It seems many hotels in Sabah are full. If you still prefer booking on Shangri-la Rasa Ria , I think you have to pay a lot . To make sure not ruining your holiday, I advise you to contact HK agents.
I preivously stayed with Pacific Sutera and Shangri-la Tanjung Aru . Other hotels I can't comment
Magellan Sutera and Pacific Sutera - just two wings but share the same facilities. Magellan resort type and Pacific modern type. But personally I prefer modern (all air-con) and as the building is higher, seaview is much better. For a family vacation I prefer Sutera more. - more food choices, huge area including private pier (easy to go outside islands), 5-6 swimming pools, easy to go downtown -for seafood and shopping. Private beach not so important in Sabah as normally visitors will to outside 5 islands for one or two days. Beaches there are more beautiful , more fishes.
Shangri-la Tanjung Aru - not so attractive. They have two wings. One wing newly renovated. Other wing a bit old. food choices not many. Prices are higher than Sutera even though children are free to eat.(some restaurants in Sutera also give children half price) Quallity also so and so.
On more choice , try to call Air Asia Go holiday, may be they can be of assitance. I am not sure.
我就比較喜歡住Sutera Harbour - Magellan Wing及Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort呢兩間酒店,大約十分鐘車程就可以到市區,買野同食野都好方便,如果 Shangri-La Rasa Ria及Nexus Resort真係遠左d,無理由日日都係酒店內食野啫,一場黎到,梗係要試下呢到既野食啦!
book唔到resort都唔緊要,呢度既酒店都唔錯,例如Hyatt Hotel凱悅酒店,或者係Le Meridien Kota Kinabalu就係開左唔夠兩年,有好多香港人住,兩間都係市區,有五星級,房間係可以望海景,又可以睇到日落,景色唔錯架!
係沙巴除左玩享受酒店內既設施外,仲有幾個地方不妨考慮去玩下,去呢d地方,全部都可以叫酒店幫你地book 1 day tour,會包一餐膳食,同埋酒店接送
1. 有三個島 (真正可以在沙巴感受陽光與海灘,可以好淺水都可以見到好多魚係你腳側邊游黎游去)
a. 沙比島(香港旅行團就係去呢個島)
b. Mamutik Island
c. 仲有另外一個唔好玩的,忘記名字
2. 神山(你可以行山,行上山頂,但要兩日時間,好辛苦,亦可以只玩一日,到此一遊,行蠅索,望下神山山頂,山腳有溫泉浸,但記住要帶定件外套和雨傘,神山既天氣會比較涼,有時仲會落雨)
3. 紅樹林(在河流上睇長鼻monkey,只有沙巴才有,睇corcodile等等、夜晚可以見到一群群的螢火蟲係樹上,好似聖誕樹咁,one day tour要約馬幣250元午去晚返,仲包你一餐晚餐)
4. 玩激流(我唔敢玩,但人地話好刺激,我相信一家大細去既朋友都應該唔會玩)
We may go to KK before Easter. I'm so interested in your recomendation of the foods, 沙爹串燒,燒雞翼,東炎蝦面、咸菜魚什米粉(指魚丸、魚滑、魚付、魚片,全部都係新鮮魚做,唔腥)、豬雜干撈面、板面、海南雞飯、海鮮、奶油蝦,亞森咖喱蟹/魚頭/魚片(多數係石班魚片),椰子東炎蝦煲、燒浦魚、薯仔菜, where can I have these dishes ? Many thanks.