Hyatt Centric Kota Kinabalu

A 222-room hotel in the center of Kota Kinabalu, with rooms done in greens and blues that nod to the rainforest and sea outside your balcony window. The ON23 Sky Bar, one spiral staircase above the restaurant, does craft cocktails with Bornean ingredients while the sun drops over the islands. Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park and Jesselton Point pier are both a short walk, which makes the location as useful as it is pretty.