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Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa

5.0 star property

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Front of property – evening/night
Minibar, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board
2 bars/lounges, beach bar
Interior detail
View from room

Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Hot tub
  • Bar

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Bandar Penawar, Bandar Penawar, Johor, 81930
  • Place, Desaru Beach
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Place, Desaru Coast Adventure Waterpark
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Place, The ELS Club Desaru Coast - Ocean Course
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Airport, Singapore (SIN-Changi)

Room options

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Sunny Deluxe, Seaview

Sunny Deluxe, Seaview

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(4 reviews)
  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Superior Room

Superior Room

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(6 reviews)
  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Couple Suite

Couple Suite

  • 85 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium Deluxe Room with Private Garden

Premium Deluxe Room with Private Garden

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Room, Pool View

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Family Suite, Pool View

  • 85 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Beds and 1 King Bed

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Romantic Deluxe with Private Pool

Romantic Deluxe with Private Pool

  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Deluxe Room

Deluxe Room

  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Room, Garden View

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(11 reviews)
  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Family Suite, Garden View

Family Suite, Garden View

  • 85 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Beds and 1 King Bed

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About the area

Bandar Penawar

With a stay at Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa in Bandar Penawar, you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Desaru Beach and Desaru Coast Adventure Waterpark. .This luxury hotel is 1.9 mi (3.1 km) from Tidal Wave Beach and 4.3 mi (7 km) from Fisherman Museum.

What's nearby

  • Desaru Beach - 4 min drive - 3.4 km
  • Desaru Coast Adventure Waterpark - 5 min drive - 4.1 km
  • The ELS Club Desaru Coast - Ocean Course - 7 min drive - 6.0 km
  • Desaru Fruit Farm - 8 min drive - 9.3 km
  • Tanjung Balau Beach - 10 min drive - 9.7 km

Getting around

  • Senai International Airport (JHB) - 60 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪SeaView Restaurant - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Medan Selera Penawar - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Woodfire Desaru Beach - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Nelayan seafood by the coast - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Teratai Coffee House - ‬8 min walk

About this property

Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa

Beachfront hotel with a full-service spa and bars
Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa offers 208 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to balconies. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include showers, slippers, bidets, and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. LED televisions come with cable channels. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and hair dryers. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a hot tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a private beach, a sauna, and a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Senses Spa has 7 treatment rooms and outdoor treatment areas. Services include facials, body scrubs, and body treatments. The spa is equipped with a sauna. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including reflexology. The spa is open daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 208 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LED televisions. Rooms have private balconies. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and bidets.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. You can soak up the sun at the private beach or enjoy other recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and a hot tub. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a banquet hall.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at Sand & Sandals serving guests of Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa. Relax with a refreshing drink from the beach bar or one of the 2 bars/lounges. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7 AM to 10 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and meeting rooms.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
Sand & Sandals - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast only.
Fortune Kitchen - This restaurant specializes in Chinese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Open daily.
Shiokaze Teppan - This restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Open daily.
Beach - This bar serves light fare only. Open daily.
Safari - This bar serves light fare only. Open daily.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available 7 AM to 10 AM for a fee: MYR 45 per person
  • 2 bars/lounges
  • A beach bar
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Beach
  • Fortune Kitchen
  • Safari
  • Sand & Sandals
  • Shiokaze Teppan

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Full-service spa
  • Gym
  • Hot tub
  • Outdoor pool
  • Parasailing
  • Sauna
  • Water skiing

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Conference centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • On a private beach
  • Pool loungers

Full-service spa

  • 7 treatment rooms
  • Body scrubs
  • Facials
  • Massage
  • Outdoor treatment areas
  • Reflexology
  • Sauna
  • Spa open daily

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessibility

More

  • 5 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • LED TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 11:30 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for MYR 90.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: MYR 500.00 per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately MYR 45 per person
  • Rollaway bed fee: MYR 90.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room

Property is also known as

Sand Sandals Desaru Beach Resort Bandar Penawar
Sand Sandals Desaru Beach Bandar Penawar
Sand Sandals Desaru Beach Resort
Sand Sandals Desaru Beach
Sand Sandals Desaru Beach Resort Spa
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Sand & Sandals Desaru & Spa
Sand Sandals Desaru Beach Resort Spa
Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa Hotel
Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa Bandar Penawar
Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa Hotel Bandar Penawar

Reviews

Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa Reviews

7.6

Good

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 133 out of 555 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 236 out of 555 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 106 out of 555 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 51 out of 555 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 29 out of 555 reviews

Reviews

8/10 Good

Teo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Desaru Relaxing

Hotel is clean and tidy, food quality is excellent , service of each and every staff is excellent Activities at hotel is sufficient Security at hotel is good too
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Allan Albert De Guzman

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location near to waterpark
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Muhammad

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Quaint and quiet feel. Security is friendly and do their jobs well. Staff are polite and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Fang jing

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beach holiday

Hotel staff were kind enough to help me jumpstart my car when the battery went flat.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Yue

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great service, great Japanese food.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Dheeraj

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The best part of this property is the access to the beach. Its somewhat a private beach for the property itself. The breakfast layout was good, with Live egg & Roti-Pratha counter. The staff is very helpful & polite to converse with. Although an old property but with its rustic look it even gets better. Will positively stay again whenever we visit Desaru next.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Siti

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
love it will come again!
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

pooja

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Food Service-not so great

The food was not that great. Also there were long queues for breakfast. They had very less staff for F&B section.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Rex

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Amenities
Great amenities for the family, esp for children. Spacious rooms. Not much choices for the breakfast main dish Understaff, Need to improve staff training on customer service Cutleries doesnt seem presentable, esp at the cafe
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

LARRY

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good Stay

Nice clean room. Breakfast is average.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

MD SALLEH BIN, Singapore

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Greeted our arrival by very polite & friendly staff, Amirah . Room is very spacious & nice layout. Will come back again next time with son's family. Toilet : very good . Lighting : a bit dim. Breakfast : very good with wide spread of variety choices.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Ali

Travelled with family
Average stay
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Amir

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Kunal

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms were spacious. Access to beach is convenient. Food was was average
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Joo Chuan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The resort is very quiet (not sure if it's due to low season and my checking in on a Wednesday night). The private beach is very good, quiet and only 1-2 pax around. The whole resort is quiet. For people who likes it peaceful and quiet, this is nice. The disappointment is in the TV (not working, zero channels working after technician troubleshoot for 10mins). This should have been avoided by ensuring simple things like TV is working well before guests arrival. The kettle in the room has a loose handle that could break off under the weight of a full jug. Hotel offered to change my room but I declined to save the hassle. Hope they can rectify these items for the next guest. Room 236. Breakfast spread is not the luxurious type but is adequate with strong local and nonya flavours, I am happy with it. The coffee and tea and juice needs improvement, though. The private beach makes up for everything. Overall, I am happy with it. 8 of 10.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Teck Han

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

yung wei jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very pleasant stay. Front office staff are helpful & very polite. Breakfast hd sufficient variety. However, coffee & tea facilities were bad.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

MUHAMMAD NOOR, SINGAPORE

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and simple resort. Good for a short getaway.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Felicia, Singapore

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I like the fake creepers wrapped around pillars and covered the ceilings. Very nice touch. This time we got a very clean room with strong air-con. Breakfast buffet spread have a good variety and taste good but one let fown is the coffee. Need to improve the quality of the coffee. Service staff are very polite, cheerful and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Norasilah M

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place is so nice! Spacious and beautiful sea view! Only need more therapist at the space, currently only 1 so it’s difficult to do couple spa.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Yip Jun Ren

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
thank you counter staff saad for helping us to arrange a taxi to KSL when grab is not readily available we really appreciate it.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

4/10 Poor

Neo

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lisa Alizah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Yue

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

azhar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice room overlooking the pool and can see the waves pounding on the beach. Could hear the nice sound of the waves.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025