Name: Damai Beach Resort
Address: Teluk Bandung Santubong, Po Box 2870, Kuching, 93756, MY

8/10

Excellent

10 Aug 2025

Lizqon

The resort is dated but it does correspond to the price bracket. It is more chalet than hotel. Staff in the restaurant were great. The fried rice is excellent. The beach is clean and we had starfish sightings.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

14 Jul 2025

Jenny

Super quiet.

Leisure Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

11 May 2025

Jason

This property is in a serious state of disrepair. They need to close it down and completely remodel it before taking anyone else’s money.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Apr 2025

Christina

Property badly needs maintenance. Food service is poor and quality of food is also poor.
Handy to Sarawak Cultural Village, otherwise nothing much else to do other than the beach and walking/ hiking.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

27 Mar 2025

Drew

Initially my wife and I had a room that the A/C was a bit old and the room was hot but the staff were fast to fix the problem and our stay was amazing after that. The breakfast buffet doesn't have tons of options but they have the essentials and it was quite tasty. We particularly enjoyed how close it was to the cultural visit which was one of the options for picking this spot, only a 10 min walk from the hotel.

Overall I would recommend people to stay here but it would be worth the upgrade of the room in order to get the best facilities and options.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

28 Oct 2024

Harveen

Disappointed with my experience!

The hotel is quite old and poorly maintained. The exterior walls were covered in green algae, and the walkways were in bad shape. Inside our room, the wood ceiling was a concern, as dust particles fell onto our bed, floor, and belongings, which I suspect was termite debris!

Some of the furniture was broken, and the washroom had a foul smell.

The most shocking part was finding a large lizard in our shoe bag. Overall, it turned what should have been a relaxing getaway into a nightmare. I cannot recommend Damai Beach Resort in its current state, it really needs extensive renovations and better upkeep.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

19 Jul 2024

Stephen Chia

Cultural visit

Nothing more just to visit cultural village beside there.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

15 Jun 2024

Rizal Samsir

Pros - Staff are very friendly and service level is excellent.
Cons - The resort is very run down and location is very far away from amenities and attractions.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

19 Feb 2024

Chung Shii

Great service !

Great service by staff who let me the business centre for my work. Bed is comfortable . Room floor can be cleaner . Great experience overall

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Feb 2024

Albert

Beautiful place in a beautiful area. A hidden gem

Business_and_leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

25 May 2023

Beatrice

Dirty beach, not enough recreation, no entertainment, expensive, hiding cost and some staff are very arrogant.
But some are very polite & friendly. Hill top view is breathtaking

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Mar 2023

jerry

Beautiful hotel in the middle of nowhere. Monkeys roam the grounds. Waves on beach can be rough and walking distance to small village with one or two restaurants.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

30 Jan 2023

Lim Sock

Building is a bit rundown which needs further maintenance. Checkin only allows cards with PIN number which slows down the process of checking in as we only use pay wave cards which doesn’t have PIN.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Jan 2023

Zainul

For toilet, please provide hand bidet or ecowash.

4/10

Poor

12 Jun 2022

chen

Not worth for the price. the room simple design n furnished, furnitures not in good conditions and TV always blur blur..And not mentioned additional guest needs charges but only check in to pay

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2022

Mumba

Great

2/10

Poor

30 Dec 2021

Verified traveler

Not coming here ever again.

Horrible we checked out a day earlier food was crap & expensive

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Dec 2021

LING HSIA

Stayed at hill top. Clean room and comfort beds. Maybe breakfast can be improve a little.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Dec 2021

Abdul Syahiid

The hotel needs an upgrade to stay competitive.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

07 Dec 2021

Susan

Poor maintenance

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2021

SHARUL

World Heaven in Damai Beach Resort

Excellent resort and staff

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

25 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

Staffs are always friendly at there , but F&B need to improve the speed of preparation, even dine in or room service ,both are very slow.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

Nicely maintain, the staff was very friendly overall love the experience.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

14 Feb 2021

Jalin

Bad experience

The conditions is not as par as the expensive price. The room is not clean as i noticed there is a lot of dust, rubbish and oily floor. And the most important is the room service. Not being honest. If you forget something in the room upon check out, do not hope to get ot back.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Jan 2021

Verified traveler

It was easy checking in and evrerythin

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Aug 2020

Mohd Amin

Room was okay. Neat and comfortable. Air-conditioning was cold and alright. A bit sandy inside the rooms and on the bed sheets but understandable as this is a beach resort.
Checking in was quick and efficient. Checking out a bit messy because there's nobody to check who was queing up first at the counter awaiting our turns. Some guests just walked to the front and jumped queue without considering there are others before them. Counter staff did nothing to inform the impatient guests.
Overall, a good and relaxing stay so the checkout part can be overlooked but definitely needs to improved.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Feb 2020

Deborah

Would return

Pleasant stay. Felt comfortable and safe as a solo traveller. Food: good choice of local and international dishes.
Staff very helpful and attentive.
Room a little tired around the edges.

Self

8/10

Excellent

31 Jan 2020

Mark

Perfect place

Was a fine place, the staff was very friendly. A little dated, but everything was there that was needed. Breakfast was excellent, a great mix of western and local foods. Great escape from the city, and small but beautiful beach.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jan 2020

Anna

I liked the cliff top pool!

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

12 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

I like this property as It is in a good location with its own private beach and the sea & mountain view are very good. However, the property is old and needs updating. The standard of the breakfast is also not very good and it is going downhill compared to the last time I have been here.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Dec 2019

clare

Needs updating but nice location

We attended a wedding here which was beautiful, up at the hilltop section. The surrounding areas are stunning too. We had asked for help from reception to do with timings and were told the incorrect information which nearly made us miss the wedding. The room was spacious but smelt of smoke. The breakfast was good.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The scenery.☀️

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

06 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

breakfast is the same menu for the 3 days we were there. room has musky smell. we were bitten by bed bugs on the last night.
the surrounding trees and mount santubong, were the added bonus.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

30 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Staff very polite and friendly..

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

15 Sep 2019

Dixxy

A piece of paradise immersed with beautiful scenery, rich culture and lots of pampering...food to the soul

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

11 Sep 2019

myaya

1st stay 1 family.sangat memuaskan 2 days 1 night

Friends_and_family Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

09 Sep 2019

MORLANA

beach and all of the staff

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

A nice and pleasant visit.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2019

ching yee

recommended

All staffs is friendly. room is clean. air con is cool. shuttle bas come very fast after press the button. if wanna go to swim can go either to beach or pool.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Idyllic setting with beautiful views, very relaxing with first class service

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Aug 2019

Chai

I like the place as it is beautiful.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

I like that it can accommodate 3 adults and a toddler but the room is far from main building

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

02 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The room was great and is fill with full amenities. The staff was friendly and helpful.But when i reached the room, i realize the floor wasn't clean, i can still feel the sand and saw the tiny noodles chips left by the customer before,the TV remote has no battery and when i try to make a phone call to the reception, i noticed that the phone is out of service. Beside those, overall is nice, clealiness can be improved.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2019

Lisa

Fantastic place. Great pools. Good for family. Food was really overpriced but restaurants next door in damai central way more affordable!!

Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Jul 2019

LNMOK

All staff in the resort are very polite and nice. However the room is old, some doors of the wardrobe, cupboard and glassdoor in bathroom are not in order. They need to repair it. If they repaint the wooden furniture, the room would be a very beautiful room. The beach is very superiority because the sand is quite white and soft.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

staff were helpful and friendly. The resort catered for all our needs.lots to do with canoes available and local walks and the massage was great.
we would recommend to our friends.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Not available

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

23 Jun 2019

Magnus

Great beach but hotel needs improvements

We had a great 2 night stay at Damai Beach Resort. Beach is beautiful with fine-grained sand and water is warm (28-30C). Surprisingly there are no sun beds nor umbrellas on the beach. For many tourists that is expected and also for many Malaysians, who rather stay in the shadow, it would be useful. At the pool there are many sun beds but surprisingly no or very few umbrellas (parasols). When we asked the pool guy he said the CEO didn't want them as well as that it was a risk they would fly away because of wind. When we asked for one we got it but he repeated to make sure it didn't fly away. Even though the umbrellas are quite old they would be fine if you secure them with the screw at the bottom, which he didn't do. I did it myself and after that it was rock solid. The entire sun bed would have had to fly away before the umbrella did. So if you want more guests, get sun beds with umbrellas for the beach and more umbrellas at the pool.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Stay @ Damai Beach Resort, Sarawak.

The overall surrounding is nice and pleasant. But the condition of the resort need to be touched up. The 35 years old resort really need a face lift. The main swimming pool is so dirty and seemed like it wasn't cleaned for months. The hilltop pool is so much better. Our family really like the encironment and the staff service was very good. Only let down by the bad condition of the resort buildings and rooms.

Family

2/10

Poor

10 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Please don’t chase customer to go on 10.00am

My family and I was very disappointed the room service people are very impolite. They came our room and knock us to say to us time to check out is 12.00 pm twice.i never try this type of attitude before this matter.and also we are been wrongly arrange the room to poolside but not the room I book at hilltop.thank you.

Family

2/10

Poor

07 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

The property was in very poor state of repair. Worn carpet, broken fittings, low water pressure, threadbare linen etc. The food menu appeared reasonable at first glance but on ordering we were informed that many western dishes were ‘unavailable’ even though they nice featured pictures and specific ‘pamphlets issued with the menu -very frustrating/annoying!!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Family friendly.

6/10

Pleasant

30 May 2019

Verified traveler

I like the staffs from every department,very polite and professional. I dislike the cleanliness around the hotel and the breakfast.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

29 May 2019

Wong

NIce pool on top of the hill

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

28 May 2019

Verified traveler

Close to beach with decent breakfast. Not too many people. Good for short stay.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2019

Colin

Excellent stay in all areas.

Excellent stay in a hilltop room. Very comfortable and great staff. Pools are wonderful and restaurant very reason le prices. Breakfast excellent. Close to cultural Village.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2019

Verified traveler

Bathrooms cleanness

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

08 May 2019

Antony

Some improvement required

It's a great set up in a great location but the deluxe room was in bad condition. It was very outdated with old furniture and fittings. The bathroom was disappointing and needs a renovation.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 May 2019

Stuart

Overall a nice place for a few days, definitely a family orientated resort with plenty of facilities. Room we had was dated and needed renovating. Noisy early and late for to stone floors. Food was of good standard and reasonably priced for a hotel. Hilltop pool lovely and quieter than the main one. Overall a pleasant stay.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 May 2019

Eric

Goto hotel for the area

Had a bungalow with a door to an adjoining room so first night was a little noisy. Staff were great, maintenance issue responded to in minutes. Great location right on the beach with views of the mountain also. Food was enjoyable and reasonably priced. During the week hotel was really quiet. Would gladly stay there again

Partner

4/10

Poor

01 May 2019

Sam

Everything is very old, TV spoil, Lighting not working, power failure, furniture in terrible condition.
But staff is friendly and helpful.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Top services from reception, room cleanliness as well as FnB... Would recommend to change the light from warm yellow to white (Hillview room, dressing table area) as yellow light is not suitable for make up purpose.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

20 Mar 2019

FIZamri

We stayed at the seaview hilltop room. The view was terrific. They provided 24 hour shuttle van to transport you from your room to the main lobby. Breakfast was good enough for me. Staff were friendly and helpful..

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Feb 2019

Oliver

Best beach in Kuching.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Very Good nice

8/10

Excellent

13 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Nice hotel by the beach. Opt for poolside room so

8/10

Excellent

01 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Enjoy our stay there very much.

4/10

Poor

01 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

When enter the room the aircond problem not functioning... so we call for the management to repair in the evening but they took time so long to fix it... on 7pm they just came to fix the aircond... lastly they can't fix it and send two standing fan for us in the room... but still hot

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2019

Reinerio

My First Experience

The stay is good experience especially to my granddaughter. She is happy.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Room is big , however the pullout bed for the 4th person is very dirty.
Facilities is only the convenient of the shuttle to within the resort ; still has to walk to the lobby from the rooms ! Should have free shuttle servicing within around Damai attractions! Breakfast somehow is not bad

8/10

Excellent

31 Dec 2018

ikone

room ok....

2/10

Poor

29 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Walls are so thin you can hear the next room’s entire conversation. Staffs are unfriendly and ignorant. Run down hotel. Rooms are old, shower has no pressure n was trickling.

8/10

Excellent

27 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Nice view of sea and mountains

6/10

Pleasant

23 Dec 2018

ALFA

Not enough parking space during school holidays, have to change a mattress..

10/10

Exceptional

22 Dec 2018

Noor

Good services and nice hotel.

10/10

Exceptional

21 Dec 2018

Mohammad

Nice resort with a nice food

8/10

Excellent

18 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

good environment& cheerful staff there

8/10

Excellent

18 Dec 2018

LEE

Overall OK

Overall OK, room are big but a bit old. Toilet bowl cannot flush water.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Dec 2018

PAU

Wifi not good in hill top room

Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Staff was very friendly and accomodating. The hotel needs a bit of maintenance. Overall, i had a pleasant time.

6/10

Pleasant

10 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Good for family holiday

Good place for family stay on weekend but do nothing.

Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Nov 2018

Fion

good place

Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Nov 2018

norrizah

staff are all friendly.

6/10

Pleasant

12 Nov 2018

George

I stayed in Room 623, the wifi there could not log on. I complained to the front counter. The staff there promised to look into it but the problem was still there, still could not log on until I checked out on 12/11/18.

6/10

Pleasant

11 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Huge compound, comfy to walk around, clean pools, good food, well stocked sundry shop. My only gripe is the bed. It is old and I could feel the springcoils on my back...

6/10

Pleasant

07 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Had a family vacation at the chalet. Rooms are clean but facilities are poor; tv reception is poor, mini fridge not working (thought fixed by technician upon request) and WiFi signal very poor.
Hotel staff are overall friendly.
Kids club is not maintained and in poor state.
Food in the restaurant is overall on average. Good breakfast buffet spread but ala carte dishes ordered during dinner were way too salty!
The management should really and seriously consider to upgrade the hotel facilities.

8/10

Excellent

02 Nov 2018

Ann Lesley

Beautiful setting

Staff very friendly and helpful. Room very clean .view from our balcony of the sea was amazing. Just had a paddle in the warm sea as warning signs aboyt jellyfish .swimming pools there for those who want to swim.Food reasonably priced for a hotel.plenty of choice for breakfast.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Nov 2018

MR J M

Heaven

The location is idyllic. The local shops are a tiny bit scruffy but we're not in uptown KL, so that's what you get for being somewhere a little quieter, but you can't beat the sunsets and the laksa for breakfast (there's western fate too) is perfect. A great place to stay.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Oct 2018

Gabriel

Near to beach and easy transportation. Highly recommended

8/10

Excellent

09 Oct 2018

Verified traveler

Not too bad; could have been better

Stayed 1 night in the hill top room. Very spacious and rather good view of the sea. However, due to security the movement in and out of the area is only by the shuttle buses provided. There could be some congestion during check out time, so do beware.
By the look of the facilities and installations in the room, this appeared to be a rather old establishment and so many things are old and may be due for a make over or change out, including the bathroom / shower, bedside console, deco, carpet, cabinets, etc. There wasn't enough electrical lighting in the room and so it was rather dim inside our room.
We had dinner and breakfast in the restaurant near lobby, and that was good. Staff members are friendly and helpful. They should be commended.
Nice walk to the beach. Pools were rather packed as we stayed Saturday-Sunday.
Overall, the area was nice but the rooms deserve make-over, for the price that they are charging.

Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Oct 2018

Abdul

Nice location,good safety for teorist & good staff

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2018

Wai

Great stay!

Stayed here for 3 nights at the ocean view double room.
The room smells stale upon our first entered, room is outdated. However, the smell goes away once we turned on the aircon. The view from balcony is great. Room is clean.
The resort is nice, you can imagine their golden past when they are still brand new. There isn’t any crowd when we were there. Mainly are locals or Europeans tourist. The staffs are all very friendly and speak good English. Their service is excellent, I forgot to bring my toothbrush and they delivered to my room right away.
You need to take a shuttle to hotel lobby if you are staying at the hillside/ocean view rooms. But it doesn’t matter much as the shuttle comes within minutes upon you pressing the shuttle request key.
You can also walk up to the cliff side pool, the view is awesome and you can forget about the main pool really.
Room service is very affordable. The resort is within walking distance to daimai plaza where there is 7-11, other restaurant and food court. Beside that is the Sarawak cultural village. You could spend 2 hours or so there. The resort also provide shuttle to cut at fixed timing at a fee of 15 ringgits per person. We took grab back to the resort.
The taxi from resort to airport is 90 ringgits which is double the price compare to you taking grab.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Sep 2018

Josephine

Courteous & good staff. Zam, the awesome driver.

Good service from counter service to the van service provided by staff.

Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Okay.

Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Sep 2018

Rox

Spacious room, enough for a big family. Bathroom lighting too dark.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2018

Azenith

Great staying experience. Definitely return for another Baruk stay!

8/10

Excellent

26 Aug 2018

poh san

Enjoyable trip

Quite enjoyable

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

24 Aug 2018

Hanif

They need to have vacuum cleaners for their room service cleaners.
It was so sandy in the room, i felt like sleeping at the beach at night.

6/10

Pleasant

20 Aug 2018

Jessica

Definate will come again

Familiar beach..this is the time when we took so much sodium ( mee in a cup,junk food etc) ...a place to relax and enjoy the beach..facilities and cleanliness need improvement..so far this is still the same Damai Beach we use to visit as a family..appreciate the extra security at the main gate..feel a little safe..

Family

6/10

Pleasant

20 Aug 2018

Nurdarlina

Nice hotel but bad room experience

Hotel facilities no problem at all but please make sure next time if the room having problem such as air condisioner and toilet .please settle the problem first become allow custumer to check in and end up transfer to other room in the middle of the night with small kids.