#8 Luxury Resorts in Malaysia · 2026
Mandarin Oriental, Desaru Coast
🌺🌺🌺 Highly Recommended · 🌺 Luxury Resorts
Why go
Johor's flagship luxury beach resort, a short drive from Singapore, with long beach frontage and a big pool. MICHELIN One Key in the 2026 selection. Good for beach, golf and family holidays.
⭐ Don't miss: Beach club and the resort's Desaru Coast attractions nearby
- Entry fee
- From about RM1,000/night
- Opening hours
- Check-in from 3pm, check-out by 12pm (check before you go)
- Best time to go
- Mar-Oct
- Time needed
- 2-4 nights
- How to get there
- About 1.5 hrs from Johor Bahru or Singapore by car; resort parking
- Address
- Persiaran Damai, Desaru Coast, 81930 Bandar Penawar, Johor
- Area
- Desaru Coast, Desaru, Johor
- Facilities
- 🏊 pool🍽️ restaurant💆 spa🧒 kids under 6🅿️ free parking🚿 showers
- Muslim-friendly
- No surau confirmed on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Halal status unconfirmed; verify with hotel. - Accessibility
- Modern build; generally accessible - confirm.
- Kids
- Kids club and water park nearby.
☪️ Halal status changes. For food, look for a valid JAKIM certificate (check at myehalal.halal.gov.my). Hotels and venues we have not verified are described as "pork-free", not halal.
- Rip currents on beach; Nov-Jan monsoon
Also nearby
Adventure Waterpark Desaru Coast
🌊 Water Parks · Desaru Coast, Desaru, Johor
Johor's headline water park spreads across rainforest-backed lagoons, wave pools and 25-plus slides. Big enough that you can spend a day without repeating yourself.
Don't miss: The Kenyir-style Wave Pool and Rainforest Rapids family raft ride
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