Experiencing Bayu Marina Resort (A Review)

No 1, Jalan Bayu Puteri 2/1, Taman Bayu Puteri, Tebrau,
Johor Bahru, Malaysia 80150

Since October this year 2012, my church where I am attending has planned to have this year's annual 'Church Camp' for Blazing District on November 22-25. 

As the date has come and the long wait has ended, the planned camp has pursued. We just take bus and cab going to the Resort (can take bus number 950 at Woodlands Bus Interchanged and Marsiling Station; and bus number 170 at Kranji Station). The travel just took about less than half an hour going to Singapore Immigration. 

The usual exiting and arrival to Malaysia procedure still been observed. After the clearance at the Malaysia immigration, we just take the cab from the terminal taking 'Bayu Puteri' route going to the resort. The cab fare just took about S$14. Upon reaching the resort, it was indeed amazing as we don't really used to see such a spectacular scenic-view-surrounding hotel. It feels very relaxing everytime we look at the whole place. 

But then, below are some of the observations I saw during our stay in the Resort:  

1. Delay in check-in for hotel rooms: 

All the campers arrived at around 1pm on November 22 in the Resort and as per given schedule, the assigned rooms must be ready then, but the resort was not able to give the hotel rooms yet because most of the rooms were still occupied -- meaning, the current guest occupying the rooms haven't check-out yet. I was assigned at Room 1208 having only 1 room buddy. As we enter the room, it was still messed-up (the scenario just look like the typical rooms as the guest maybe hurriedly check-out the rooms, towels scattered everywhere, the whole room filled with smoke of the cigars, untidy beds, as much more). We need still to call the chamber maids to clean-up first. We stayed for awhile at other camper's room while they're cleaning. It took the cleaning period for about 30 minutes or more. But then, I must really give credit for the staff for cleaning the room so much without us smelling the traces cigars. 

2. Failures in serving the food on time: 

During the first night (November 22, 2012) at the Resort, they do the typical hotel-like type of serving the food, where they serve on one-by-one (by course) and not the like a 'buffet" style. They serve each food as it was really nice tasting but we had so much time in waiting for the food. On other instances during our stay in the resort, we encounter either they serve the food late or they mostly run-out of food on the buffet table. We have only have only limited time for breaks which resulted for other campers not able to eat at all. 

3. 'Wi-fi connection is a must': 

One of my co-camper @monnakid (on twitter) uttered these words 'Wi-fi is a must' when she and her room buddy was asked to shift from their room at 10th floor to 19th floor as we were informed that the free wi-fi access zone is only at level 10th-13th floors. Moreover, during the first and second day of our stay here, that's the only instance where we got the free wi-fi access and the following days -- the wi-fi connection is down and not able use it at all until the day we check-out from the resort on November 25. 


Below are some of the very amazing features and scenic-views of the Resort:

The tempting foods, of course: