Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa

Shannim Pym

I had a amazing stay at Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa Langkawi. Beautiful beachfront resort on the best part of Cenang. Stunning beach. The resort has a lovely tropical island vibe and the sense of space. The room was spacious, modern, and comfortable, with lovely Malaysian touches. The super king size bed was incredible. I loved spending time on the terrace overlooking the ocean. Warm welcome at check-in. While waiting for my room, I was taken to the Club Lounge, which was nice. Tea and coffee available all day, and the late afternoon cocktails and canapés were a lovely bonus. Breakfast was excellent. Spice Market has a wide Asian spread, a custom noodle station, and beautiful indoor and outdoor seating surrounded by bright pink bougainvillaea. My favourite, though, was Pelangi Grill - right by the beach, with ocean views and even Prosecco in the mornings. The pool is huge, with plenty of space, shaded daybeds, and a very well designed kids’ pool area. Tried the spa and it was great too. I had dinner at Pelangi Grill overlooking the sunset. Mind-blowing view. Definitely one of the best Langkawi sunsets I've witnessed! Great food too. The best thing about Pelangi to me is its people. Warm, genuine and friendly. I could feel he true spirits of Malaysian hospitality here. Pelangi is spacious, low rise, kampung style, with a beautiful beach and stunning sunsets. I would happily return.

KJYee

Enjoyed my stay. Most importantly my kids had fun. Not many resort in langkawi have children pool section, so for Pelangi this is a great bonus for family vacation. Rooms are good, clean, definitely renovated from last i was here. Food is good, room svc is fairly fast. Staff overall are friendly and attentive. Location is convenient, is a long main Cenang road where you can find pretty much everything from food to pharma to whatever. Like to give credits to the resort house keeping team, one of the housekeeper mistakenly took my daughter pillow. It was an honest mistake. Alert them, we had to fly back same day. They apologise profusely. After we got back, they kept me update on the situation, found the pillow and send it back to me, daughter was so happy.

Charlie Gunningham

3rd time here, spread over 34 years. It's a wonderful place. Perfect location on the quiet end of a white-sandy gorgeous beach, looking out to islands. Staff are amazing. So friendly. Resort immaculate. Breakfasts and facilities wonderful. Upgraded rooms look brighter and more modern than I remember. And you're a short walk from main strip, very cheap dinners and shopping. Only a couple of things stopped me from a 5* review - a cockroach in my bathroom. Yikes. And some loud Russians who were oblivious to other guests, would arrive around 1pm at the swim up bar, laughing and shouting and ruining the sublime atmosphere. I could also hear them shouting drunkenly after 11pm one night stumbling back to their rooms. Apart from those 2 things, a perfect stay. Sunsets every night over the Andaman Sea - incredible. If you like palm trees, as I do, you'll love it here...

Nives

A really lovely resort, located just at 10-min drive from the airport, but right on the most beautiful beach on the island. It has all the amenities you may expect from a 5-star resort, with few restaurants and bars, two pools, a kid's playground. The reception hall is rather impressive. For breakfast they serve the Asian style in one and then the Western style in another restaurant, but you can go to both and mix your food. The beach is quite nice with white soft sand and a number of bars along the beach. I would just expect more toiletries in the bathroon considering it is a 5-star property like a sewing kit, cotton pads, a shoe polish kit etc. The service could improve though. We were a group and our rooms should have been ready for us to check in by 3pm, but some of us waited till 4pm. One of the ladies in our group got stuck on the balcony as the door closed behind her and couldn't enter the room. Luckily, she had a mobile phone and even though she made frequent calls to the reception, nobody appeared for over an hour until her husband came and opened the door. That is unacceptable for any accommodation, much less for a 5-star property. Other than that, it was a pleasant stay and I would recommend it to anyone who is coming to Langkawi.

Matt C

We have had a really lovely family vacation here at Pelangi. Rooms are nice and spacious, beautiful setting. Great location and very close to the airport (no disruption). Lots to do on the beach and adjacent strip day and night. Pools are nice and everything is clean and seemed well maintained. Staff are helpful and friendly. My only complaint is the food isn’t the best, lots of other guests have said the same. If this was improved from a 2.5 or 3 out of 5, which it currently is, then the Pelangi would be a true 5 star destination. Currently I think it’s closer to a 4.