Holiday Villa Johor Bahru City Centre

260, Jalan Dato Sulaiman, Taman Abad, 80250 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

The location of the hotel is near the vicinity of KSL mall (just behind) and also, to Malaysia's custom immigration and other local attractions such as legoland. The hotel booking cost around $89-$92 SGD which is really affordable as compared to Singapore's hotel of 4.2 star rating, between $350 - $450 and it will be a drive away if you managed to book grab in advance from woodlands checkpoint/kranji mrt and stamp your passport and you're in! 

We went there on a Friday night after our work to celebrate my boyfriend's birthday and the traffic jam was so bad. Everyone was rushing to return to malaysia since there was a labour day holiday that falls on a Monday. I always wanted like a skypool staycation where we could just admire the country's landscape and dip our legs in the pool. They even provide us with towels each - but you have to sign with your card and long benches to put our valuables and accessories. The place was not crowded with people (thank god) and we were able to take many pictures without the view being block by many people. Big happy birthday to the boy who deserves the best from me :')

But before that, we reached the hotel at around 11 plus and I was unsure how to set up the entire birthday celebration. So I asked if he could spare some time off to read books outside haha while I set up everything secretly, him not knowing what to expect.
I always thought it was a romantic idea to have one celebration above the skyline and with the cake of course! But I have made a mistake of spelling his name wrong LOL, spell it as brain instead of brian. But is a good thing? since, brain is associate with smart! Thank god he like the taste of the cheesecake and also chocolate cake.
Then we started swimming after our breakfast! There isn't any restrictions with regards to swimming attire. I have seen people with t-shirts and shorts where I do think that they are lenient with the attire which is a good thing,

• Either omelette, scramble eggs, plain double sided egg (request at the counter)
• Mee soup (prawn, fishcake) at the counter
• chicken/plain porridge (self service), boiled egg love this!!!
• sausage, ham and french toast with maple syrup american breakfast style
• salad, fruits bar and also giveaway free yogurts
• Indian cuisine style like thosai, mashed potatoes with gravy
• Malay rendang chicken with rice
• Noodles, vegetables etc.
• orange juice, coffee/tea served by waiter/waitress