The Barat Tioman Beach Resort

We went on weekdays; as expected, there were few guests in the area, so the place was quiet, and we almost had the resort to ourselves. I strongly suggest staying during weekdays rather than weekends/the state's public holiday. We stayed at the seafront villa, which I recommend to others too. Totally worth the extra $. It took just a few steps to the beach. Waking up to the sound of the waves was great. The Sunrise view was breathtaking.

The facilities require more attention and better upkeep. There are a lot of bicycles but all of the same sizes. Kiddies' bike is limited. Please put some variations of the bicycles so that guests could enjoy riding along the 'kampung roads' After dinner, activities are limited to families. There are a few board games, but most have missing pieces. Suggest screening outdoor movies with projectors on the beach.. that could be interesting.

We stayed in a villa with jacuzzi near jungles.The view was nice.We could observe sunrise from our terrace.The room was clean.It was always quiet on the top cause the pool,lobby and restaurant are downstairs.Staff was friendly.The beach is quiet,big and good.

Nothing was bad.The food was better,than in other hotel which we visited before on the island.

We booked a Seafront Villa, that has a private patio facing the beach. (room 121). Every morning, you can see the sunrise right from the window and go outside an enjoy it before all activity outside starts. The room is very close to the restaurant and reception desk as well as to the diving and recreation center. The Seafront Villa is quite spacious and serves for 2 adults + 2 kids perfectly enough. The hotel has some deficiencies that are ok if you go with positive mentality. As an example, TV is not connected and has no channels, but in the reception they provide you with a hard drive with movies, so problem solved. Also, the restaurant runs out of some items of the menu, specially the fresh ones like salad or even pizzas, but there's also a wide spectrum of local and chinese food that is worth to explore and always available. The staff of the hotel is very friendly and try to help and solve any problem, specially at the restaurant. The diving center is great, very easy going to accommodate your requests. During the diving in open sea they are very careful to meet all safety measures and keep an eye on you at all times. Special mention to Benny, Puffer and (little) Pony, all of them very nice people and knowledgeable. There's a nearby Waterfall that is worth to visit, but be aware that is almost one hour hiking uphill, and the path is not clean of stones or scrub. Transportation from the jetty to the hotel and back is good enough for the price, even if you have to go in the back of the pick up, the kids loved it!

Although everything in Barat met the expectations, there are some things that are worth to mention, not as a complain but as an improvement: - Room had and always will have sand from the beach and the entrance of the villa, that's unavoidable. It would be great if the hotel would provide a 10 minutes room service just to broom the floors and clean the bathrooms. As of now, you need to request room service if you want it, is not by default. - There are some things broken, like the archery facility/tools and also some things that seems bit tired or not well maintained, but I suspect that was a consequence of long time not used during covid times. Worth to make the extra effort to tied things up. Specially the swimming pool. - The restaurant staff, only 2 or 3 persons seems to speak in english. Not a problem but sometimes you will need to wait a bit while the non english speaking staff avoids you. - There's like a constant bonfire in the back of the hotel, that sometimes penetrates up to the restaurant. That definitively should be controlled. - Wifi could be improved and there's electricity cuts from time to time but they last only some minutes.

very close to the beach

the transport a bit expensive, got red ants inside the toilet, food are expensive

The view was amazing. The staff accommodating. Good service. Laundry service was excellent. The beach was nice.

The run-down facilities. Everything needed to be fixed or updated. Bistro food was over priced and made from packaged food, which made us eat at the local places instead, which was awesome.

the seafront house, the beach.

no internet during our stay.

The room was big, view quite nice. The front desk & spa staff very nice and helpful. The snorkeling package value for money.

The restaurant staffs treat people differently between foreigner and local people. They treated foreigner very well and served their food faster eventhough they were ordered food later than us. When we raised hand to order food, no staff came for us and we had been waiting 1 hour for our food and yet not even 1 staff reached out to us.Definitely won't visit this restaurant again.

The property is very new , and is currently expanding and building more chalets. Swimming pool is spacious and taken care of . Restaurant has nice working schedule - while other shops are off you still can get your brunch or late dinner at the hotel . Free water refill Beautiful view of the pool and the balcony with chairs. 1 min walk to the beach with crystal clear water

Room wasn’t clean at all - there was an ant nest in our sink- I understand the green policy but living with ants nearby doesn’t make me feel like I’m in a resort . Bedsheets and towels had stains,toiletries were provided only by request . No landline phone in the room so after a long trip you still would have to go down to the reception to ask for something. No WiFi at the property they say there is but in the reality not even one website or app is working . Absolutely no activities offered or provided or organized by the resort . Extremely overpriced- the whole concept of resort doesn’t meet the expectations- no spa , yoga , massage, no gym .not a good value at all