Kingwood Resort Mukah is a beach resort located in Mukah. It has 99 rooms sprawled across a huge compound that borders the beach and the facilities and buildings are all very new, having only been completed a couple of years ago. It’s perfect for a short weekend retreat.
The palm trees that greets you with it’s swaying fronds and the cool sea breeze coming in from the beach makes for a very nice and relaxing environment. The horizon is visible from the…er, horizon and covers the entire…well, horizon. 😉
The main hotel building is a 3 story structure in the middle the resort compound. Kingwood Resort Mukah has facilities ranging from swimming pools to tennis courts. It’s very well maintained and looks clean and new despite being constantly exposed to salt water.
The lobby of the resort is decked out with rattan chairs and has free WiFi coverage.
Hail to the King, baby! 😉
The decor is very antiseptic, which may not be a good thing for a beach resort, but it gets brownie points for being clean and brand spanking new.
The rooms start from RM 322 nett but we got a special deal from Henry so we only paid RM 160 nett for a Premier Room with a sea view with a published rate of RM 368 nett. He was also kind enough to throw in lunch and breakfast for two. Cheers!
The Premier Room is equipped with two queen sized beds, which I always took to mean as one designated for activities which leaves wet spots on the sheets and the other for sleeping in. 😉
There is also a writing desk, a couch, TV with Astro, complimentary tea and coffee making facilities and wardrobes.
There is a modern shower unit made of transparent glass and an adjacent toilet. I reminded Clare to shout “Fire in the hole” should she flush the toilet while I’m in the shower coz that makes the water go scalding hot. It’s proper travel etiquette when sharing rooms. 😉
The toiletries provided are pretty standard so you don’t have to bring your own toothbrush or shaver.
The best part about the Premier Room is the balcony outside the window. It allows the cool sea breeze to come in and commands a great view of the beach. It also serves well as the designated smoking zone.
The view from the Premier Room also covers the swimming pool at the resort and the gazebos scattered throughout the beach front.
Video of Kingwood Resort Mukah from the balcony
Henry was kind enough to prepare a complimentary lunch for us, so we went down to the Palm Beach Cafe. The Palm Beach Cafe is the only dining establishment in the entire resort, so unless you’re bringing your own food, that’s where you’ll be eating during your entire stay. 🙂
Palm Beach Cafe has been decorated with Melanau elements and the cultural aspects of Mukah. The huge fishing net featured on the wall reflects the fishing industry Mukah is so well known for.
There are al fresco seating arrangements with a water feature right by the poolside.
Henry had prepared two servings of the Melanau Fried Rice that is one of the signature dishes.
Our waitress was a pleasant girl from Bintulu that somehow wound up working in Mukah for reasons we didn’t delve into.
She served us fresh orange juice and warm water while the lunch was being prepared.
The Melanau Fried Rice comes with generous amounts of seafood in the fried rice and is served with an egg and a huge fish cracker.
The portions at Palm Beach Cafe is huge, with me barely managing to finish the dish, which usually costs RM 12 ++ while Clare ate about 3/4 of the food.
There is a unique water feature surrounding the Palm Beach Cafe with ripples of water shimmering in the afternoon sun.
The resort area is also a nice place to take a leisurely stroll with gazebos and concrete chairs for sitting down should the need arise.
Video of view from the beach front
I figured we would go for a swim after the lunch despite having forgotten my sunscreen and we went down to the poolside.
There are pool chairs and a small kiddy pool in addition to the main pool.
It was fun to soak in the water and swim a little.
It’s a very nice feeling to relax at a beach resort after a working week.
We swam in the pool until it was evening then went back to the hotel and took a shower together, er…I meant took turns showering before heading down for dinner.
We ate again at the Palm Beach Cafe for dinner, it being the only restaurant there and what not. It was decided that we’re going to check out the western dishes for dinner.
There were a group of people having a function there so the food came out a little bit slow but that’s alright since it’s a vacation and all, so there are no fires in dire need to be put out. 😉
I had the Kingwood Macaroni (RM 11 ++) which is stir fried macaroni with prawn, minced chicken, mixed vegetables and beef bacon. It doesn’t taste as good as Clare’s order.
Clare has the Fettuccine Carbonara (RM 14 ++) which, as it’s name suggests is loaded with carbs. 😉 It’s stir fried fettuccine with beef bacon, onion, garlic, black olive, mushroom and cream. The sauce is very creamy and it tastes much better than the stir fried macaroni.
We went for a walk on the beach after dinner…
…and adjourned back to the hotel room to drink some wine. I had brought a bottle of wine and several bottles of liquor for some liquid entertainment at night.
Clare also brought her Anything and Whatever drinks which works as a good mixer for the cheap Joker liquor that I got. It’s very relaxing to kick back once in a while and get some drinks in and just smoke at the balcony while talking the night away.
The morning view when you wake up in the morning and open the balcony to breath in the sea breeze is amazing.
The hotel provides a free buffet breakfast so we woke up at 8:30 am the next morning to eat breakfast before we headed down to Palm Beach Cafe.
I noticed that the Palm Beach Cafe logo is actually made out of wooden spatulas!
The buffet breakfast has a wide range of options ranging from fruits, cereal and pastries…
…to hot food like fried noodles, curry chicken and fried eggs.
I loaded up my plate for a huge breakfast in anticipation of all the walking that was in store for us in Mukah.
The hotel was kind enough to concede us a late checkout time of 3 PM so we still had time to go for a swim after the trip to Mukah town.
We packed our bags and took the 3:30 PM bus back to Sibu. You don’t actually have to travel down to Mukah to catch the bus, the bus route takes it through the resort so you can actually flag it down as it passes by. I got the driver to drop us off at the resort instead of bringing us to Mukah town when we arrived the previous day too.
It was fun to take a trip down to Kingwood Resort Mukah. The resort is very well maintained and clean and the beach front locality provides a very relaxing weekend getaway.
