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Carcosa Seri Negara 
- Style
- Grand colonial mansion
- Setting
- The capital’s Lake Gardens
Once the imperial outpost of tea-sipping British governors, this Carcosa Seri Negara is a perfectly preserved snapshot of yesteryear, offering nostalgic luxury and fastidiously tailored service.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 13 suites in two buildings.
- Rates
- $217–$715, including breakfast . Excludes five per cent tax and 10 per cent service charge.
- Check-out
- Midday, but later checkout is possible, subject to availability.
- Facilities
- Butler service, limousine airport transfer and inner-city drop-offs, outdoor swimming pool, jogging track, tennis court. In-room amenities: cable TV, DVD/CD player, free WiFi, complimentary minibar.
- Hotel closed
- Please note: Carcoa Seri Negara is scheduled to close pemanently on 26 December.
In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Seri Ehsan, one of the Deluxe Suites, is a honeymoon-esque haven with panoramic views of the city and gardens, and a private verandah on which to take afternoon tea. The separate living and dining areas are ideal for receiving friends who are staying in less splendid surroundings, and, when they’ve gone, there’s an inviting Jacuzzi to sink into.
- Packing tips
- Pressed linens and silk tea dresses for that authentic feeling of colonial majesty.
- Also
- The lush and extensive lawns are perfect for picnicking, jogging, or a meandering afternoon constitutional.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- The seductively chandeliered dining room serves three-times Michelin-starred chef Laurent Colin’s divine French cuisine. Less opulent but no less appealing, the Gulai House offers modern Malay meals and attracts a glitzy clientele of big-name locals.
- Dress code
- Glamorous and bejewelled with a Forties flourish.
- Top table
- Take an alcove in the dining room for a romantic meal, and make a beeline for the plush drawing room sofas for the traditional afternoon cream tea.
- Last orders
- Both restaurants are open 12pm–3pm for lunch and 6.30pm – 10.30pm for dinner. The bar stoppers its decanters when the last guest leaves.
- Room service
- Your butler is on call 24 hours a day to cater to your every whim.
- Hotel bar
- Lifted straight from the pages of an Agatha Christie novel, the crisp, old-world bar is the place for a discreet tipple rather than table-top tap-dancing.
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