Impiana Hotel Ipoh

LOCATION:

Impiana Hotel Ipoh formerly known as Casuarina Hotel Ipoh is a 4 star hotel located in heart of Ipoh. It’s quite popular with the business and leisure travelers due to its strategic location with easy access to the city centre.
DESCRIPTION:
The hotel offers 200 spacious guestrooms with some rooms having breathtaking views of rugged limestone hills. All rooms are equipped with modern facilities. The time when we checked in there Impiana has just taken over from the old management. They were doing some renovation. The lobby looked beautiful and very impressive. We were lucky because we got a newly renovated room. The room was spacious and comfortably large. What was missing was the view. The room we got faced a construction site but who cares the room was nice.

They have two restaurants, the Garden Terrace Coffee House and The Bistro serving continental cuisine. Room Service is 24 hours, so you will never go hungry there. As we didn’t feel like going out for dinner, we had dinner in the coffeehouse. They had a buffet then. I figured as there was a seminar there, probably that is why they set up a buffet. The food was average. As my wife wanted to do some shopping next day, we didn’t have breakfast in the hotel. We went to the Jaya Jusco which was nearby. For shopping and breakfast.
REVIEWED ON:
May 2009

MY VERDICT:
I recommend this hotel to anyone who comes to Ipoh and is looking for a good and comfortable stay. So far the only thing wrong is its lack 0f ample parking spaces. If you don’t want to eat in the hotel there are some food stalls just about 10 minutes away. Its also a nice stopover if you plan to drive up to Cameron Highlands the next day cause its about one to one and a half hours from here to Cameron via Simpang Pulai.
MY RATING:

4 Stars