Federal Villa Beach Resort Langkawi

Great location. 15mins from airport. Staff fantastic. Good housekeeping. Staying at The Federal you get to use facilities of The Holiday Villa. Happy hours from 5pm till 9pm. The Federal accomodation is a lot cheaper so dont expect 5 star when youre paying 3 star. Great experience and would definitely return.

room was clean and nice, the hotel has no local food, all Western and terrible at that. Access to infinity pool is a stupid extra price. i wouldn't return

Federal villa is one of two parts to Holiday Villa resort and unfortunately is the not so good half. Location is great for the price but felt our rooms were not so great. The rooms had a wet mouldy smell to it and we paid for a queen bed and received two singles pushed together with sperate sheets and covers which was not the so romantic we were hoping to get and rooms are fairly out dated. Apart from those points it is good value for money and the beach bar and swimming pool with swim up bar were a great highlight. There is a club pool which is the main selling picture of this resort but you have to pay to enter and with a great beach bar that serves reasonably priced cocktails and meals with tables on the beach to dig your feet in the sand as you have a bite to eat or a drink i found perfect. Theres a small tour desk in main foyer and they were very helpful and well priced for tours and activities. I reccomend if you don't want to venture out for breakfast to take advantage of the buffet breakfast in the resort that has a great variety of food and drinks. Lastly the staff i can not fault, they are great at thier job, efficient and so welcoming and friendly. After staying 8 nights here it was sad to leave them. I would stay here again for sure but if your one who is very particular about your room then maybe its not for you.

From the moment we checked in we were disappointed with this place. The resort is so run down it is a joke. The room was one of the worst we have stayed in although it was spacious and had a small balcony. We ordered food at the beach bar and it took almost two hours to arrive... the pool they show in the photos you actually have to pay to use even though you have already paid to stay here. You have to turn on the water to use your shower. Our toilet leaked. Next to no plugs in the rooms. Would not recommend this place.

will return

I was sorry that there was no toothbrush

Arrived 4pm and was told my room wasn't ready. Told me to go somewhere else before i could check in.

I stayed in a 'Deluxe Garden Room'...plenty of garden, but certainly not deluxe. The images on the website are misrepresentative of the actual condition of the room which was dark and dingy, green mould on windows, bathroom with broken floor tiles, and dirt/mould in tile grout. Certainly NOT up to 4 star standard listed on Federal Villa's website. It is badly in need of refurbishment. A sign on the balcony doors advised not to open them in order to avoid allowing access to insects and larger unwelcome critters. Despite keeping all doors and windows closed, no amount of insect spray (that I purchased) could kill all the mosquitoes in the room, they just kept appearing. The pools, eateries, reception and other shared amenities are some distance, via garden paths, perhaps 2 to 3 minute walk, at the adjacent, sister resort Holiday Villa. After 3 nights I was able to upgrade to a room in the Holiday Villa for the remainder of my stay, albeit at an additional cost. This room was fine, modern, light, bright, spacious and insect free. On the plus side, the resort is very well located on the beach front and the pool area is as pictured, though there is an extra charge to access the infinity pool.

Since it was low season they offered us an upgrade (for free!) and we stayed at the Holiday Villa hotel instead. They were changing the system so we had minor issues regarding our reservation, but they solved it very politely. I would stay here again without a doubt!

Enjoyed my time very much at this resort. Staffs are friendly, allowed us late checkout at no additional charge as baby was sleeping. I would consider coming back. Absolutely loved it!