Tanjung or Mama's Cafe. I also took a boat taxi from Coral View Hotel to Fishing Village to eat cheap & tasty Nasi Campur. (2) Housekeeping needs to improve. They did a bad job cleaning my room when i was away. (3) Put more shower spots near the beach. The current shower spots are limited, the water pressure is low and sometime need to queue. (4) Free Wifi is super slow. Maxis 3G/4G is also super slow. The management need to alert Maxis about this problem. (5) Why no TV??? I've been to many hotels including the cheap 1-star hotel and this is the first time i stayed in a hotel without a TV!!! At night when lying on the bed feels really boring without the TV especially when the Internet is super slow.

Cozy Resort is attached to Cocohut Resort, same owner, share the same restaurant and beach. Good location on Besar (big island) with many water taxis available to go on other beaches. The beach where it's located has nice water and white sand. Bathroom is not very clean but it's Malaysian standards. Rooms don't have seaview and it's very steep to access the room with the stairs, avoid having a luggage. Would rather recommend Alunan Resort or Bubbles resort which have private beach.