Kota Kinabalu City Waterfront

Mercure Waterfront Kota Kinabalu.

Accor, the European leading and the world’s largest group in hotels and services, is operating the Mercure Waterfront, Kota Kinabalu opened in December 2006 and the Novotel 1 Borneo to open by the last quarter of 2008.

Mercure Waterfront, Kota Kinabalu is an integral part of Warisan Square, considered one of Kota Kinabalu’s up-and-coming shopping projects. Built on prime seafront land, it offers spectacular sweeping views of the South China Sea and the bustling KK Waterfront. It takes up home at the central building of Warisan Square amidst a unique street mall bazaar which will be the next buzz centre of Kota Kinabalu city.

Mercure Waterfront hotel have 212 spacious guest rooms and suites with the most modern fittings and amenities. Facilities will be two meeting rooms, a trendy international restaurant, a rooftop café and bar, a coffeehouse, a lobby lounge and bar, a rooftop infinity pool with swim-up bar, fitness centre and state-of-the-art spa, and a business centre.

Anjung Samudra iis known as 'The Waterfront of Kota Kinabalu'. Right in the heart of KK City, the Waterfront is an integrated food and entertainment centre.

At the waterfront are many of Kota Kinabalu's seafood restaurants and a wide variety of Malaysian and international cuisines.

The Port View Seafood Restaurant is one of the most renown seafood restaurants in the city, with a long history of its own. Seafood at the Port View is at its best comparable to Hong Kong restaurants.

The Shamrock is KK's first true Irish pub and bar serving imported Irish beer. They also serve a variety of Irish foods, some of them with a definitive local twist that should be tried!

Cock & Bull's is another favorite pub with a local band playing live nightly except on Sundays. It is a typical English styled pub with a well stocked bar and seating inside or outside. Their happy hour is from five to nine.

At the southern end of the Waterfront is the Beach Club and Waterfront Restaurant. The hottest dance club in town, the Beach Club is equipped with every modern contrivance to make it the foremost club in KK, maybe in the entire Sabah. There are comfortable sofas to relax and listen to the music, a spacious dance floor for the more active, a well stocked bar and even outside seating when you wish to relax from dancing...

The Waterfront offers also some of the best souvenir shopping around. Drop in at the Borneo Trading Post, a lofty and inspirational souvenir shop with a local twist. Here you find all things Borneo, from blowpipes over gongs and intricately hand-woven textiles, rattan baskets and bamboo flutes, rice wine and Borneo spices, exotic massage oils and incenses and a wide variety of light travelers' fashion perfect for your time in Borneo. Read our review.

The Nan Hai Treasure Gallery is the place for antique shopping. Nan Hai offers ancient Chinese stone ware and pottery that was recovered in Malaysian waters. Each piece at the Nan Hai gallery is certified and authentic, its origin can be traced back not only to the exact place in the sunken cargo, but often also to the very kiln where the object was fired hundreds of years ago. Years of studies and analysis have been spent to unravel the history of each recovered ship wreck, to open the unique time capsule and let history talk. Read our review.

Joint development project Waterfront Urban Development Sdn Bhd (WUD) and Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK).

This RM500 million mixed seafront development is poised to change the face of Kota Kinabalu

Expected to be completed by 2010, the Kota Kinabalu City Waterfront (KKCW) development will, among others, feature the key attraction of a 2km-long boardwalk

The KKCW is set to be a thriving waterfront pedestrian walkway that will seamlessly connect a variety of retail, lifestyle, residential and hotel establishments.

It was unveiled during the launching of the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC) by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last Tuesday.

Abdullah also witnessed the signing of the tripartite agreement for the KKCW development between Waterfront Urban Development Sdn Bhd, Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Bhd and a consortium of Middle Eastern and Malaysian investors.

Waterfront Urban Development Sdn Bhd managing director Reymee Mohamed Hussein said in line with the preservation of the environment, the KKCW development would incorporate environment-friendly features.

This will include hi-tech lighting, energy-conserving air conditioning systems and solar-powered pedestrian lighting. And to be built using eco-friendly materials, rising above the sea on stilts.

It is in line with the state government's endorsement for synergistic smart partnerships that leverage on the private sector's dynamism and the stewardship of public entities.

The project is in line with SDC and DBKK's overall urbanization and development master plan, which is primarily to increase the role of coastal cities as catalysts for modernization and development in Sabah

The project was envisaged after detailed studies were done on several thriving world-class international waterfront attractions such as Darling Harbor (Australia), Cape Town Waterfront (South Africa), Victoria Harbor (Hong Kong), Canary Wharf (London) and Clark Quay Riverside (Singapore).

The development will also spur economic growth for Kota Kinabalu and provide employment and new business opportunities to local residents and businesses.

Waterfront Urban Development Sdn Bhd designed this development to unlock the potential of the city's waterfront and be comparable with other world-class waterfront development

The KKCW project is expected to attract high-end tourists as it aims to be among the world's great seafront destinations