Heaven On Earth? Club Med Cherating Review

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We wanted a vacation. A place we could rest and enjoy with our kids and no stress. So we decided to head to east coast Malaysia to try out Club Med Cherating Beach located just outside of Cherating.

We found one of the most beautiful resorts we have been to that feels very much like another world. This Club Med Cherating review found  fabulous place for a vacation – at least it was until the end.

Heaven On Earth? Club Med Cherating Review

In this Club Med Cherating review blog, I walk you though some of the great parts of staying here as well as what went wrong. I’m going to show you everything! So you can decide for yourself if Club Med Cherating is the place for your next vacation!

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Our Full Club Med Cherating Review And Walk Through

The best way to describe this resort is simply just to show you!

The following is an edited review I made with my 7 year old daughter. It’s actually not even showing all the resort facilities, there are so many.

Club Med Cherating Beach Rooms

Club Med Cherating Beach suite room
Inside our suite room

With more than one kid, you will need two rooms. We stayed in a suite with connecting club room after loving our suite when we first visited Club Med last year in Mauritius.

The suite is fabulous, but I found the club room small and worn. It needs refurbishing.

Club Med Cherating Beach suite bedroom
The bedroom area in our suite

The suite has two rooms – a big bedroom with massive bathroom and a living area. The best part, however, is the full balcony looking out to the sea. You can see it all in the video above.

However, you really won’t spend long in your room so it doesn’t matter much.

Club Med Cherating Beach suite balcony
Our awesome balcony on our suite

Facilities And Activites

The facilities at Club Med Cherating Beach and the activity program are great. There is so much to do and it’s all in a gorgeous setting. Just walking around the resort can feel like a jungle adventure as it’s located in the jungle and built to blend into the surrounds.

There are two beaches. One in the main resort and the other a short “train” ride away. The whole area is gorgeous.

Club Med Cherating Beach pool
The main pool area

The main pool area is nice and then there are all the activities – trapeze, treetop adventure, jungle trails, tennis, archery… the list goes on and on! Many of them are in the above video.

You can catch the “train” to the other beach or take a jungle walk. Make sure you do the jungle walk at least once.

The adults only pool area by the second beach is just stunning – see it below!

Club Med Cherating Beach adults only pool
The adults only pool and beautiful beach

There are shows every night as well as themed dinners and dance parties. There are games, workouts and classes during the day.

You won’t be bored unless you want to be.

Food

The food is superb with many different dining options. Being in Malaysia, there was always some great Malay, Indian and Chinese options as well as Korean and Japanese. There are also plenty of western options and huge dessert and salad areas.

Club Med Cherating Beach second restaurant
The second restaurant by the adults only pool

Most drinks are included and there are three bars on top of the two restaurants.

There are some great theme nights as well. It’s a good idea to check out the schedule before you arrive – you can download the Club Med app to see it and try to take some clothes to wear. You don’t have to dress to the theme, but it is more fun.

White Night is the best night and it’s great if you can wear white! The whole pool area is decorated beautifully and we were able to eat right by the pool while watching a show over the water. Just brilliant!

Club Med Cherating Beach white night
Getting ready for White Night!

Service

Apart from a huge problem we had at the end of our stay, our biggest issue at the resort was the service.

The staff are friendly and nice but whenever something didn’t go right, we were met with total incompetence.

For example, our room type comes with a free minibar. This should have been stocked when we arrived. It wasn’t and it took three requests for this to be fixed.

We kept dealing with issues like this throughout our stay.

We also had the ridiculous experience of our baby vomiting all over our bed in the evening and no one being around to change it and the sheets all locked up or some other rubbish.

I would happily have changed it but they struggled to get us anything to use instead! Plus with the price we were paying, I probably shouldn’t have to change my own sheets.

Club Med Cherating review beach
Beach by main resort

Club Med Cherating Beach Review With Kids

This is a great place to visit with kids. The kids are welcome anywhere but the adults only area.

There are so many cool things for them to try and do.

The kids club is excellent and my 6 and 7 year olds spent a lot of time there. They also have an active toddler and baby club and we were able to leave our 1 year old there whenever we wanted (at extra charge).

The kids club gets out and about and they do things like go on boat trips or on the trapeze. Some evenings, they put on shows for the adults.

I don’t think we have ever experienced anywhere better for kids. At least until…

The HUGE Problem

My husband and 1 year old got terrible food poisoning. Just terrible.

It happened right at the end of our stay so it could only have been food from the resort.

I have never seen either of them so sick and it ruined the rest of our Malaysia and Singapore trip. It was also very scary to see my baby so ill.

It is such a shame as I would love to say in this Cherating Club Med review that you should 100% visit this resort but I can’t. Before the last day, I would have said we would go back, but I think my husband would rather never leave Australia again than risk feeling that way again.

So should you go? Up to you. I hope the food poisoning was an isolated experience and, otherwise, this resort is beautiful and lots of fun.

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By Sharon Gourlay

Sharon is a certified Malaysia travel expert and can't get enough of travelling and talking about Malaysia since she first visited 21 years ago. She travels around Malaysia multiple times a year both alone and with her kids. She used to call Penang home and especially loves this food paradise. Sharon also has a Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies, a Certificate III in International Travel Sales and has been certified by Tourism Malaysia as a Malaysia Travel Expert. Through this site, she'll help you have the perfect trip to this amazing destination.