Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang
10 Farquhar Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Location
George Town, Penang
The hotel stands on Farquhar Street on the seafront in George Town, Penang, the only hotel with prime sea frontage inside the UNESCO World Heritage Site, walking distance from Fort Cornwallis and the Penang State Museum. There is no beach — this is a seafront heritage hotel — the Penang culture-and-food leg.
Transfer
A Penang transfer
Fly into Penang International Airport, about 30 minutes by car. George Town's street art, clan jetties and hawker food are on the doorstep, with Langkawi an easy hop up the coast.
Villas
222 all-suite
222 all-suite accommodation — the period 1885 Heritage Wing and the sea-view Victory Annexe with around 122 suites — from Studio Suites through Heritage and Corner Suites to the Premier signature suites.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples, culture-lovers and literary travellers who want George Town's seafront heritage icon — 1885 dining, an all-suite grande dame and UNESCO Penang at the door — paired with Langkawi beach time.
Board Basis
B&B
Booked on bed and breakfast. 1885 brings colonial fine dining and a celebrated afternoon tea, with the all-day Sarkies, Farquhar's Bar and a poolside terrace alongside.
About the Resort
The Penang heritage base
The Eastern & Oriental Hotel is George Town's seafront grande dame — a colonial icon of 1885, the only hotel with prime sea frontage inside the George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site, built by the Sarkies brothers behind Raffles Singapore and The Strand in Yangon. It is all-suite, across two parts: the original 1885 Heritage Wing, with its Moorish minarets, domed lobby, 14-foot ceilings, period furniture and pith-helmeted bellmen, and the 2013 Victory Annexe, with around 122 sea-view suites, Club facilities and butler service. Dining centres on 1885, the signature colonial fine-dining room with a celebrated English afternoon tea, alongside the all-day Sarkies, Farquhar's Bar and the poolside terrace. There is a seafront infinity pool and what is billed as the world's longest hotel sea-front lawn, and George Town is at the door — its street art, clan jetties, temples and mosques and legendary hawker food. There is no beach; this is a seafront heritage hotel, the Penang culture-and-food leg of a Malaysia trip, and a natural pairing with Langkawi up the coast — with the Sarkies thread tying it to Raffles Singapore.
Accommodation
All-suite
222 all-suite accommodation across two parts — the original 1885 Heritage Wing, with Moorish minarets, 14-foot ceilings and period furniture, and the 2013 Victory Annexe, with around 122 sea-view suites, Club facilities and butler service. They run from Studio Suites through Heritage and Corner Suites to the Premier signature suites.
Entry
Studio Suite (Victory Annexe)
Sleeps two. A sea-view balcony and Club access, in the Victory Annexe — the entry suite.
Club accessSea view
Heritage
Heritage Suite (Heritage Wing)
Sleeps two. A Heritage Wing suite with 14-foot ceilings and period furniture, with pool or harbour views.
Period furnitureHeritage/sea view
Corner
Corner Suite (Victory Annexe)
Sleeps two to three. A separate living area, a guest washroom and butler service, with sea views.
ButlerSea view
Apex
Premier Suite
Sleeps two to four. A private balcony or terrace, with sea views — the signature suite.
Private terraceSea view
Food & Drink
Dining
Colonial dining with a famous afternoon tea. 1885 is the signature fine-dining room and the home of a celebrated English afternoon tea, Sarkies is the all-day room of local and international cooking, Farquhar's Bar sits in the Heritage Wing, and the Poolside Terrace serves the Victory Annexe.
Fine dining
1885
Signature colonial fine dining, and a celebrated English afternoon tea.
All-day
Sarkies
All-day local and international cooking.
Bar
Farquhar’s Bar
A classic bar in the Heritage Wing.
Poolside
Poolside Terrace
A poolside terrace by the Victory Annexe.
Wellbeing
Spa & wellness
A spa and wellness facilities handle treatments, and the seafront is the draw — an infinity pool in the Heritage Wing and a second pool by the Victory Annexe, set beside what is billed as the world's longest hotel sea-front lawn and promenade.
Spa
A spa with wellness facilities.
Seafront pools
A seafront infinity pool in the Heritage Wing and a second pool by the Victory Annexe.
Sea-front lawn
What is billed as the world's longest hotel sea-front lawn and promenade.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Colonial Penang and George Town at the door. Take afternoon tea and fine dining at 1885, wander the Heritage Wing's domed lobby and minarets, swim the seafront pool, and step into George Town's street art, clan jetties and hawker food.
1885
Afternoon tea and colonial fine dining at 1885.
The Heritage Wing
The 1885 Heritage Wing — Moorish minarets, a domed lobby and pith-helmeted bellmen.
Seafront pool & lawn
A seafront infinity pool and the world's longest hotel sea-front lawn.
George Town UNESCO
George Town UNESCO at the door — street art, clan jetties, temples and hawker food.
Sarkies/Raffles heritage
The Sarkies and Raffles literary heritage, tying it to Raffles Singapore.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By road
About 30 minutes from PEN
About 30 minutes by car from Penang International Airport.
In George Town
Farquhar Street
On Farquhar Street on the George Town seafront, inside the UNESCO core zone.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
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“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Booked on bed and breakfast, with 1885's celebrated afternoon tea among the dining.
Setting
- On the seafront inside the George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site — a heritage city hotel, with no beach.
Heritage
- An 1885 Sarkies-brothers grande dame — the same lineage as Raffles Singapore and The Strand in Yangon.
Pairing
- About 30 minutes by car from Penang International Airport, and an easy pairing with Langkawi up the coast.
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