My husband decided to celebrate our Valentine's Day during the weekend in a comfortable hotel. So we decided on Traders Hotel KL. Initially we chose the normal room to stay, but after booking, I had read through many reviews saying that it is worth to pay a little more to book club room instead, as you can enjoy the privilege at the hotel's exclusive Club lounge, Trader lounge. Therefore when checked in, we decided to upgrade to Club room. But as we were asking for non smoking rooms, there were no club rooms on non-smoking level at that time. So the friendly front counter staffs offered us a suite instead, Rm$10 lesser than a Club delux room but we are able to enjoy Traders Club services, including daytime beverage service and cocktail hours in the 32nd floor Traders Club Lounge.
The suite is big and comfortable, especially the bathroom! It comes with a bedroom and a living room. Both with a flat screen TV. The king size bed is comfortable, we had a great rest there! In the living area, there is a working desk and a L-shape sofa. And of course a TV too. One can watch TV in the living area without having to disturb your partner as there is a door dividing the bedroom and the living area. The only thing inconvenient is that the bathroom is in the living area along the corridor of the entrance, not in the bedroom. Therefore in the middle of the night when you get up from your bed and decided to go toilet, you have to go out of the bedroom, into the livng area and then get to the bathroom. And there is free WIFI too.
The Bathroom is the most amazing area in the suite. It is largeand luxurious, coming with premium toiletries such as Loccitane soaps, lotion, shampoo etc. There is a big bathtub, separate shower area, and also the toilet bowl is separated in a cubicle too. Once step into the bathroom, you don't feel like going out of it!
We did not use the swimming pool but we did went to the pool level to have a look. It is big, along with many sitting areas aound. Heard it will turn into a pool side bar in the evening. Anyway will try another time.
The services at the Trader Lounge is great. We can access to the lounge at 2.30pm to 4.30pm for some beverage service, and from 5pm to 7pm, it is the cocktail hour at the lounge. Guests staying at the club level and Suites can go and enjoy free beverage and mini buffet. Beers and wine are provide free and it is free flow. The most enjoyable thing is not the food or drinks but is the nice scenery when you look out from the lounge windows. The twin tower is just in front of you! It's a waste not to take photos of the twin tower from there. Guests also chat around with one another and we got to see a cute baby in the lounge!
We can choose to have our breakfast at the Trader Lounge or at the Gobo chit chat restaurant. The staff had advised us to have our breakfast at the Gobo Chit Chat restaurant at level 5 as there are more varieties there. Her advice is good, we really enjoyed our breakfast there and the food is great too! Except for one thing, it is too crowded and busy! But anyway, our purpose there is to have our breakfast!
The hotel also provides free Buggy service to carry guests to and fro the Suria KLCC. But even by walking, we can get to the shopping mall in less than 10 minutes. We also took a taxi to the chinatown one night and we appreciate very much for the advice given by the staff to take the taxi's that were waiting in front of the hotel. And these taxis are all go by meter. I was also impressed by the staff that she had taken down the details of the taxi we had boarded and this made us feel secured, because in this case anything happened to us, they will be able to trace back. And it shows that the hotel are very concerned about the guests' safety.
We really had a great time at Traders Hotel KL, and for the price we were paying, I think it's worth more than that. Will definitely come back again!!!
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