Kijalena Beach Inn — Hotel in Terengganu

Stayed here i believe in late august 2019.

Discovered this place while we was driving around the kijal beach area and decided to stay overnight before heading back to KL.

It's an airbnb run by a family who acquired the land in the early 2000's. nice little chalet style rooms, clean but on the smaller side but then again you hv the rest of the compound to let your kids roam around or the beach to be complaining about the room size.

The pool and lobby area reminds me of bali surfing private villa, the deco are 100% local and beach inspired. the owner who i spoke with said they try to go for the surfer's 'go green and recycle' lifestyle.

Breakfast is local food which is nasi dagang so that's a nice touch, otherwise you can drive out and you'll find local stalls selling bfast food like nasi lemak, roti canai etc. we venture out because our kids are picky eaters.

The beach water isn't crystal clear however it is one of the best around the area and it is safe to swim also but local's here prefer to just chill by the beach especially in the evening. Sand is white and if you walk over to the right side you'll see a rock formation that resembles like a small island where i hv seen locals just walk across to get there and the water is just waist deep max. you can also experience diving and if you're lucky you get to see ppl walking out of the water in full diving gear, reminds me of james bond movie.

I would come here again and i would recommend my...

There were COCKROACHES (i killed 3 during our stay) in the bathroom, spiders or other insects in the dinning table, the pool and way to beach were dirty. The bathroom was leaking. The breakfast was poor and never worth 4$/day per person. The Accommodation was not exactly what we were looking for. So we decided to leave more early, that the booked 5 nights. It turned out it’s impossible to get refund of any of these nights. We even had to pay for the breakfast that were booked for the 5 nights of staying. Imagine we paid for breakfast that we didn’t eat. Did you already paid for food that you didn’t eat? Me not and by asking they just explained themselves with that they have this “policy” and they can do nothing about it. They promised that we will get refund if someone book one of the room that we rent. What happened. But we first had to ask them to give us money back before they came to us. So here we are. We ask them to make a step towards us, but they did nothing, but ask about prof photos of all the feedback, what a joke. The manager told me i have a video only from 1 cockroach what about the 2 as a proof. Honestly thanks...

Location is awesome. Came in February. Pantai penunjuk is absolutely beautiful and reasonably clean for a public beach. If the aim is to spend time at the beach without the hassle of a hotel beach resort, then this is the place. Checking in and out was easy. Although the beds were comfortable but the room's cleanliness is not up to par. There is a lot of wear and tear. The lobby area near the pool is in dilapidated condition. We stayed at Naina's cottage which is lovely but again cleanliness not up to par. The sliding door is not working. But we loved the swings, hammock and the cats, especially the one posted here. The cats were all lovely companions and very manja. I hope the owners will be able to renovate the place and improve the housekeeping and maintenance of infrastructure. The place is so beautiful. The wind, fresh air, the wonderful pondok at the pool all were excellent. Overall we enjoyed ourselves tremendously and will certainly return but hoping the owners will have the willpower to renovate the place and...