I was arriving from Kuala Lumpur at around 2:30PM, and departing to Dubai the next night at around 9PM, so I had one night there. After doing some research, it seemed I had two practical options -- I could book the Radisson, which had a great location in the center of town and was reasonably…
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Great review! Empire isn't that much more luxurious; it's a fairly dated hotel and the food wasn't good at all. Nice if you want to be near the water and play golf though, but as you wanted to sightsee definitely seems like you made the right call.
The room almost looks like the Radisson in Narita, less the tub and a couple of pillows.
I stayed there for one night as well and found it perfect for my needs. It's extremely close to the night market where I had a nice dinner and not far from all the major sights. I thoroughly enjoyed my short visit.
As usual, bad travel advice by relying on only international or luxury hotels. Last year I stayed at the Capital Residence Suites, about 2 blocks away from the Radisson. A simple, clean hotel with free breakfast and wifi, and best of all a free shuttle anywhere you wanted to go! They drove me to the mall to get a Starbucks mug, and to the night market. In a small country with few taxis, this was a huge perk.
Lucky, you really need to learn how to travel better. If you are going to spend all the time to get somewhere, broaden your horizons and stay at better options.
I stayed at the Radisson July 2016. Easy walk to most of the sites. Great food market across the street from Radisson. Pool was open and very nice.
For $75 this appears to be a decent value--especially with the generous food and beverage offering. I'd peg the food and beverage at $25-plus per day. I'd be interested in knowing what the restaurant is like for dinner. I'm actually surprised Brunei doesn't have an alcohol exception for Western hotels.
Wow this is the closest you've got to my part of the world! If you do drop this region again do pop over to Kuching - and yes, you can try another new airline for that: Maswings, which is probably one of the only propjet airlines with business class! ( http://www.maswings.com.my/en)
@STVR: Or Delta, the Canadian brand. Marriott is reflagging a bunch of Ramada and Crowne Plaza properties from Wyndham and IHG into Delta.
I am profoundly troubled by you visiting a country that punishes homosexuality with death. From Wikipedia: "Homosexuality is illegal in Brunei and can be punished with death by stoning".
Ben, I know you want to be a good liberal because it's popular, but please for the love of god understand we have to stand up for our LGBTQ allies here. Some places are simply too horrible to spend money in and Brunei and other Islamic countries should make you think twice.
William,
Must everything be political, give it a rest!! If you want your gay agenda, then don't leave San Francisco! Different parts of the world and a right to their own traditions and beliefs, just as you do!