St Giles Wembley, Penang
We visited Penang in August as part of our yearly obligation trip with the grannies.
Here's our first post on Kidland Penang, a similar educational playground concept as Kidzania and BabyBoss in Taipei.
Today, we are going to share about the hotel we picked for this trip. While I very much preferred a resort at Batu Ferringhi, where we can just "nua" and "lepak" all day. But, we know the grannies will get bored. So, a city hotel in Georgetown was the choice.
The criteria included, it must be near the street food and shopping mall all at the same time, so the man and I can go exploring at night.
The shortlist came down to two hotels; Hotel Jen (formerly Traders) and the very much newer St Giles Wembley. Despite reading about the impeccable service at Hotel Jen, I picked St Giles, for one reason.... I like new hotels! So here's how our stay went:
Here's our first post on Kidland Penang, a similar educational playground concept as Kidzania and BabyBoss in Taipei.

Today, we are going to share about the hotel we picked for this trip. While I very much preferred a resort at Batu Ferringhi, where we can just "nua" and "lepak" all day. But, we know the grannies will get bored. So, a city hotel in Georgetown was the choice.
The criteria included, it must be near the street food and shopping mall all at the same time, so the man and I can go exploring at night.
The shortlist came down to two hotels; Hotel Jen (formerly Traders) and the very much newer St Giles Wembley. Despite reading about the impeccable service at Hotel Jen, I picked St Giles, for one reason.... I like new hotels! So here's how our stay went:
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See! Even the boy says all's GOOD! |
Address: 183, Jalan Magazine, 10300, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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Disclaimer: This is NOT a sponsored post. Just our honest review of the hotel. Hope you found this useful.
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