Puri Hotel Malacca (Melaka) Reviews

Old Chinese Mansion Guest Rating: 4.8

KL's great boulevards and huge skyscrapers are quickly forgotten when wandering through the streets of old Melaka. Traffic is slow, the atmosphere is calm, it's another world. Hote PURI is located in a narrow street parallel to the main historic street which houses a number of small but interesting shops. To go there it's easy, one just have to turn the corner. On Friday and Saturday nights that street turns into a colourful evening market. Entering the hotel is like penetrating a previous century wealthy merchant's mansion. The genuine structure of the house still exists and this gives an old fashioned but warm impression. As we arrived quite early we left our luggage at the reception (where we had a friendly welcome) and found it in our room when we returned after lunch. We took the Junior Suite which, as we discovered it, is a mezzanine type room. At the entrance level you find an open bath area and a couple of arm chairs forming a small sitting room. Also there was a mini-bar with complementary cold water. Bed and TV are at the upper level. Thus this is a combination of modern design and old structures. Very cosy even if the stairs are rather steep ! Having been walking around the whole afternoon (Christ Church, boat museum, Cheng Ho museum, ...) we felt tired and decided to have dinner under the magnificent trees of the hotel's garden. We had a very nice evening attended by a friendly waitress full of humour and who obviously liked her job. We couldn't stay more than one night but we enjoyed every minute. Each one was worth the penny or cent - sorry, ringgit - we had to pay for it. By the way, I forgot to mention the hotel's museum which is certainly worth visiting.

Modern equipment in a traditional environment.

Difficult to find!

• Restaurant Tip : Nancy's Kitchen just around the corner !

Hotel Puri Guest Rating: 4.0

Check out the swiftlets in the room behind the reception. There used to be more (practically the whole perimeter of the ceiling was lined with swiftlets), so view them before they totally disappear.

• Restaurant Tip : Great food can be found along the same street where the hotel is located. Just a few doors down is Coconut House which sells great woodfire pizza. Then further down, there is a stall that sells terrific "ohr luak". And if you venture beyond that, yummy mutton soup awaits.

Pleasant stay at Puri Hotel Guest Rating: 3.7

Good hotel!

• Restaurant Tip : Try the chicken rice at the restaurant at the bottom of Jonkers Street (end nearest to the river)