I have’t had a review in awhile due to the hectic schedule of a new semester and overabundance of debating tournament going on.

Anyway... I just came back from the tenth all asian debating championship which was held in Johor Bharu. We had about sixty teams competing from all over asia (i lost in the octofinals, thanks for asking :))

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haha, no, this review isn’t about the tourney, it’s about the hotel we stayed in, The Eden GArden Hotel of Johor Bharu.

First off, this hotel was located in the duty free area of Johor thus meaning... the debaters had a fun time getting drunk due to the cheap supply of liquor. There’s a duty free mall attached to the hotel where you can buy stuff for as about as cheap as it gets in Malaysia.

shopping there in a must

Then i really liked the build of the hotel. When you walk in to your rooms, you don’t really feel like you’re in a hotel, rather it has this open architecture somewhat that a mall would have. i really liked it.

erm... the hotel pool wouldn’t merit a five stsr from me. it’s nice enough to swim in but the landscape could have definately been better. one thing that i like about hotels is if they have a really nice swimming pool.
hotel pools are not suppose to be alympic size concretes plunked into the floor. it has to be tastefully decorated and nioce to look at. a pool is a place to relax and unwind.

Eden Garden’s pool isn’t that

all in all, this hotel is probably worth skipping.
it’s really near to the singapore johor causeway, but the view from the hotel is anything but desireable.
i find the music played at the cafe downstairs downright annoying

some of the toilets there would remind you of the capital’s public toilets...
read stinky and dirty.

and this is a hotel mind you! not a marketplace

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al
l that said... give this place a miss