Asia Beach Vacations

Have been to Bayview beach hotel before as met our daughter there and found it to be very nice and staff friendly. Location ideal as you can catch 101 bus into George Town and buses run about every 15 minutes for less than £1

Firstly, let me start by saying we were staying as a couple and didn’t realise it was the school holidays in south east Asia, so this definitely colours my review. The pool area looked amazing when we arrived, but the entire time we were there it was completely crowded with kids - who were having an amazing time and it’s definitely a great resort for families. For us, it was so noisy, overcrowded and you couldn’t get an alcoholic drink until 3pm… and even then, there never seemed to be anyone around in the lounge to serve drinks so you have to head over to Sigi’s. I promise I’m not usually a day drinker, but when I’m on holiday at a resort, a day time cocktail is part of holidaying. In good news, you can wander next door to the Rasa resort, which is way quieter and serves drinks with a smile. So my honest opinion - if you’re looking for family friendly, go to the Golden Sands; if you’re looking for relaxing couple-time, go to the Rasa.

This hotel has everything to be a no brainer: clean, comfortable and decent sized rooms. A great location near a market, park and not too far from the airport. It's a decent value for money. With that said, there were quite a few things that made me question whether I will return to the property on future visits. The first thing is the "shuttle" service to/from the airport. While there is a shuttle, the frequency and time of operation is quite limited. There's also a HUGE gap of no service for approximately three hours (only God knows why). Beyond that, the driver from the airport was coughing like there's no tomorrow. He sounded horrible and was non stop coughing from the moment of pick up to drop off. For the life of me I can't understand why he was working and more importantly, why wasn't he wearing a mask?! The second thing that put me off in the property is that despite the signs showing one of the restaurants open until 22h, when I finally made it for dinner at 21h there was a song saying the restaurant was closed....... Are these small things? Perhaps, but as we all know details matter and I think tha these are significant enough.

Firstly, let me start by saying we were staying as a couple and didn’t realise it was the school holidays in south east Asia, so this definitely colours my review. The pool area looked amazing when we arrived, but the entire time we were there it was completely crowded with kids - who were having an amazing time and it’s definitely a great resort for families. For us, it was so noisy, overcrowded and you couldn’t get an alcoholic drink until 3pm… and even then, there never seemed to be anyone around in the lounge to serve drinks so you have to head over to Sigi’s. I promise I’m not usually a day drinker, but when I’m on holiday at a resort, a day time cocktail is part of holidaying. In good news, you can wander next door to the Rasa resort, which is way quieter and serves drinks with a smile. So my honest opinion - if you’re looking for family friendly, go to the Golden Sands; if you’re looking for relaxing couple-time, go to the Rasa.