the hotel is beautiful and the rooms are lovely. service is a bit lacking. we went off season, so maybe that's why. housekeeping was not good. they kept forgetting to leave towels and drinking water. we had a bit of an ant problem too. Diving was amazing. I was disappointed that the dive guides did not enforce the no touch... More

Stunning bungalows over the clearest water you have ever seen. Diving was awesome; in our 5 night stay we were able to do a boat dive day trip to Sipadan on two days- had to buy the passes from Mataking Island on the second day though which was more expensive than buying them direct through Mabul Water Bungalows. Needless to... More

I recently travelled here for a wedding and was a little concerned by the Australian DFAT warnings before I left. It seems there were some issues with kidnappings back in 2003 and countries such as Australia and the USA have never rolled back the warnings. This area is rated as one of the best 'Muck Diving' sites in the world... More

We stayed at this resort in October for 5 days as non-divers we were not sure if paying the extra to stay in the water bungalows was going to be worth it but it was worth every cent we requested bungalow 212 which we were given... this bungalow looks straight out to the crystal blue sea with no obstructions has... More

Prices like a 5 star, food like a 3 star, service like a 2 star, diving - 3-4 star. As an experienced diver most of my resent dive holidays were on liveaboards, but we chose mbw to dive sipidan due to the lack of good liveaboard options and the pics of mbw looked pretty great. The bungalows are ok, pretty... More

Our diving experiences were great, but lets face it, you're reading this because you want to know about the accommodation. We stayed one night in the chalets - DON'T do it. The one we were given was dreadful. Very dated, fibre board walls that hadn't been re-painted in many years, and an awful bathroom that desperately needs updating. The air... More

Our family group of six, ranging in age from 17 to 83yrs, travelled to Mabul in mid-July. We had 2 keen divers, a learner diver, a snorkeller and 2 older non-divers. The resort catered very well to all our needs. The diving was superb and we were lucky enough to get out to Sipadan for 4 dives. Even around the... More

On arrival at Mabul Water Bungalows, we were assigned a dive master who would act as our guide for the duration of the holiday. Our divemaster's name was Deniah and she was fantastic. Very friendly and attentive and really made an effort to show us everything, from the tiniest nudibranch to submarine sized groupers... she obviously had expansive knowledge of... More

I have delayed writing this review to gain some perspective of our stay there. 1stly this is a diving resort and there is no question that it delivers 100% on its promise. The diving operation is slick and efficient with extremely knowledgable guides. You will get more out of them by being critical and should try to get them out... More