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Splurge for a midrange option if you're stopping through. They cater to local businessmen
and are excellent value - miles beyond anything you can get in KK. Jalan Bunga and Haji
Karim are packed with options. Budget digs tend to be pretty dire.
HOTEL
Shervinton Executive Hotel $$
( 770000;
www.shervintonhotel.com
;
Jln Bunga; r/ste from RM98/200; )
The
Shervinton is the brightest, most well-lit and freshest option in the city centre. An on-site
spa, salon and gym facility (there's even a bakery!) make this a surprisingly luxurious op-
tion.
Monaco Hotel $
( 769911/2/3; Jln Haji Karim; r from RM80; )
It's not the Riviera - there's no over-
sized sunglasses or suave men in tuxedos playing baccarat in this version of Monaco. In-
stead: an exterior painted a shade of yellow that may make your eyes bleed, offset by
quite lovely interior rooms done up like the Holiday Inn, Malaysia-style.
HOTEL
Kingston Executive Hotel $$
( 702288; 4581-4590 Jln Haji Karim; d RM80-100; )
The title of this hotel may
seem ambitious, but this 'executive' is nonetheless quite excellent value-for-money. It's a
cheering attempt at emulating boutique quirk, an odd experience in sedate Tawau. Some
rooms have duvets made from
kain songket
(traditional Malay handwoven fabric with
gold threads).
HOTEL
HOTEL
Hotel Soon Yee $
( 772447; 1362 Jln Stephen Tan; r RM30-35; )
Soon Yee is a backpacker standard.
There are no phones, no hot water, but there is lots of camaraderie and character. Cheaper
fan-cooled rooms have shared bathrooms.
