Borneo Eagle Resort — Hotel in Sabah

First, let me point out that the staff at the resort, without any exception, was kind and helpful. The problem with Borneo Eagle is in my opinion, that the value for money overall doesn’t add up. For example, at dinner, I got a free drink and that was about it. So for every extra ,the staff was running a tab, which I had to sign off every evening. This didn’t feel special or luxurious to me, just cheap and somewhat greedy. My overall added extras amounted to the sensational sum of 870 MYR which is a fraction of the overall price. Simply put, the idea of a special experience vanished quickly. And disappointments kept coming: Before the trip, I was asked per email, for my favourite drink just to be informed on the first night that both of my choices were not available. For the entire stay. The beach in front of the main hall was full of litter. There was no extra secured path into the sea in front of my villa, so I had to climb through slippery rocks for a swim. The rock structure all along the seafront was undergoing renovation with a huge ugly tarp of about 1m width stretched all along the seafront. There was no WiFi in my accommodation so for any message or call, I had to walk back to the main hall. Many of the power sockets in the main building didn’t work. The food was good but certainly not special or outstanding. There were no other guests for the entire 5 days. I understand that facilities such as Borneo Eagle work on 50% occupancy to make profit. But still, the whole place had an eerie vibe to it. Again, staff was great. So problem could be management. Please...

Just had the most incredible six nights at Borneo Eagle Resort, the service was just superb, the staff made our stay amazing, they could not do enough for us whether it was anticipating our needs or remembering exactly what we liked. It is a very remote resort but the benefits of that is that there are not thousands of tourists around and you get true relaxation and Tranquility.  the food is ordered in advance and the chef was really accommodating to changes and menu tweaks, he managed to cook brilliant cuisine from every single continent! The villas were beautiful and the the trips were really good fun thanks to Shafiq. Kenneth at the bar was brilliant and so good with the kids and cocktails!! The Wi-Fi was horrific though so don’t plan on doing any work whilst you’re there, we never had it in the room at any time and only at the restaurant for short periods, Afnan the manager had to take us down the jetty and he let us use his own private phone at one point just to get a signal. They really tried to help whenever we had a problem with anything whether it was the Wi-Fi or the mosquitoes!! The main thing for the kids to do was the trips and playing in the pool which was so huge that they actually went paddle boarding in it every day. I highly recommend this resort if you want to be in a beautiful environment with incredible staff and fantastic food and get away from...

We were actually part of a yacht rally that anchored off Tiga Island on our way up the coast of Borneo.||The Manager, Tomas, and his efficient team of staff invited our group ashore and welcomed us with amazing hospitality.||As we all arrived in our dinghies at the jetty, we were transported in golf buggies to the nearby resort. It was reminiscent of the scene in 'Jurassic Park' as the buggies drove us through dense topical jungle with immaculately landscaped gardens surrounding the resort. ||We were dropped off at a large entry that opened up to a stunning pool area with bar and seating areas.||Whilst we were no staying at the resort, we had the opportunity to see something of the villas available and boy- we were blown away by the opulence, huge spacious luxury rooms with minute attention to detail. ||Having seen the pitiful state of pollution in South East Asia first hand whilst cruising, we were all particularly impressed at the Eco Resorts efforts to be as eco friendly as possible, using the resources of nature for power, avoiding the use of plastic and even paper straws!||It's certainly an expensive place to stay, but if you personalized service on an amazing tropical island, in stunning surroundings with every luxury you could imagine to indulge yourselves then...