Country
Australia
City
Gold Coast
Hotel
The Langham Gold Coast
Room
Superior Hinterland King Room
Notes
The Good
- Decor a refined take on ‘coastal chic’
- Seven diverse restaurants and bars
The Bad
- No executive lounge or business centre
- Elevators take multiple card swipes to move
X-Factor
- Impeccable service from start to finish
- Tropical lagoon pool with swim-up bar
Introduction
Whenever a five star hotel opens, its creators often talk of ‘raising the stakes’ and ‘setting new benchmarks’. In the case of The Langham Gold Coast – opened in June and the city’s first beachfront hotel in over 30 years – they may have just achieved that lofty goal.
Housed in the tallest of the eye-catching Jewel towers, a trio of multifaceted highrises in Surfers Paradise, the hotel feels plucked from the streets of London or Hong Kong, offering a level of service and attention to detail that elevates it beyond its local rivals.
Location & Impressions
Centrepiece of the $1.4 billion Jewel hotel and residential development, The Langham Gold Coast marks the first coastal hotel for the Hong Kong-based hotel group, complementing established urban siblings such as Sydney, New York and Chicago.
Within lies 339 elegant rooms and suites, a smorgasbord of dining options – including a local outpost of the brand’s signature Cantonese restaurant – and a wellness spa offering bespoke treatments themed around the elements of earth, fire, wind and water.
Made for embracing the relaxed Gold Coast lifestyle, there’s a sunny sand-edged lagoon pool with swim-up bar, together with an indoor pool, fitness studio and full gym with treadmills overlooking the waves.
All that separates The Langham from the dunes is a small glass gate and concrete pathway providing easy access to Surfers Paradise in the north and Broadbeach in the south.
This pathway is a real asset to guests, meaning they can simply park the car, explore and not have to worry about it again until check-out… if they don’t mind a stroll. Taxis and ubers are plentiful too.
Room
As a quirk of the building’s design, every room is slightly different.
Our Superior Hinterland King Room faces south-west to the hills, with a view over the Gold Coast Convention Centre. Despite its name, it offers impressive ocean views from the balcony railing.
Calm and inviting, the room’s interior in an upscale take on coastal chic, incorporating textured linen-look wallpaper, sun bleached floors and a pale rose gold timber wall panelling, accented by shadow lines and black insets. It feels very high-end.
A dappled blue rug peeking out from beneath the king-size bed, nautically-inspired artworks and the blue-grey base of an elegant marble-topped minibar cabinet provide welcome punches of colour in the room, which would feel a bit too restrained otherwise.
Pendant lights hang above marble-topped bedside tables, while a circular dining setting with two deep chairs and a chaise at the foot of the bed fill the rest of the space. There’s also a marble plinth, which works well as a wallet stand.
Tech-wise, the room is stocked with a 50” Samsung smart TV with ‘Streamvision’ casting, electric blackout curtains and sheers, and a Nespresso machine with an assortment of pods.
USB ports, power outlets and master light switches are on both sides of the bed.
Minibar prices are at the higher end of the spectrum: $10 for a juice, $14 for some nougat. Pre-mixed Syp cocktails – among them a martini and negroni – are $24 each.
On the balcony you’ll find two white single-seater lounges on opposite walls with rectangular cushions. While these are ideal for a brief chat while soaking in the view, they’re not really somewhere you’d settle into for…
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