A HARD ROCK staycation by the beach!

The two of us in our BACKPACKS at the lobby of Hard Rock Hotel Batu Feringghi, checking into our room in a fancy hotel with some welcome drinks! HAHAHAH!! Always the light packers! 

Finallyyyy, making the dream of my younger self come so true!! Yeayyyy!

I’ve always wanted to stay in Hard Rock Hotels. Just any of it.  Just wanted to stay and do nothing at all. I’ve always fancied a stay where we do nothing at all, just stay idle but that never happened. I always end up planning too many things to do and never have had any truly relaxing stay anywhere. NEVER! I always loved the rush but this time it was a completely different stay.

Impromptu stay it was!

But,

we still found so many things to do within the hotel compound.

There’s always something that can be found to do regardless of the age.

Enjoy the sunset view in the evening.
That’s what we exactly did on that evening, we came here to do nothing at all. So we did just that. We got ourselves a couple of drinks, sat by the balcony and just enjoyed the view and the environment with some music.

Go for a walk around Hard Rock
YUP, you can! We just wanted to have a look around the hotel and figure out the paths. So we walked around wherever any paths led us to. It was fun. It was rather a small compound, so there’s no way you going to find yourself lost. Just walk around, figure out paths. And the sea breeze? Cheery toppings!!

Book yourself a spa session
Right after entering the room, I dived onto my bed and opened the spa menu card. Haha! It was a leisure trip and we had nothing planned. We thought a good full body aromatherapy massage at the Rock Spa would do the aching knots on our shoulder some favor. We initially booked their outdoor spa at 8pm, but we had to change it when we reached there because it's too late for an outdoor spa. The staffs apologized for misinformation and offered us the indoor spa! The indoor spa setting is no less attractive either. A huge spa room hot shower. We had our amaaazing spa indoors.

Have a coffee break nearby
Okay, this was not in Hard Rock, but it was not too far away either. There's a lot of coffee shops in Batu Ferringhi that you can choose to spend your evening. We chose to go somewhere I've been wanting to go in the longest time, ever since uni days, Ferringhi Gardens. The ambiance of this place is beautiful. We decided to have something light. We ordered a waffle, a whiskey coffee, and a chocolate drink. And let's not forget how friendly the restaurant waiters and waitresses are! 5/5 for the customer service!!

Celebrate a special occasion.
We were there for leisure purpose. We didn’t do anything fancy. But If you are there to celebrate a special occasion, I would recommend booking a sunset dinner. They have tiny huts by the pool on beach sands and coconut trees in the premise will not let you down. Having dinner with a table filled with rose petals and wine, I'm sure it will make for a memorable dining experience.

Dinner at the Hard Rock Café
Note that the café can get pretty crowded on weekends because its open not just for the in house guests, but for the walk-in customers as well. So be sure to reserve in advance. We weren’t aware of how crowded it can get, we just walked in instead and had to wait approximately 30 minutes. But you can just leave your mobile number and carry on about doing your thing. The host will call you once the seats are empty for you.
We had their burger, spaghetti, and the starter platter. The spaghetti and the platter were delicious but nothing much to shout about. The burger, on the other hand, was exceptional!!

Just the bar
They have live band performances, so be sure to get yourself a drink and watch the live band. We didn’t get much of the live band that night, because there was a football match going on. Everyone was engrossed in the match. Just joined the night in spite of not being the biggest fan of football.

Break the fast
Now, Hard rock didn’t have that biggest breakfast spread that I've seen in hotels. But I'm convinced enough to say that everyone can find something that they like.  The have spreads of western, Asians and local breakfast. Their nasi lemak was good! Oh, and let's give a moment of appreciation to egg bar! Always my favorites at any hotels! Just go to the egg bar, choose whatever you want and get dear self a beautiful omelet. After all, a big fat hearty breakfast is always a good idea.

Beach walk
If you walk a little further from their swimming pool, there's a tiny gate that leads to the beach. It is very easily accessible from the hotel and it's their private land. We walked along the waves, spotted tiny crabs and seashells. Exactly what we needed in a peaceful morning. If you are feeling a bit adventurous, try their water sports! There's a bunch of men out there that are advertising their business with their huge signboards. You will be able to spot them. Even if you don't, they will definitely come over to approach you.

Take a dip in the pool
You cannot miss this!! Imagine just swimming away with some nice music? You get just that! Both adults and kids. There’s a colorful kiddy pool for the kids as well. Be sure to get your wrist band from the tiny towel kiosk at the corner of the pool to have an uninterrupted swimming session. We didn’t get the band. We jumped right into the pool after the beach walk. That got one of the guards to approach us to know if we are in house guests or outsiders. He thought we trespassed! Well,  can't blame him because we had no wrist bands on. But he approached us in the kindest possible manner. So dhasa volunteered to get that from the tiny kiosk. Just tell them your room number, and you will be given the band and a towel. Enjoy your swim!

Take a bite while swimming
How about some nice prawns pizza in between your swims? Haha! There's this tiny pool bar called THE SHACK. They have inbuilt pool chairs! How cool! They have a decent menu that you can choose your food and drinks from. We had beers and prawns pizza! That was our informal lunch by the pool..or brunch?? The pizza… let me take a second to relive the moment, please! It was ohhmaaiigod! Okay if you are going to Hard Rock Penang and planning to swim and get a pizza, and not allergic to seafood, get that prawns pizza!!! You can thank me later :P

Souvenirs?
Right at the end of the stay, after checking out, you can check out the Hard Rock apparels. In our case, we just browsed through the store haha! We didn’t buy anything from there. I should have bought that Hard Rock ducky!! Shall get em duckies the next time. TOOOO CUTEEEE!!!

And then came the end of the stay.

Before we knew it, we had to check out. The check out was a breeze. There’s free parking inside the premise for the in house guests. You can park your car in a safeguarded area for the night.

It was a good stay! We left for home the happiest!!

Disclaimer: this is not a sponsored review. It's from our hard earned cash and a genuine post!