Knowing that Hard Rock Cafe is new in town, we decided to drop by – despite few of us had been there before. Lol!

The 1st time I visit HRH, I didn’t enter the HRC as the cafe was fully-booked. So, I was very very excited and looking forward to chill there!

As me, Emily n Shuqi reached late, we had to wait for Yin to bring us in. At the entrance, the bouncers stopped us for bag check. Which greatly reminded of the security check at work. Minus the magnetic scanner thingy. Lmao!

Before we reached, we were told that we got a very nice place. And it was so true. We got the seats facing the stage directly, and we got long couch which is like yay! Because everyone wanted have the best view and nobody want to sit on chair with their back facing the stage including me, I had to sit more to the next table’s side on the long couch. I don’t mind sitting there as long as I got a comfy seat and great view. BUT my view was blocked by a man’s head of the next table who was sitting DIRECTLY in front of me. When I say directly – it means right in front of me.

Potongstimness!

Thus, I changed seat. I rather turned my body to face the stage, than having a head blocking the 70% of my view. *hiss*

One of the main attraction in HRC is the live rock genre band! Very rocky indeed, as they’ve rocked my night! (Gosh, sounds so wrong… hmm)

There are 3 singers – and the person to look at would be the one in the middle. I mean look at her – she sings, she moves, she dances, she “seduces” with eyes – while the other 2 just goyang kepala and move the mic stand. Okayla, I agreed that’s what a male singer would normally do. If both of them dance like her, then probably it would be very weird. Haha.

Back to the lady singer – her voice is awesome! Her voice can go all the way uppppp and all the way downnnnn. Terrific! Definitely wow us that night!

One thing I don’t like about the live singing is the sound system. Don’t get you wrong – the sound system is great, BUT as the night grew older, the volume got louder! Loud till a point I got massive headache. Luckily I managed to escape the ‘noise’ when Vingie asked me if I wanna checked the hotel out. Thanks Vingieeeeee!

The drinks.

Normally, people would order beer or cocktails at pub/club to chill. I would to – but because my skin condition got bad, I barred myself from ordering one. So, I quenched my thirst by ordering mocktails, or should I say non-alcoholic drink a.k.a Wild Berries! It’s very nice and the best thing is – the glass is big! Which means don’t have to order drinks often. Which means save money! *whee*

But, I was curious to know how much the price of the cocktail there. As Emily and I skimmed through the menu, I noticed that the price of the cocktails and mocktails there weren’t cheap. Cocktails would be priced above RM30 or RM35 (can’t recall), while the non-alcoholic drinks like the berries I had would be above RM22. Mine is RM25.

After few thoughts, our mocktails are considered cheap because they come in big glass. I felt the cocktails aren’t. The cocktail I normally order – Long Island Tea which Shuqi and Yin ordered that night costs RM42 per glass. If my memory doesn’t fail me, I usually pay from the range of RM27 to Rm35 for that.

But, this is HRC we’re talking about. GOTTA PAY FOR GREAT ATMOSPHERE! PAY FOR THE LIVE BAND PERFORMANCE.

So, I’m fine with paying RM29 for drink there. LMAO.

The design of the HRC is unique. I love the idea of combining the long couch and high rise bar tables to accommodate more people. I love the idea of building a mezzanine floor to house more people. I love the idea of turning the parapet wall into very cool bar tables, where people would place their drinks there while looking at the band. Excellente concept!

Oh, I love the idea of putting in a shop in the cafe! Why? Because there are chances of people buying something there. As memento. Wicked idea right? Haha!

Plus, what’s Hard Rock without their ever famous souvenir shop? (I can still recall the Hard Rock shirt that my parents bought for me years ago)

I didn’t check out their shop by the way. Yvelyn asked me if I want to, but I declined. Why? Because I feared that if I saw something that I like and I couldn’t have it because of the price – I might feel sad.

I shall visit when I’m loaded! That’ll be like 10 years later! Haha!

Seriously, HRC is packed with peoples! From the time I stepped into HRC which was at 10.45, the crowd kept increased, never decreased. I did a lot of observation, apart from listening to the music sang by the band. And I realised HRC managed to attract people from different walk of life. Different races, different ages, different dressing code,different “motives”.

Thus my FB status that day,

semakin lewat, semakin ramai olang, semakin hot, semakin banyak ‘eye-opener’!!!

Lazy to elaborate more, I shall summarise them into these!

Obs. 1 : HRC has free wifi! That day I was busy twittering and updating status on FB. Hoho!

Obs. 2 : Saw managers from workplace. Seems like they’re good at chilling out too. *hohoho*

Obs. 3 : Lots people with DSLR that day!

Obs. 4 : They have small ‘dance floor’ right beside the stage. But not much people utilised it. Most Malaysians are shyyyy. They would rather look at people who dance skilfully and think “I also can dance like that mah, but I shy” . LMAO.

Obs. 5 : Saw Mr. Geh, Mr. Suki and Hao Hao that night! So coincident oneee!

Obs. 6 : I scanned here and there for hot macho guys, found one but he’s more to the metrosexual-ic than macho. With a girl constantly baleko him.

Obs. 7 : I accidentally saw text message of the apek of opposite table. It started with “Cinta kita tidak akan …” The wife and kids were sitting next to him. So hmm…

Obs. 8 : The band sang lots 80s’, 90s’ songs. But we want more of PCD, Beyonce, BEP!

Obs. 9 : A girl surrounded by 3-4 mens? Hmm…

Obs. 10 : This one have to sensor la. P&C! Ahaks.

Lastly, a picture of us at HRC. Where iz me? *cries*

I had a great, fun night that day! Need such outing to unwind ourselves!

Where’s next?

-XOXO!

LUCKILY, I have the chance to visit them again last Friday! *wheee*

The ‘laugh-die-me’ gang planned to have a ‘GIRLS NIGHT OUT’ at Hard Rock Cafe on Friday and I decided to join them! We’re supposed to meet up at 10, but due to some unforeseen circumstances we reached there at about 10.30 pm.

I was so excited to be there, but not as excited as the first time when I walked in.The hotel looks simple from outside, the coconut trees decorating the ‘tak-cukup-bays-punya-car-park‘ – giving me the oasis feel.

Upon walking into the hotel, the changeable colour neon lights bearing the name greeted us. I could say that is the most photographed place or should I say thing in the hotel. Why? Because every Tom, ah Beng, Abu, Muthusamy will be snapping this – either using camera or hp.

Can you spot a reflected logo on top? Hehe.

From the outer look, one could have just thought that hotel is like any other hotel we have, a normal lobby, normal reception place, normal cafe, etc2. But we were proven VERY wrong.

Imagine you walking to the reception counter and a bar at the same time!

Yes, you can order a drink while waiting/checking in. Cool isn’t it?

If that’s cool, how about a lobby with comfy long sofas for projector showing MVs,  tables and chairs to play scrabbles and backgammons?

Looks inviting right?

The best thing you can do there would be sitting at the round sofa like what I did (the sofa damn nice – I almost doze off) and….

stare into the biggest pool in Penang! Hoho!

Too bad we were checking out the hotel at 1 in the morning. If not, a live band would be playing and singing in the lobby daily to the guests there. Jugglers and entertainers would be doing something entertaining to the guests.

How I know about these?

Because I saw them during my first visit with my family members. XD

What I love about the hotel is their creative and artistic ways of exhibiting artworks!

They just put on the artworks on canvas stand and on floor and voilà -  an art gallery! And that includes the belt Q-up stands too! XD

To show more of their creative side, they put in mannequins dressed in the Elvis Presley type of suit behind the glass panes for the guests to admire them! As for the empty wall behind the mannequins, music records, musical instruments and photographs of rock-ish era are hung up.

Seems like HRH managements are into Beatles, because I saw them everywhereeeeee….

..at the entrance..

..near the lift area..

..beautifully done on the wall, next to the Starz diner.. i love this the most, so unique!

Who would have imagine making a gigantic flower pot for a big plant? HRH would. And it’s soooo cute can! I want one for my home!

Unfortunately, I’m unable to show you the room as I didn’t stay a night there. Very very broke now and having a night there at HRH would be like a suicidal case to my wallet! Btw, they’re having a opening promo at RM368++ on weekdays until 18th December. So anyone wanna sponsor me Rm300? Hehe!

A visit wouldn’t be complete without visiting the toilet.

However, the toilet is kinda disappointing. First, it’s dirty. I understand it’s 1 something in the morning, BUT it shouldn’t be an excuse for such a luxury hotel. Second, few of the cubicle’s door couldn’t latch properly! My friend was in toilet and a girl (thinking that the cubicle was empty) managed to knock the door open! Luckily she’s already done doing whatever she’s doing. Third, the toilet smells weird. Don’t ask me why. Lol!

But I’m pretty sure the toilet is not like that during daylight – I hope I’m right in saying so. Haha!

That’s all I can write about HRH. I think I’ve covered most of the part in the hotel, except for the pool. We were prohibited from going to the pool. So it’s kinda potong stim as I believe the pictures taken from there and at there would be nice. *wuuwuu*

… and no, I didn’t take picture with the famous guitar cz I’m lazy. Haha!

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