We simply had bowls of scrumptious curry mee—that’s simply how it’s when in Penang—and it was nearly night once we wended our manner again to our resort. Situated proper within the midst of George City, heat lights now illuminate its good-looking colonial façade, contrasting superbly with the electrical hues of early twilight. The George Penang, certainly lives as much as its identify, it actually does look beautiful.
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| OUR SON AT THE SALTWATER POOL AT THE GEORGE PENANG |
Penang was the primary leg of our Backpacking With a Child 2023 journey. We’re truly spending eight days on the island state, however most of those had been at Blissfulguro’s aunt and uncle on the suburbs of Tanjung Bungah.
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| THE GEORGE PENANG BY THE CREST COLLECTION |
We’ve truly stayed at George City a few instances earlier than—from the luxurious E&O Lodge Penang, the stylish Lodge NEO+ Penang, to Lone Pine Lodge’s beachfront resort, and even on a cruise ship, the Celebrity Gemini. Nonetheless, for this journey, we considered at the very least spending an evening at Penang’s historic heart, the UNESCO World Heritage space of George City. And this time, The George Penang completely fitted our invoice.
ABOUT THE GEORGE PENANG
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| THE GEOGE PENANG LOBBY |
The five-star resort is housed on a restored 1923 constructing. From instances previous, it reworked from being the Australia Lodge, the Teik Bin Chinese language Dispensary, and the Osakaya Japanese Sundry Store, and now, The George Penang.
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| ELEVATOR HALLWAY DECOR |
Whereas its façade sports activities a neo-classical colonial look, its interiors has a extra trendy artwork deco flourish. A mixture of metallic, textured glass, and darkish wooden exudes an opulent stylish really feel that doesn’t really feel intimidating.
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| POSTAL STAMPS DISPLAY |
I additionally observed, scattered throughout the resort from the foyer all the best way to the hallways, are framed postage stamps from varied international locations and eras. It seems that the resort proprietor is an avid philatelist. It does add a novel contact, one thing I’ve by no means seen in a resort earlier than.
THE GEORGE PENANG PET POLICY: Sadly for pet lovers, The George Penang will not be pet-friendly. It doesn’t permit pets on its property.
SUPERB LOCATION
Among the finest property for The George Penang is its excellent location. It sits proper on George City’s Penang Street, Leith Avenue, Chulia Avenue, and Argyll Street.
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| LEBUH CHULIA NIGHT LIFE |
That is particularly good for company who love meals.
Chulia Avenue, one of many oldest in Penang, is crammed by an array of eating places and hawker stalls. Stroll a number of blocks extra and also you’d come throughout Love Lane, a small highway that comes alive at evening with its quite a few avenue aspect bars—a favourite hangout for vacationers and backpackers. Then there’s Lebuh Kimberly for a night crammed with avenue hawkers. And when you’re trying to rating the most cost effective beer on the town, Antarabangsa Enterprise can also be throughout the space.
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| THE FAMED PENANG STREET ART |
The resort can also be inside hanging distance to Penang landmarks just like the Kapitan Keling Mosque, Chinatown, The Previous Penang Protestant Cemetery, and Armenian Avenue which is known for its Penang avenue artwork.
CHECKING IN
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| CHECKING IN AT THE GEORGE PENANG |
We arrived a bit early at The George Penang after having fun with an Indian lunch at Rockafellers Straits Quay. Verify in time is at 3:00PM, and take a look at is earlier than 12:00PM. So, as an alternative of ready within the foyer, we requested if we will swim and lounge on the pool space as an alternative—to which they readily agreed.
SALTWATER POOL
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| THE SALTWATER LAP POOL |
The George Penang’s saltwater pool is strategically positioned on a central courtyard surrounded on two sides by hallways that hook up with rooms. It’s extra of a lap pool, being slim and lengthy, but it surely does look inviting nonetheless.
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| REALLY STYLISH POOL AREA TOILET AND BATH |
We had been, nonetheless, unable to swim it since there wasn’t a shallow kiddie pool that might be protected for our toddler. Sadly, we additionally didn’t have any floaters that A can use, so we simply contented ourselves with merely enjoyable on the loungers and our son wading his ft on the waters.
And eventually, after some time, we’re lastly led to our room.
THE ROOMS
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| FREE SHADES FOR OUR KID |
The George Penang has a complete of 92 rooms, located on six flooring and divided into seven room sorts—Deluxe, Govt Deluxe, Premier Deluxe, Governor Suite, Colonial Suite, Pearl Suite, and Heritage Suite. We had been billeted on their Colonial Suite at room 306 and it was merely stunning.
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| THE COLONIAL SUITE LIVING ROOM AREA |
The room is minimally adorned with muted partitions and darkish picket flooring accented with thick rugs. The suite’s dwelling space is spacious and tastefully furnished—I particularly just like the leather-based accent on the couch—which additionally has a pull out for sleeping.
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| FREE LOCAL SNACKS |
There’s no kitchen, however they do have a fridge. There’s additionally a mini eating desk close to the TV space, which I considered a bit misplaced. I just like the complimentary snacks they supplied for company—a menagerie of native Penang avenue snacks, very charming, certainly.
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| THE COZY BEDROOM |
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| REALLY SPACIOUS AND STYLISH TOILET AND BATH |
The bed room is rather more cozily spaced, however its en suite bathroom and tub was as grand as could be. It’s huge. I additionally love the monochromatic strategy on its inside. And sure, the tub tub appears to be like significantly pretty.
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| OUR SUITE’S MASSIVE BALCONY |
However the principle draw of staying at The George Penang’s Colonial Suite is its balcony. It’s, I feel, larger than your entire suite and appears into the streets of George City beneath. Excellent for a few rounds of beer—which we readily obtained from the close by Antarabangsa Enterprise, by the best way. If you already know, you already know.
BAR & RESTAURANT
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| THE GORGEOUS GEORGE BAR |
The George Penang has two eating choices on the floor flooring, the George Bar and Saffron Eating.
Whereas we weren’t in a position to strive the choices at their very good-looking bar, preferring our drinks at our very personal balcony, we did get to strive the meals on the Saffron Restaurant since a keep at The George Penang comes with a complimentary breakfast buffet.
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| SUNNY MORNING AT SAFFRON DINING |
I like the restaurant’s sunny and ethereal vibe, however I like their choices extra. They largely have native Malaysian dishes with a number of western selections, which is ideal—we completely love Malaysian delicacies.
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| OUR BREAKFAST MEAL FROM THE COMPLIMENTARY BUFFET |
Quickly, our desk was full of plates crammed with mee goreng, roti canai, rooster curry, pork dimsum, noodle soup, nasi lemak, rice congee, together with a western omelets, pork and beans, and pastries. Every little thing was good, however their curry mee was the one value writing dwelling about. Positively a becoming finish for our keep in George City.
~ OUR STAY WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GEORGE PENANG. VIEWS AND OPINIONS ARE ALL MINE.
The George Penang ►ROOM RATES
Handle: 138 Jalan Penang, George City, Penang, Malaysia
Contact Quantity: (+60) 4291-9000
GPS Coordinates Map: 5.419986, 100.332212
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