Family Weekend Staycation @ The Queen's Suite, Palace Of The Golden Horses

A couple of weeks back, my family and myself had a really good weekend staycation over at Palace of The Golden Horses. Touted to be the perfect location to unwind, a place not far from the city, yet it has a serene country-side view and atmosphere when staying there. In fact, so much effort has been put in that they have been tagged as "Asia's Most Extraordinary Hotel", a world-class, award-winning, luxury hotel located within the iconic MINES Wellness City. 

Family Weekend Staycation @ The Queen's Suite, Palace Of The Golden Horses

Palace Of The Golden Horses

Jalan Kuda Emas, Mines Wellness City

43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia

Tel : 603-8946 4888 ext 3781

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/PalaceOfTheGoldenHorses

Website: http://www.palaceofthegoldenhorses.com.my

Themed suite: The Queen's Suite

The good folks from Palace of the Golden Horses deemed it fit for me to stay over at the very grand Queen's Suite over the weekend, so here's my review writeup on the room, facilities and food that we enjoyed during our stay. On the record, the room name is of the type Head of State Suite, but this one is a themed room. Here we go!

A bedroom fit for a Queen!

Large space, to accommodate a living room and a table to sit and dine at

The Queen's Suite is themed after Queen Elizabeth, with a rustic British decor, complete with wooden furnitures and very comfy plush sofas. It's all about being English, where even the floor is made of wood. At one corner, there's even a golden chair, symbolic of the chair where Queen Elizabeth actually sat at, when she stayed over at Palace of The Golden Horses many many years back. 

Working space, perfect for me

Huge bathroom, with attached bathtub with jacuzzi

Baby Karlson and Martin loves the huge sofa

Upon entering the suite, I was taken aback at the huge space it has. There's the bedroom, 2 bathrooms, a living hall, pantry, and dining space behind. Huge enough for my whole family, where this round I brought along my mum, the wife and my two children, Martin and Karlson.

Colonial styled bed, where one has to walk 3 steps just to jump into bed with loved ones

A quick walk around the suite, and I was presented with the huge bathroom, complete with jacuzzi. I would have been satisfied with a place to shower, but not only did I get a bathtub, it's a jacuzzi, so bubbles for all! 

The kids loved the bubble bath!

Looking out the balcony, I was presented with all the grandeur and luxury that Palace of the Golden Horses have to offer. Just see the picture below, and you'll get what I mean. Talk about a room with a view. I couldn't wait then, to walk around and explore the hotel compound. It's a huge compound though, so we took our time getting the kids ready. I heard the swimming pool's very cool!

The view from my room, spectacular!

We're all ready to explore the vast greeneries of Palace of the Golden Horses

Heading out form the room, we passed the Carousel restaurant where we will be having our buffet dinner that night, and the Grand Salon Lobby Lounge where we will have our afternoon tea set the following day. Our aim then was to explore the greeneries and head towards the swimming pool. While walking there we reached a lake where there's this shaded verandah for us to rest and see the vast greeneries. 

Martin introducing the shaded area where we could relax at

Beautiful view of the hotel from where we were standing at the fields

Another view of the hotel from the lake

I wasn't so sure the use of the lake, but from where we were seated at, we did spot some turtles or tortoises (I can't differentiate between these two) swimming in the waters. The boys were excited though, as they took in the sights and sounds.

A view of the lake

Mum, the wife Janice and the two boys

Both the boys just recovered from flu hence they were not allowed to swim this round. We did however managed to get some pictures of other guests having a fun time at the pool. It is a huge swimming pool, complete with a slide for children and adults to slide down. We took the chance to play with a mini-playground by the pool side. 

Palace of The Golden Horses' pool area

Adults and children having fun in the pool as well as using the slide

We had our fun too, at the mini playground beside the swimming pool, just see us SMILE!

Those who must get their exercise regime in, will be glad to know that Palace of The Golden Horses has a rather nicely equipped gym. We took the opportunity that afternoon to enter the gym. There were already healthy folks working out when we arrived. Ah, when's my turn to get healthy? 

Gym for the health conscious people

Equipments to build your body

More iron

Of course, it's not advisable to bring kids inside, but I took extra care to keep a watchful eye on them. We were aiming for those bouncy exercise balls! Boing boing boing, that's how I would describe these balls. The kids love them. 

Baby Karlson is so excited, and it shows

Huge bouncy balls to play with

It was back to our rooms after that, for a restful shower and for the kids to have their afternoon nap. I must say, the rooms were so comfortable, with pleasant and cold air condition. I nearly wanted to skip dinner and just sleep in. Nearly, but of course, the family need to be fed, and we weren't going to miss the "Hot From The Grill" buffet that night! 

Choose your meat, and get the chefs to grill them for you

Seafood abound

At Carousel , throughout the whole month of March, guests dining in can enjoy a wide selection of offerings such as Grilled Lamb, Chicken & Beef Quesadillas, imported Sausages & Bratwurst; and not forgetting other seafood delights such as Grilled Slipper Lobsters, Shrimps and many more. I was beside myself with joy at the grilled lamb and steak selections, coupled with freshly grilled sausages, it was good. 

My choice, of hot and freshly grilled tandoori chicken, lamb and beef, yum

The wife went with the grilled seafood selections

Mum and the two kids at Carousel

After a rather heavy meal for dinner, one which I overindulged in due to the "free flow" of grilled meat, we then retired for the night to our rooms. Love the suite, as the extra space did give us better comfort. For the first time in a rather long while, I had a good night's rest. The next day will be another new day of food and fun before checking out. 

At breakfast, the following morning

A combination of savoury, sweet and hearty food for breakfast. 

The kids had porridge

The next morning, we headed down to Carousel again for breakfast. As usual, I'm pleased with the variety of food presented, from croissants to local delicacies like nasi lemak, to porridge, fruits and desserts. We had our fair share, but this wasn't our last meal of the day at Palace of The Golden Horses. We were slotted to taste their Afternoon Tea Set at the Grand Salon Lobby Lounge after checking out at 12pm. 

Beautiful and grand, introducing the Grand Salon Lobby Lounge

Fresh orchids were found everywhere, even on every table at the Grand Salon Lobby Lounge

Unwind at the elegant ambiance of the newly-refurbished Grand Salon Lobby Lounge. Enjoy light music while sampling afternoon tea at a cozy atmosphere surrounded by beautiful fresh orchids. When we were there, the very charming and cordial staffs brought out a choice of English Tea to choose from, as well as an option for us to go for their three types of afternoon tea set; English Hi-Tea Set, Malaysian Set, and Healthy Hi-Tea Set. 

Take your pick from the tea choices from Harney & Sons

Sipping tea like a rich fellow

Do check out the below on the differences between the three afternoon hi-tea sets. We chose the English Hi-tea Set as I felt it most closely represented what we wanted to experience. 

English Hi-tea Set (RM112 nett per stand for 2 pax)

English Hi-tea Set (RM112 nett per stand for 2 pax)

* Cucumber sandwich with cream cheese, pickles and chives on caraway seeds bread

* Lobster and dill sandwich with grain mustard-mayo on mixed grain bread

* Scottish smoked salmon sandwich with lemon butter on rye bread

* Freshly baked raisin, orange or plain scones with devonshire cream and strawberry preserve

* Assortment of afternoon tea pastries, tarts and cakes

* Coffee or tea

** With a bottle of Nicolas Feuillatte Brut at RM895 nett

** With free flow of chilled juices at RM115 nett

Scones for all you "Englishmen"

Healthy Hi-tea Set (RM65 nett per stand for 2 pax)

* Green peas, fresh mint and parmesan crostini

* Spinach and alfalfa sprouts on charcoal toast

* Steamed cassava with honey

* Deep fried yam puff with fresh mushrooms

* Avocado masher with sesame, sunflower seeds and coriander

* Endive spears with garbanzo salsa

* Banana, peanut butter and almond shooter

* Raspberry and vanilla custard choux bun

* Mini cashew nut tart

* Coffee or tea

** With a bottle of Nicolas Feuillatte Brut at RM850 nett

** With free flow of chilled juices at RM68 nett

Top layer consist of yummy savoury noms

Malaysian Hi-tea Set (RM65 nett per stand for 2 pax)

* Toasted roti kahwin

* Mini apam balik

* Nasi lemak burger

* Punjabi samosa

* Chicken satay open-faced

* Ipoh heong peah (char-broiled biscuit with maltose)

* Mini chicken ‘char siew pau’

* Kek lapis, seri muka, yam cake and kuih ketayap

* Coffee or tea

** With a bottle of Nicolas Feuillatte Brut at RM850 nett

** With free flow of chilled juices at RM68 nett

Assortment of afternoon tea pastries, tarts and cakes

Grand Salon Lobby Lounge offers a wide selection of the finest hand-picked loose leaf teas wrapped individually in beautiful sachet. Each bag is filled with whole leaf tea, measured and weighed for the perfect cup. Flavors that are available including Earl Grey Supreme, Mint Verbena, Rooibos Chai, Chamomille, Darjeeling, Ceylon and many more.

Luxurious dining pleasures

I was told that the founder, Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew, is an avid orchid-lover and he believes that the beauty of orchid is timeless and classic. As such, guests are welcomed to purchase an orchid flowerpot as loving gift at only RM60 nett each.

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Overall, it was a very restful and nice weekend staycation for the family. I have nothing but praises for how the arrangement was handled, from the courteous staffs, to the well presented rooms and facilities. It's no wonder that Palace Of The Golden Horses has won so many accolades through the years. 

For enquiries and reservations, do contact Palace of the Golden Horses at 03-8946 4888 ext. 3781 or email fnbreservation@pgh.mines.com.my. For further details, please log on to www.palaceofthegoldenhorses.com.my or visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/PalaceOfTheGoldenHorses