Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa

5.0 star property

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Arrive at our welcoming entrance, where a glass facade greets you.
Experience a sophisticated setting with a central staircase connecting multiple levels, spherical lights, and comfortable seating areas.
Relax in comfort with a four-poster bed, flat-screen TV, and a cozy armchair by the window.
Relax by the resort's pool surrounded by lush greenery and palm trees.
Relax in our spacious lobby, featuring a central seating area, bar, and billiards table.

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Hot tub
  • Bar

Explore the area

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

Room options

Sunny Deluxe, Seaview

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

Superior Room

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

Couple Suite

  • 85 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Premium Deluxe Room with Private Garden

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

Deluxe Room, Pool View

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

Family Suite, Pool View

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

Romantic Deluxe with Private Pool

  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Deluxe Room

  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Deluxe Room, Garden View

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

Family Suite, Garden View

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

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About this property

Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa

Beachfront hotel with full-service spa and bars/lounges
A full-service spa, a private beach and an outdoor pool are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a restaurant, 2 bars/lounges and a fitness centre are on-site.
Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa offers 208 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and a safe. Rooms open to balconies. Guests can make use of the in-room fridges and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include a shower, slippers, bidets and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. LED televisions come with cable channels. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottles of water and a hairdryer. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

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

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.
Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa. During your stay, you'll be within walking distance of Desaru Beach. Features include free WiFi in public areas, plus 2 bars and a full-service spa.
  • Free WiFi
  • Enjoy international cuisine while dining at Sand & Sandals
  • Buffet breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Take a swim in the outdoor pool or soak in the hot tub
  • Treat yourself to body treatments, massages or facials at Senses Spa
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry, a concierge and tour or ticket assistance
  • On-site recreation includes a private beach, a gym and a sauna
  • Just a 3-minute drive from Desaru Beach and a few minutes from Desaru Coast Adventure Waterpark
A private beach is featured. Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa offers its guests a full-service spa, an outdoor pool, and Access to hot tub. There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at one of the bars, which include 2 bars/lounges and a beach bar. WiFi is free in public spaces.

A children's pool, a fitness centre, and a sauna are also featured at the luxury Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa.

This 5-star Bandar Penawar hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a buffet breakfast daily from 7 AM to 10 AM.
Sand & Sandals – This restaurant specialises in international cuisine and only serves breakfast.
Fortune Kitchen – This restaurant specialises in Chinese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Open daily.
Shiokaze Teppan – This restaurant specialises in Japanese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Open daily.
Beach – This bar only serves light fare. Open daily.
Safari – This bar only serves light fare. Open daily.

Languages

English, Malay

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

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

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

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Deposit: MYR 500.00 per night

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

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

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
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 and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

Property is also known as

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Sand Sandals Desaru Beach Resort Spa
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Sand & Sandals Desaru & Spa
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Sand & Sandals Desaru Beach Resort & Spa Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 130 out of 546 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 231 out of 546 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 105 out of 546 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 51 out of 546 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 29 out of 546 reviews

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

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

10/10 Excellent

Jiwei

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Other than the sub standard heater, everything else was good.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mohamad Syafiq

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Chirag

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Decent property. Breakfast options are limited especially for vegan and vegetarians. Room I stayed had issues with power supply but the staff was quick to restore. Laid back environment.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Haakan

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mohammad Fahmi

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was friendly.room is big n clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mohammad Fahmi

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was friendly.hotel was nice n clean.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Min Min Myo

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

Nice stay.

Our one night stay is good, room is spacious and comfortable. Hotel staff are friendly and helpful. Facilities are good. Breakfast is variety, average.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Liyana

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bokgoo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Better than What I expected. It’s quite spacious and bathtub is good.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

Enjoyed it

Nice big swimming pool, some leaves inside but generally clean Monday few people so it is spacious and comfortable Convenient showers Close walk to the beach Waves quite strong there and no barrier or stairs but showers accessible Delicious breakfast Soft bed and nicely polished floor Beautiful amenities Marble beautiful shower room Quiet Sometimes card to access room might have problems
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024