Walking into The Empire Hotel & Country Club in Brunei is truly a breathtaking experience. Situated above the South China Sea, the hotel was designed to capture and harness the magnificent scenery beyond, creating a kaleidoscope of dramatic golden hues when light from sun, sea and the hotel's extraordinary gold gilded columns meet.

And the design works. New-comers visibly pause and catch their breath upon entering the hotel.

This is not your ordinary hotel and even those acustomed to the finest things in life are taken aback by the hotel's splendour.

A spectacular 40-metre glass wall greets guests in the main entrance of the reception lobby on the fifth level.

The wall spans the six-level property, affording a panoramic view of the sea and both of the property's expansive fresh-and-salt water pools.

Every feature in the hotel, from the crystal glasses to the rich mahogany and teak wood to the gold-rimmed light fixtures, sparkles as light is refracted and reflected to a dazzling effect. And that's just the lobby.

The Empire is truly one of the most distinctive and exclusive properties in Asia gathering the finest amenities and superior accommodation and coupling them with the highest standards of personal and discreet service.

Facilities:

Restaurants, Cocktail bar, 24 reception service, 24 hour room service, dry cleaning, guest laundry, tennis court, swimming pool, gymnasium, spa, sauna, air-conditioning, in-room hairdryers, in-room mini bars, in-room movies, in-room safes, cable tv, cinema.