Hotel De Art at I-City Shah Alam Malaysia

Am proud to be a Malaysian and also to be able to grow up in Malaysia my whole life! Reason being, is I get to enjoy all the wonderful food, sights, see, entertainment, variety of cultures and traditions and the best part is the amount of new hot and happening cafes and hotels mushrooming around Malaysia!



I remember back then it was hotels by star ratings (even today also same) but today it is different. Now we have beautiful Bed & Breakfast hotels for a short getaway!

I've been asking for a quick getaway for awhile now. Before kids, I used to go to 5-star hotels for a quick weekend getaway with my husband. Just a breakaway from the bustling city and work place.



Today I finally get to enjoy my travelogue in Selangor at Hotel De Art, I-City Shah Alam!

At the entrance, I am amazed at the artistic design and the lush greenery! It may be not be real but it's just so comforting and inviting at the same time!



We checked in at 2pm and was taken on a short tour to one of a themed room "One Piece", great for couples, single, a company of friends for 2 or just as a business+leisure trip. The room was beautifully decorated to suit the theme exactly! My son would love it for sure! Only 1 king size bed and 1 bathroom, with a cosy lounge area at the entrance and a study/dressing table.


Our room is inspired by the movie Up! and it was bright and beautiful! The wall decor was amazing that I had to take some OOTD shots too!


The room upstairs is spacious and very cosy, you can adjust the air-conditioning; They have free WiFi access too for simple browsing online. My kids love watching TV so we kinda brought our TV box over because it's a HDMI TV and just connected to our own mobile phone hotspot for movie streaming in the hotel.


Snacks and food was readily available at the lobby, so we binged on some yummy snacks while watching movie together in the hotel room. Supper was also convenient, because there's the instant noodle in a cup and also frozen rice meals that they can reheat for you. I ordered the Nasi Daging and it was delicious!


Did my kids sleep? Yes, after midnight. They were too excited to sleep early but they knocked out at 1am downstairs while watching a movie (The Greatest Show) with me, so I had to carry them up. However, they were so excited and happy that they woke up at 7am! Just to go downstairs and sit on the sofa and watch movie again! So instead of watching a movie, I watched Yan Xi Palace! (Lolz, a now trending Chinese drama that is taking the internet like a storm!) AND because my kids didn't have interest in it, they fell back asleep on the sofa shortly after and woke up later at 10ish am.


We took alot of photos at the hotel itself because of the beautifully inspired Alice in Wonderful design at the lobby. It was truly a beautiful place to be, it feels like you're in some other part of the world or in a theme park enjoying a holiday stay! But you're actually in Shah Alam, Selangor.


The best part is the hotel is near to I-City Shah Alam area and at night, the NEON/LED lightings in I-City is definitely a sight not to be missed! Even driving pass without entering the parking/building is also satisfying! My kids were in awe at the splendid display of lightings here.

Incase you aren't aware, I-City Shah Alam has a water theme park inside too and many other attractions for the whole family! It's starting to become a theme park resort on its own. It's unique because of the wide variety displays of lightings that light up the park/whole area at night. And when you stay at Hotel De Art, it brings your holiday trip up a notch! Because this proves that you don't need to fly out of Malaysia to enjoy a beautiful place with a near and reasonably priced thematic hotel to stay. You can enjoy it right here in this beautiful country I call my home, Malaysia, only at Hotel De Art!


Overall I would say this is a short, easy, fun and memorable trip to rejuvenate and refresh your mind, soul and body! My kids love it, they enjoyed going up and down the stairs, they had so much fun that they didn't want to go home!! I had to head back to the hotel again after checking out, because my son helped to keep the hotel rooms' TV remote control in MY BAG, while packing to go home. Even the guys at the lobby front desk LOL when they saw me again (because I called to inform them about this funny adventure).

So if you're travelling with kids, please check that they don't literally "take everything" and keep in the bag.


It is located near I-City entrance (City of Lights), it's situated amongst shoplots rows where there's an SME bank at the other corner of the building and also an Indian fusion restaurant on the same row. Opposite the shoplots across the road ) best to drive across because the roads are having construction.


The price for the rooms are super reasonable for its beautifully artistic art designed! And each room is unique! They actually gotten young artists to decorate the rooms all 35 of them. They even have function rooms for rental. I would recommend this place because of the venue and also the pricing.

Hotel De Art I-City
19 Jalan Keluli 7/110, Section 7,
40000 Shah Alam, Selangor.
Tel: +603-58805588

For more info please visit www.hoteldeart.com.my