Hotel Review: Langkawi Baron Hotel

Stayed at Langkawi Baron Hotel, Kuah town for 1 night. Booked 2 rooms. 1 for parents and 1 for me and sis.  Get a connecting room. At first was satisfied even with not so warm welcoming greeting from the staff. Perhaps, it is in line with its status as a budget-city hotel. 

 Room:
Superior Twin and Queen Deluxe
Spacious

Facilities: very disappointing
Air cond in my room not really functioning. Since the weather in langkawi was extremely hot, we were stuffing in the room.
Faulty fridge and they just place it in front of our door without bothering to remove it, replace it or even mention to us that the fridge was unavailable for usage. So, we end up sharing the facility with my parents'.
Pillow, 1 each. no extra pillow for hugging.
View: Forgot to ask city view.
Bathroom: Very spacious. But the water pressure is quite low.

Old version of TV.

No satellite or local channel except tv1 and 1 hbo

No kitchenette except a mugs and 2 mineral water

View from our room

View from the hotel balcony. We just walk to the shoplot areas for shoppong spree. The main reason we chose this hotel was due to its location which is exactly in the Kuah city and we didnt have to hire a car.

Hj Ismail Group shop can be seen from here. FYI, HIG has opened a new plaza that covered both mall and hotel. 

No iron in the room. Have to go to the public area for ironing work

Dining area and the lobby. We didn't add for breakfast.

The hotel from outside. So patriotic. The good part about this hotel.

Fast Fact:

Type: Superior Twin and Deluxe Queen

Star: 2 stars

Rate: Less than RM100 per night

Services: so-so. not that helpful

Wifi: available but to room at lower floor

Location: Very near to Kuah town and 2km to airport. Can ask the staff to call for a taxi. fixed fare imposed. so, no worries about being cheated.

VMY2014: Langkawi, Kedah

A short getaway to one of popular island in Malaysia, Langkawi. This island is located at the north west of Peninsular Malaysia. It can be reached via ferry or plane. To us, we drove from KL and than park our car at Kuala Kedah jetty point. There are 2 jetty check point to get into Langkawi, 1 is Kuala Kedah and the 2nd is Kuala Perlis, Perlis. The later is nearer and cheaper. 

Waiting are

We missed the 12 pm spot and need to wait more than 2 hours for the next trip. That is why, nobody was seen at the waiting area. People start crowding this place, half and hour before the next departure.

Fare: RM23 for one way. Cannot buy return ticket ah.. have to purchase one way only. And there is only 1 operator at one time

The counter

Timetable

Promotional initiative by a hotel at the seat's cover.

Basically, the trip took about 1 1/2 hour. We reached Langkawi by 4pm on Saturday.

Since we travel out of the peak season, the journey rather smooth.

We straightly headed to hotel from jetty and then proceed with shopping spree at Idaman Suri. We dont hire any car, just grab a taxi. Basically, the taxi fare in Langkawi is standard. RM8 per trip to certain area. Done with shopping, we get back to hotel, place our goods and headed to the stall nearby for dinner+lunch.

We chose this stall. Ikan Bakar Special. They are not the only stall here. Many next to this. Why we chose this? the staff are so friendly and customer oriented. We noticed than she always stand and approach the customer first before we start asking. And, she guaranteed that the fried squid is awesome and crispy.  

Row of stalls

Very near to the hotel. 

What we ordered? 

Pic as below

Lai Chee Kang with ice.

To fit the sunny and humid day. We went here during drought period. Langkawi was not pour with rain for more than 2 months. Seriously hot.

The awesome, superb, crispy and crunchy squid.

The staff was right. Its recipe was different from others and it was not easy to get this style of cooking. Most of the restaurant usually serve with thick flour.

The Siakap or Sea Bass 

Spicy!! love it

Tom Yam.

Thai's famous food. Also thumbs up for this

Mom ordered mee kung fu / lagna as usual

The spinach. 

Unexpected taste. It tastes much much better than its look and tastier than what we usually had in KL. The saltness of the salted fish paste was mixed very well with the vege. Good job cooks.

Last but not least, the belacan paste. Never underestimate the power of belacan. It's superb. It's spicy. Mixed well with everything above.

The night market. 

Theis durian and watermelon stall was famous with foreigners. Korean, Japan, China. All having their durian taste here. we thought of having a durian before wrapping up our day, but all were tired already and mommy need medicine some more. So, we skipped this one

The night market from hotel balcony. This is Kuah Night Market. The longest in Langkawi, perhaps Kedah and also Malaysia. We never finished the walk. Only walk up to 10 meter from the hotel door. 

Kuah town at night

Chocolate shopping - 1st round

Plan to have our breakfast here but we were late, all finish

walk a bit and find a stall near the food court building and taxi stand. The nasi lemak looked really good. At first, that's what i thought

Have my first bite and uhuk.. something wrong with the rice or chilli paste or what. i stopped eating and that's it. 

2nd round.

Leaving Langkawi. 

Picture from the jetty.

It's quite a smooth trip. It's a family trip. Me, parents and my sister. Baby sis will resume her study in Sintok in mid February 2014, so Langkawi is ourfirst pit stop. 

Tips: 

1- Stay for more than 48 hours to avoid customs tax. we were imposed and have to pay RM50. huhu