The Smokehouse hotel is a lovely old fashioned English country house style hotel in the Cameron Highlands. It has absolutely fantastic gardens which are lovely to sit and read or have a cream tea in with lots of beautiful colourful flowers and birds and butterflies.

We only stayed for one night at the Smokehouse, but we had a lovely time. We were able to check in several hours early to our room which was a nice bonus after a 3.5 hour taxi ride from Kuala Lumpur, then went off to walk some of the jungle trails. Luckily we set off fairly early as we ended up walking through the jungle for almost 4 hours! Even though the Cameron highlands are a lot cooler than the rest of Malaysia, they are pretty hot when you're doing a long walk in the sun!

We were pretty tired after our walk, so in the evening we had a few drinks and dinner in the hotel. The beef wellington (the hotel speciality) was fantastic, and it was nice to have some English style food mid holiday to remind us of home. The next day we visited the BOH tea plantations which are a good visit, although with a fairly scary mountain road to get there!

As the Smokehouse is famous for its cream teas we had one before we headed to Georgetown in Penang the next afternoon, which was very nice. A very pleasant way to end a nice stay.

The hotel is a bit twee, with old fashioned English and Irish music playing in the lounge and the same decor as an old fashioned English country pub, but to be honest that's part of the charm. This is a 1930s ex English colonial retreat in the highlands (and looks like one), which is the reason we chose to stay there. If you want a shiny new glass and steel 5* hotel, this probably isn't the place for you!

Raver & Kat

Stayed one night, had two rooms. One king size 4 poster, and the other with 2 single 4 posters.

Room look cute enough, but did smell musty. Bedding actually felt a little damp.

It does have very much the look and feel of an English country pub/guesthouse but is tired and in need of a bit of re-decoration.

The staff are helpful and courteous and made the stay a pleasurable one.

The food was a total let down. Whilst the meat for dinner was fantastic, the breakfast was truly awful with croissants as heavy as bricks!

It's not great value for money when comparing it to other places in Malaysia, but cut off in the hills there isn't much competition.

The roads up/down are long and winding and if you get car sick, this is not the place to visit.

I would recommend this place purely on it's charm and fantastic staff - just don't expect modern day standards.

We had a wonderful stay at the Smoke house.
From the moment we arrived we were impressed The staff were very professional with our check in and must say through out our stay.
Our room was in Halcyon Lodge. The room was away from the road and very peaceful.
After we checked in we enjoyed afternoon tea out in the balcony. We also enjoyed our dinner at the restaurant later that evening. All in all I think this was the best hotel with character up on Fraser Hill. Thank you for making our stay enjoyable.

Was quite excited about staying at this much hyped 'English' hotel. But sadly it just ended up being over- rated and over-priced. One of the main minuses was the cold attitude of most of the hotel staff except for the manager, who is probably the only one who cares to offer a smile to the guest. The breakfast was too limited and nothing like the hearty fare I was expecting! But the scones served during tea lived up to the expectations...the high point of our stay:) But I would still recommend a night's stay...if only to enjoy the old world charm and tranquil surroundings.