Seeking both style and comfort in all my travels, I applaud Hotel Pudu Plaza for overall good facility maintenance, accommodating staff and good food. This three-star hotel located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur has kept its dΓ©cor very simple yet quite elegant and pleasing to guests, paralleled with a cool sensibility of the country’s tropical climate. Let me go through the details of my ratings for Hotel Pudu Plaza’s ambiance and breakfast offerings below.
Review of Hotel Pudu Plaza (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Ambiance: β β β β β
The hotel reception area was wide and bright. Floors can only be accessed via tapping over the hotel access card with RFID chip on the controller. The same key card is used to open the room door. This is good for security considerations, making guests feel better. For some unknown reason though, the chip failed to work two times and we had to report the key card back to the receptionist for his to reactivate it. Sien one lah. π―
Moving on to the room β Hotel Pudu Plaza is house to 348 rooms of various categories. We stayed at one Standard King Room with window (overseeing the car parking lot). The room’s interior design was passionately low-key but exquisite with well-thought-out details from the carpeted flooring, framed pictures on the wall and nice cabinetry to fine in-room amenities: split-type air conditioner (very quiet and effective in cooling), wall-mounted LCD TV airing local channels, vault (digital safe), study table (or a dresser), basic snack nook composed of a small fridge, hot pot, and lots of power outlets.
The hotel bed mattress was not so firm but good enough for us to rest after a long and tiring day of traveling.
I also liked the ambiance of the bathroom because it’s spacious. It’s stuffed with daily refillable toiletries like shampoo, toothbrush, soap, hand towels, bath towels, body wash, two rolls of tissue paper and cotton buds, so guests don’t have to worry about having to bring them. The sink counter was made of granite. The shower area was enclosed with glass, and a heater could be used for a warm shower. Nice. π
Service: β β β β β
Once we arrived, the Hotel Pudu Plaza receptionist named Tommy gave us free Wi-Fi access (username and password) and our complimentary breakfast vouchers for our five days of stay. Staffs were helpful all throughout. Even though some only spoke in Malay and little English, we were directed to English speakers and communicated without a problem. Our room was made every day without fail.
Hotel Pudu Plaza also helped in guarding our travel bags after we checked out on the last day, before our tour guide picked us up to the airport. They have a stock room near the elevators on the ground floor, and we’ve seen how bags were properly labelled so they could be handed back to the owners when claimed.
Food: β β β β β
We had complimentary breakfast four days during the KL trip. It’s worthy to note that Hotel Pudu Plaza served different varieties of food on the buffet table every day. Welcome to the dining hall at the third floor! π
Some of the staple food presented were the white and wheat bread, watermelon, drinks (water, coffee, fresh milk, tea, mango juice and orange juice), breakfast cereals, porridge and the beans. Beyond those, we took delight in eating local cuisine and common comfort food.
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Wrap Up
Thanks to Transpipol Travel and Tours, we had a hassle-free reservation at Hotel Pudu Plaza for our entire Kuala Lumpur trip last July 5-9, 2014. The hotel is attached to the newly renovatedΒ Pudu Mall which has a grocery store, food stalls, restaurants, tea shop, shoe store, clothing store, tech gadgets store, etc. It’s not a fancy mall but is considered okay for hotel guests who don’t want to travel far to get essentials.
Another good thing about Hotel Pudu Plaza is that it’s just a stoneβs throw away from KL’s finest shopping malls. Walking to the shopping arena hence didn’t take much of our time. We were also happy to learn shortcut directions to get to Berjaya Times Square, Sungei Wang Plaza and the Low Yat Plaza on our second day. Weeeee! πΒ This is a recommended hotel. Good andΒ satisfying!
Read on theΒ 12 Tourist Spots We Have Visited in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia here.
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Yes, not all hotels we’ve encountered serve different kinds of food every day! So this one is commendable.
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